Just when you think the gross-out factor of fast food has hit its cap, along comes a new business initiative enabling Burger King to deliver your gluttonous future-one burger at a time- straight to your front door. Burger King has launched a new venture and is now making home deliveries to residents in Maryland, New York, Florida and Texas. I’m hard pressed to think of something that America needs less than a home delivered bag of flame-broiled meat product on a sesame seed bun.

According to the Pew Research Center, 41 percent of Americans eat fast food at least once a week. Unsurprisingly, 59 percent of 18 to 29 years old report eating fast food at least once a week, so there is definitely a market for this type of home delivery. Fast food is upon definition fast, extremely filling and an easy on-the-road choice, especially if you’re into the whole ton-of-bricks-in-your-stomach feeling. Even fast food fans know there are better choices out there, but at least the gastronomic nightmare (usually) hits your tray while it’s still hot. How many more chemicals will have to be added to the already preservative-ridden French fries to keep them crispy while your delivery driver makes his way through your neighborhood? How many more taste enhancers will be required to ensure your Whopper has that straight-off-the grill taste after sitting in the passenger seat next to a pimply faced delivery driver for half an hour?

Americans have grown to expect instant gratification. In the age of 24/7 media, laptops, iPhones and tablets, everything is at our fingertips. We feel that we no longer have to work or wait for anything, even our food. Our society has become extremely lazy and while fast food is not solely to blame for that, it is a huge contributor. It takes minimal effort to walk up to a counter and order a burger. We don’t even have to use proper nouns. Our orders have been reduced to numbers as if it is too taxing to speak an entire word. With the idea of fast food delivery, our efforts have been cut once again. Now a consumer doesn’t even have to stand up to place an order. It’s pretty sad, folks.

That is not even mentioning the effects of poor eating on the human body. When you put trash into your body you get trash out. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 71 million American adults have high LDL or bad cholesterol. The CDC also reports that saturated fats, trans fat and dietary cholesterol-the stuff you find in a happy meal- is directly linked with high cholesterol while monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats can lower cholesterol. Where can one find these good fats? Snacks like popcorn, granola bars and even tortilla chips can provide our bodies with nutrients that we need.

Really, how much more difficult is it to grab a granola bar than a milkshake? Is it not just as easy to walk into a convenient store and choose a decent snack? I don’t expect the American population will turn from this everything-better-be-easy attitude anytime soon but fast food delivery is just one more unnecessary X in the check list of cultural demise.