I maybe eat McDonalds once a month. I never get fries anymore, they're good maybe 2% of the time. So many things can go wrong with fries, they can be cold, stale, oily, salty, mushy or hard, and that is all assuming they have good oil, bad oil makes even the perfectly cooked fries taste like ass. And no matter how shitty they taste, they still have about the same number of calories.  Something that was eye opening to me was eating McDonalds with water instead of soda. I never realized how much soda improved the taste and texture of their food. When you just drink water, you realize how crappy most of their menu truly is.