• deft@lemmy.wtf
    13·
    6 days ago

    I’ve never had diarrhea from a taco bell. Dunno what is wrong with you people

    • prole
      2·
      5 days ago

      I feel like most of them haven’t either, they just jump on the meme train

    • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      I’ve eaten too much taco bell to listen to some people’s foolishness.

      It’s fast food, so I mean, not the healthiest option, probably best of the worst IMO.

      But I think it’s just a way to be polite racist, to determine if the conversation will continue.

      Real racist dislike race traders the most.

  • Courtney (she/her/they)
    16·
    7 days ago

    I don’t eat at taco bell side there’s a local place with 1000x better quality, but I have never once experienced intestinal distress after eating taco bell.

    It’s just a meme, right? Surely if they actually caused bowel issues, people wouldn’t keep eating there…

    • blattrules@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      7 days ago

      It’s just people repeating the same hack joke that was rooted in racism 40 years ago because they can’t think of anything funny themselves. I’ve never had a problem eating there.

      • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
        5·
        7 days ago

        I don’t think racism is the main issue.

        I think it’s largely more that most Americans don’t eat nearly enough fiber in their daily lives. But nearly every item at Taco Bell has quite a bit of fiber in conparison. This throws their digestive system way out of balance.

        • blattrules@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          7 days ago

          It’s not overtly racist, but the original “x food gives you diarrhea” joke is rooted in racism and it’s proliferated for all these decades because people like hack, cliche jokes for some reason. I seriously doubt that it gives anyone diarrhea from it unless there is something wrong with the produce like we’re seeing now.

    • Drusas@fedia.io
      5·
      7 days ago

      The real reason is more likely that people who have this problem don’t get enough fiber, so when they eat something with beans at Taco Bell, they get the shits.

    • Psythik@lemmy.world
      4·
      7 days ago

      Yeah I don’t get it either. I’ve never had digestive issues from Taco Bell. I imagine the only people who do are those who think their hot sauces are spicy. Either that, or you’re right; it’s just a meme.

    • QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      7 days ago

      I’m 100% sure it’s a racist meme, I’ve never had bowel problems from Taco Bell nor known anyone irl who got digestional problems from the chain.

  • kakler bitmap@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    7 days ago

    I’ve never understood the “Taco Bell gives you the shits” thing. I’m no big fan of Taco Bell and I would never claim they make great food, but I’ve eaten there plenty in my life and I don’t think I’ve ever gotten the shits from their food. Honestly I don’t think I’ve ever even gotten the farts from Taco Bell. Is this really some common human experience I’ve missed out on?

    EDIT I just read the other comments, apparently I’m not alone

    • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      6 days ago

      It’s literally because Taco Bell is one of the few fast food places that has a decent amount of fiber in most of their items, and most people’s diets are sorely lacking in fiber. So the sudden influx gives them the shits, and they blame it on the Taco Bell, instead of their poor diet.

      Eat your vegetables, eat more beans, and your Taco Bell shits will be no more.

      • deft@lemmy.wtf
        1·
        6 days ago

        If I eat from the local taco place, if I get chipotle or Taco Bell. None of it makes me shit. I do not understand who gets the shits from taco bell or willingly goes back

  • Entertainmeonly (she/her)
    13·
    7 days ago

    Just ate taco bell today. Thats the fourth time this week I’ve eaten at taco bell. I have great solid shits. I’m so confused by the hate taco bell constantly gets.

  • Zomg@piefed.worldEnglish
    6·
    7 days ago

    If you cant normally handle taco bell, you probably should see a doctor, or you’re of a weak bloodline.

  • InvalidName2@lemmy.zip
    4·
    7 days ago

    Fast food places and their dollar menus (it was a real thing like dinosaurs) got me through some very difficult times when balancing time and money was the difference between eating anything at all (even if it was junk) or going without entirely.

    Taco Bell was one of my preferred places in those days because for reasons and such.

    But times change and honestly every time I’ve given Taco Bell a second second chance again for the second or third time in the past 5 ish years or so, I’ve regretted it. Not because the food made me sick or gave me any unusual bowel symptoms, but because the food is now objectively gross and also way more expensive and the service has gone to shit.

  • finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Explosive diarrhoea for their customers has been just fine since the chain opened. But when it’s suddenly caused by a parasite? Well, then, everyone loses their minds!

  • Danarchy@lemmy.nzEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Taco Bell is leaving the parasites there based on all this feedback they just announced it. The diarrhea is back, we did it gang!

  • twinnie@feddit.uk
    4·
    7 days ago

    I don’t get the appeal of Taco Bell. I tried it for the first time about ten years ago and it was dreadful. If it’s not healthy then it should be some kind of guilty pleasure, but the whole meal just tasted cheap and nasty.

    • queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      10·
      7 days ago

      Like a lot of chain restaurants, the quality varies pretty wildly by location. There was a (thankfully brief) time in my life where Taco Bell was very nearly the cheapest source of food available, and a large percentage of my food intake came from their value menu. Not good for the ol’ cholesterol, but I was young and needed calories, and I found a location that was consistently decent, so I would go there, spend two dollars, and get enough food to last me the rest of the day, and it was inoffensive enough that I could eat it every day and not get sick of it. Bringing my own hot sauce helped.