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.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
Just searching "munching liberals" gets you:
lentil-munchinggranola-munchingquinoa-munchingmuesli-munchingcock-munching (this is probably not about food)arugula-munching (this is something of a curveball)tofu-munchingGuardian-munching (possibly a typo)kale-munchingcroissant-munching (FINALLY!)lettuce-munchingsalad-munchingmashed yeast-munching (WTF?)vegetable-munching (this is just lazy)bean-munching (not even mung beans at that)
I gave up after page five.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:43 (seven years ago) link
you missed yoghurt weaving
― calzino, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:44 (seven years ago) link
is this from "Cheeseburger in Paradise"?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article7893606.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/PAY--Zac-Goldsmith-24-Hour-Campaign.jpg
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link
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"
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
Marcello likes to use "wine bar" as a pejorative.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
xxp a big greasy stain of unidentifiable meat pictured with two doner kebabs
― Neil S, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
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
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:51 (seven years ago) link
notorious Tory Party Doner
― Neil S, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 14:59 (seven years ago) link
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)
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:05 (seven years ago) link
pulp song that hates migrants, mind you
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link
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.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
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 .
― calzino, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:10 (seven years ago) link
lol nashwan
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
"cockle-munching" "eel-munching"
these both get off topic quite quickly
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/41/86/37/418637b296fec6498db60478a93696a9.jpg
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:25 (seven years ago) link
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
― identity politics rooted in tolkienism (darraghmac), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
in ireland it's "clean-water socialist" or "blight-free potato liberal"
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:44 (seven years ago) link
"broadband dandy"
No results found for "white pudding munching"
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
ie people for whom the above photo of Desperate Dan loads quickly xp
― The Codling Of The London Suede (Legal Warning Across The Atlantic) (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
There was a NYT article about this a couple of years ago.
― Spiritual Hat Minimalism (Sund4r), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
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..
― Spiritual Hat Minimalism (Sund4r), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:59 (seven years ago) link
"latte liberal"About 419,000 results (0.63 seconds)
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.
― ogmor, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
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).
― Spiritual Hat Minimalism (Sund4r), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
perhaps this is what all this noise comes down to: the distrust of anyone whose ethics or politics transcend the reality of gut-feelings
― ogmor, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
Lattés are relatively easy on the gut, unless you're talking about some kind of butterscotch maple pumpkin spice concoction.
― Spiritual Hat Minimalism (Sund4r), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:12 (seven years ago) link
Only Commies drink those.
private-schooled murphy
― identity politics rooted in tolkienism (darraghmac), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
"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.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Spiritual Hat Minimalism (Sund4r), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
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)
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
"hygge-munching"
^^^only has one google link so far, to a site explicitly dedicated to hygge: WATCH THIS SPACE I GUESS
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
If you order coffee in South India, a latte/cappuccino is more or less what they give you.
― Spiritual Hat Minimalism (Sund4r), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
"gløgg-swilling" also only has one entry currently
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
someone shit (jk rowling maybe) shared that orgoodwise quote as proof that corbyn is bad
― diary of a mod how's life (wins), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/img/l/lunch-asda-prawn-mayo-sandwich.jpg
multi-millionaire roy keane characterising people in hospitality boxes as not living 'in the real world' and 'eating prawn sandwiches'
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
Roy Keane may be many things but he has certainly never been a member of the metropolitan liberal elite.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
yeah it's not the same but maybe a similar thing transposed to the oafish world of no-nonsense football yeomanry
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:35 (seven years ago) link
the thing i like abt the article sund4r linked -- probably bcz it slightly overlaps with an idea i'd half-articulated further up -- is that the items targeted by reactionaries in this sense bcz they can be identified as guilty pleasures, bcz pricey or luxury or fancy or show-offy or performative or virtue-signalling in some sense: they are actually quite widely enjoyed but can somehow also be disavowed as a marker of social identity ("i've eaten lettuce but i'm not a LETTUCE-MUNCHING TYPE")
so the accusation lands right on a spot that many people will instantly draw back from -- not bcz they themselves dislike the item (far from it) but bcz they don't want to be caught being the thing it represents
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:37 (seven years ago) link
cockle butties
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
is what roy keane eats obv
― mark s, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
i just bought a cappuccino out of a machine at the bong store next door. one dollar. in honor of this thread. dollar cappuccinos from the pakistani-run bong store what this great country is all about in my opinion.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
are these the same people who "knit their own yogurt" or is that a hippie subset?
"Avenues type" if you're from round here.
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
Wasn't there a minor hoohah about Cameron (remember him?) eating a burger with a knife and fork?
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link