What is it with people hating on fast food?

Saying it tastes like absolute crap and so.

i've been seeing a lot of hatred towards the fast food industry lately, it just sounds dumb to me.

I was watching a vid about how Mcdonalds burgers and fries take a long time to get bad, and the guy in the video wouldn't stop saying "I bought this hamburger at a real hamburger place, unlike mcdonald's, it actually tastes good" "you know, THIS is a real hamburger, instead of that crap". "This comes from folks who know how to make a tasty burger, unlike mcdonalds horrible crap"

Then reading on forums, some food threads, and I see a lot of guys trying to play Connoisseurs, saying how every fast food tastes horrible and blablabla.

OK, I get the, "it's not as tasty as some other places" and the "it's not very healthy", but really, eating like 3 or 4 mcdonald's burgers a month wont kill you, it wont make you gain 300 pounds either, and no, they dont taste bad, granted they dont taste as good as some other hamburger places, but they dont taste bad, it's regular food, not top notch but defnitely not crap.

I think these people should really be served with horrible food so that they actually realize that fast food aint that bad.

Fast food is horrible though. While I admit the initial taste is decent/good, the after taste is horrible and I always get sick after eating fast food so for that I hate fast food.

I think it has to do with how often you eat it quite honestly.  I eat it on a pretty regular basis and so I enjoy it and am pretty used to it.  Sometimes I might get tired of Mcdonald's and not want to eat it for a week, but then I'll be ok with Wendy's or something.  Occasionally I'll get really tired of fast food for a short time if I've eaten it several days in a row, but I usually have a fast food meal 2-3 times a week and enjoy it a lot actually.

Anyway, the point I am really trying to get to is that if you don't eat it for a long time and eat mostly fresh, healthy, envigorating foods I could see how fast food would become unappealing.  It would seem sluggish, gross, and maybe even disgusting.

I don't mind fast food.  I only get it when I'm in an absolute hurry to get somewhere and need to eat something while driving or in the parking lot.  Usually try to order their moderately healthy stuff like grilled chicken, salad, etc.

Fast food is horrible though. While I admit the initial taste is decent/good, the after taste is horrible and I always get sick after eating fast food so for that I hate fast food.

QuebecNationale

Fast food is horrible though. While I admit the initial taste is decent/good, the after taste is horrible and I always get sick after eating fast food so for that I hate fast food.

QuebecNationale

I can't tell you how superior a homemade hamburger made with freshly ground side steak, worchestershire sauce, and various other spices and ingredients is to a lifeless fat-patty from the corner joint.Zeviander

I don't think anybody is disputing that. Nobody who goes to McDonald's actually thinks "omg best hamburger ever"

Did you hear that it's UNHEALTHY?!?!!?JML897

Fast food is horrible though. While I admit the initial taste is decent/good, the after taste is horrible and I always get sick after eating fast food so for that I hate fast food.

QuebecNationale

Maybe because McDonald's burgers actually do taste like crap?PernicioEnigma

Maybe because McDonald's burgers actually do taste like crap?PernicioEnigma

It's the "cool" thing to say. Seriously, online everyone will say how much they hate fast food, yet I have never met a person in real life who doesn't like McDonalds (excluding vegatarians). It always makes me laugh when I hear "McDonalds makes me sick". Really? Then you are a wimp. Sack up princess.

Short version:

It sucks.

Long version:

Look at the countless documentaries/novels/health journals discussing fast food.

I honestly get/feel sick after eating from a lot of fast food places. 

Combine that with the unhealthiness and poor quality I tend it avoid it when at all possible. 

It's unhealthy,but some of it is DELICIOUS.

Even if it makes you fat.

So,you see,ppl just like to overeact.

That doesn't mean that it's cool to eat junk food everyday.

It just means that ppl know how to exaggerate.

That's all.

Oh,and they don't have the right to tell you what to do.

[QUOTE="PernicioEnigma"]Maybe because McDonald's burgers actually do taste like crap?KiIIyou

Knowing McDonald it is $#!+.

Quite literally.

Short version:

It sucks.

Long version:

Look at the countless documentaries/novels/health journals discussing fast food.

Goyoshi12

*shrug*

I know it won't do us any good if we have it literally every day. But frankly, there's plenty of other sh*t out out there that isn't fast food, and just as bad you (perhaps fast food gets more attention because of how easy it is to obtain?). But on the odd occasion when you've got the hungries, a quick burger goes down pretty well.

[spoiler] I regret nothing. [/spoiler]

You mean documentaries like supersize me which involves a man eating that stuff everyday for more than a month? Dude, you can literally die if you only eat salad for a month...your diet needs to be varied enough, eating the exact same stuff on a month will kill you unless you are eating a completely balanced meal like astronaut food. A teacher in high school was an adventist preacher, and he once visited an adventist town in the mountains, 3 girls from town, the 3 of them adventist, almost died and got a horrible anemia because they didn't eat meat (for being adventists) and weren't balancing their diet.lightleggy

Wow.

o_O

Better improve my diet!

Lol.

[QUOTE="QuebecNationale"]

Fast food is horrible though. While I admit the initial taste is decent/good, the after taste is horrible and I always get sick after eating fast food so for that I hate fast food.

lightleggy

It's not as severe as say coke or Pepsi but basically, the first few bites of fast food taste decent, but then it gets worse and unbearable. That's what I meant when I said after taste.

And I have no doubt It's my stomach that makes me feel sick and throw up everytime I eat fast food, but it still doesn't change the fact that fast food makes me sick while home cooked meals don't, and that I generally don't feel good/clean after eating fast food. You Americans might be use to fast food, but healthy people such as myself can't stand it.

[QUOTE="PernicioEnigma"]Maybe because McDonald's burgers actually do taste like crap?KiIIyou

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

Short version:

It sucks.

Long version:

Look at the countless documentaries/novels/health journals discussing fast food.

lightleggy

Eating only one thing can kill anyone, that's basic common knowledge that you need variety in your diet. Problem, though, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THIS. As crazy as the experiment was, it is true, there are people out there who only eat McDonalds everyday more more than a month. It's like their way of living.

Also, just because three people nearly died from not eating meat proves nothing against the countless overweight nation of America and it's death totals of heart problems whether it be medical based or food based.

Probably the lack of quality calories. You can get 440 calories from a McDonald's double cheese burger, but about 40% of those calories is from trans fats. Fightingfan

Yeah,this.

Fast food hamburgers are about the same nutrition wise as any other restaurant burger. Only reason people get fat off of fast food is because its more affordable and faster to get, so they can afford to eat more and get fat more. 

Fast food hamburgers taste better too imo.

1: most tase like crap because it's all low quality garbage

2: some taste got but thats only because it's loaded with other crap that shouldn't be in it

3 fast food is loaded with preservatives and chemicals. Some of this stuff is designed to be addictive to make it come back for more.

4:  pre cooked garbage. It getting to the point where you can't go out chill at a restaurants and served pre cooked crap IMO that's pretty sad even outside of fast food

If fast food is bad because of the calories, go work those calories off at the gym or something. I certainly don't have anything against fast food unless it's a sanitation thing. If it's the latter, then every establishment is suspect (not just fast food).     

Fast food hamburgers are about the same nutrition wise as any other restaurant burger. Only reason people get fat off of fast food is because its more affordable and faster to get, so they can afford to eat more and get fat more. 

Fast food hamburgers taste better too imo.

slipknot0129

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

Short version:

It sucks.

Long version:

Look at the countless documentaries/novels/health journals discussing fast food.

Goyoshi12

Eating only one thing can kill anyone, that's basic common knowledge that you need variety in your diet. Problem, though, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THIS. As crazy as the experiment was, it is true, there are people out there who only eat McDonalds everyday more more than a month. It's like their way of living.

Also, just because three people nearly died from not eating meat proves nothing against the countless overweight nation of America and it's death totals of heart problems whether it be medical based or food based.

[QUOTE="slipknot0129"]

Fast food hamburgers are about the same nutrition wise as any other restaurant burger. Only reason people get fat off of fast food is because its more affordable and faster to get, so they can afford to eat more and get fat more. 

Fast food hamburgers taste better too imo.

k2theswiss

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

[QUOTE="lightleggy"] You mean documentaries like supersize me which involves a man eating that stuff everyday for more than a month? Dude, you can literally die if you only eat salad for a month...your diet needs to be varied enough, eating the exact same stuff on a month will kill you unless you are eating a completely balanced meal like astronaut food. A teacher in high school was an adventist preacher, and he once visited an adventist town in the mountains, 3 girls from town, the 3 of them adventist, almost died and got a horrible anemia because they didn't eat meat (for being adventists) and weren't balancing their diet.lightleggy

Eating only one thing can kill anyone, that's basic common knowledge that you need variety in your diet. Problem, though, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THIS. As crazy as the experiment was, it is true, there are people out there who only eat McDonalds everyday more more than a month. It's like their way of living.

Also, just because three people nearly died from not eating meat proves nothing against the countless overweight nation of America and it's death totals of heart problems whether it be medical based or food based.

Welp, you've convinced me. I mean, one person lost weight from eating a burger? My god, they MUST be healthy.

Give me a break.

I've come to appreciate fast food for it's convenience. For those days when you forget (or ran out of time) to prepare lunch prior to leaving for work/school, fast food is a godsend.

That being said, it is okay for you in moderation.

[QUOTE="k2theswiss"][QUOTE="slipknot0129"]

Fast food hamburgers are about the same nutrition wise as any other restaurant burger. Only reason people get fat off of fast food is because its more affordable and faster to get, so they can afford to eat more and get fat more. 

Fast food hamburgers taste better too imo.

chaoscougar1

Don't you mean a source that only you will accept as reliable?

I've come to appreciate fast food for it's convenience. For those days when you forget (or ran out of time) to prepare lunch prior to leaving for work/school, fast food is a godsend.

That being said, it is okay for you in moderation.

Ace_of_Spades90

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

Eating only one thing can kill anyone, that's basic common knowledge that you need variety in your diet. Problem, though, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THIS. As crazy as the experiment was, it is true, there are people out there who only eat McDonalds everyday more more than a month. It's like their way of living.

Also, just because three people nearly died from not eating meat proves nothing against the countless overweight nation of America and it's death totals of heart problems whether it be medical based or food based.

Goyoshi12

Welp, you've convinced me. I mean, one person lost weight from eating a burger? My god, they MUST be healthy.

Give me a break.

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

[QUOTE="lightleggy"] Supersize me was extremely critisized and is considered one of the less accurate and less reliable documentaries made in the previous decade. A girl from YT literally repeated the experiment but added a tiny bit of excersize after each meal and a single healthy meal A WEEK, and she lost over 30 pounds in a month.lightleggy

Welp, you've convinced me. I mean, one person lost weight from eating a burger? My god, they MUST be healthy.

Give me a break.

Why are you still talking about Supersize Me? I hated the movie, too.

@TC I'm not going to lie, though. I don't even know you and I'm kind of worried about you. In my 'cuisine thread' you mentioned that you don't eat any veggies/fruits, and now you're defending fast food...

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

Welp, you've convinced me. I mean, one person lost weight from eating a burger? My god, they MUST be healthy.

Give me a break.

Goyoshi12

Why are you still talking about Supersize Me? I hated the movie, too.

@TC I'm not going to lie, though. I don't even know you and I'm kind of worried about you. In my 'cuisine thread' you mentioned that you don't eat any veggies/fruits, and now you're defending fast food...

Ace_of_Spades90

[QUOTE="Ace_of_Spades90"]

@TC I'm not going to lie, though. I don't even know you and I'm kind of worried about you. In my 'cuisine thread' you mentioned that you don't eat any veggies/fruits, and now you're defending fast food...

lightleggy

Sure, I get that. However, it's very well known that incorportating a lot of different foods into your diet is much more beneficial to your health, as opposed to only consuming meats and carbs. Where are you getting fiber? How about vitamin C? There are a plethora of essential nutrients you're missing out on.

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

[QUOTE="lightleggy"] The whole point of supersize me was to show that mcdonalds food was unhealthy as **** and that it had 0 nutritional value amd that you couldn't improve your health if you ate mcdonalds. then a whole army of nutriotionist proved him wrong and even a random youtube girl managed to make a better and more reliable experiment with opposite results from his.lightleggy

Why are you still talking about Supersize Me? I hated the movie, too.

I meant it was true that people live like the way he did in eating nothing BUT fast food.

As for the YT girl, it's a girl on YT. That holds nothing against the countless amount of cardiovascualr surgeons and doctors about the negative effects of over eating on fast food. Besides, every single human functions differently, perhaps her body had a different reaction upon eating fast food which...did the things that it did. I guess.

[QUOTE="slipknot0129"]

Fast food hamburgers are about the same nutrition wise as any other restaurant burger. Only reason people get fat off of fast food is because its more affordable and faster to get, so they can afford to eat more and get fat more. 

Fast food hamburgers taste better too imo.

k2theswiss

Admittedly not all fast food is bad. There are definitely some diamonds in the crap. Heck there are even a couple of fast food restaurants that would be hard to walk into, and get a bad meal regardless of what you order (Fazolies and Steak n Shake come to mind). That being said most fast food joints have a lot of bad food on the menu with only a couple of worthwhile options.

Plus TC the older you get the more you will come to want quality food over fast food. 

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"][QUOTE="k2theswiss"] lol don't make me laugh... Bet you there is AT LEAST 30 different ingredients in that stuff and bet your 90% of them is chemicals. go get a real burger....Goyoshi12

Don't you mean a source that only you will accept as reliable?