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And that’s great if that’s what you want. OP was just saying that free, internal lunch promotes team bonding for those who do desire it.

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I work at a company that doesn’t provide lunch, and we still manage to go out together and “bond”.

Miracles do happen.

Why were you under the impression that nobody here knew that was a possibility and needed an exceptional anecdote?

The upstream comment even said free lunch "promoted" camaraderie, not "is the only way it can happen."

The original comment regarding “bonding” was equally anecdotal - you just agree with it, and therefore perceive it to be an argument.

Rationally, there’s no inherent reason that free lunches promote “bonding”, and no inherent reason that teams that go out to lunch won’t bond. It’s just cargo culting and post hoc rationalization for people liking free food.

Intellectual rigor is alive and well on HN.

I absolutely brushed shoulders with more coworkers when I worked at a company that had a cafeteria (this wasn't even free to us). My current teammates eat together sometimes, but unless it's an 'event' it's just 2-3 people, and always someone who wont go due to diet or financial reasons.

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