Submitted 4 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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The proliferation of unhealthy eating is a big problem for most of Europe, too. They’re on the same path as the US for mostly the same reasons, just a few steps back.
That said, if I’m going to be fat, I’d rather it be because of schnitzel the size of a dinner plate or cacio e pepe over a Monster Burger.
That said, if I’m going to be fat, I’d rather it be because of schnitzel the size of a dinner plate or cacio e pepe over a Monster Burger.
Do you actually believe that these numbers are from common people eating quality food?
No. I think it’s for the reasons outlined or suggested in the link I included: increased cost of healthy ingredients, decreased accessibility to the same, people struggling to find time to eat well in the increasingly fast paced world, etc.
My mentioning my personal preference is mostly a concession to nuggets of truth in the 4chan post. It’s also true; there is nothing common about how I would prefer to consume quality food.
The access to fresher ingredients and healthier food cannot be understated. Food is so much more processed in the US, even if you’re mainly cooking at home. Even the “ingredients” you buy at grocery stores are more processed.
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Yeah. Europe is only 10% behind the US in being overweight. 60% compared to 70%. Not much room to talk shit.
Nothing beats a cheeseburger. Btw, it’s not cheeseburgers making us fat, for the most part. It’s soda, and low quality food products with excess sugar and refined carbs.
I’m currently vacationing in Japan and have slimmed down a lot in just a week of walking, eating smaller healthier meals, and taking the train everywhere. America has a truly fucked standard of living. I don’t want to go back to driving and eating shitty oversized unhealthy meals while also tipping.
you’ve “slimmed down a lot” in a week? did you also give birth this week? or is this a bias?
It’s not a bias it’s a fact. My shirts are way more loose on me and I’ve been walking an average of 15,000 steps a day. What’s it to you anyway? Are you upset someone’s making a valid criticism about American transportation and eating habits?
Depending on your starting state/condition, you could slim down a noticeable amount during a week, sure.
I spent a month there at 19 and had to buy a belt a week and a half in
Story checks out to me
You can lose 5 pounds in a week if you’re under 50 and healthy. This would cause clothes to loosen up on you.
Vacationing in Italy was the same - smaller, healthier meals, lots of walking - I felt great and didn’t have the shits once on a 2 week trip. It’s a daily thing at home.
What do you do if you have a bad knee or back?
visit America
get shot
bystanders start clapping
Don’t forget to tip the shooter.
I’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.
I’ll take a Double Triple Bossy Deluxe on a raft, 4x4 animal style, extra shingles with a shimmy and a squeeze, light axle grease; make it cry, burn it, and let it swim.
We serve food here, sir.
*diet coke
Anyone who looks at the U.S. and thinks it’s a fucked up country because of the food just isn’t paying attention.
It may not be the only issue but it is definitely on the list.
Agreed to both of these points, though as an American I will say there are healthier options, it’s just that they make those cost twice as much as the cheaper, unhealthy options.
Agreed. It’s just not where I’d start changing things.
Anyone who (likely) intentionally writes the word “snicker” wrong to include a slur doesn’t think the actual bad stuff in America is bad.
Snigger is just a variant form more common in the UK, where snicker is the preferred one in the US. Though I wouldn’t put it past a 4chan user, it’s also a perfectly normal word they may have learned being taught and exposed to UK variants of English.
Really waving your ignorance there, bud, not his.
The food stands out. Like Australia has too many fat people too, but our restaurants don’t cater to them like America’s - don’t try to feed everyone a meal suited to a 200kg man trying for 300.
Most of the food comes from fast food along stroads. It is a core part of the problem. The education system is probably the root, but I wouldn’t expect a tourist to understand that.
I’m up in Canada and since the start of the pandemic I’ve stopped going to fast food places. But after things got back to normal, I thought why should I go back to ordering food at McD’s … as I thought of it more, I realized it didn’t make any sense.
Fast food is basically unnutritious food made by underpaid workers who don’t like their work … the food doesn’t do me any good and its too expensive … I have to trust the underpaid employee didn’t mess up my order … I waste money by degrading my health only to spend more money to try to get back some good health
I realized it was cheaper in the long run of my life to not eat at these damned places.
mcdonalds is the literal worst burger option though
If you’re vegan this applies even more. From what I heard McD only has like 3 vegan options while, in comparison, Burger King had the whole menu available in a vegan form.
Yeah and a combo at Five Guys is $25 bucks so it’s not like a good cheeseburger is even accessible to most people anymore.
Yeah, McDs sucks and I haven’t been in years, but I do go to fast good restaurants that have decent quality and pay workers reasonably, like In-N-Out, Five Guys, etc. We don’t go very often, maybe once or twice per month, so we’re happy paying a little more for better quality.
How’s the worker pay on Culver’s?
I made a similar decision around 20 years ago.
Last year, I got to march, and realised I hadn’t had a McDonald’s in over 3 months.
So I decided to just stop going there.
I think it was all the price hikes: When it’s £7 for any half decent burger and fries, I might as well be spending a bit more and going to a local place.
Or getting something better than a burger!
Or spending the same, and getting slightly better at Wendy’s.
Malnourished european can not handle a real meal.
fun part is americans are fat AND malnourished….
Explain how we are malnourished when ONE burger contains EVERY food group. You can’t.
Big food is kind of a marketing thing in America. Restaurants want to give their customers more " bang for their buck" (or at least appear to), but they don’t want to lower prices. Instead, they increase portions. This has lead to a size arms race where every restaurant wants to claim they have the biggest food in town. This is especially the case for burger joints. It doesn’t matter to the restaurant if customers eat all their food, since they pay for all of it either way. I’m guessing Americans are more culturally susceptible to this marketing tactic, since bigger-is-better is common here, and hence things have been taken further than in other countries.
This seems to be another case of someone throwing reason out the door for the sake of insulting Americans. There is no way you would be getting “shit eating grins” for ordering a kids meal. And if your large burgers are smaller than a kids meal, you either have very little size variation, or the small would be like a single bite.
Yeah, that worker is one of two in the entire restaurant. She has to take your order plus the five behind you, the drive-thru orders, make fries, bag it all up, take your monkey, clean tables, make coffee, refill the ketchup/soda/milkshake/yogurt contraptions with their various bags of sugary goo, restock counters/tables with all the varied plastic and paper geegaws, take out the trash, stock the walk-in, clean the bathrooms somebody sprayed with liquid shit, then count out and get to her other job by 3pm so she can then do it all again tomorrow. She doesn’t give a fuck what anyone orders, it’s just a blur of colors and lower back pain.
If she “sremoved” it’s probably the best she can do to fake a smile because you might be a secret shopper who is going to ding her points for not saying, “Welcome to McDonald’s Home of the McFlurry™ now with DoubleStuff™ Oreo™, what can I get started for you today because It Just Tastes Better!!℠” with the proper amount of obsequiousness.
There’s plenty of reasons to hate the hellscape, no reason for anon to invent some.
She can’t have my monkey!
American burgers are the king of all burgers, bottom line
That said 2 things I absolutely agree with:
A burger should be small enough to easily bite. It’s okay if you have to smoosh it down with your hands
If you already have ketchup, mustard, mayo, bbq, etc then why do I need “burger sauce”? Your burger sauce is probably just some variation on mayo and ketchup anyway. Thanks for making my burger a sloppy piece of shit akin to eating ribs
Ok, serious question, is American fast food different from European? I’ve been to our local McDonalds and the like and the food is fucking atrocious. Tasteless non-identifiable meat patty with some mayo, ketchup, “cheese” and a sorry excuse for a vegetable. I mean it’s just bad. Is American chain food better or are you just delusional?
I mean, I don’t know an american that would list any fast food as the place that serves the best/their favorite burger.
When I visited US their mcdonalds burgers tasted ± the same as local (eastern europe), that is exactly as you described. What was different is million different options that they asked me and were somewhat aggressive with me being slow. 🫠 Drinks were enormous in size and super cold, air conditionioners set to something like 16 while its 30+ outside everywhere. 😄
This poster speaks the truth.
I REALLY wish they would have went to Five Guys.
Guy 3/5: fills 32 ounce cup with fresh hot, salt slathered fries. Drops cup in a large bag. Takes another full scoop of the fries and throws them in the bag. Easily 4-5 potatoes worth.
The cup of fries should be 1300 calories, they easily put twice as many in. That’s a daily food intake worth of calories for the side alone.
The calorie count is accurate for what they give you, not what fits in the cup. They just use a cup that’s way too small to trick you into thinking they’re giving you more than what paid for.
It’s supposed to be 1.2 lb I’ll circle back in the next time I go there.
You know what you get in Canada for 22 bucks at Five Guys? Tiny little fries, no peanuts while you wait, and a burger so shitty you want to throw it at those stoned morons.
TIL
I would sure fucking hope I get a few potatoes worth after paying $45 for a burger combo…
a few potatoes worth after paying $45 for one burger combo…
Lol yeah, took the fam there it was $75 for 3 plates of fast food.
Pretty good tho…
Erhm well back in the day fat people were the peak of social hierarchy because they had enough money to buy enough food to be fat, therefore spending $12 on a burger to get fat makes me mega rich
Make this into a greentext, you will earn so many likes
It’s interesting reading responses on this because I’m gathering a lot of Europeans/non-americans think that burgers are always fast food?
When an american thinks of a good burger I think most of us are picturing our favorite bar and grill’s burger, not a chain fast food one.
Are burgers pretty much only at fast food chains in other countries?
Wait until op discovers a hamburger with a glazed donut for a bun and the entire thing is deepfried.
As someone who usually eats just once a day (with some supplemental shakes on work days) I love American potions. One of the good things about this country.
The lack of veg is concerning though. It sucks that the alternative to fried potatoes is usually just a handful of leaves.
Falsified and homosexual. No Yuroopeens allowed
the “tiny” burgers like the $5 biggie bag at Wendy’s is the perfect amount of food. jr bacon cheeseburger, small fries, 4 piece nugget, drink.
THATS normal portion, even if it’s not healthy, not a 1/2 lb double cheeseburger 6 inches in diameter, 3 inches thick and a 32oz bucket of coal.
I wonder what the nutrition is of the average fish and chips meal. That would be a slightly more reasonable comparison, wouldn’t it?
Ragebait, am European, love American Food!
They didn’t give you a pack of cigarettes with your meal? How un-yurapeein!
I don’t even think the stereotypical giant american burger is a thing anymore unless you go to places that specifically market a special large burger. Now a $12 burger is just regular sized. And an $18 “artisanal” burger has a thin disc of meat and is taller than it is wide.
So anon blames an entire country for their shitty life choices?
I don’t remember the last time I ate fast food. I’m sure when I did, it was nothing like this - oh, it still sucked - but all I got was a burger and iced tea.
Though I completely agree restaurant portion sizes are insane anywhere. I akways get 2 meals out of a “serving”, often 3.
Twelve dallers? That’s a steal post-inflation.
Compare this to all the other Europeans saying how absolutely fucking delicious American burgers and food in general is.
Some places won’t let you order a kids meal unless you have a kid with you.
lol, I better eat two hamburgers in one day to get the true american experience
Americans shop for calories per dollar.
Please don’t look at why they do that, we’re the best country ever!
Guarantee it was a very reasonable burger and this person just wanted to bitch and moan
It’s the gateway drug to insulin. Corn syrup infused fats, no vitamins or any other important stuff.
Changing $12 for what is functionally agricultural waste product is so fucking funny.
Ground beef is what’s left on the cow after all the choice bits have been carved off. The bun is so thick with preservatives most organisms literally can’t eat it. The sauces are just colored corn syrup. The produce is bottom of the barrel.
This isn’t food, it’s industrial runoff. You’d eat better picking through the trash of a real grocery store.
radix@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Wait 'til you see the child size soda.
It’s 512 ounces, or roughly the size of a two-year old child, if the child were liquefied. It’s a real bargain at $1.59.
rockerface@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Straight from the orphan crushing machine. Delicious
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 4 months ago
512oz = 15.14L. Literally soda in a size of a child.
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 4 months ago
Who The fuck is able to drink that much? That’s a fucking bucket just with soda.
Skunk@jlai.lu 4 months ago
Damn, 15L of coke is like 5700 calories. More than double a daily intake only in a fucking soda.
7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Soda from pnr
Idea@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
If you can’t beat’em sweetems :)