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Nobody Asked for Harry Potter Donuts (thewalrus.ca)

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Rowling has not just become the perennial main character of anti-trans activism; she is driving it around the world. She is not simply someone with bad opinions but, in fact, is someone actively using the royalties gathered from brand partnerships like this to fund fighting human rights organizations that dare to suggest trans women should have rights.

However, much money Tim Hortons spent to secure the rights to slap “Hufflepuff” on a donut is going to fund initiatives like Rowling’s public fight against Amnesty International UK after the organization characterized an anti-trans sexual violence support centre set up by Rowling as . . . well, anti-trans. Those colour-changing Patronus iced drinks are boosting the profile of someone who tried to ruin a cis woman boxer’s life last year just because she was a masculine woman at the Olympics. That themed trivia event at your local Timmies will support the continued visibility of someone who has decided to spend every day making trans people’s lives worse.

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[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sure but they also do lots of commercials with celebrities now and those are not cheap. Somebody has to pay for it. Also minimum wage depends where you live mine hasn't changed.

Sure but why can I go to a sit down restaurant and purchase a burger that is not so much more expensive then a fast food Burger. If its beef price it would effect both places.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Also minimum wage depends where you live mine hasn’t changed.

Here it is raised every year.

Sure but why can I go to a sit down restaurant and purchase a burger that is not so much more expensive then a fast food Burger. If its beef price it would effect both places.

Idk, sit down restaurant burgers are even more expensive here. Sit down restaurants have comparable pricing to fast food places if you get like a pasta or something else that doesn't need a lot of meat and has cheap meat in the first place. Sometimes they'll even be cheaper than fast food then. Think 13€ for a McDonald's meal (big tasty for example), 10-12€ for a pasta at a sit down restaurant, 15€ for a burger with fries at a sit down restaurant and then 3-4€ extra for a drink.

And you used to be able to get that pasta for 6€ at the sit down restaurant, or the burger for about 8, back when that mcdonald's meal cost 6-7. And somehow, the restaurant selling 7-8€ burgers went under, despite having plenty of demand.

In other news, the superb chicken wrap that used to cost me €4.70 a little under a decade ago is now over €8. Actually, it was €8 2 years ago, it could be around €10 now. Also at a sit down restaurant, but I'd usually order it via Wolt.