Lawyers going after fast food...

Patty, you really should just leave GFF and join a board that is more, you know, conducive to your kind of....er....person. Because, you know, stupidity is kind of PICKED ON HERE.

A hamburger made at home compared to one made at McDonalds is so different, it's not even funny. I won't get into that, since everyone else is totally all over that point.

Let's talk about the addiction, though. Smokers have a physical addiction to smoking, but poor people have an economical addiction to fast food. Devo is absolutely right when she says that it saves money to eat fast food.

Some people are willing to compromise their health and their wallet for the money cheap-ass, fucked up food gives. Extreme measures, you know. When you have money, it's easier to be healthy.

In fact, I am tempted to say that it would be EASIER to quit smoking than it would to quit fast food. Fast food is not so much a physical addiction as it is a social problem. Smoking is something an individual can overcome - REGARDLESS of income. In fact, quitting the cancer sticks SAVES money. Its a wonder more people don't quit.

Shoving Big Macs in your face as incredible rates for $10 is a really hard habit to break if you only make so much a week and can't afford nice, healthy, fresh food. McDonalds also offers fast food. People these days (or the blue-collared ones I know of) have little time to eat on their breaks and after hours. The kids, the chores, the bills - best to just swing by the drive-thru and grab a cheap burger on the way home.

It's so convenient, why would a person slave over a stove for much, much longer to cook more expensive food? The industry knows what they're doing. They make it so easy. If you're stupid, you can fall into the trap easily.

It's about income. Not about addiction.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

I don't know how you cook, but I don't know if any meal I've ever made for myself has been more expensive than $5 a plate. Not to mention I probably save time by cooking my own food over going out to buy it pre-made. I spend, maybe, an hour every third day cooking a meal for myself that makes enough leftovers to eat for lunch and dinner for a few days. It takes me at least ten to fifteen minutes in walking time alone to get to food for each meal.

Like Alice and Devo have already noted, when you're cooking for more than two people, it gets expensive. Especially if you're planning on doing something notably healthy (fresh veggies alone these days get expensive) or extravagant.

But last night, I made chili for 3 people for about $4.50 a plate. Thats because, you know, its mostly all canned shit where brands don't matter.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Unas

Wouldn't that be as bad as fast food though? I don't mean from the view of hygiene obviously but as in canned foods like that would have a fair amount of crap in them aswell y'know?

Canned corn, canned tomato paste, canned kidney beans....not that I see, no? Maybe a little extra shit, but nothing compared to a $4.50 menu meal at Burger King, right?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by brenden3010

Sass, did you buy the highest quality tomato paste? or the grocery store brand? Get all generic brands.

The hell. It's tomato paste, dude. The price range doesn't VARY too much.

Unless you're implying generic is like, more healthy or some shit. In which case, I would be tempted to argue with you on the principle in general.

Most amazing jew boots

Originally Posted by brenden3010

Dont jump to conclusions so fast. No, im implying buy the cheapest shit you can find for all of that if your going to compare it to fast food. You say a .50 cents here or there isnt a big deal, but it adds up fast.

Dude. What the fuck are you on about.

$4.50 a plate compares fucking fine with a $5 value meal. I don't NEED to go cheaper. Not to mention that it HARDLY MATTERS in the scheme of this thread.

Fact of the matter is that you can cook for cheaper than fast food, but it takes more effort.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Unas

Nothing more needs to be said, thats hit the nail on the head, people are just bloody lazy. That or people are too busy to wait on food

Yea, sure, but like Devo (again) proved, its not ALWAYS cheaper. Eating out of cans is nice and convenient when you're short on time and you have mouths to feed. But like Devo, my tally for tonight's dinner was around $30 for 3 of us.

It's not that people are lazy alone. It's that while dinner CAN be prepared for cheaper, they aren't ALWAYS cheaper. Laziness has a hand in it, but not as much as cost.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?