Re:Portland approves 10% cap on fees that food delivery apps...
by dangus on Saturday July 11, 2020 @02:04AM
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Off topic, but your comment made me think of the way my view toward restaurants has changed.
If the pandemic has taught me anything, it’s that restaurants as a concept are just kind of terrible and unnecessary, at least for the bulk of the world’s unremarkable places.
If a perfect vaccine was distributed to every person on the planet right now I wouldn’t be back to visit 95% of restaurants out there.
During “lockdown” I learned to make all kinds of food and way more interesting, higher quality cocktails than 95% of bars and restaurants have, for a fraction of the price.
I learned that my restaurant visits were there to satisfy an emotional desire, and they didn’t even do a great job of that.
I learned that the desire for a “quick meal” is a farce, that homemade food isn’t really a time sink for someone deep into the habit.
My future restaurant visits will be way more sparse and deliberate. I’m going to be holding restaurants to the standard of making something that I literally can’t make at home without going to culinary school and apprenticing under a master chef.
It isn’t a noble act to support your local business if the business isn’t meeting your needs, and at this point I’m not sure how my local dive is going to be able to adapt to my modified needs.
If the pandemic has taught me anything, it’s that restaurants as a concept are just kind of terrible and unnecessary, at least for the bulk of the world’s unremarkable places.
If a perfect vaccine was distributed to every person on the planet right now I wouldn’t be back to visit 95% of restaurants out there.
During “lockdown” I learned to make all kinds of food and way more interesting, higher quality cocktails than 95% of bars and restaurants have, for a fraction of the price.
I learned that my restaurant visits were there to satisfy an emotional desire, and they didn’t even do a great job of that.
I learned that the desire for a “quick meal” is a farce, that homemade food isn’t really a time sink for someone deep into the habit.
My future restaurant visits will be way more sparse and deliberate. I’m going to be holding restaurants to the standard of making something that I literally can’t make at home without going to culinary school and apprenticing under a master chef.
It isn’t a noble act to support your local business if the business isn’t meeting your needs, and at this point I’m not sure how my local dive is going to be able to adapt to my modified needs.