Pictured from distribution Center in Baldwin Park, CA. They’ve been flying this flag for years. This hasn’t gotten much attention but In n out also was anti-vax and anti-lockdown during COVID. The CEO also recently went on a right wing podcast to announce they’re moving the HQ to Tennessee but backed out after getting backlash. They would wave the MAGA flag if they knew they wouldn’t get in trouble for it but are ‘softballing’ with the Don’t Tread On Me flag.
Anyone who still thinks the flag isn’t right wing and is meant to represent anti tyranny clearly hasn’t been paying attention to politics the last few years. This is the same way the Swastika was a symbol for peace , it was co opted by Nazis. I personally will stop eating at In-N-Out. Will save me some calories at least.
Originally Posted By u/Xolerys_ At 2025-08-12 05:38:33 PM | Source
An In-N-Out opened near me a few years ago, (just outside Houston) and every once in a while I decide to give it another try, and it's just a garbage-tier burger every time.
I heard for years about a secret menu, but how the fuck is there a secret menu when there's only five ingredients to choose from? What kind of burger place doesn't even have bacon? Or mayonnaise?? My go-to burger is cheese, bacon, mayo, and grilled onions (if available). In-N-Out has none of that except for cheese and an unremarkable and flavorless patty of beef. And yes, I've tried ordering a burger directly off the menu. It wasn't good.
I love a good burger. I seek them out. In my small city I can think of seven burgers off the top of my head that I'd choose before I ever give In-N-Out another chance, and a handful more that I haven't had a chance to try. It wasn't the worst burger I've ever had, but it was by far the most disappointing.
All that to say, I already wasn't going there again, but now I'll do it even louder.
I agree with pretty much every word. And to top it off, their fries are worse than their burgers.
Right? Then the diehards are like, you have to order it animal style, with the special animal sauce that's just a bunch of condiments mixed together, which is the same fucking secret sauce that every burger place has.
Or I could go to a good burger place that has delicious fries that are crispy enough to dip in that exact same sauce.
"Animal style" means they cook the patty with mustard and top it with grilled onions and cheese, not just the special sauce.
I've never eaten at In-N-Out
and now probably never will
but I've made "animal style" burgers at home and can't deny they're pretty darn good.
Well they don't cook the animal style fries with mustard, so it's just their soggy fries made even soggier by the animal sauce. Plus cheese and onions I guess. I couldn't remember all the specifics, but I do remember how it made me feel.
Been to an In n Out only once. The burgers were pretty standard-issue but the fries were indeed awful. Like biting into a stick of styrofoam.
I've never understood the strange devotion the fans have for this chain. You're on point, it's nothing to write home about in any department.
Marketing works.
It works better on shallow morons, sure, but no one is immune, especially when it works well enough to develop a perception of being a popular opinion.
valid. and there's something to be said about the regional/city fav - in the midwest it was whitecastle, in texas it was whataburger, in the pnw it's dicks: none of these are remarkable hamburgers. but they're the local brand that's been there forever and has the population's loyalty.