"Fast Food and we're all Doomed"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_fast_food http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9318 http://www.healthy-eating-politics.com/usda-food-pyramid.html http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/fast-food3.htm Fast food has been around for along time, as early as ancient Egypt The idea of fast food is as simple as "food all ready prepared,and ready to eat". The thesis of this essay comes from the first link in this post. Fast food is 'fast food is bad for us all".... We all eat it, and all love it ! Fast food is a staple of the American way. Since 1948 when McDonald's open there door's as the first fast food franchise, we all have been there.What could be more pop culture than that.Burger King and Taco Bell in the the 50's and Wendy's in1969 and an industry that boost's 163.5 BILLION dollar's a year!!!!! Wow ,that a lot of burgers,taco's,chicken and fries. As I said,it started a long time ago, before we even knew what fast food was.Maybe some dried camel hump on the the side of the road,Dried meat for the a' Kights" ride to the unholy land. Or an dried apple to keep the children of the Euphrates from going hungry. In Europe it could have been"fish and chips"for the common working people who had no place to prepare food before work. Or corn dodgers that cowboys carried to fill there bellies when there was nothing else to eat. In the early 1920's in the southern United States, po boy's were born, "a slang for poor boy's" a sandwich made for the blue collar workers of the region, that were hardworking and had no way of preparing food and storing it for the the next's day's work. Fast food has become an every day part of all our lives,it's fast,easy and convenient. But it's also a very unhealthy part of our lives. It's mass produced and widely distributed because it's in high demand,which causes the quality to decline.It's been found that some of the fast food industry chains have some of the worst sanitary conditions in the food industry.Studies show that there are more infections from food contamination,than any other industry, world wide. http://youtu.be/S9rUce9mfNY http://youtu.be/taap8ivSgVA These foods are totally comprised of salt,saturated fat and ingredient's that the normal person couldn't even pronounce Unfortunately they are produced to satisfy our want's and desire's,wow we are really bad. "How we Decide" Why do we always want what's bad for us."Cause it's so 'Good" Dam I want a burger and fries, right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "O" and a chocolate Shake with whip cream..... I want it 'NOW" And that's how we decide, we have a desire, we act upon it,so we want it, and I do want a freaking hamburger, right 'NOW" This is what fast food and the industry is all about,right now, NO yesterday!!!!!!!!!! Why sit at a dinner for 30 minutes and wait for a good meal,when I can have a shitty one right now !!!!!!!!! I'm the old school type of guy,I'd rather bring you to a place where we could sit down and talk for a few minutes before we eat, instead of eating before we even have a chance to know each other, then again, that's just me. I like and eat fast food all the time, but it's just because it's convenient I much prefer to make a meal myself, as I'm a pretty dam good cook if I say so myself....To me it's just so much more enjoyable to sit down with family or friend's and make something that you've created on your own and that other people enjoy... But that's not the way the masses see it, need it, see it,got to have it, Right Freaking Now !!!!!!!!!! Doesn't matter if it's not good for us, just got to have it,Right Now.... I totally agree with these points of view, we've been consuming these scrumptious tidbits of greasy,salty and sugary foods for a couple of hundred years, why shouldn't we be getting fat. Our society is based apoun the easy way is the best way, how sad.....