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This actually made me hungry.
It's too fast. There should be an artificial pause while adding to cart or capturing the payment
Where are the promo pop ups and the CTA asking me if I want to buy a giant cookie, cheese sticks, or a 2 liter at 200% markup?
This would actually add to the effect because the “hit” depends on the anticipation.
IMO you should also wait half an hour for the food not to be delivered. Isn’t that the suspenseful part?
I need to enter a coupon code for more dopamine. And a loyalty program.
Seriously, the project's code name could be dopamine delivery. They could make it a demo of all the tricks.
Practically no vegan options. Very realistic
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This is great. I need one for building permits.
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.

I like to tip my delivery person so they do not spit in my food.
Post the source instead of random reddit: https://foodnevercome.com/
I actually thought the Reddit context was quite helpful. I wouldn’t have guessed that this would be particularly meaningful for people with a binge eating disorder.
God damn, the AI-generated pics.

Well, since it's a site for Artificial Food Ordering, why not use AI images.

I wonder how Baudrillard would think about all this.

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.

Isn't it just like porn and video games work too. Weird no one thought of it before.
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.
wait what? shouldn't it make you more hungry/angry? when the food doesn't come...
> 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.

Counterproductive for me. Seeing all that tasty looking food makes me want to binge.
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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.
Doesn't quite meet the fantasy threshold. I can't seem to filter by allergens or dietary restrictions.
Next step:

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

This website works better than most sites I order from. Except for the delivery of course :)
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.
I just had double jaw surgery so I'm "eating" though a straw (or syringe).

At least I can order regular food with this.

I almost ordered, but the delivery fee is way too high.