Döner's are tasty, local and not expensive

Okay but seriously, where I'm from McDonald's is 200% the cost of pretty much any local non-chain fast food establishment (Who provide food of far higher quality). I do not understand how they are even open, or why anyone eats there.

Bravo !

And sometimes they even tell you what species it came from.
- It's chiken, I've worked at shawarma stand for a month in the summer, you can trust my expertise.
  
  Even when you choose the beef one?
- What do you mean, it says it clearly on the receipt!
  Wait...

Man, I miss doner every day, I wanna bring a doner restaurant from germany to my country rn
- I thought you get them in pretty much every corner of the world these days.
  
  For real, my city is a massive untapped market. There is quite a bit of kebab but none are actually good, and absolutely 0 doner kebab
- Same. I haven't been to Germany in 20 years, and I complain to my wife about craving döner at least once a week.
  
  I've scoured the entire city for a good doner kebab, I cant forget how good it tastes. I cant wait to go back to germany haha

I like Kebabs. Only thing i worry is about the hygiene standards in these shops. I saw a test and 4 out of 10 failed basic standard.
- Just need to pick the 6 good ones!
- Great news! I think Doge just fired all the health inspectors as costly dead weight, so all restaurants now have a perfect 10/10!
  I had a beer at a posh downtown bar a few months back while waiting for someone. You have no idea how many mice I saw zigzagging across the floor, but I think you're getting an idea.
- As long as I don't get the shits or sick then I'm good
- That's just surprise seasoning
- Adds some flavor to it. And if you don’t get sick, it’s all good.

I had a döner once 25 years ago and I still remember how good it was.

Döner macht schöner
- Ich bin doch schon schön.
  
  Ist ja auch die Steigerung. Auch der Spitzensportler wird durch Doping besser. Also auch du als Schönheit mithilfe von Döner

Not expensive?
- Your kilometrage may vary.
- How much is it where you live?
  
  Am from Germany. 5€ at our current favourite döner. Seitan döner with a very good vegan cocktail sauce. My other favourite right across our flat is 6,50€ - falafel döner with hummus and all kinds of other freshness. 6,50€ is rather expensive for my tastes and my wallet but pretty cheap compared to the nationwide average. 5€ is beyond cheap
  
  10€ in France. As expensive as fast food.
  
  7,50€
  
  Here it is 6 to 9€. Depends on what bread you want. Pitah, plain wrap or lahmacun. Also we have the 'kapsalon" about 10€.
  
  8,9,10...

I've always wanted to try döner, but they're impossible to find in the US, at least outside large cities :(
- Gyros and shawarma are both types of / related to döner; you might have more luck finding one of them.
- Yeah, they are rare in the US and usually in cites only. There was a döner place not too far my from work in my old city and I haven't found a place yet in my new location. The Greek food isn't as good here either, so gyros haven't been able to step in as a replacement. First world problem, but I still miss them.
- I saw a chain for a brief time called “Vertskebap” but it didn’t last long. Maybe because they were also charging $16 a pop.

Ugh, even if the entire US government woke up tomorrow, apologized to all of our allies, signed peace treaties with everyone to show we were serious, AND ended all wars forever, I'd still stand by this meme.
I did 6 months in Germany, and I had doner near fucking weekly.
Doner boxes are fucking fantastic, and simply god tier after a few Dunkels.

I respect any restaurant that features a spinning cone of meat.

Not as good as it's far superior cousin "The Halifax Donair". Come visit and try one.
- Oh the king of donair! It's not ON Skin garden Rd, but a few street over, right?
  
  It's on Grafton but Tony's is where it's at!

Döner macht schöner, auf Dauer auch schlauer. McDonalds just makes fat.

Lamb doner meat and chips, with lettuce, onions and burger sauce. Food of the gods!

And a Doner actually fills you up.

Döner's are tasty, local and not expensive
Yeah, it just so happens I have been getting obsessed with it lately! They are also healthier and have more natural ingredients than McDonald's could bother to have.

European propaganda at it's finest.

I don't eat much fast food nowadays, but a good dürüm kicks a burger every time.

Dang it, if y'all keep posting stuff like this you're gonna makes me want to immigrate even more than I already do.

I was avoiding American companies fast food since the genocide in Gaza started since I didn't know which companies didn't have business with israel, I knew mcdonalds and starbucks did, so I didn't buy anything from them since then, but now I'm just avoiding them all. Since I started I've found a Brazilian fast food company that sells calzones and they're really cheap and tasty, as well as being much faster than the other fastfood places. I am now just missing a coffee shop that sells stuff like macchiato or those other drinks that starbucks sells, I love those and I cannot replicate them at home even with an espresso machine
- There is a phone app called "No Thanks" which lets you search any company name to see whether they support Israel financially. It is always the big international (and usually American) companies. Rarely companies which are mostly contained within one country.
  
  That is really nice!!! Thank you very much, I will use this so much!!

A wild Dönermann appears. He offers you:
Balls of deep fried chickpeas flour, rich in protein
or
An ungodly blob of mouldered animal tissue, dripping with cholesterol
What is your choice?
- A vendor that lets their gyros moulder probably isn't making sanitary falafels either. So neither.
- fml... but latter
- Both, Falafel is great with lamb.

We have these in maritime Canada as well but we spell it Donair
- Its funny, in ontario we only have shawarma. Lots and lots of shawarma, but I'd never heard of doner until i went to europe.
  
  There was a sick Donair joint in Roncevales up until a few years ago
- Well...slightly North Americanized. The sauce is basically just sugar with some garlic and vinegar mixed in. :P
  Both donairs and doners are tasty, though!

PLZ Freeze and ship to US, I'll pay the tariffs :)
- I'm sorry but you'll have to come to Europe for the full experience
  
  Et appeler le cuisiner "chef".
  
  Ohh, I've been. It's been a while, like pre €. We rented a car with unlimited miles and drove from Paris to Switzerland stopping all over in between then train to UK on the way out. Worst case, need the youngest to get a few years on him before we do a grand tour.
  Though, I'm seriously looking at digital nomadding in Portugal. They're set up pretty well for it.
  But for the moment, that would be some REALLY expensive döner after airfare and hotel accommodations.

Meat on a stick > Mc "meat"

This reminded me of this Armstrong and Miller sketch (or documentary): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EoihKUbmM38

McDonalds is nasty. I don't touch the stuff in the US and feel it would really be a waste of what could have been a good meal in EU.

... and healthier too.

The good old nice’n’greasy

God i wish i could try real döner, didn't have a taste for it when I was young, and there just isn't any anywhere near me where i live now. Which just feels weird to me, i always thought that was a guarantee anywhere near a military installation

Not to be that guy, but McDonalds doesn't really give a shit if you eat at their restaurant. They own the land that the restaurant sits on. It's only the franchisee that gets in financial trouble from lost revenue.
McDonalds can always sell the land even if individual restaurants fail.
- the franchise buys stuff from the corp tho
  
  But the net on that is nothing. The profits on the land sale is everything, as long as they can hold it long enough (rented) to make it worthwhile.