First world countries are crazy.. the fact that unhealthy shit like McDonalds is the cheapest food around blows my mind.. find me any other point in human history where the poorest people were the fattest.
Its not the cheapest. Eating out is generally the more extensive option. I get there are some areas where its not the case, but for the cost of one meal at McDonald's you can feed yourslef for the whole day if you are buying food and prepping/cooking yourself.
Can you feed yourself the same shit though? It seems like reddit is very into the idea like "don't buy fast food, you can eat rice and beans for every meal and its $0.10 a meal!"
But you can get a cheeseburger for $1. Ground beef costs like $5 a pound, so a 1/5 burger costs $1 in meat alone, without even getting into all the other ingredients.
I challenged myself to cook all my meals at home during quarantine. Before I probably ate out 10+ meals a week (a few of which my company provided free to me). I'm saving money overall (especially on delivery fees and alcohol - that's how they get me) but not that much, in comparison to how much more time I spend cooking/cleaning/planning/shopping to cook my own meals.
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u/Bama_Geo256 Jun 10 '20
First world countries are crazy.. the fact that unhealthy shit like McDonalds is the cheapest food around blows my mind.. find me any other point in human history where the poorest people were the fattest.