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I don’t feel like the food I got in the cafeteria as a kid was slop, but there were definitely some dishes that did better when cooked en masse than others, and some that were more or less appealing. Like, pizza, ravioli, burgers, chicken sandwiches or nuggets, they all tended to be pretty consistent and good. The spaghetti tended toward being kind of weak and mushy because I imagine it’s tricky to get a proper al dente when you’re cooking for hundreds of people. Likewise, the baked chicken wasn’t anything to write home about.

Most of where they’d drop the ball was with texture or with things not being spiced as well as they could have been. But again, at scale I’m sure it’s tricky.

As others have said, though, the US is nowhere near as homogeneous as you’d assume if you only watch our media. A lot of the complaints about school food being inedible are also significantly overblown because it’s something to complain about and bond over.

“I’m off! Bye!”

This approach is honestly a non-starter. It lacks organic engagement, and most of the posts from people who do this have no comments or very few. It also tends to end up with one person flooding with a bunch of shit they didn’t read. Personally, I usually block this as meaningless attention seeking, and I’m sure I’m not alone.