I have a friend that vlogs all his J/F flights on Youtube and he brings on proper plates, glasses etc to make the presentation nicer during these crAAp times. He does it because it looks way more visually appealing to his viewers(even with the bad food), and I for one really appreciate it. Makes a crazy amount of difference --- even if it's the same food! It definitely takes effort to do so and I think it's awesome. He's making a point about how bad it's gotten, and what things should be like.
Now that I've been flying again on AC/WS, and seeing they are serving hot food on RJ's with proper plates/glass... AA has no excuse.