This needs addressing yet again. This phenomenon, which I only heard heard of 6 hours ago: Spoiler They're Cronuts. You see, I thought when MoreCowbell said people were lignin up around the block, I though he was talking about people buying up fireworks, which seems to make perfect sense. You guys light up the night on the Fourth, make no mistake. I like blowing shit up too, but we light up the night with large campfires. However, he repped me this: This is what Popped Cherries said earlier: Which is exactly what it looks like to me, but to me the mystery isn't whether they're good or not. Now, I exclude people from this site from the following statement. As a guy who didn't know too much about cooking, on this site I have found food & drink recipes, not to mention cooking methods that are revelations. I know people on here aren't stupid when it comes to food. But Americans, what is it about your country that a large collective of your country is willing to line up down the block for a 2000 calorie wheel of corn syrup and vegetable oil that will annihilate your metabolic system? These "people" loved their food one way: not made by them, served to them by a minimum wage employee. Your country's love for cooking truly is coughing and wheezing right now. My love for fucking around with food in my kitchen increases more each week, largely because of this site directly. When it wasn't this Cronut scam, it's boxes of Krispie Kream donuts. Or Popeyes Chicken. Or these scumbag garbage pizza chains your country has that are somehow billion dollar corporations. I know it's not you guys directly, so my question is what is the deal? Are people this unaware that they're constantly eating garbage, or do they just not care they're killing themselves?
Yeah, it's my understanding that the bakery that makes these things and became a citywide sensation opens up at 9, but you need to be there by 6 or 6:30 in order to get one. They're gone by 9:10 or whatever. They're five bucks, which is not cheap, but also not outrageous? The crazier implication is that people are waking up to be somewhere at the asscrack of dawn and stand outside for three hours for a fucking pastry. Those are some weird priorities. I've also heard that apparently clever people are running hustles where they will do the waiting and then give you a cronut for $100. Make what you will of that. Lastly, there is this. I'm sure they're good and all, but c'mon:
There are a whole lot of issues tied up in this. Suffice it to say, due to a host of factors, eating shit food is cheaper and more time efficient than cooking for yourself. I do all the grocery shopping and cooking at home. To eat a decent meal, it costs me about $5 per person (and that's my target price in putting my menu together). You also have to factor in the time I spend grocery shopping, prepping, cooking and cleaning. You can feed your family for a lot cheaper than that at a fast food place. Plus, the time you don't have to spend doing all the other stuff. I'm not saying it's right, but I do understand why so many families have sacrificed eating well for eating conveniently.
I guess that's our difference. There is no fucking way eating fast food is cheaper than the grocery store here. I don't know how cheap fast food is in your country, a combo at Wendy's here is almost $9. Groceries for my house usually cost a little over $100 a week. I've shopped for groceries when staying down there, it is considerably cheaper than Ontario (and the produce in your country looks like shit sorry). How fucking cheap is fast food there?
Most fast food chains have dollar menus. You can get a burger, fries and a small drink for 3 bucks or so.
I am attending a wedding this weekend - late 20s career wise - a successful peer group. Wedding registry is basically a cash bucket for the honeymoon. Makes sense, I would do it. 9 people give '$50' gifts towards their airfare, etc. What amount is customary? In college it was always around $100 for a close friend but money was a lot tighter then. Is there a standard? For those that have been married does it matter - do you even remember who gave vs. gave big vs. showed up, got drunk and spilled the pint all over the Father of the Bride?
Not that the tangent is wrong, but that's an odd direction to take it. You guys realize everyone in that cronut line probably went to a nice college, is gainfully employed or has rich parents, and lives in Manhattan or Brooklyn, right? It's a quirky rich yuppie thing.
People stand in line for that sort of thing because of boredom. The cronut is a new thing that tastes good. Yay for something new! tasty beverage I am currently enjoying, called a Gordon Bennett (from my lovely cocktail recipe book with all the pretty pictures that my husband gave me recently): 1 oz gin 1 oz cointreau (I used triple sec because I'm cheap) 1 lime wedge club soda (I used seltzer) cracked ice in glass Pour gin and orange liqueur over cracked ice and stir to chill. Squeeze lime into drink, add bubbly water and stir. Very refreshing! I was going to sip it while playing Lego Star Wars Complete Saga, but some drama erupted on my mom board, so I've been enjoying the show.
This. Occasionally I'll run out of the car at a gas station to get cigarettes when my daughter is in the car. I park right next to the door so I can see her at all times, then wait until no one is in the station besides the cashier. Then I RUN into the store, holding an empty pack of smokes up so they'll know exactly what kind of smokes I want(it's not something basic like Marlboro Reds), get it and run back to the car. I actually time myself. The absolute longest has been 62 seconds, the shortest, 23 seconds. Seriously, fuck people.
No, you're not in the wrong at all. The car is locked, is somebody gonna smash the glass and take off right in front of everybody, no. It's as safe as it gets without going through the sometimes very long task of taking them with you. But there's the other bullshit mentioned: How about "too cheap for a babysitter?" You had a kid and you didn't predict you may have to shell out a few extra bucks if you want out for the night? The two of you can't make the sacrifice so you'd rather suborn negligence towards each other and risk your kids life instead of throwing a few dollars a teenager's way and let her raid your fridge for the night? Stop eating retard sandwiches so much. You either get someone responsible to watch your kid, or YOU have to watch your kid. Lie in the bed that you made. People who like having an outgoing lifestyle accomplish this by not wanting, and get this--not having kids.
One of my favorite journalists, who is usually known for humor, wrote this article about kids dying in cars and won a Pulitzer for it: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2010-Feature-Writing" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2010-Feature-Writing</a>
You want to talk about negligent parents, the woman in this story is my cousin. Her 5 year old daughter was present for all of this. <a class="postlink" href="http://mankatofreepress.com/local/x1472219134/Child-found-watching-movie-during-drug-bust" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://mankatofreepress.com/local/x1472 ... -drug-bust</a> The worst part is that she left her husband and father of their daughter so she could run around with her fucking meth head friends from high school. She hadn't touched the shit in 5 or 6 years and then just started up again. Luckily, the father is a good guy who never got into that shit and now has full custody. I think it's safe to say I won't be seeing her at family holiday get-togethers for a while.
Well, if he was involved in the double murder as they suspect, he's going to break one of OJ's NFL records.