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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Whatever anyone’s opinion on this, ONION RINGS DO NOT BELONG HERE, they are NOT POTATOS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They are orthogonal to the potato axis.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Where the hell are the Cajun fries?

8, 5, 4, 2, 1, 7, 3, 6

Adding Cajun seasoning to 4, 2, 1, or 7 would raise it above the other 3 and make me unsure about whether to raise it above 5.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They are definitely by shape (mostly, sweet potato is the odd one out), not seasoning. You can add Cajun seasoning to any of those and they'd still be what shape they are. Just like I prefer curly fries, but I don't like the ones from Arby's because of their seasoning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

mostly, sweet potato is the odd one out

And the onion rings.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

2: Top tier. I would suck a curly fry-wrapped dick as a side dish to my communion.

8: As pictured, yes. With their typical batter style that allows the onion to slide out? Fucking garbage. 1: A solid choice that reheats well and consistently delivers the yum.

7: Tasty and a fun puzzle as you try to reconstruct the potato.

3: Plain tots? Fuck outa here. Bump that shit up with some totchos.

4: Good in theory, dry as fuck in practice. Texture is inconsistent and offensive to autism.

5: What the fuck is wrong with you? Deadass. Explain your trauma to me.

6: Somehow chalk that reheats into more chalk. Your mom said not to fast food and then pulled these out the oven. Worse than a sweet potato fry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Where are the cheese curds? Fucking profligates is deep fried cheese too good for ya?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They're all tied for number 1, except sweet potato, which skips all the empty spots below and goes straight to number 8. Sweet potato fries suck.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Never had curlies, tots (not even sure what they are) or waffle fries.
After reading the comments I think I've never had good onion rings or sweet potato fries. Those are a no from me. Onion rings were just deep fried batter and sweet potato was sweet and soggy. Both didn't leave an impresion.

Now my potato of choice is wedges (especially if cooked in an oven). Then whatever is left. Not sure why everyone is hating on zigzags. The thickness is similar to straight fries so it should cook similarly and without seasoning everything will taste bland.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

This

With Belgian mayonaise!

And I'm Dutch so I'm not even biased.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is that the same thing sold as "frite sauce"? That stuff is the food of the gods

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes. Vlaamse frieten zijn superieur.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Why Vlaamse? Good fries also in Brussels and Wallonia

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Yes but they refuse to learn Dutch and nobody should be force to order in French

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I'm gonna have to lock in Onion Rings as my final answer.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

No. I refuse to rank my children as well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

So, shoestring and wedges have such a huge range of quality, there are so many ambiguities here!

Not zigzags though. Zigzags can get fucked.

Edit: But really. Trash shoestrings are tue most trash. If you can get the oil hot enough, or do the double drop trick, you get one of the best stand alone fries, but they arent good for dipping in much more than ketchup, and you cant, like, put cheese on them or anything. You need more substantial fries for that. Wedges are similarly niche in the other direction, and the quality of their preparation varies widely.

Edit: replace zigzags with fried zucchini or mushrooms or mozzarella sticks. Then that slot is back in contention.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Those were all just thrown in to cause confusion and distract everybody from the correct answer, Onion Rings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Well, yes onion rings are better than the rest.

Though thick battered and thin breaded onion rings should perhaps be separated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Gimme some of those tots

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Anglosphere ah ah list

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

3 –> 1 –> 4 –> 2 –> 6 –> 8 –> 7 –> 5

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What the heck kind of list is this?

Where are the steak fries?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Wedges, winners

Onion rings second depending on their quality

Then sweet potato fries

[paja] (a Spanish variety that's amazing)

Shoe stings

curly

Zigzag

tots

Waffles

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

3 >2>4>1>7>8>5>6

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Steak cut. Home fries. Has browns

Don't cut my boys out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The top three are Shoestring, Curly, and Wedges, though not necessarily in that order. I still have not managed to figure out how the fuck restaurants make their shoestring (and steak) fries so fucking good.

Next are waffle fries and onion rings. They're okay.

Sweet Potato fries and tots after that. Just not my thing.

Whoever likes zigzag/crinkle-cut fries is a monster. May god have mercy on their twisted souls.

The secret winner though is zucchini fries, which are mana from the heavens.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My only strong opinion on the whole chart is that crinkle cut fries are the worst thing shown and thus take last place no matter what

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Crinkle are dogshit tier but I'll take them over sweet potato anything.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Best to worst: 8, 7, 4, 2, 6, 1, 3, 5

Sweet potato in general is just terrible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

1,5,7,8,3,4,2,6

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I love my thick wedges! Shoestring always disappoints me for some reason

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I’ll just take whatever. I’m not picky.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Onion rings top, then tots, then everything else

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

wedges, waffle, tots, onion rings, curly, shoestring, crinkle (never heard them called zigzag), sweet potato

I have had really good sweet potato fries that rank much higher, but they're a gamble. Seem to have greater variation in quality than the other options.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
  1. Waffle fries (always crispy and delicious)
  2. Curly fries (same)
  3. Tater tots (surprisingly good)
  4. Wedges, if properly spiced
  5. Good onion rings
  6. Shoestring, if not limp
  7. Bad onion rings
  8. Bad wedges
  9. Crinkle cut (zigzag) (usually unflavored and soggy from a bag, but can be better than soggy shoestrings)
  10. Bad shoestrings
  11. Sweet potato fries (always soggy and I don't like sweet potato very much)
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