system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Why do people want to eat when they are bored?

Why is eating the ultimate "thing to do"?? Why do our minds instantly go to food when we are bored??
gpt
Your brain is hard wired to seek out activities that release dopamine in the brain, because dopamine feels really damn good. Eating unleashes dopamine. Which is why if you're bored or depressed, food is always there for you.