I could have sworn I heard something once about how fast food chains put addictive chemicals in their food. For me, I don't have an addictive personality. There's nothing in my life I feel addicted to other than fast food. It's weird. I know the food is dogshit and I can make tastier stuff at home. But I also think about getting fast food all the time and have to stop myself from ordering it a lot. It does kind feel like a dopamine hit when I open up a bag of fast food and start digging in.
I dunno, if fast food wasnt so easy to get, would we be having this problem? There’s a lot to be said with the “over-and-done” nature of spending 3 mins most at a drive thru to get food, scarf down the empty meal in 5 minutes and go back to what we were doing.
It’s modern slop and it wouldnt surprise me if the addition is Pavlovian, cause it’ll be cheaper to operate that way.