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That's irrelevant. It's not a given you actually need to eat "fast-food". Many could do with changing their schedule a bit to eat more home cooked meals, or cho

That's irrelevant. It's not a given you actually need to eat "fast-food". Many could do with changing their schedule a bit to eat more home cooked meals, or choosing healthier "fast food chains" than McDonalds. In periods where I have lots of stuff to do, I make boxed lunches and dinners for the following 5 days on sunday. Takes a few hours, but then you have home-made fast-food for the following weeks workdays. You just have to choose some dishes that actually store great or you'll be sad. There's a subreddit for that, though. Not eating at McDonalds or other fast food chains is only equal to not eating to the ignorant. Also, since home cooked food in general are healthier, you'd quite possibly end up with less stress, feeling better and so on, which results in you having even more energy to eat great food that boost you instead of keeping you down, which traditional fast-food does by being unhealthy.

Joe-Z 9y ago
That comment has absolutely nothing to do with what was suggested previously, which was: IF you are in a place with at best sketchy food choices (travelling maybe?), going into a place like McDonald's and KNOWING what you're getting could be an appealing option for many. Sure, if your alternative is: Stay at home all the time, so you never ever have to eat anywhere else, then I guess you don't need McDonald's. Only that's not how most people live.
- fredsir 9y ago
  > That comment has absolutely nothing to do with what was suggested previously, which was: IF you are in a place with at best sketchy food choices (travelling maybe?), going into a place like McDonald's and KNOWING what you're getting could be an appealing option for many. Sure it has. Agreed, it's better to know what you are getting, but that doesn't make it a good choice in any way, and it's, in most cases, a false notion that it's the only option except for not eating. > Sure, if your alternative is: Stay at home all the time, so you never ever have to eat anywhere else, then I guess you don't need McDonald's. Only that's not how most people live. That's ignorance right there. Home cooked food doesn't mean (and I don't believe anybody thinks it does) food that has been cooked in your home. It can mean a couple of things, but all the meanings boil down to "food where you've bought some good ingredients and cooked it your self (or someone you know) and are not relying on factory prepared microwave food and the likes." And no, most people don't travel for work, except if you mean pendling. If you do travel, as in are gone from home say for a week at a time, then home cooked meals can be tough, but in that case, there are most likely a lot of better options than going to McDonalds, like going to a more health-focused chain or going to a grocery store and buying some fruits, breads and so on. Makes a perfectly good, healthy meal that's also cheaper compared to fast food chains here in Denmark anyways. For all the people pendling, which is many times more than people who travel for work, there is no excuse, you could easily have prepared home cooked box meals on sunday and not have had to think about lunch and dinner until next weekend, or simply choose a better, more health focused chain than McDonalds if you don't want good, healthy, home cooked box meals.
- thriftwy 9y ago
  I think it's more about the anxiety. If you are travelling, most of local food choices tend to be OK. Why? If it was bad, localc won't come and they'll close down. Your choices are actually worse at busy places with lots of strangers. Source: personal experience.
- wutbrodo 9y ago
  > IF you are in a place with at best sketchy food choices (travelling maybe?), going into a place like McDonald's and KNOWING what you're getting could be an appealing option for many. This is more anecdotal than anything, but one of the very few times I've gotten food poisoning visiting India in my life was after eating at a McDonald's. This was in 98 or something; McDonald's in India today is pretty much indistinguishable (except for different menu choices, obviously).

Joe-Z 9y ago

That comment has absolutely nothing to do with what was suggested previously, which was: IF you are in a place with at best sketchy food choices (travelling maybe?), going into a place like McDonald's and KNOWING what you're getting could be an appealing option for many. Sure, if your alternative is: Stay at home all the time, so you never ever have to eat anywhere else, then I guess you don't need McDonald's. Only that's not how most people live.

fredsir 9y ago
> That comment has absolutely nothing to do with what was suggested previously, which was: IF you are in a place with at best sketchy food choices (travelling maybe?), going into a place like McDonald's and KNOWING what you're getting could be an appealing option for many. Sure it has. Agreed, it's better to know what you are getting, but that doesn't make it a good choice in any way, and it's, in most cases, a false notion that it's the only option except for not eating. > Sure, if your alternative is: Stay at home all the time, so you never ever have to eat anywhere else, then I guess you don't need McDonald's. Only that's not how most people live. That's ignorance right there. Home cooked food doesn't mean (and I don't believe anybody thinks it does) food that has been cooked in your home. It can mean a couple of things, but all the meanings boil down to "food where you've bought some good ingredients and cooked it your self (or someone you know) and are not relying on factory prepared microwave food and the likes." And no, most people don't travel for work, except if you mean pendling. If you do travel, as in are gone from home say for a week at a time, then home cooked meals can be tough, but in that case, there are most likely a lot of better options than going to McDonalds, like going to a more health-focused chain or going to a grocery store and buying some fruits, breads and so on. Makes a perfectly good, healthy meal that's also cheaper compared to fast food chains here in Denmark anyways. For all the people pendling, which is many times more than people who travel for work, there is no excuse, you could easily have prepared home cooked box meals on sunday and not have had to think about lunch and dinner until next weekend, or simply choose a better, more health focused chain than McDonalds if you don't want good, healthy, home cooked box meals.
thriftwy 9y ago
I think it's more about the anxiety. If you are travelling, most of local food choices tend to be OK. Why? If it was bad, localc won't come and they'll close down. Your choices are actually worse at busy places with lots of strangers. Source: personal experience.
wutbrodo 9y ago
> IF you are in a place with at best sketchy food choices (travelling maybe?), going into a place like McDonald's and KNOWING what you're getting could be an appealing option for many. This is more anecdotal than anything, but one of the very few times I've gotten food poisoning visiting India in my life was after eating at a McDonald's. This was in 98 or something; McDonald's in India today is pretty much indistinguishable (except for different menu choices, obviously).