marcos I think your mortification was because you suddenly found yourself in the Chobani yogurt cow commercial.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:00 (eight years ago) link
yes it totally had that vibe!!! it was too much
― marcos, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link
glad i don't know what chobani yogurt cow is
― cod latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link
The field-trip t-shirts my kids wear this summer at daycare say "It's A [Daycare Name] Thing – You Wouldn't Understand."
― pplains, Wednesday, July 1, 2015 9:54 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is not embarrassing, it's hilarious.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:05 (eight years ago) link
Can you get me one in an adult L please
You could probably wear one of the kids shirts. They definitely bet on oversized rather than too small this year.
Must've looked like a group of Fry Guys walking into the zoo yesterday.
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
marcos, watch at your own risk of irrational embarassment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQpQuGV_gMA
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:17 (eight years ago) link
SORRY dog latin, not marcos. I'm IE!!!!
chobani is the root of all quiet seething humiliation
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=65&v=l6LNBlHpLRs
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
er:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6LNBlHpLRs
wait, in orbit, why are you embarrassed by the guardian article?
― ogmor, Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
what's with the one that says 'it's your mom's birthday'? how would they know that?
I like to think that somewhere there is a list of words you can't have “Rippled” onto a latte, a la words you can't have printed on the back of an nfl jacket
― soref, Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:46 (eight years ago) link
the 'it's your mom's birthday' latte seems to have a facebook logo on it as well, so the machine pulled the information from facebook I guess?
― soref, Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:56 (eight years ago) link
used a curling iron today, felt searing humiliation(it's fairly rational embarrassment imo but the degree is definitely out of proportion to the act)
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 13:48 (eight years ago) link
Are you sure the searing embarrassment wasn't actual searing?
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link
No, it came from inside the house.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:12 (eight years ago) link
facebook discussions/debates that pull in friends from completely disparate parts of my life, like when some high school friend jumps in with the college friend and the co-worker and the random neighborhood playground friend and they're like not even on the same discursive planet let alone page.
― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:13 (eight years ago) link
this has happened with people i am on nodding terms with around town and prominent SJ-savvy ilxors. it did not end well.
― (no offence to people) (dog latin), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, July 22, 2015 10:13 AM (5 minutes ago)
huh, this gives me a mix of irrationally happy & embarrassed
― dart scar rashes (WilliamC), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
yeah it depends on the mixture
― regret it? nope. reddit? yep. (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I kind of love that especially when you get to see like PhDs in econ or biology arguing with mouthbreating ADAM AND EVE NOT ADAM AND STEVE rednecks or whatever.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link
i kinda like it
except when my super idiotic unfollowed friends chime in & then i'm like (facepalm)
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
posting on facebook at all makes me feel embarrassed but i do it from time to time anyway to let ppl know i'm still alive
i used the curling iron because i had to get my dl renewed and i'm 99% sure i was embarrassed about my vanity/embarrassed at how little the curling iron did to improve things
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
taking pictures with famous people
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
Sometimes it results in uncomfortable political conversations, other times it's just like one person not keyed in at all to some kind of inside-jokey humor sensibility like "Wait, are you guys serious right now?!!!"
― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
are you embarrassed to know these people or embarrassed on their behalf?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
I don't know, I'm sort of simultaneously embarrassed from all sides.
― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
i still can't say the sizes at starbucks, all i know is "tall"
for everything else i just say medium or large, i really can't
― surm, Friday, July 24, 2015 12:15 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol me too
― marcos, Friday, July 24, 2015 12:41 PM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This exchange from the coffee thread reminded me that having to say the coffee sizes at Starbucks is a deeply embarrassing and shame-ridden exercise. Whether you use the special Starbucks' terminology or just s/m/l, you lose either way.
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Friday, 24 July 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
One thing I often found fairly drinkable and satisfying was a "Double Tall Two Pump Mocha" -- i.e. a tall mocha with an extra shot and less chocolate syrup, and of course no whipped cream. I also like the "short" size because you get a better proportion of espresso to milk.
― five six and (man alive), Friday, July 24, 2015 12:49 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― five six and (man alive), Friday, 24 July 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
"Double Tall" is the weirdest fucking way to phrase it, but that's exactly what they call it. Also I think there's an order that they call something like "Iced Tall Unsweetened Iced Coffee" -- they actually say "iced" twice!
― five six and (man alive), Friday, 24 July 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
not to be all trenchant but the best answer there is don't go to starbucks
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 July 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
lmao
― marcos, Friday, 24 July 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
check yr privilege forks
― five six and (man alive), Friday, 24 July 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
i don't drink coffee!well, coffee and choc milk (which is a new fave thing) but i do that at home because the world has not caught up
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 July 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link
I wouldn't say that I'm a Starbucks regular, but as a dedicated coffee drinker there are going to be times when it is a necessary evil
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Friday, 24 July 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link
asking a stranger to make you special coffee drinks in general is embarrassingi just want a cup of coffee with some milk in it, and then i want another one. the only special thing i like re: coffee is my "thanks i needed that" mug because it's so stupid.
again though sharing personal details about coffee (or anything) consumption: embarrassing
― La Lechera, Friday, 24 July 2015 17:58 (eight years ago) link
My work neighborhood in the last two years has suddenly blossomed with good coffee places. Before that there was Oren's and Starbucks, although I still mostly went to Oren's. My neighborhood in Queens though has three Starbucks and didn't have anything else until like 6 months ago, and even that place is about 20 mins walk from me.
― five six and (man alive), Friday, 24 July 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
yea the situation can often be starbucks or gas station coffee for your two choices, sbux is def preferable then
― marcos, Friday, 24 July 2015 18:01 (eight years ago) link
we have alot of good coffee places with their own roasters in Sac now, including a great one right by my house
I work in the suburbs & the only places near work are peets and sbux. always try to opt for peets, coffee is a million x better, but it's further away
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 24 July 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link
I've still never bought a coffee at Starbucks, and if it were the only choice I could go without because TEA.
― error: unclean shutdown (suzy), Friday, 24 July 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
Sbux is also a welcome presence at many roadside rest areas.
― five six and (man alive), Friday, 24 July 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
oh yea totally i think of that whole stretch of the nj turnpike, very welcome
― marcos, Friday, 24 July 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
Innocuous things that make you irrationally embarrassed: I've still never bought a coffee at Starbucks, and if it were the only choice I could go without because TEA.
― Je55e, Friday, 24 July 2015 21:28 (eight years ago) link
That was really unnecessarily rude. Flag posted.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 24 July 2015 21:33 (eight years ago) link
Thanks, NA. I don't expect snide responses to my posts from people I've always been polite to.
We've been here before for this explanation, but I won't go to Starbucks because they're involved in tax evasion on a global scale, make their workers bend over backwards in the name of 'flexibility', and their business practices are extremely predatory. Avoiding them is not a problem for me.
― error: unclean shutdown (suzy), Friday, 24 July 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
Sounded like snobbery wrapped up in concern trolling. Which is a thing I am familiar with from my boss the rich "liberal hippie" who, e.g., "Uuugh (has) never even seen the inside of a Wal-Mart."
― Je55e, Friday, 24 July 2015 23:27 (eight years ago) link
Anyway NA I'm sorry I was rude and I accept my FP w/ grace.
― Je55e, Friday, 24 July 2015 23:31 (eight years ago) link
And the apology I'm due? It's not snobbery to withhold custom from a tax-dodging company that's shit to its workers and is not what I'd call a good neighbour - and I'm not responsible for whatever it is your boss does to piss you off. Check yourself, not me.
― error: unclean shutdown (suzy), Saturday, 25 July 2015 05:28 (eight years ago) link
Sometimes it results in uncomfortable political conversations, other times it's just like one person not keyed in at all to some kind of inside-jokey humor sensibility like "Wait, are you guys serious right now?!!!"― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, July 22, 2015 3:43 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, July 22, 2015 3:43 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― jaymc, Saturday, 25 July 2015 05:39 (eight years ago) link