The Freedom Scale

The Freedom Scale

Share this post

The Freedom Scale
The Freedom Scale
Bear Refuses to Eat McDonalds. Cats Refuse KFC.

Bear Refuses to Eat McDonalds. Cats Refuse KFC.

Fast food isn't good, and it's no longer fast and cheap. It's also not food.

Christopher Cook's avatar
Christopher Cook
May 16, 2024
∙ Paid
170

Share this post

The Freedom Scale
The Freedom Scale
Bear Refuses to Eat McDonalds. Cats Refuse KFC.
118
36
Share

The year was 1987 (or thereabouts), and I and my fellow 19-year-old housemates were living paycheck to paycheck. And some weeks, there was a little gap between those paychecks during which we were just plain broke.

One of those gaps happened to coincide with a major sale on Kentucky Fried Chicken’s “Chicken Little” sandwiches. When these were first intro…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to The Freedom Scale to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Christopher Cook
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share