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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    I've never actually tried McD's coffee. There's a lot of talk of Starbucks sucking - I think it's alright, but it had better be, since all the coffee I've had there has been candied with so much sugar, had all the calories of a burger, and cost as much as a combo meal. I don't go there anymore because they are basically the Wal-Mart of coffee shops - take over a city entirely until there is no competition then expand some more.

    Tim Horton's coffee is... it has got to vary regionally, based on the acclaim it gets, but the best I can say of what I had is that it wasn't burnt.

    The best coffee I've had actually came from a Nescafe vending machine... we had one on my college campus until it fell into disrepair when they opened the Starbucks and Timmy's also on campus. Now I drink tea...

    Also, if that steam got on you it would suck the heat right out of you. Luckily(?!!!) where I live, something like that would freeze solid and break down in a day - if not, you'd just hear a crackling as the steam desublimated into ice crystals as they vanished into the dryness of a -35C day.
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    Image of takeshi takeshi
    12/16/09

    @fuchikoma: You have no good independent coffee shops? That's really unfortunate.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    12/16/09

    @takeshi: We did before Starbucks.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    The last time I was at Starbucks, and I mean the LAST time, a 'barrista' (Italian for "snot") would not sell me a "medium" coffee. I had to speak Spanish or Italian or whatever the hell language they speak there. Venti? Wtf is Venti?

    I left.
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    Image of 5erge 5erge
    12/15/09

    @Gary_7vn: "Congratulations! You're stupid in three languages."
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    12/15/09

    @5erge: And you sir are stupid in just one.
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    12/15/09

    @Gary_7vn: I guess you didn't see the movie Role Models.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    12/15/09

    @5erge: There are thousands of movies I haven't seen. Stupid of me I know.
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    Image of 5erge 5erge
    12/15/09

    @Gary_7vn: It's all good. There's a scene in the movie that plays out just like your post. I thought the quotation marks would have made it clear I was quoting something and not trying to insult you.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    12/15/09

    @5erge: Thanks for the clarification. Sorry I jumped to conclusions. And I learned some Italian! I feel smarter already! :)
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    12/15/09

    @5erge: Here it is:
    Danny: Can I get a large black coffee?
    Barista: A what?
    Danny: Large black coffee.
    Barista: Do you mean a venti?
    Danny: No, I mean a large.
    Barista: Venti is large.
    Danny: No, venti is twenty. Large is large. In fact, tall is large and grande is Spanish for large. Venti is the only one that doesn't mean large. It's also the only one that's Italian. Congratulations, you're stupid in three languages.
    Barista: A venti is a large coffee.
    Danny: Really? Says who? Fellini? Do you accept lira or is it all euros now?
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    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    I love McDonald's coffee. There I said it. Their burgers, not so much, not at all actually. Okay, they make me sick..

    Maybe there is just a little bit of elitism in saying it sucks. Blind taste tests beg to differ...
    McDonald's brews best

    VANCOUVER -- Leaping lattes! In a blind taste test conducted by Canadian Business magazine, McDonald's coffee outranked brews from Starbucks, Tim Hortons and a new premium coffee introduced by Coca-Cola.

    By The Leader-Post (Regina)September 30, 2006
    VANCOUVER -- Leaping lattes! In a blind taste test conducted by Canadian Business magazine, McDonald's coffee outranked brews from Starbucks, Tim Hortons and a new premium coffee introduced by Coca-Cola.

    It seems Ronald McDonald has snatched the crown from the head of the Starbucks logo-lady.

    The taste test, published in the magazine's Sept. 25 issue, asked four Toronto-area coffee aficionados to sample four over-the-counter coffees without knowing what they were tasting.

    Added together, the final rankings put McDonald's first, with a rating of six-and-a-half cups, followed by Starbucks with five, Tim Hortons with four, and Coke with a single cup.

    [www.canada.com]
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    Edited by Gary_7vn at 12/15/09 3:06 PM Gary_7vn was starred Gary_7vn was unstarred
    Image of 5erge 5erge
    12/15/09

    @Gary_7vn: Yeah, but, that's in Canada. I'm sure my McDonalds coffee would be great if it had maple syrup in it, too.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    12/15/09

    @5erge: Maple syrup, food of the gods.
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    Image of Scott Waite Scott Waite
    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    As a coffee snob, I disagree with the "coffee sucks" too. When did you have their coffee last? Pretty cool marketing though.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    Disagree with the "coffee sucks" part... and yeah, the ad is awesome.

    If I had a coffee shop or a bakery, I'd do my best to make the coffee and freshly baked bread smell to spread all over.

    Nutty Bavarian's biggest strategy... [nuttyb.com]
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    Actually their coffee isn't too bad. Unfortunately Dunkin Donuts hasn't made it to the left coast yet. Whenever I have to go to Cali for work it's Micky D's or the two small coffee shops near the hotel. There is a Starbucks down the street (I actually drive past in order to get to McDonalds) but I'll only drink their swill out of absolute desperation.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    I'd rather drink coffee from McD's and Dunkin than from Starbucks or equivalent. Only boutique cup-o-joe shack I go to now is Bean&Bean down the block, for their sweet sweeeet hot apple cider with whipped cream on top. Other than that, I'm not paying $5 or more for what is, in my opinion, lower on the palatability scale than curbside street vendor coffee.
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    Image of stryder100 stryder100
    12/15/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Funny, everyone who puts down Starbucks seems to use the "$5" as the base price. Or sometimes it's "$3.50." Just got a triple Americano for $2.57. A triple espresso is around 2 bucks, a double less. Not a great price but still. I don't like their brewed coffee though. Tastes like burnt poop.
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    tande04 promoted this comment stryder100 was starred stryder100 was unstarred
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    12/15/09

    @stryder100: I always thought Starbucks generally got a bad rap in the price department too.

    I even stick up for them in the taste department. I've never gotten the "burnt" comments I always see.

    Then again I don't ever get pikes peak or whatever their standard roast is. That I agree, generally tastes like shit.
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    Image of BIGE1312 BIGE1312
    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    They should add a coffee smell to the steam.
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    ZaxxonQ.com promoted this comment BIGE1312 was starred BIGE1312 was unstarred
    Image of Jamez Jamez
    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    Their coffee sucks? Last I heard (and I don't drink coffee), reports showed more people like McDonald's coffee more than coffeeshops. And many more than Starbucks.
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    LOL!!! I love how some people move AWAY from it! :-D
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    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    since this is the US someone will probably call the bomb squad
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/15/09

    @yuriythebest3: I'm waiting for a little old lady to sue because she burned her hand on it.
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    Image of MrNaPaLm32 MrNaPaLm32
    12/15/09

    In reply to Your Coffee Is Ready
    you write the worst articles on this site
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    12/15/09

    @MrNaPaLm32: What very constructive criticism.
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    12/15/09

    @MrNaPaLm32: Whoa... kinda harsh, doncha think? I like Jesus' posts! I don't see you writing any articles. :-P
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/15/09

    @MrNaPaLm32: You write the worst comments on this site.

    *snap!*
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/15/09

    @MrNaPaLm32: As a counterpoint, this comment is a piece of literary art. So thought-provoking and eloquently written. Not at all the angsty outbursts of an angry teen with nothing better to do than yell at other people instead of creating something for himself.

    Yep. Totally not that at all.
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    12/15/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com: @njdevil: Quit feeding the troll. They tend to go away if you ignore them.
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    Image of LIAR LIAR
    12/15/09

    @whiteknight89 digs DBZ: Every dissenting opinion is a troll. All of them.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/15/09

    @MrNaPaLm32: You're comment is like lobbing a grenade into a crowded movie theater, only you didn't remove the pin before you tossed it.
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    Image of whiteknight89 digs DBZ whiteknight89 digs DBZ
    12/15/09

    @LIAR: Whew, almost fell for that one.

    Agreed.
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    12/15/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: +1
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    Image of MrNaPaLm32 MrNaPaLm32
    12/15/09

    @MrNaPaLm32: dayummm
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    Image of MrNaPaLm32 MrNaPaLm32
    12/15/09

    @OCEntertainment: This response is not at all the angsty outburst of someone who has nothing better to do than find trolls and feed them.

    Not at ALL. I'm at work and am bored as shit. have a nice day.
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    Image of MrNaPaLm32 MrNaPaLm32
    12/15/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: and your comment is like picking up that grenade and pulling the pin for me.
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    12/15/09

    @MrNaPaLm32: Actually no, it's not like that at all.
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    Image of MrNaPaLm32 MrNaPaLm32
    12/15/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: )
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    Edited by MrNaPaLm32 at 12/15/09 7:04 PM MrNaPaLm32 was starred MrNaPaLm32 was unstarred
    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    11/25/09

    In reply to Augmented Reality Goofiness Thanks to Avatar and Coke
    When I first read the "augmented reality" and "coke" in the headlines, I thought it was a different kind of coke.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/25/09

    In reply to Augmented Reality Goofiness Thanks to Avatar and Coke
    Here's the thing. I really, really wanted Avatar to be amazing. I really did. But from everything I've seen, it looks really bad. Like, a top-10 list of Sci-Fi clichés mixed with Ferngully. I really hope I'm wrong and the movie somehow recoups its $200+ million budget, but at this point I just don't see it.
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    Image of i_pooped_on_ i_pooped_on_
    11/25/09

    @Segador: It won't have a problem getting back its $230 million. That I have no doubt of.

    Now, whether or not the movie is any good is still up in the air.

    I, however, will give Mr. Cameron the benefit of the doubt until I see the movie.

    As long as this isn't another True Lies, I'll be happy.

    To my knowledge he hasn't made a bad sci-fi action movie yet. (Xenogensis and Piranha's 2 don't count.)

    The Abyss, Aliens, T1 & T2? Golden.
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    11/25/09

    @i_pooped_on_: His stellar sci-fi scorecard is the only reason I have any hope for the movie.
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    Image of iheartpie iheartpie
    11/25/09

    In reply to Augmented Reality Goofiness Thanks to Avatar and Coke
    That bestbuy link just comes back to this article ...

    How do these even work? I would my webcame be able to render a 3D interactive element? I'm assuming some kind of software is required?
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    11/25/09

    @iheartpie: Fixed, thx.
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    Image of undeadmachine undeadmachine
    11/25/09

    In reply to Augmented Reality Goofiness Thanks to Avatar and Coke
    wow that is pretty cool. useless at this point, but very cool. cant wait to see board games and paper/dice rpg accessories use this tech in the future.
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    11/25/09

    @undeadmachine: already do. The PS3 used a very similar technology with their card game (forget what it was called)

    It flopped from what I can tell.
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    11/25/09

    @Jim Topoleski: Eye of Judgement--was trippy at the time.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/23/09

    In reply to 13,000 McDonald's Locations Visualized As They Sink US Into Ocean
    And everyone blames the cows for contributing to greenhouse gasses...
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    Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 09/23/09 10:00 PM Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of North Star North Star
    09/23/09

    In reply to 13,000 McDonald's Locations Visualized As They Sink US Into Ocean
    I'd like to see the map for Starbucks.
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    Image of bucho54 bucho54
    09/23/09

    In reply to 13,000 McDonald's Locations Visualized As They Sink US Into Ocean
    Connect the dots, la, la, la.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment bucho54 was starred bucho54 was unstarred
    Image of photophile photophile
    09/23/09

    In reply to 13,000 McDonald's Locations Visualized As They Sink US Into Ocean
    Wow, this makes me hungry.

    I love McDonald's.
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