• Leviathan@lemmy.world
    0·
    4 months ago

    I think at this point I only ever go to fast food places when a friend who loves fast food places is over and we happen to go get food. Happens maybe once every couple of years.

    I think I’m at an age that if I want burgers or barbecue or something unhealthy or greasy is rather make it myself and have it be extra dirty and less expensive.

  • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
    0·
    4 months ago

    I only go there if I happen to get a craving for them and am very hungry, which isn’t very often. Maybe once every few months.

  • Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    0·
    4 months ago

    I live in a small town without any stores. There’s a pizza place that makes nice pizza though. We eat pizza from that place ~1-3 times per year.

    I dont even remember the last time i was at mcdonalds or similar. its been at least a couple of years…

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
    0·
    4 months ago

    I actually really like fast food, but I manage my diet pretty closely, so I only have it once a week anyway, and I’d just as soon buy ten frozen burger patties and make the burger myself than pay surge pricing.

    I’m not one of the whale customers they’re looking for.

  • Epicmulch@lemm.ee
    0·
    4 months ago

    I’ve always said that it’s bullshit that those meals were so cheap in the first place. Their lobbyists paid off a bunch of politicians to make it so cheap. It shouldn’t have ever been as cheap as it was. That food is terrible for you in every way. It’ll probably be good for a lot of people to stop eating it so much. So i see this as a win win.

    • captainWhatsHisName@lemm.ee
      0·
      4 months ago

      There’s a documentary “King Corn” that talks about how US government subsidies to farmers for growing corn have made it so inexpensive that it creates a surplus and prices that are too low relative to other foods. This resulted in the proliferation of corn being fed to cattle and other animals, which makes them less healthy to eat but fattens them for slaughter sooner. Also corn syrup is so cheap to make it made soft drinks less expensive. These are large reasons why fast food was so inexpensive and so bad for you. Also surplus corn and corn syrup led to the creation of a lot of unhealthy breakfast cereals which are marketed to kids.

  • wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml
    0·
    4 months ago

    Ohhh! Lemmy is my people. We are small as a group but mighty in spirit. Sometimes I miss my weird little subs at Deadit and o go back and am reminded by the thirty point IQ drop across the board and I content myself to return to Lemmy and see exactly what I needed to see.

    Off to the rest of my day.

    This one meme satisfies so completely. Except that I may modify it to reflect my decade clean from fast food. Onward!

    Rice cookers of the world unite!

  • j_roby@slrpnk.netEnglish
    0·
    4 months ago

    It really seems like my grocery store (a Kroger brand) has been doing this for a bit now.

    Prices on certain things vary wildly depending on the time of the month or the day of the week. Plus, with their bullshit, incessant push for everyone to use their app and online ordering, it seems like this will be much more common moving forward.

  • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
    0·
    4 months ago

    Hot take: every business that has a happy hour already has surge pricing and nobody minds because they promote it as offering a discount on the “normal” price.

  • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
    0·
    4 months ago

    I have had some fast food in the last year, but each time I regret it and it gets longer in between.

    For the same price I can order from a real restaurant and have leftovers.

      • doingthestuff@lemmy.world
        0·
        4 months ago

        It’s still expensive and you have to have time. I still do it, love to cook. But sometimes I have no choice but frozen or fast food. Saying you don’t eat fast food, to me I just see privilege. Not that you said that, but it’s in this thread.

        • dustyData@lemmy.world
          0·
          4 months ago

          It is interesting to see the American context where food is so cheap. In my country eating out, even fast food, is the privilege. For me there’s no cheaper option than cooking at home, by a wide margin. It does take some planing. But I would go broke in a week if I ate a whole work week straight of fast food. It would be over half of my monthly income. Just one week of lunch only. So for me there’s no option, I have to cook at home or I would starve.

          • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            0·
            4 months ago

            It’s this way in America too if you cook from scratch. People often think fast food is cheaper because they’re buying pre-made/frozen stuff at the grocery store, or they just don’t know how to plan properly.

            I meal plan around sale items and spend an average of $120/week for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for two adults. That’s less than $3/meal.

          • RisingSwell@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0·
            4 months ago

            I’m in Aus, and I basically never eat a proper home cooked meal. I can get a hotdog for $3.50 and outside of super basic food like just rice, or oats, I can’t match that.

            We don’t need to talk about how much I waste on drinks though, thats an entirely different problem.

            • Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml
              0·
              4 months ago

              You went “i need an example for something that is cheaper to buy than to cook” and you picked fucking hot dogs??

        • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
          0·
          4 months ago

          I cook almost every meal, and I eat mostly things based on beans and rice.

          I also don’t really enjoy cooking, so I streamline. I prep several days at once, and put everything in containers for when I need it. I keep the frying pan on the stove, and toss everything in when the rice cooker is done… It’s very low effort, but endlessly versatile between veggies, spices, and cooking methods.

          You have to wait like 20 minutes to let the rice cook, but then it’s less than 5 minutes of effort for most meals, then if you immediately rinse everything down you don’t need to completely wash it every time

          It’s also extremely cheap, the only thing I know of that’s cheaper would be bulk top ramen. I use a $20 rice cooker and a frying pan… My food expenses are about $25-35 a week, and I like to pick up fresh veggies and other things to vary it up. That’s like 3 meals, maybe 4 at a fast food place these days.

          Cooking isn’t privilege in any way. It’s normal. It doesn’t have to be fancy, it’s just basic preparation of food humans have done since we discovered fire.

          If you’re so exhausted you can’t care for your own basic needs, that’s not lack of privilege, that’s exploitation

  • Makeshift@sh.itjust.works
    0·
    4 months ago

    This is not something I’ve heard of as someone who also doesn’t bother with fast food. Is this like, higher prices during rush hours or something?