Users track simulated progress purely for the digital interaction.
I didn't see food hyperreality coming
This is an extremely weird trend. Apps that resemble food delivery apps, except they don't deliver the food. They just provide the satisfying dopamine hit of getting to scroll food options and clicking a BUY button that doesn't do anything. https://www.malaymail.com/news/tech-gadgets/2026/06/22/this-viral-south-korean-app-lets-you-order-food-that-never-arrives-and-thats-the-whole-point/224691
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The people yearn for verifiable reward
This is an extremely weird trend. Apps that resemble food delivery apps, except they don't deliver the food. They just provide the satisfying dopamine hit of getting to scroll food options and clicking a BUY button that doesn't do anything. https://www.malaymail.com/news/tech-gadgets/2026/06/22/this-viral-south-korean-app-lets-you-order-food-that-never-arrives-and-thats-the-whole-point/224691
@AndyMasley Zizek trying to figure out what ideology this is