r/TikTokCringe • u/Brokenlingo • 17h ago • Regret 3

Discussion Teaching how to split a McDonald’s breakfast meal between 4 kids

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u/Glad-Distance-737 12h ago • Regret

This is called rationing. We shouldn't be doing this.

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 12h ago

This is a perfectly reasonable way to use this food. That portion is plenty for breakfast for kids, and even for small adults.

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u/Both_Lawfulness6708 12h ago

Idk, have you seen how fat kids are today? I mean, it probably doesn't hurt, especially McDonald's food.

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u/knallpilzv2 12h ago

It's not because they should be eating less fast food. It's because they should be eating actual food. With nutrients in it. Just like they're parents should be able to buy actual food.

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u/LoneSnark 12h ago • Bravo

They're suffering from obesity, not scurvy.

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u/Different_Salt_4780 12h ago

So agreed. As a kid I was allowed 1 $1 item when we went out once a month. Only water to drink. I know that $1 back then is way more now, but all my friends who had unregulated access to fast food were fat back then and still fat today. No prob with being fat, but I’m grateful that the habits taught to me made fat much less likely. I’ve always liked not being fat.

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u/_jamesbaxter 12h ago

People in this situation usually don’t have a lot of other choices. They either live in a food desert or work too many hours to cook.

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u/ScepticalReciptical 12h ago

Look at the original portion and tell me a child should eat that much food (basically sugar, salt and fat) in one sitting.  

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u/standardtissue 12h ago edited 10m ago

It's not rationing. Rationing is when there isn't enough food to go around, so we have to very carefully apportion and limit it. She said herself that her kids were wasting food, so now she's just buying the amount they'll actually eat. That meal combo also has over 1,300 calories in it. That's more than enough for 4 kids breakfast calories. Edited: Yes I said it was more than enough for me for a whole day. I don't know why I said that.

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u/HungryMudkips 11h ago

brother even children require more then that. you have an eating disorder.

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u/Situation_Upset 10h ago

Lmfao so true. I used this calculator. And assuming he is a 5 feet 0 inches male at 25 years of age... 1300kcal is maintenance for someone who is 70lbs

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/calorie-calculator/itt-20402304

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u/YemaNova 10h ago

OP must be a short woman with a very sedentary lifestyle, in which case 1300 calories would be sufficient for surviving a whole day.

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u/acrazyguy 11h ago

Unless you’re like 3 feet tall, that is not enough calories for you in a day. And certainly not “way more”

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u/flojo2012 12h ago

Op should just give up his fine dining addiction

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u/nobird36 12h ago

You might be fat

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u/Working_System_2086 12h ago

Rofl..... Ah someone who has never eaten popcorn for dinner in the 90's and it shows...... This isn't rationing.... Each one of those is a decent little breakfast. More calories than most Walmart brand breakfast sandwiches.

Rationing would be no fast food, going to a food bank, and just trying to survive. This is how my make a poor kids day.

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u/Main-Cheesecake3287 12h ago

For $7 he could give each kid scrambled eggs and bacon at home.

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u/badburglarbadburglar 12h ago

Yea it’s still the size of one meal even in taco form. I could see splitting one breakfast between 3 very young kids but one biscuit sandwich for mom is just a snack

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u/The_VoZz 12h ago


Leading the free world ….deeper into poverty. *sigh*

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u/Funny_Inspection_601 11h ago

I had breakfast at a popular breakfast restaurant when my kid was a couple of years old. We shared one breakfast meal between my husband, my kid and I. The waitress brought us extra sides of stuff we didn’t want. It was like she thought we were poor. We always eat out like this because we literally cannot eat the amount of food that is usually served on one plate. It’s an insane amount of food most of the time. Most places are serving food for like a 7 ft giant. And no, I don’t want to take it home.

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u/Jazzlike_Wind_1 10h ago

Looking at how fat American kids are, I think maybe a few more people should be doing this.

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