As as Southerner, this

It’s a bit of both really

everyone thought they were the funniest person for asking for a whopper at a McDonald’s

is it possible for someone to maybe have done that, not as a prank, but because they were so shitfaced while in the drive thru that they legitimately thought they were at Burger King and/or confused the two?

Did you become religious again or just a less annoying atheist?

Depends on which is closer. Also, only South Florida is truly tropical