But I just can’t stop myself every Thursday night

There is a 100% chance that if you ask for a specific condiment, they are going to try give you a house aioli sauce instead.

Enough with the aioli and the gosh darn truffle oil in the fries.
- More for me then lol

Those are the exact toothpicks... Every time

Oh that's what those are!
- Nah they're those little skewers used to hold the burger together. Might work ok as a toothpick though.

Expensive burgers are like expensive pizzas, absolute waste of money.

It's a snack food that's easy to make and other than the meat right now, cheap as shit.

You can probably make it better at home for a fraction of the price

You've probably never eaten a real good pizza then
- Yep that's gotta be it.
You need a 400 degrees (or so) oven to make good quality pizzas. Don't tell me you can fit one of these into your flat.
- You misunderstand my comment. I'm saying go out for a pizza but there's no need to buy a 40$ pizza when it's basically the same as a 20$, since they both cost 5$ to make.
  
  Pizza and burgers are ridiculously simple and there's not much variation in ingredients. Certainly not enough to justify a 100% price difference.
- ? Was this a joke? If so, quite low key
- Most ovens go up to 500F+, so get an oven steel and place on a lower rack, get a pizza stone and place on the upper rack about 8-12" above. Warm the oven on the highest for about an hour, heat trapped between the steel/stone can get well over 600+. That is enough to make a good pizza for home ovens.
- You need 800 to 900 F degrees for a good neapolitan pizza so it's not dry like most pizza in a regular oven. I'm into pizza dough making and can only do it when my friend let's me go over to his house lol
it's a snack food

If your point is that a food being unhealthy means it's unworthy of having effort put in to make a high quality dish then I have to disagree lol
I don't know if I agree with the pizza part. The difference between a $5 pizza and a $20-40 pizza is insane. However, I do agree making it yourself is definitely cheaper and just as good (if not better because you're making it for yourself).

I agree with the connection you're making with the analogy, regardless. Burger is burger.
If you have more than you need to live - you "waste" it on stuff that makes you feel better. Otherwise what is the point?
- Invest it and make more of it or invest it into durable goods that make you feel better.
  
  Or, hell, buy the individual ingredients and make a burger that rivals the best burger you'd ever get at a restaurant.
You can make it better at home, easily, cheaper.