TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down14
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 hours agoWhen I was a kid, I heard two unsubstantiated rumors about McDonald’s food: It used kangaroo meat (not sure why this was a claim) It mixed in nicotine (to make the food more addictive) I doubt that either are true, but if the latter were maybe it would answer your question.
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoPretty sure you’d have to label nicotine content and age restrict it no matter how it’s consumed.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-224 hours agoThey don’t mix in nicotine, no need for all of that when MSG exists. They do mix in MSG to the meats and cheeses. Pretty much all fast food does, because it makes it addictive, and tasty.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 hours agoWhen I was a kid, I don’t think I knew what MSG was, so this reasoning would have been lost on me.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-224 hours agoWhen I was a kid the racist “MSG in Chinese food” panic was happening. I knew about Chinese salt when I started cooking around 6 or 7
When I was a kid, I heard two unsubstantiated rumors about McDonald’s food:
I doubt that either are true, but if the latter were maybe it would answer your question.
Pretty sure you’d have to label nicotine content and age restrict it no matter how it’s consumed.
They don’t mix in nicotine, no need for all of that when MSG exists. They do mix in MSG to the meats and cheeses. Pretty much all fast food does, because it makes it addictive, and tasty.
When I was a kid, I don’t think I knew what MSG was, so this reasoning would have been lost on me.
When I was a kid the racist “MSG in Chinese food” panic was happening. I knew about Chinese salt when I started cooking around 6 or 7