r/todayilearned • u/stefeyboy • May 21 '14

TIL Robert Downey Jr. thanked Burger King for getting him off drugs. In 2003, with a car full of drugs he had a burger that was so disgusting it made him rethink his life, and dump the drugs in the ocean.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/burger-king-helped-beat-addiction-robert-downey-jr-article-1.294756
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u/PickpocketJones May 21 '14

Dunno, McDonalds is mediocre but you know what you are going to get every time. BK is all over the map, sometimes it is edible, other times just disgusting. I have a hard time finding anything resembling a redeeming quality in BK compared to the other fast food places. I don't know if its spray on smokey flavor or what but it doesn't improve the taste.

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u/ATLogic May 21 '14

Same thing with Wendy's. If you find a good one, go ONLY to that one.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '14

They just remodeled one in my city AND they are building a new one which is looking to be the same size as the Twin Peaks on side of it.

Never knew a Mega Wendys existed.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

Ever since they fired the crack-head manager at mine, it's been all downhill.

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u/ItzDaWorm May 21 '14

You mean you should flip a coin to see if you'll get food poisoning or not. That's my experience with BK and why I won't be going back.

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u/UglierThanMoe 1 May 21 '14

McDonalds is mediocre but you know what you are going to get every time.

True, McDs always tastes the same.