[abritinthebay]

> If McDonalds is so bad for you, why do they serve 550 million Big Macs every year?

This is an amazingly good comparison because in both cases the initial assumption is wrong.

Just like WP, McDonalds is not bad for you intrinsically. It’s poor discipline and usage that causes problems.

[mgkimsal]

I might go further a bit because large fast food companies engineer the food to be ... addictive in some capacity. And the WP ecosystem is relatively addictive. "Just one more plugin and these 3 problems will be solved!" Per comment above - I inherited a site with around 60 active plugins. The team before just ... added a plugin for every single problem they encountered. Because... point and click? No experience with any other ways of solving problems?

People who've been raised on fast/processed foods, and may never have actually done any cooking themselves, honestly may not even understand the problems with the food they're eating, or what the alternatives are. Yeah, 'home cooking' is more initially expensive (need some basics tools, place to store ingredients, keep them fresh, etc), and certainly more time up front learning how to cook certain things. But... you know what's in the food you've prepared. And you have knowledge and skills that can serve you for a long time.

[batteryhorse]

To be fair, even if you cook for yourself, you still don't know with 100% certainty unless you grow your own crops and animals. When I buy sausages, I'm not exactly sure what's in it, all I can do is pray and hope for the best.

[mgkimsal]

Was thinking that when I was writing that. yeah, you can't always know, and sometimes, you actually do know that there will be pesticides/chemicals/etc that you can't avoid (even if you grow your own stuff, there's crap in the air/soil/water beyond our direct control). In some sense, that's, at very best, no worse than getting food from anywhere else, but it's problematic.

[scarface74]

There is nothing good for you at McDonalds. Even thier “healthy” options are less healthy and over processed compared to local restaurants.

[k__]

The apples are okay.

[mgkimsal]

the coffee and water and juices aren't too bad either. :)

[scarface74]

Juices are higher in sugar and calories than soda....

[mgkimsal]

but they're not generally 'less healthy' than a glass of juice from a local restaurant.