Innocuous things that make you irrationally embarrassed

I eat yogurt every morning at my desk at work. My manager dropped by my desk one day when I was eating coconut Chobani, and I got the distinct feeling he wasn't comfortable with the whole situation and was silently judging me. Maybe I'm just paranoid...

Of course, this is the same manager who informed that most men would be uncomfortable driving a mazda because they aren't manly cars. I guess my parents or whoever just forgot to give me any manliness advice when I was growing up, so I tend to make these social faux pas without really caring too much.

I think he's thinking of the Miata, which gets some guff as a girly little car, but it's actually a traditionally-styled casual sports car, unlike the overcompensating muscle cars of late americana

mazda 3 pretty sweet imo

Pretty sure he meant mazdas, which struck me as strange as that's a particular brand I'd never heard mentioned in a gendered context

pistons are for tough guys, wankels for the fey

For sure.

Anyway, the lesson I've learned from all this is that I'm not particularly embarrassed to engage in unmanly activities, but I get extremely embarrassed to have to discuss such a topic. Embarrassed for the person who'd bring it up, that is.

a by-product of this thread is that i now cannot pass by the chobani section of the supermarket without thinking fondly of la lechera.

or the whole dairy section as a whole, amirite.

literal these days, we are

last time i offered some wry commentary on that username, it related to breast-feeding.

so I feel like I'm pulling toward the right direction, at least.

omg geez
the Nestle company thanks you

I previously shared this image with LL and I believe her comment was how mortifying it would be to be standing in this line
http://i.imgur.com/TEuywr2.jpg

a nice blue tho

GO REAL

I eat yogurt every morning at my desk at work. My manager dropped by my desk one day when I was eating coconut Chobani, and I got the distinct feeling he wasn't comfortable with the whole situation and was silently judging me. Maybe I'm just paranoid...

― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7:32 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I make fancy pour-over coffee in my office that I bring in, along with one other dude. I still always feel absurdly embarrassed whenever I explain it to anyone, and I definitely get funny looks from older guys in the office.

who gives a shit

activia will make you.

1. There's been a Chobani (blueberry) in my work fridge for a week or so. I'm pretty sure it belongs to the laid-back dad-dude sports fan partner. I've only ever seen him consume Diet Coke and yogurt, but the Chobani is a new development.

2. On some thread LL said something along the lines of "I've had a stressful day and I need some Chobani time" and it made me snortol and want to give her a hug.

aw

Carl and I were on the train on the way to a Star Trek convention, we were sitting behind this guy eating yogurt. After finishing he proceeded to lick the cup to get the last remnants of yogurt out.

I eat yogurt all the time at my desk at work. No shame. But I don't like the cup.

Do you lick the lid?

I'm not a lid licker.

Eyeball Kicks wants to know if you're a lid-licker

o_O

LL, were you aware of Chobani Champion Tubes?

http://chobanichampions.com/addons/themes/chobani_champions/images/site/products/product/tubes/jammin-strawberry-lg.png

I bought a lot of them before my tonsillectomy and they keep popping up, e.g. I found one today in the fridge at work.

the tube of a champion

though really it would've been better if they were champion tubs

wow that is so gross! i don't like food that is squeezed into the mouth.

to be fair, they aren't the first company to market squeezable yogurt tubes by a long shot, although the ones I've seen are mostly marketed to children

you mean Champions

gogurt is one of the grossest snacks i have ever watched a child consume

like technicolor mayonnaise

Having learned to enjoy good plain yogurt, actually, I find the prevalance of super-sweet yogurts and the difficulty of finding good unsweetened yogurt to be really sad for America

Like this for example, goddamn:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-zrYsfp6mZo/TIHFqRpHeQI/AAAAAAAACps/EBASV7xS6jE/s400/IMG_0950.JPG

but expensive and only available at ultra-bougie stores. OTOH if I go a little out of my way the Israeli grocery has a lot of options.

I open this thread for the first time in like a year and you guys are still talking about yoghurt. Have you been talking about yoghurt this whole time?

those yogurt tubes, so much cringing

you're still putting the yogurt in your mouth, right? why do you need a tube, it is a mystery

kids like tubes

I guess today's kids, once they are adults, might still like tubed food

In the Year 2025, if man and woman are still alive...

To every food
tube tube tube

Give me convenience or give me death.

I'm IE at the idea that knee-high black socks is an acceptable look in gym/workout clothes.

Are they compression socks?

Having learned to enjoy good plain yogurt, actually, I find the prevalance of super-sweet yogurts and the difficulty of finding good unsweetened yogurt to be really sad for America

― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, January 22, 2014 3:03 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fucking totally, so much sugar in that crap, marketed as a health food. whole milk plain yogurt is delicious and surprisingly hard to find. i scoured the entire yogurt section and everything is super sugary lowfat or nonfat yogurt. also the single-serving containers are fucking ripoff, like a $1.20 for 6 or 8 oz of yogurt.

stonyfield organics makes a pretty good whole milk, full fat, unsweetened yogurt, they sell them for like $2.50 or $3 for a large container, it's a good deal. whole foods 365 brand is even cheaper. you don't have to spend a lot.

http://www.kalonasupernatural.com/

I still like these quite a bit. I still miss their horribly-picked original name for their yogurt line: "Cultural Revolution"

Jeff, I don't think so! Just young people wearing tall dark socks I associate with old men with metal detectors on the beach in Florida.

if it's long black socks on a man wearing shorts I think about this old man who used to jog along a local street in short shorts and dress socks

I got some nice dri-fit black socks that are long, but I mostly wear them with correspondingly long workout pants

i've seen men in shorts and black socks who looked pretty cute, but i think they would have looked cute regardless (sort of like the cute girl with a bad haircut is still cute)

i'm never talking about yogurt again if i can help it
it's too embarrassing

stonyfield is not bad but I prefer more tart. I will say Costco in my area sells this "indian style" yogurt (although I can't tell what's particularly indian style other than being marketed probably to local indian communities) that's plain, full-fat, and like $4 for the biggest tub I have ever seen.

You mean the biggest tube, right?

I get enormous 5 pound containers of plain yogurt from the Indian store around the corner, probably $4.99, don't remember exactly.

Tubes of yog are weird but what gets me is "Chobani CHAMPIONS TUBES"

But I drained at least two and a half boxes of those tubes without shame b/c they were easy on my flayed and cauterized throat scabs.