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The food is trash, yes. So famously trash that it’s commonplace to joke about someone having gastrointestinal issues after eating it.

Melting_Harps 4y ago
> The food is trash, yes. So famously trash that it’s commonplace to joke about someone having gastrointestinal issues after eating it. I've never understood who buys this stuff other than stoners as they are one of the few to remain open 24/7 when options are limited. The food, if you can call it that, seems aimed at those who are so intoxicated that the thought of Dorito flavoured whatever seems appealing. Chipotle, while a healthier step up, is equally as bland as it is expensive and yet during COVID people flocked to these places. We used to get the bowls for working on weekends when I worked in the Auto Industry and it was what most people in the office would request for some odd reason--we often went over budget, too. The conclusion I came to: White people in the US really love white-washed Mexican food, and business is good if you can make it into that segment with decent financial backing to fight the war of attrition. Having a Megacorp like Pepsi backing Taco Bell is why I think they are still in business, I can't recall eating there other than that one time I took a school trip and didn't pack a lunch in the 8th grade: this one had both menus from Pizza hut and Taco Bell so I ordered a pizza and some of those cinnamon twisty things and felt totally ripped off as the quality was so bad and this was in the late 90s: I have a thing for food trauma and tend to remember it vividly. Being from SoCal we have Mexican options everywhere that are on par with Mexico itself since we are so close, but I've never been a fan of the food until Kogi entered the game and switched things up with using Korean based ingredients. I like that it forces people to get in line and share a meal with other patrons since it's an incredibly communal experience.
- wfhordie 4y ago
  I think you got it right: most white people live in places totally devoid of authentic ethnic food of any kind. The big city (120k people) that borders the town I’m from has one Thai restaurant. The last time I was there, I heard someone say it was the best Chinese food they’d ever had. Added to this, Taco Bell has thoroughly exploited the bliss point for salt/sugar/fat and managed to bring the cost down so much that when you’re an overworked, underpaid lower middle class worker, it’s hard to choose anything else, or at least hard to exclude it from your fast food rotation.

Melting_Harps 4y ago

> The food is trash, yes. So famously trash that it’s commonplace to joke about someone having gastrointestinal issues after eating it. I've never understood who buys this stuff other than stoners as they are one of the few to remain open 24/7 when options are limited. The food, if you can call it that, seems aimed at those who are so intoxicated that the thought of Dorito flavoured whatever seems appealing. Chipotle, while a healthier step up, is equally as bland as it is expensive and yet during COVID people flocked to these places. We used to get the bowls for working on weekends when I worked in the Auto Industry and it was what most people in the office would request for some odd reason--we often went over budget, too. The conclusion I came to: White people in the US really love white-washed Mexican food, and business is good if you can make it into that segment with decent financial backing to fight the war of attrition. Having a Megacorp like Pepsi backing Taco Bell is why I think they are still in business, I can't recall eating there other than that one time I took a school trip and didn't pack a lunch in the 8th grade: this one had both menus from Pizza hut and Taco Bell so I ordered a pizza and some of those cinnamon twisty things and felt totally ripped off as the quality was so bad and this was in the late 90s: I have a thing for food trauma and tend to remember it vividly. Being from SoCal we have Mexican options everywhere that are on par with Mexico itself since we are so close, but I've never been a fan of the food until Kogi entered the game and switched things up with using Korean based ingredients. I like that it forces people to get in line and share a meal with other patrons since it's an incredibly communal experience.

wfhordie 4y ago
I think you got it right: most white people live in places totally devoid of authentic ethnic food of any kind. The big city (120k people) that borders the town I’m from has one Thai restaurant. The last time I was there, I heard someone say it was the best Chinese food they’d ever had. Added to this, Taco Bell has thoroughly exploited the bliss point for salt/sugar/fat and managed to bring the cost down so much that when you’re an overworked, underpaid lower middle class worker, it’s hard to choose anything else, or at least hard to exclude it from your fast food rotation.