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JackRiddler

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76. What's with the strawmanning, woca?

Tue Feb 25, 2014, 10:19 AM

Feb 2014

I don't want to eat that shit no matter who makes it, because it's shit. It's shit and it's very bad for you. It kills you. It's especially bad for the children, to whom this is marketed.

That's my point.

I also don't want to spend money on non-union products, or stick a knife in the back of union labor. I support union labor.

However, I can't believe the underlying idea here: that it would be okay if these poison products were made by union labor. I hope we're better than that. I hope we agree that, for example, making bombs to murder children in some foreign countries is not okay even if it's union labor.

Similarly, making addictive poison and selling it to children (that's what this company does) was always a very bad thing. Whether union or not. And this "food" was always shit.

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Ok, has anyone else noticed twinkies and Hostess products don't taste as good as they used to? [View all] quinnox Feb 2014 OP

Cheapened the ingredients and cheapened the work force. yourout Feb 2014 #1

Switch to Tastykakes... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #2

You can tell Tastykake uses better quality ingredients Freddie Feb 2014 #14

My grandparents lived in Gloucester NJ....my grandfather worked nights at the shipyard... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #35

Hostess cakes always tasted to me like I was eating a bunch of chemicals, the texture RKP5637 Feb 2014 #37

I had one of their delicious chocolate turnovers this morning Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #50

Clueless libodem Feb 2014 #3

It's not the lack of nutrition but the abundance of preservatives jmowreader Feb 2014 #65

That must be it libodem Feb 2014 #80

But now you can really taste the scab! Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #4

. Iggo Feb 2014 #5

This. Brickbat Feb 2014 #8

+1 mike_c Feb 2014 #11

yea now with extra scabs leftyohiolib Feb 2014 #24

Indeed +1 eom Purveyor Feb 2014 #28

I had not eaten a Twinkie in years demwing Feb 2014 #6

I actually forgot they are back yeoman6987 Feb 2014 #27

at first I thought you said, "I forgot they are black" Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #30

I have been doing that today yeoman6987 Feb 2014 #63

Gack! No! librechik Feb 2014 #7

You eat that shit? Cali_Democrat Feb 2014 #9

What DOES taste as good as it used to??? elleng Feb 2014 #10

Not Folger's coffee dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #47

Nestles bought it mockmonkey Feb 2014 #71

mouth feel is the sensation of food in one's mouth dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #82

Tried one of the fruit pies... Lancero Feb 2014 #12

They had already gone downhill before the bankruptcy FiveGoodMen Feb 2014 #13

Scab twinkkies. rug Feb 2014 #15

never tried them so no idea. loli phabay Feb 2014 #16

never tried the new ones? Or, never had a twinkie? quinnox Feb 2014 #18

never had a Twinkie, kinda scarey looking. loli phabay Feb 2014 #20

Yup. Tastes "heavier". haele Feb 2014 #17

I've noticed that 'taste' with a lot of processed foods. laundry_queen Feb 2014 #26

corn syrup. ewwww. they're smaller, too. they suck more AND they're smaller. elehhhhna Feb 2014 #42

I like the occasional brownie TM99 Feb 2014 #81

The Devil Dogs taste better ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2014 #19

Stop eating that shit! madinmaryland Feb 2014 #21

^^^^ Also this. Iggo Feb 2014 #34

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #39

Jeez PasadenaTrudy Feb 2014 #46

Hell yeah! bravenak Feb 2014 #22

Entemann's is the devil.. frylock Feb 2014 #57

Raspberry Danish twist. bravenak Feb 2014 #58

yep, that's my weakness as well frylock Feb 2014 #59

Yummy. 840high Feb 2014 #61

Yes they are CFLDem Feb 2014 #78

it is no longer sweetened with unionized labor. TeamPooka Feb 2014 #23

Stopped eating them when they became non union. wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #25

Yeah, this is the reason. JackRiddler Feb 2014 #66

You want to spend your money on non-union products be my guest wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #74

What's with the strawmanning, woca? JackRiddler Feb 2014 #76

If people want to eat poison that is their right, I just want them to eat UNION made poison. wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #83

No, you're ignoring the children. JackRiddler Feb 2014 #87

So the parents have nothing to do with it? wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #88

Did I say that? JackRiddler Feb 2014 #89

Yes you did. This is America not Sweden as much as I agree with the Swedish on Government and wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #90

No,they busted a Union...Buh Bye... easychoice Feb 2014 #29

The Wonder Bread they are selling now sucks ALSO. Twinkies onecent Feb 2014 #31

I would say most of us had better get back to eating home made from the raw ingredients Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #32

I'm sure the cheap bastards snooper2 Feb 2014 #33

I tried a Ho Ho and didn't think it tasted Jenoch Feb 2014 #36

I ate a Ho Ho (well, most of one) They're really bad now. The filling is ghastly. Shrike47 Feb 2014 #38

Never ate them as a kid in the 50s or 60s HockeyMom Feb 2014 #40

i tried a pie and their. chocolate covered donuts Niceguy1 Feb 2014 #41

It's due to the bean counters. ... spin Feb 2014 #43

Speaking of Campbell's... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #49

When they rejected union contract, I stopped buying their products Gothmog Feb 2014 #44

Nothing ever does Blue Owl Feb 2014 #45

Have you gone into a bakery lately? There was one down the street. They used applegrove Feb 2014 #48

Bought them once GP6971 Feb 2014 #51

The shelf life is 45 days, it used to be 26, so there were changes Travis_0004 Feb 2014 #52

I don't believe I've had a twinkie since sometime during the Reagan administration... JHB Feb 2014 #53

I stopped eating Twinkies on May 21, 1979, when a jury DonViejo Feb 2014 #54

I stopped eating twikies after the 1st one pscot Feb 2014 #93

I never thought Twinkies ever tasted good (nt) bigwillq Feb 2014 #55

Coming soon to a grocery store near you-- stage left Feb 2014 #56

I think this is a suitable thread for the LOUNGE theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #60

What did you expect from Bimbo Bakery? Historic NY Feb 2014 #62

Never liked Twinkies. My favorite was Suzy Qs but I haven't seen any of those. We have a local doc03 Feb 2014 #64

This is a joke, right? JackRiddler Feb 2014 #67

Or maybe you've gotten older and your sense of taste has changed? mainer Feb 2014 #68

I think things sometimes taste different day to day, in fact... hlthe2b Feb 2014 #75

I love how many people have to point out they NEVER eat them. Inkfreak Feb 2014 #69

A while back I wrote about my disappointment with a Hostess fruit pie. MrScorpio Feb 2014 #70

Remove Trans fats... mockmonkey Feb 2014 #72

Good. I hope no one eats that crap for so many reasons. mucifer Feb 2014 #73

Actually they made them a bit more healthier..... Historic NY Feb 2014 #77

I thought it was me. HappyMe Feb 2014 #79

No, that would require eating them. nt bemildred Feb 2014 #84

I had some a month or so ago, didn't notice a difference. malthaussen Feb 2014 #85

No, the reason being that I have not bought them since they busted the union LadyHawkAZ Feb 2014 #86

I wouldn't know DefenseLawyer Feb 2014 #91

I noticed. :-(((((((((( aikoaiko Feb 2014 #92