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Americans definitely love their larger 1/4 lb’ers over the smaller European 1/3 lb patties
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this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2026
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It's not even about the units - a fraction is unitless. 1/3 of something is more than 1/4 of the same something.
It is a reference to an ad from the 80's. A&W ran an advertisement for 1/3 lb patties for the same price as the McDonald quarter pounders. It failed, because people from the U.S. can't do simple math.
That one is an even dumber mischaracterization. If you offer a bigger, but shittier burger than McDonald's, and people don't buy it, you can't just conclude that they didn't understand your burger was bigger.
Definitely don't quit your day job to become a bot detector.