If you live anywhere under the shadow of capitalism, then you’ve seen one of those McDonald’s commercials where a camera pans in to a burger oozing with beef juice and stacked with bacon, melting cheese, and onions. You’ve probably also had the experience of going to a drive-thru and unwrapping said burger only to find a disappointing, deflated version of what was advertised. We’ve all been gaslit by fast food chains and now, a new lawsuit against McDonald’s and Wendy’s and other fast food chains are being accused of exaggerating the size of their food.
The 35-page class action complaint, filed in New York on Tuesday, claims that the ads are unfair to consumers. The lawsuit also alleges that McDonald’s and Wendy’s misleading ads are “diverting millions of dollars in sales” from other businesses that can actually provide us with the thicc burgers we crave, per the Washington Post.
