Nostalgia @lemmy.ca JCSpark @lemmy.ca 2mo ago

1960s The Famous Burger King WHOPPER

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The original was posted on /r/nostalgia by /u/brolbo on 2024-05-03 00:24:21.

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Hell yeah. Government inspected beef.
- Where do I sign up?
  
  Your local recruitment office. They'll inspect your meat and give you a free haircut.
- That's my fetish
That looks like a decent burger.

$0.39 in 1965 is $3.90 today.
- And costs 50% more today still. Woooo
  
  And tastes like something from burger king
  
  only 50% more than it 'should'? they're more than double the inflation-adjusted price here--just for the burger.
  
  Hey man, pink slime and Mexican vegetables are expensive ok???
- Whopper is 5.49 sandwich only rn when I check the closest one in their app. Texas for context.
  
  Which means it is actually more expensive, since they raised their prices for anyone not using the app.
Uhhhhh….. what’s in the “coke”?
- Sugar. Cocaine version was long gone by now
  
  Oh I know, but if I came up and asked if you wanted a "coke" with air quotes, I'm sure you'd be a bit suspicious!
Even with the faded coloring, that burger looks at least an order of magnitude more appealing than the last Whopper I've seen. Granted, it's probably been 10 - 15 years since I've been to or eaten food from a Burger King, and things might've changed.
- I haven't been there in awhile either, but I don't remember them toasting their buns.
- It has changed for better. You gotta believe me🤣🤣🤣
For me it's $5.59 for one today... let's play with this...

Let's say this was 1969. $0.39 adjusted to 2024 dollars is $3.32 according to CPI.

At $0.39, and a minimum wage of $1.30/hr, that earns you 3.33 whoppers per hour.

At $5.59, and a minimum wage of $7.25/hr, that earns you 1.3 whoppers per hour.

If minimum wage kept in line with the cost of the whopper it would be $18.63/hr
When they didn't fake pictures in ads
- Actually that's outlawed, the trickery starts surrounding what's being sold.
  
  FTC laws state that whatever you're selling with a photo must be real in the image. To use a familiar example, if you're selling corn flakes the flakes must be real. But then it gets interesting. You can use white glue instead of milk in your bowl of flakes because you're not selling the milk, only the corn flakes."
  
  God we live in a clownworld.
  
  Or they can take their time to assemble a perfect looking burger with tweezers if need be, lit and photographed or filmed by the best technicians in the ad business.
  
  It's not a lie by legal standards, but it definitely is deceptive.
Looks better than the modern ones.
Catsup? . . . . Ketchup.

Ketchup? . . . . Catsup.
Hey kid, want a "coke?"
Call my tastes uncultivated, but I really like Whoppers. I went vegan and I'm so glad they made a vegan version.
“Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese” … oh, wait …
Back when they laid out what was in the special sauce.

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