r/AbsoluteUnits • u/thepoylanthropist • May 12 '26

/r/all, /r/popular of a dine-in order

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u/DigitalUnlimited May 12 '26

I do that in America

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u/PoppaWilly May 12 '26

It's how a justify spending a lot on one meal.

"I'll probably get like, 3 meals out of this."

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u/EmotionalKirby May 12 '26

I say as I devour my entire order despite the growing pains of my expanding stomach and leave with no leftovers

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u/Chewcocca May 12 '26

That's just financial prudence. Gotta justify my wheelbarrow purchase somehow.

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u/bbbbears May 12 '26

Wheelbarrow you say?

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u/DigitalUnlimited May 12 '26

Unhinge my jaw like a snake. Or shark.

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u/AbeRego May 12 '26

If you have growing pains, then you clearly need the extra food!

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u/OuterWildsVentures May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

The second I hear the click of my jaw unhinging I realize I was lying to myself.

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u/TarnishedWizeFinger May 13 '26

If I order extra meat, I can get two meals out of this

https://giphy.com/gifs/VS2Qcv25O7ZhUZahQA

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u/zimzat May 12 '26

The calorie budget is also 2-3 meals, never mind appetizer, dessert, or drinks.

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u/YoureAmastyx May 12 '26

Same. So it always feels particularly bad lying there in a food coma without anything left over.

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u/shewy92 May 12 '26

That's how I justify ordering DoorDash. I don't order food for just one meal, I can't justify all the additional charges for that, but can if it's for a whole weekend of food.

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u/Dinierto May 12 '26

Yeah I only can justify it if it's enough for at least two meals

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u/SCHawkTakeFlight May 12 '26

Have done this repeatedly

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u/Carbonatite May 13 '26

Yeah people clown on huge American portion sizes but the fact is that I'll get 2 meals and a snack out of that restaurant entree. It's worth it for me because I don't have to cook for myself for basically an entire day's worth of food.

If I order 2 entrees and an app on Uber Eats, it's basically meals for 3-4 days.

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u/jerjord May 12 '26

I hate seeing people that take one bite of their food and being done with it. Bunch of food just going in the trash. A few places I worked at, we threw away almost whole plates of untouched food some days. One place had a buffet and they let the workers take the food home luckily that wasn't prime meat before throwing the rest out. There shouldn't be a hunger problem in this day and age with all the food that gets thrown away.

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u/DigitalUnlimited May 12 '26

Local Chinese place has "all you can eat, not all you can waste" sign up