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When did going to McDonald's stop being special? In 1968, a McDonald's hamburger cost 18 cents. A cheeseburger was 23 cents. A Big Mac was 49 cents. A family of four could eat for $2.12 with exact change. Going to McDonald's in 1970s America was not a Tuesday habit. It was a Friday night reward, a birthday treat, a road trip celebration where mom put on lipstick and dad paid with coins from his pocket. Fast food was special because it was rare. Then everything changed. The first drive-through window opened in 1975 and removed the last barrier between fast food and daily life. Breakfast launched in 1977. The Happy Meal arrived in 1979. Chicken McNuggets in 1983. The Value Meal in 1991 made Americans eat 40% more calories per order by making oversized meals feel like a bargain. By 2000, McDonald's was feeding 68 million people every day and opening a new restaurant every five hours. The Friday night treat became a Wednesday morning chore. This documentary traces how fast food went from a family occasion to an invisible dependency, and how we lost the ability to make a simple hamburger feel like a gift.📌

Timestamps:
0:00 — The first time I walked into a McDonald's
1:00 — My father ordered for the whole family: $2.12
1:27 — What everything cost: 18 cents for a hamburger
1:59 — Once a month, sometimes less
2:29 — The whole country treated it that way
3:03 — The menu was simple
3:51 — Portions were small and nobody complained
4:33 — The restaurants were different too
5:11 — The exact moment it changed: 1975
5:59 — McDonald's stopped being a destination
6:43 — The Value Meal changed the math forever
7:42 — 30,000 locations, 68 million people a day
8:14 — 14 cars wrapped around the building on a Wednesday
8:45 — That Friday night in 1968
9:12 — A treat became a habit became a dependency
9:41 — $2.12 vs $14

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