American Reacts to European Fast Food

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  @Mamaki1987 · 13 days ago

  What do you mean? Fast food has been around forever in different forms. Even Romans more than 2000 years back had some

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• PH

  @PhantomiumX · 13 days ago

  Remarkable how Americans think 'fast food' only means corporate chains. They completely miss the fact that independent, local spots can make fast food using their own recipes.

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  @PhillipHinde · 13 days ago

  You said "oh it's in English because of American tourists." Have you forgot that England is just 30 miles away. Or that English is the default language everyone uses because whatever the nationality most people in the world would understand it. It's not because of American tourists.

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• CO

  @copenhagendk5926 · 13 days ago

  Denmark here; Food quality in Europe is strictly regulated under European law; therefore, you will find a consistent standard across the entire continent.

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• OC

  @ocbstudio · 13 days ago

  Súper funny! You think in Europe we have translated to English in restaurants because “may be Americans”? No. We don’t speak American (indeed it does not exist), we speak English, which is European language. Most important: English is a “universal” language, meaning Chinese people will be able to read and ask for a meal here!

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• LO

  @lonelymp4 · 12 days ago

  “I didn’t even know you guys have fast food” at the same time fast food being literally ancient

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• AC

  @Acadus · 13 days ago (edited)

  The product names aren&apos;t used because the tourist come from America; it’s simply because English is the most common language spoken by the vast majority of tourists.<br>English is the language we use when we don&apos;t know the local language... so it makes sense.<br>The idea that it&apos;s all about &quot;American tourists&quot; is an absurd notion that doesn&apos;t hold up to any logic.

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• PA

  @paidwitness797 · 13 days ago

  McDonalds is not king, its baseline minimum.

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• ST

  @stalhein62 · 13 days ago (edited)

  Street food has existed for as long as streets have existed, there&apos;s evidence of it in Mesopotamia 4000~ years ago as it&apos;s mentioned in the Code of Hammurabi (in regulations on the sellers).

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• EV

  @Evenstar100 · 13 days ago (edited)

  In Ancient Egyptian markets, there would be street vendors, selling their equivalent of fast food. It included bread, beer, dried fish, grilled meat, onions and other vegetables. The practice can be traced back to the time of the pharaohs at least 400O years. Same with Mesopotamia.

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• DA

  @davidstyles5449 · 13 days ago

  American defaultism, it&apos;s in English because they do it for the Americans .

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• SA

  @sadrummer7 · 12 days ago

  You ask yourself why the boy at Hesburger looks healthy? It&apos;s because children in Europe don&apos;t eat tonnes of fastfood every meal every day, but more like as a treat. &nbsp;Many kids don&apos;t even see a fastfood restaurant once a week! It&apos;s special, not breakfast + lunch + dinner + in-between-snack.

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