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Fake food delivery site for the dopamine

89 pointsby guerrillatoday at 4:08 PM52 commentsview on HN

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BenjiWiebetoday at 10:23 PM

I just had double jaw surgery so I'm "eating" though a straw (or syringe).

At least I can order regular food with this.

layer8today at 7:26 PM

> It's just to replicate the ritual of ordering food and give you the dopamine that the real process gives you.

I’m confused. How does the food-ordering process give you dopamine? It generally just gives me anxiety due to the uncertainties involved, until the food arrives in good condition, which here it won’t.

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t0mpr1c3today at 10:17 PM

The curse of technology. If people still had to hunt their protein and grind corn by hand, we wouldn't need anti-binge-eating apps.

ameliustoday at 10:06 PM

This website works better than most sites I order from. Except for the delivery of course :)

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realotoday at 9:22 PM

Next step:

Fully customized sex worker service at your doorstep ... faked for the dopamine, of course.

NDlurkertoday at 5:15 PM

Practically no vegan options. Very realistic

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tejohnsotoday at 8:16 PM

Counterproductive for me. Seeing all that tasty looking food makes me want to binge.

foobariantoday at 4:52 PM

It's too fast. There should be an artificial pause while adding to cart or capturing the payment

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ballenftoday at 5:14 PM

I need to enter a coupon code for more dopamine. And a loyalty program.

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firefoxdtoday at 8:56 PM

The hardest part of food delivery is the tip section. It's where you use all your brain power to make a decision. That's the only part I would have given me dopamine hit from pretend tipping. Missed opportunity.

pxxtoday at 9:12 PM

Doesn't quite meet the fantasy threshold. I can't seem to filter by allergens or dietary restrictions.

zippyman55today at 5:19 PM

This is great. I need one for building permits.

makifoxgirltoday at 6:51 PM

I was really hoping to add some fries, a drink and to customize my burger. Not that I customize my burger except maybe take off the pickles or remove the ice from my drink, but it adds to the dopamine factor.

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mimischitoday at 6:09 PM

Does this have the ridiculous dark patterns that Deliveroo in the UK has? “Pay a monthly fee for free deliveries!*

*We won’t tell you, but you might notice, we’ve now increased the service charge by almost the amount of what you saved on that free delivery.

airstriketoday at 5:41 PM

OK, this actually worked as advertised. I feel dopamined.

I just wished the delivery took longer and there was a payment process that longer than an instant. Could have a saved card on file that you could use.

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alemilostoday at 4:51 PM

This actually made me hungry.

bnfcltoday at 7:19 PM

Humans, huh

ChrisArchitecttoday at 6:04 PM

Post the source instead of random reddit: https://foodnevercome.com/

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cynicalsecuritytoday at 6:49 PM

Isn't it just like porn and video games work too. Weird no one thought of it before.

thehamkercattoday at 6:59 PM

wait what? shouldn't it make you more hungry/angry? when the food doesn't come...

forgetfreemantoday at 4:22 PM

What??

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