Here I'm going to copy and paste a rant I typed up in another thread about this. Sorry if it's lengthy, but I want to help out as many brain hurt redditor as I can, sometimes putting things down on media can help conceptualize what is really going on with this sauce debacle. Basically I wrote this to help ease some of your pains.
Word up. I was excited for the possibility that this sauce would return to McDonald's. However, this was only because I thought the show was serious about how good it is, since then I've heard the sauce isn't that great. That's where these folks should draw the line.
You don't need a high IQ to understand the show, but that doesn't mean it can't be smart. One of my favorite things about Rick and Morty is how the show puts humanity under a sociological lens, and then they feed us our own flaws, over and over again. I mean, half of these "epiphanies" have been said a million times, but that's the point. Rick, the smartest guy in the universe is constantly irked by the fact that people fuck things up all the time, and that they can't be trusted to a certain degree (many can agree with this generalization). So here we are, at McDonald's, and the cops have to be called because a bunch of morons can't hold there shit together over a little plastic cup of spiced plum sauce... A sauce that some dude made in the McDonald's corporate kitchen, a dude who probably put more thought into wiping his ass then he did for the plum sauce that he added some schewchan flavoring to.
Now get this, Rick and Morty totally had an episode based on the relationships between people and the avenues they figuratively sell their soul to (consumerism). For those who haven't seen it, the episode is about a shady pawn shop owner who sells magical items that come with a price (a curse). This character is also revealed to be Satan. Here is the thing, he doesn't charge anybody a penny. Why? Because he already has your soul. It is also important to note how the first customer runs like the wind upon discovering their item is "free". I've heard some folks interpret this as "The way humans blindly sell their soul to corporations for material gain", and I think I agree with this one too. No questions as to why it's free? Is there a catch? But this guy doesn't do any of that, because his rhetoric fails him, and to him, his material gain is "free", he doesn't look past that. Now bear with me, there is a point to all of this.
Sorry for the rant, but I'm hungover, and my tinnitus is acting up because I stood too close to some speakers last night, but I'm appalled by this mishap. If you've made it this far, thanks for sticking with this incoherent ramble. So basically my main point/conclusion is this.
McDonald's was giving away free sauce, guess who sells the chicken to dip it in?
Was it really free?
Did you walk/drive/move in any way to get into your local McDonald's?
You just spent energy and/or gas.
Did you wait in line for hours?
You just spent time.
Are you gonna drink the sauce? Or are you going to dip chicken nuggets in it?
You just spent money. (I know some collectors will probably drain the sauce out from the bottom and keep the seal minty, forget about these guys for a second)
But remember that one guy from the article who was different hundreds of dollars for a little plastic cup?
I sure do, and he gets his own special spot here.
When you get hungry in line, will you buy some McDonald's?
McDonald's is more than happy to accept your money. They have your "soul" so to speak, you're in their store, and inhaling the scents they purposely boast to seduce you into eating their food.
So, you gave McDonald's some publicity, you sold them some nuggets and whatever else people bought while waiting in line. The cops were called, and some unlucky minimum wage workers had to deal with this shit... All for the chance of receiving a little plastic cup with spiced plum sauce, a sticker, and/or a poster.
Congratulations (morons from the article), you have become the ultimate fan, you are now the type of people that Dan Harmon makes fun of on his show. Heck, if you guys are lucky, this might be an episode in season 4.