"croissant-munching, latte-sipping": instances of misconceived media-class self-loathing ITT

It's true about chardonnay. The last time I heard it mentioned was someone saying 'book clubs that get together and drink chardonnay'. What could be so wrong about that? (The implication was that it was a bit 'common' or something)

(Compare ILB club that gets together over Harvey's)

the culinary synecdoche

we call em frogs, they call us rosbifs

wikipeida is telling me that the Irish equivalent of champagne socialist/chardonnay socialist/gauche caviar etc is "smoked salmon socialist", can anyone confirm if this is true

"lambrini-swilling"

as in "labrini-swilling social hooligans"

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-09-06/new-bbc-comedy-motherland-has-the-realities-of-the-school-run-down-to-a-tee
You may think that middle-class mums (and dads) are everywhere – in life, in popular culture, blimey you may even be one yourself. But us quinoa-munching stalwarts of the school run haven’t had a sitcom of our own yet.

further to my point abt my mum's opinions upthread, if ppl didn't "munch" or swill" but ate and drank nicely perhaps all this bigotry would vanish?

quaffing is also bad

starfish and coffee, brexiteers and jam

GQ UK went to that shop and reported that dry, crusty bread was to blame, declared the sandwich "difficult."

I'm reminded of John Kerry's unforced error in requesting actual cheese on his Philly cheesesteak order instead of cheez whiz, as Real American Dubya did.

Just searching "munching liberals" gets you:

lentil-munching
granola-munching
quinoa-munching
muesli-munching
cock-munching (this is probably not about food)
arugula-munching (this is something of a curveball)
tofu-munching
Guardian-munching (possibly a typo)
kale-munching
croissant-munching (FINALLY!)
lettuce-munching
salad-munching
mashed yeast-munching (WTF?)
vegetable-munching (this is just lazy)
bean-munching (not even mung beans at that)

I gave up after page five.

you missed yoghurt weaving

lentil-munching
granola-munching
quinoa-munching
muesli-munching
cock-munching (this is probably not about food)
arugula-munching (this is something of a curveball)
tofu-munching
Guardian-munching (possibly a typo)
kale-munching
croissant-munching (FINALLY!)
lettuce-munching
salad-munching
mashed yeast-munching (WTF?)
vegetable-munching (this is just lazy)
bean-munching (not even mung beans at that)

is this from "Cheeseburger in Paradise"?

The general difference between liberal elite self-loathing and actual right-wingers seems to be that the latter are just disgusted at the concept of anyone eating a vegetable.

http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article7893606.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/PAY--Zac-Goldsmith-24-Hour-Campaign.jpg

i found a "wine-swilling kebab-scoffing teenager" but it's a daily mail headline compressing (and changing) something simon cowell said abt britain's got talent which doesn't seem to have legs beyond "people not well prepared for a competition for performers"

Marcello likes to use "wine bar" as a pejorative.

xxp a big greasy stain of unidentifiable meat pictured with two doner kebabs

lol googling "meat-munching" takes me straight to a site which feature late lamented ilxor CALUM W4DDELL talking to some z-grade horror-movie technician -- i'm not linking that either

notorious Tory Party Doner

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02601/ozzy_2601077b.jpg

shamburger-gate

George Osborne's Byron burger fail. Out of touch - £6.75, with fries at an extra £2.95. If cheese is added, the price of the burger rises to an out of touch £7.95.

thread back on track: dan jarvis on ukip, pie & mash, liquor and eels

eels are WAY out in the weird unacceptable food zone btw (i mean i like em but i've eaten locust AND scorpion) (scorpion is nasty btw)

It was another Jarvis who sang “I want to do whatever common people do”. The Pulp song crossed my mind after being summoned by Dan Jarvis, the Labour MP, to a pie and mash shop in Grays, Essex.

pulp song that hates migrants, mind you

The ex-military man was oblivious to my reference to the Britpop rocker. "Sounds a bit soft for a Northerner mate - give me Joe Cocker any day, or these cockles!" he wryly grinned before devouring the whole lot of them. Proper.

lol, some of these tools still trying talk up Dan Jarvis coz he served in Afghan. He is a dim + bumbling orator and loves taking cheques from hedgefund managers - mind that last bit does show leadership potential
.

lol nashwan

"cockle-munching"
"eel-munching"

these both get off topic quite quickly

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/41/86/37/418637b296fec6498db60478a93696a9.jpg

wikipeida is telling me that the Irish equivalent of champagne socialist/chardonnay socialist/gauche caviar etc is "smoked salmon socialist", can anyone confirm if this is true

― soref, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:33 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

only ever heard champagne variety tbh

in ireland it's "clean-water socialist" or "blight-free potato liberal"

"broadband dandy"

No results found for "white pudding munching"

ie people for whom the above photo of Desperate Dan loads quickly xp

There was a NYT article about this a couple of years ago.

I'm mostly a cappuccino guy but I'll admit that it does feel a bit decadent to spend $3-$4 on a nice espresso/steamed milk combination. It's a treat once or twice a week, and you have to get it at the right place or else it's a total waste..

"latte liberal"

About 419,000 results (0.63 seconds)

great thread.

eating habits are so frequently held as being of moral & social import, as they are fundamental and easily controlled, but it is interesting that a lot of right-wing conformist disdain operates on this level. reminds me of the research claiming that strong involuntary physiological reactions of disgust correlate with being more right-wing.

At least in the US and Canada, McDonald's sells lattés at this point (although I don't know why anyone would buy a latté at McDonald's).

perhaps this is what all this noise comes down to: the distrust of anyone whose ethics or politics transcend the reality of gut-feelings

Lattés are relatively easy on the gut, unless you're talking about some kind of butterscotch maple pumpkin spice concoction.

Only Commies drink those.

private-schooled murphy

"eating habits are so frequently held as being of moral & social import"

i always figured the flip side of nu-coffee habits (as opposed to being called a snob for buying a three dollar coffee or whatever) is you get to hold a 1000 calorie sugar snack in your hand and it's socially acceptable. like, people might make fun of you if you were holding 4 twinkies in your hand. but a triple cookie crunch mocha with whipped cream is totally okay. stealth junk! hey, i dig it.

Yeah, I'm never sure if people are talking about people who drink espresso with steamed milk or people who drink those garbage dessert lattés, or people who care about the difference. Because #2 deserve to be mocked.

the article sund4r linked to relates the political disdain to the issue of needless luxury rather than difficulty of taste

on the list matt put up, the main associations seem to be vegetarianism and slimming, both often assumed -- ie by orwell -- to be a crankish (and sometimes pricey) moralism, but this hardly applies to lattes

it certainly isn't outlander food: indian and chinese food aren't stigmatised in the UK, kebabs maybe are a bit (but not as lefty or posh)

"hygge-munching"

^^^only has one google link so far, to a site explicitly dedicated to hygge: WATCH THIS SPACE I GUESS

If you order coffee in South India, a latte/cappuccino is more or less what they give you.

"gløgg-swilling" also only has one entry currently

someone shit (jk rowling maybe) shared that orgoodwise quote as proof that corbyn is bad