• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    I’ve given up eating at fast food places … it doesn’t make any sense when you think about it over a lifetime.

    You’re buying unhealthy food that degrades your health and the food is being prepared and handled by people being paid as little as possible while these same workers more often than not don’t like their job. The average person looks down on the fast food worker job and we make fun of them … but we all think nothing of expecting them to make our food. Even the food itself is not food as it’s scientifically engineered to be as addictive as possible, not make you immediately sick and produced with as cheap an edible food product as possible … many of McDonald’s items are known to use a cellulose food filler made from wood pulp … basically sawdust.

    And we pay a premium for it.

    The more I thought of it, the more reasons I had to not buy this crap let alone eat it.

    • 11181514@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Ok we’re talking about fries. Deep fried potatoes. Places like in n out literally make them in front of you. You aren’t going to do it any cheaper or healthier at home.

      The “average” person doesn’t “look down” on fast food workers and who tf is this “we” making fun of them?

      And what exactly is the problem with cellulose? It’s an extremely abundant plant based protein. It makes food have a better texture and doesn’t effect the taste. Do you not eat salad because it has cellulose in the lettuce leafs?

      • wunami@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        It’s an extremely abundant plant based protein.

        Cellulose is a polysaccharide. Not a protein.

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        10 months ago

        The oil is the big thing that makes french fries unhealthy. That and salt. Potatoes in general are pretty nutritious (more so if you leave the skin on). You can air fry them at home, go easy on the salt, and they’ll be much better for you than fast food fries.

    • Howdy@lemmy.zip
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      10 months ago

      Its used because its cheap and people barely have time or energy to take care of themselves in the daily grind that is modern life thanks to capitalist exploitation.

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      10 months ago

      There’s no such thing as cheap food.

      Heard that in a TED talk and they’re words to live by.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      10 months ago

      it depends, at least here in sweden most fast food is honestly absolutely fine as long as that’s not the only thing you eat, and you get sugar free soda, and workers are generally treated okay (if not with great pay).

      just stick to eating fast food when you really want it, like a couple times per month when you’re out and about and really can’t be arsed to cook your own food.