How do people eat so much junk food and fast food?

[TsAubreyKate]

Seriously this shit is sickening honey buns were already sweet they didn’t need icing and some people eat fast food almost everyday I get if your on the road traveling or only have a few hours for lunch but people just sit up and eat this crap 24/7 stop scooting pass the produce when you go into store you fat fucks

everything does not need butter everything does not need cheese every meal you eat shouldn’t come in a brown paper bag I could smoke 40 cigarettes a day and I’ll live longer than someone eating McDonald’s everyday

this instant gratification is why so many people my age can’t cook they’re so impatient and want everything now now now and no noodles don’t count bowls of cereal don’t count actual fire , oil and skillet meals this is why you fuckers can’t move out your parents house your wasting money buying junk and fast food I get that it’s convenient but dude don’t eat that shit all the time I swear to god if I meet one more person who is old enough to buy alcohol that can’t cook rice 😤

especially you girls knowing how to cook is not sexist no one is saying you belong in the kitchen but it’s a skill an adult should have

[MCheetah]

Depression and addiction. It's the same exact way people can drink alcohol or smoke marijuana or take other drugs, or be addicted to porn, or any other deadly habit or vice.

I'll eat fast food every now and then, but I'm not proud of it. It's usually when I'm at my lowest or most depressed. And it's far easier and cheaper to get than other vices, like sex or booze. I can technically cook, but my cooking sucks and tastes subpar to a pizza from Pizza Hut or a cheeseburger from Wendy's or something.

Likewise, I'd never smoke marijuana or do other substance abuse, while some people can swear off fast food or even live life as a vegan, but still have horrible habits like smoking weed everyday or a pack of cigarettes. Or drinking themselves drunk every night.

Bad habits are bad habits. And honestly, I don't judge people for making bad choices. I DO judge people, for refusing to own up to those bad habits and trying to justify them as being "acceptable," however. I'm overweight, but I'm not the type of person to try to claim "obesity is healthy." (Note, I'm talking about ACTUAL obesity; 100+ pounds overweight, as opposed to women not being stick thin and trying to call any woman over 140 pounds "obese" like people tend to do on this site.)

[dragoblack]

It's addiction brought on by a long history of shady buisness practices, bad health education, and a society shaped around convenience.
In the past big sugar companies started making deals with companies & buisness to start adding sugar into food, what most people didn't realize is sugar is addictive. Yes, sugar has been used for a very long time, but it was mainly for the rich who could afford it. Over time people got used to using sugar in all sorts of cooking till health organizations came out saying it wasn't good for people in large amounts, which ended up with sugar getting many different names and artificial sweeteners were made but by the time everything became industrialized into convince, sugar was being added to everything... granted coca-cola didn't help with the sugar & cocaine soda. With fast food it was always meant to be a once or twice a month thing but people got used to affordable prices and food being made for them. Then there was microwavable TV-dinners, premade frozen meals... etc. convince became the norm. With usa schools & education they explained food amounts via a "food-pyramid" which is super inaccurate and doesn't explain, nore show what a balanced meal looks like. It is still taught like that sadly and home economics have been weeded out of most public education with the excuse of "it's the parents job to teach them that " when in truth the schools can't afford it due to funding, legal reasons, and the fact the teachers have to buy the supplies and it isn't a tax write off for buisness expense. Not incuding if the school board is withholding funds, giving themselves raises, or embezzling.

[jessicake]

I understand your take, but I think it lacks some nuance (which is hard on the Internet so I understand that too)


A lot of young people aren’t taught how to cook for themselves, I Wasn’t. I had to learn on my own. My parents ate a lot of processed foods growing up, so I confronted the future of my health at a pretty young age and decided I wanted a different future.


Food desserts exist here in America. Some people don’t have access locationally much less monetarily to fresh whole foods. While it’s attainable to make healthy meals for cheap, a lot of working class people don’t have the time or energy to do so, so we defer to the convenient option. It’s expensive and tiring after hard work. I think it’s a much larger issue than just blaming someone for being lazy or fat.


Ultimately, I think people who eat food that you talk about are a product of their environment and may simply not know any better.

[MCheetah]

I think this should be MHO on here.

[howhigh420]

Well a very long time ago my problem years ago was comfort eating jst to feel better thats why i got bad but desided to get maself togerher nd work hard to get ma old body back lovley stopped the junk thought yeah but mostly its down as comfort eating because ure alone and sad or it makes u feel good

[Anonymous]

For me, I'm a food addict.
Food is basically one of the only things where I feel I can get what I want.
Virtually everything else I want feels like it's out of my control. But with food, I look at an item, decide I want it, I make the choice to get it, and then I have it. And the people who hand it to me are often nice, especially if they see me frequently. Everywhere else in life is unsatisfied, and food is used to project that "I got what I wanted" feeling into all those empty spaces. I know it's a problem, yet it's also one of the only things I can trust. I can't trust much else to make me feel better, everything I've pursued before blew up in my face. I've lost a lot of weight in the past (60kg), and I thought I had it under control, but then I started uni and couple months into it my girlfriend blindsided me with a breakup and it really fucked me up. Between that shit and dealing with uni, food was the only thing I had to lean on. I got bigger than I was before over the course of uni. Now I'm at the end of my masters degree, just trying to push through to the end without developing diabetes or some other lasting health problem. Once I'm out I hope to focus on my health full-time.

[Aethereal]

I'm sorry to say this but you don't get to decide what people choose to do with their lives, unless it directly brings harm to others. Sure you can not like it, you're allowed to have opinions, but no one is obligated to pay attention to them unless they specifically care about what you think of their choices (maybe your SO or children).

Imagine if someone took this attitude with you on something else; something you choose to do, and like doing i. e. the food you cook, what you drink, wear, how you spend your free time, what you do for a living. How would it make you feel if they acted like their opinion on these things was more important than yours? Sure some people share your opinion, I do to an extent. But if these people you are attacking don't care, it's their choice. Why stress over the choices of strangers when they haven't indicated that they want help, or are interesting in our opinions?

[Anonymous]

To be fair most of what is marketed to you in the store is none to healthy either. Problem is companies usually load products up with salt to preserve them or salt, fat,, or sugar to enhance the taste. Sometimes all 3. Yes the consumer is at fault for not demanding better but corporations are not innocent in this easier.. I used to drink a lot of pop. I quit it a month and a half ago. Now I taste the natural sweetness in apple that I wouldn't have before. Now I'm afraid to even drink one pop because I don't want to get hooked again.

[TonyV]

Couple hours for lunch? What fucking kind of job do you have?
Everything does need butter by the way, and cheese is great.
Live would be easier if I was born with bad taste like you but after a week of tuna and hard boiled eggs I'm usually ready to kill myself, basically all fruits suck, vegetables suck.

Basically if it's good and not a meat or cheese it has a lot of carbs in it.

[Naxwi]

I don't know why you would eat it constantly as for me the con's outweight the pro's, that's all. I don't think shame is a proper motivator though and you can't force people's eyes open without tainting the view you want them to see. Peoples realizations are just more powerful when they get to them themselves, but it was a try..

[exitseven]

When you go to the supermarket you see people with shopping carts full of snack food and sugary stuff. I went off the rails a little this year during covid. I had surgery in April and it is still taking me time to recover. I have been eating more snack food than I should and gained some weight.
The answer is that junk food is designed to taste good so people keep eating it.

[Luopio27]

Fast food pays taxes. Governments have accepted their business. So therefore it cannot be a health risk. I mean why would our loving, caring governments and their hard working, kind hearted, reliable and responsible polititions allow any of us taking a bite of anything that could be bad for any of us.

[DryGermanGuy]

Check the documentary "Super Size Me" (there are others, too).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me

[Ninani]

Once you get used to it, your body craves the excessive sugar and fat and it's harder to satisfy your "hunger" with healthier foods.

[Adam_INTJ]

Make this a MyTake, idiot.

This is you venting. It's not you asking a question.

You don't actually want an answer. Obviously the answer is because they have an eating disorder and lack self control.

[Starla1234]

Some people are just too lazy to cook anything ever I guess. Other people have emotional problems and the taste of junk food temporarily makes them feel better.

[Leonharted]

It's cheap (not really, but it seems that way), convenient, and tasty. Being healthy is a decision. It doesn't happen passively.

[SAMI_DABBAB]

The amount of people who know and just can't stop is bigger than you think it is, just look at your cigarette example, both are bad and you're making one of them sound better than the other, it's just will power issue, nothing more nothing less.

[rienna888]

okay, I know what you mean but I feel fast food tastes so much better and it’s hell doing groceries. As a woman without a car that shit can be so heavy.

[TexasRed95]

Lots of people do it because they don't know how to cook or because it's cheap. You can get a small meal for just a dollar or two with the value menus at many places.

[EspressoTeen234]

Well there has been evidence of getting addicted to sugar and this can be one reason for sure.

[Diodoro]

Really not all that hard. Just depends on where your sweet tooth is at

[Anonymous]

I don't know but every time I eat something from a fast food place I feel the acid reflux building up and want to nauseate.

[BruceJender]

I just saw on Twitter that McDonald's are adding vaccine syringes to their chips boxes to inspire people to take their COVID Jab.

Funny how they don't do the same for heart disease hahaha

[DevinAM]

It's not about sweet, it's about the specific flavor & them white iced honey buns have the best flavor.
I enjoy some fast food, but I do not like many deep fried foods.

Produce is really fckn expensive!