Well, it's official; we're starting to be overrun. Amazingly enough, not by people getting into countries illegally, although that is a very real problem. No, we've been overrun by several fast food restaurant chains. I don't know how bad it is in the part of the world where you're reading this, but in Australia, it's getting out of hand. I was driving home from my job the other day, minding my own business, when I see the new construction of another KFC restaurant where there was an old hardware store car park (Parking lot, if you're American). I mean, I get it, people get hungry, and are sometimes too lazy to make their own lunch, or breakfast, or dinner, so they resort to spending thousands upon thousands of dollars on harmful fast food. I'm not saying it's a bad thing that they're generating money for the business chain they're running. I'm saying it's a bad thing with how fast they're popping up. Next thing you know, there'll be a fast food restaurant across the street from where you live.
I get it, fast food is cheap, and inexpensive to buy, but in the end, it does get rather costly. Not just in price, but in terms of your health. Doesn't anyone stop to consider the damage it's doing to their health long term? Obviously not, because we still have people cramming their faces with the crap they eat from fast food places, like KFC, McDonald's, and Carl Jr's. Yes, I noticed there was one here too. I mean come on. Surely there has to be a limit to what is happening fast food wise? If not, the whole world could become corpulent and lazy. Author's note: The word 'Corpulent', means fat.
Hell, earlier on in the year, it was proposed that, in Australia, we have a tax on sugary drinks, to reduce obesity in people. How well that will work, it's not known. At least, not at the time of writing this, and not to me. It sounds like a good idea in theory, but (and I know this is going to sound extremely cliched) only time will tell if it works. I just wish some people knew the effect it was having on them long term, with the artery clogging, pound packing, heart stopping fast food they eat. I don't eat it very often myself mind you. I might occasionally snack, but I lose the weight I pack on too, to balance it out.
What about you? Do you agree that this has gotten out of hand? Or do you think otherwise? Either way, be sure to share this post with whoever you see fit, so they can see what I think about it. However you feel, let me know in the comment section below what your thoughts are.
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