TaylorSwiftFan
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Maybe they are saying that it makes you look gross.
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why do so many people act like fast food is gross when it's actually great
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ArtemisClydeFrog
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its not that it doesnt taste good, its that its horrible for your health and gives you diarrhea
There's a product for that.
StreetsofBeige
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OK guys, I admit this time. The whoppers werent the best. Check out this lame one. Worst ever.
Excess
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OK guys, I admit this time. The whoppers werent the best. Check out this lame one. Worst ever.
ArtemisClydeFrog
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OK guys, I admit this time. The whoppers werent the best. Check out this lame one. Worst ever.
TheInfamousKira
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OK guys, I admit this time. The whoppers werent the best. Check out this lame one. Worst ever.
Bun be looking like my ex girlfriend's ass.
Vagswarm
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Depends on where you go and what you get. As with fast food, there's only a limited amount of selection that's good for you. I like to go to Perkins and get their Grilled Salmon w/ Baked Potato (plain) and Broccoli. Totally good for you. But it's easy to make at home as well.
Check the nutritional value; almost every major company has a website. Restaurant food contains a lot of sodium to preserve the taste, but it's not good to have it in excess. They also add a lot more to the dish, like meats.
Just looking at something like the Chicken, Bacon & Broccoli Pasta at Perkins: https://www.calorieking.com/us/en/f...n-bacon-broccoli-pasta/w5gFe3XESc-G51N9a_F84A
That's just one serving, for one meal, in one day. Already at or near the max of everything you should take in every day. 2,900 sodium is way too much in one sitting. And that Saturated Fat is insane.
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Tschumi
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There are strata in fast food, macdonalds is firmly in the "how much does the chef care?" zone, whereas Japan's own "Mos Burger" seems more healthy then a morning salad and a dip in the pool...
KFC depends on what country you're in, as the way they prepare their chicken varies widely depending on local tastes.. in Vietnam the chicken is dark grey and slimey and spicy, in Japan they love having a big juicy slough of skin on all their breast pieces, in 'straya it's straight up... I got whole years of my life not eating KFC..
KFC depends on what country you're in, as the way they prepare their chicken varies widely depending on local tastes.. in Vietnam the chicken is dark grey and slimey and spicy, in Japan they love having a big juicy slough of skin on all their breast pieces, in 'straya it's straight up... I got whole years of my life not eating KFC..
lem0n
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Fast food is yummy so long as you choose the right spots and right items on the menu. It's usually health nuts/snobs that have anything to say about it. Either that, or someone that's been sick because of it before. In those cases I get it but like shut the fuck up and let people enjoy things.
Tschumi
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Jesus the channel music at the end of that video is intense, felt like it took over my life for a few seconds
Pegasus Actual
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Sonic is trash tier for food, though my location might just be particularly bad. They have some fairly unique and tasty drinks/slushes though. And their ice cream stuff is okay.
In-N-Out is pure quality. Them and Chick-Fil-A off the top of my head are the two fast food places where you get consistently good food, and friendly well trained service. Popeye's, MickeyDees, Jack in the Box, Taco Bell, and most others will hire just about any ol' junkie and it shows.
Reptars Revenge
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Mcdonalds fries are a top 10 menu item anywhere in the world before they turn into garbage 15 min later.
What the FUCK? Every time I get a whopper it looks like someone stuck half a salad on top. My biggest problem wit the whopper is that the ratio of meat to everything else is off.OK guys, I admit this time. The whoppers werent the best. Check out this lame one. Worst ever.
SpiceRacz
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MaestroMike
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fast food just has too much dam sodium its a problem and makes u feel sick if u eat it too much unless ur really low on sodium I admit I usually have one high sodium meal/snack per day (cheese sandwich or mac/cheese sometimes veggie pizza) but anymore than that and I'm disgusted
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Excess
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Everyone seems to complain about that outro.
Grand Theft Scratchy
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Fast food is tasty but you shouldn't eat it all the time, obviously.
My favorites are Culver's and Jimmy John's.
My favorites are Culver's and Jimmy John's.
aclar00
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Its not quite simple to categorize fast food in my opinion...at least not today. I assume the term literally meant food you can get fast, regardless of quality...but now its connotation is based primarily on quality to me.
Mediterranean places to me generally arent considered fast food, even if i can walk in and out in 5 mins. The ingredients are generally pretty good, have been pre cooked in bulk and likely arent highly processed and frozen.
Burger place i like is Fatburger...technically a fast food spot, but beef is never frozen and you can see them pull out and cook the fresh beef. The meat isnt already cooked and then just reheated in a microwave or warmer.
Hell, most sitdown chain restaurants are fast food in my opinion...aka the Sizzlers, Red Lobsters and Olive Gardens of the world...edible, but utterly garbage in my opinion.
Also, Chic Fil A and In N Out are both overrated, but def xhoose In N Out over the two...good quality vs price ratio.
So in short, there are various tiers of food joints IMO and all kinds of establishments can have quality issues.
The more you expand your horizons, spend a little more and just have new experiences the more likely you realize are not so great tasting McDonalds and similar tiered restaurants are. Like drinking, if all you know is rock gut liquor, well...then youll probably love it cause you dont know any better.
ArtemisClydeFrog
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Soodanim
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I wonder how many of the opinions are different not only because of American state, but because of country. A McDonalds or Burger King is going to be different in the UK, without a doubt.
I really like the Plant Based Whopper. Tastes and feels just like a Whopper to me, but without the grease and mess. Win/win. Burger King is so fucking expensive here though. Luckily for me I have fast food from the big chains about once a year.
I really like the Plant Based Whopper. Tastes and feels just like a Whopper to me, but without the grease and mess. Win/win. Burger King is so fucking expensive here though. Luckily for me I have fast food from the big chains about once a year.
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West Texas CEO
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Your ex had sesame seeds on her ass? That must've been quite the spectacle when you're hitting it doggystyle.
Takeaway pizza is tasty and local establishments are usually good quality if that qualifies as fast food.
But the big places like McDonald's, KFC, subway etc are just terrible to me. At this point it's barely even food and the ones I've tried in past couple years haven't even tasted nice.
The fact that KFC comes in a bucket tells you everything you need to know about what you're getting, and what the chief executive's think of you!
But the big places like McDonald's, KFC, subway etc are just terrible to me. At this point it's barely even food and the ones I've tried in past couple years haven't even tasted nice.
The fact that KFC comes in a bucket tells you everything you need to know about what you're getting, and what the chief executive's think of you!
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bitbydeath
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Location is another factor. Often I hear of how much better places like KFC are here.
SafeOrAlone
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quality consistency, as mentioned, makes all the difference in taste.
I’ll go to McDonald’s sometimes and it’s warm, salty, and they even remembered not to just stack all three pickles on top of each other. It’s so good I’ll go back later that week.
and then when you do, you get some stale, lukewarm crap, with three pickles stacked on top of each other in the middle of the burger.
Seriously, what the hell is that? Take the time to spread out the pickles for god sake. It’s like they literally dispense them from a tube and just set the stack on the burger, it’s the laziest thing ever.
yeah, my local McDonald’s is run like trash. They’ve done that pickle thing hellla times, so I know it’s how their being trained. “Just set the pickles on top! we don’t have time to make art here!” Prob a good thing for my health.
I’ll go to McDonald’s sometimes and it’s warm, salty, and they even remembered not to just stack all three pickles on top of each other. It’s so good I’ll go back later that week.
and then when you do, you get some stale, lukewarm crap, with three pickles stacked on top of each other in the middle of the burger.
Seriously, what the hell is that? Take the time to spread out the pickles for god sake. It’s like they literally dispense them from a tube and just set the stack on the burger, it’s the laziest thing ever.
yeah, my local McDonald’s is run like trash. They’ve done that pickle thing hellla times, so I know it’s how their being trained. “Just set the pickles on top! we don’t have time to make art here!” Prob a good thing for my health.
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CAB_Life
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It’s grossly unhealthy: often calorically saturated and pumped full of nitrates, preservatives and other horrible chemicals. I would think the obesity epidemic would indicate its health risks while synonymously validating the OPs opinion that fast food tastes good and is desirable—no one is arguing the latter two points.
Still, if you’re above the poverty line you can make much better food for yourself, far cheaper and tastier than anything you will ever get from McDonald’s. Everyone acts like they have a shortage of time and resources, then they spend 3-4 hours a day watching YT, Twitch, TV or playing video games and ordering $20 or more worth of fast food. We have a shortage of self-care (actual self-care, not love yourself cause you’re 400lbs bs), time-management and healthy habits in North America. We do not have a shortage of time or money for the most part, especially not if we’re discussing something that is clearly a luxury like fast food.
Still, if you’re above the poverty line you can make much better food for yourself, far cheaper and tastier than anything you will ever get from McDonald’s. Everyone acts like they have a shortage of time and resources, then they spend 3-4 hours a day watching YT, Twitch, TV or playing video games and ordering $20 or more worth of fast food. We have a shortage of self-care (actual self-care, not love yourself cause you’re 400lbs bs), time-management and healthy habits in North America. We do not have a shortage of time or money for the most part, especially not if we’re discussing something that is clearly a luxury like fast food.
Methos#1975
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Hell no, sit down family owned local places are completely separate entities imo
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
Fast food might have a bad name due to it generally being junk food. Working in a McDonald's as a teen I discovered how much salt goes into a beef patty or on the fries. However, to me it's a nice treat to have once a month. It's not gross. Some of the health smoothies I've seen people make register far more gross than fast food.
Boss Mog
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The problem with fast food isn't the taste. Of course it tastes good because there's a shitload of salt and artificial flavor enhancers. An Umami wet dream. But that also makes it bad for your health, like really bad. More than the shit ingredients, it's all the unnecessary calories fast food has that makes it really bad for you, especially if you eat it often.
I found that I can make my own burgers at home with quality ingredients that not only taste better but also have half, if not a third, of a fast food burger's calories.
I found that I can make my own burgers at home with quality ingredients that not only taste better but also have half, if not a third, of a fast food burger's calories.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Fast Food will kill you. It is cheap because it cuts tons of corners in terms of nutrition and other health safety measures.
Fast Food can give you diabetes, cancer, bone diseases, brain damage, etc. It is the number one reason behind the health crisis in the USA.
This is one of many studies on it.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fast Food can give you diabetes, cancer, bone diseases, brain damage, etc. It is the number one reason behind the health crisis in the USA.
This is one of many studies on it.
The Hidden Dangers of Fast and Processed Food
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
I generally think national fast food chain food tastes awful.. not trying to feel superior, it's just quickly heated up frozen food for the most part.
Susurrus
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Gawd, I love me some nuggs.
Mossybrew
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I quickly learned that "extra most bestest" simply meant "extra greasy" and stopped ordering those. I still get the two for tuesday basic pepperonis, and at least at my local place, it is a pretty good pizza to get two of them for like 13 bucks.
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Mossybrew
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Honestly McDonalds is bottom tier fast food that I'll eat if there's like no other option. In town I would rather have Jack In the Box, Burger King, Taco Bell, Wendy's, Five Guys, Subway even Arby's all before I'd ever want McDonalds. I'm still sad there's no Carl's Jr in town, it's a 40 minute drive just to get to one, or that would be my first choice.
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Halo is Back
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It depends on the place, but yea I would still rather eat a freshly cooked meal. Fast food is a cheap time-saving alternative to traditional cooking. That's all it is, and that's all it will ever be.