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Whooping Crabs posted:Jimmy Johns used to have a noncompete clause, the founder donated and campaigned for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and wage-thefted managers for overtime https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/jimmy-johns-to-pay-18m-to-settle-overtime-pay-dispute/595195/. There's a lot of other smaller stuff, but I'm not sure if it's any worse than other restaurant chains. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. The main thing I remember Sir Jimmy John doing was big game hunting, because even a couple of non-politicals or Republicans I know (who overlooked the other stuff) were kind of pissed about it. However, not only does that fella not own the company anymore, he also claims he hasn't hunted big game since 2004 or something. As a very small child, I thought my choice of Subway sandwich (ham, lettuce, bell pepper, and mustard) was the best food ever. As I grew up, I realized the sandwiches weren't that good; it was kid-me learning that I just really liked mustard. :P Also, I later learned that I actually don't like ham...I just couldn't taste it through all the mustard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyT-keLre88 Read After Burning has a new favorite as of 00:44 on Jul 20, 2021 |
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I'm surprised the whole "Is it tuna?!" scandal wasn't posted here, but it looks like there may have been some confusion on the results of that test, so...who knows? I've seen reports from "it's not tuna at all" to "it's not sustainable tuna" to "it's canned tuna", so... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/style/subway-tuna-sandwich-lawsuit.html https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/subway-tuna-actual-fish/ I also don't trust tuna salad from fast food joints, so.....at least the good news from this is that Subway is considering having more fake-meat options. I'd eat some vegan meatballs from Subway before I'd eat the real ones.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I haven't eaten at Subway since Jared got busted for pedophilia and it was obvious the chain had covered for him. Pope Corky the IX posted:They were originally tipped off almost a decade before his arrest. Add me to the Idiots on Social Media thread, because I never heard about that part.  Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdrPBw8_zfI
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Bean posted:If you must go to Cracker Barrel, get the plate of sides. Those at least have individual flavors.  My area of California doesn't have a lot of "down home cooking", so when I go back South to visit and swing by Cracker Barrel (it's mad cheap and pretty filling), I always get a big-rear end plate of fried okra, collard greens, and hashbrown casserole.
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Ofecks posted:I love southern food and I lack a refined palate, so Cracker Barrel is just fine with me. Probably the only chain place that serves fried okra.  fellow "Loves Southern food and lacks a refined palate" goon. Not a fan of Messi, but tons of folks obviously are...this presumably is gonna hit Barca's pocketbooks, I would think. https://twitter.com/IndyFootball/status/1423343492596633603
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:They just opened up a White Castle here in Orlando, and it's the first White Castle in Florida in 50 years or something. For almost two months now it consistently has hour+ waits. For the first month, often two hours. It's hilarious to me because White Castle is only good if it's late night, you're drunk or high, and you can get it within minutes in the drive through. I can't imagine what people are thinking after waiting that long for garbage stoner food. That's extra strange, because there's a southern chain called Krystal that's basically just White Castle (source: friend who has eaten at both several times...I've never seen a White Castle). I would assume Florida has 'em too?
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Here's a semi-interesting map....blue are White Castle, red are Krystal, and purple has both. SweetMercifulCrap! posted:They're slightly different. Krystal burgers taste a little more like standard McDonalds burgers, have mustard, and aren't steamed. White Castle sliders have a more pronounced oniony taste, no mustard, and are steamed which gives them this intentionally soggy feel. You sure? I could swear Krystal burgers are steamed too, they're also fairly soggy. I know the main difference is White Castle has those chicken rings, but those freak me right the gently caress out, so I would never try one myself.
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Yeah, I'm definitely no stranger to processed mystery meats (I love Slim Jims) and will even eat some McNuggets every so often, but something about it being chicken in a ring shape makes my brain reject everything about it. I think it's because it reminds me of calamari (which I hate).
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I've never had food poisoning from Krystal, but their food gives me some really bad constipation 100% of the time. My folks back home have a joke that when you meet someone, one of the first questions you ask them is "What kind of poops does Krystal food give you? All of them, or none of them?"
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I think it is? I think that's why they are complaining, because crafting materials don't "go bad" like food might.
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Huh, weird. Either the map is just straight up wrong, or it's outdated? Someone mentioned Krystal going through financial struggles, so maybe they have closed a bunch of locations? Google tells me there used to be one in Bristol, VA.
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SimonChris posted:Part of the problem is that porn consumers are a lot more likely than average to claim that they didn't authorize the purchase and make chargeback requests, which causes expenses for the payment processors. Yeah, from what I hear, it's this. Many consumers are either consciously being assholes (purposefully purchasing the porn, busting a nut, and then doing a chargeback to get free porn) or are folks who buy genuinely intending to "keep" the product but then have to do a chargeback because a spouse/partner/guardian finds out and gets upset.
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DrBouvenstein posted:The only noteworthy thing Macy's has done recently is that a former Macy's husk was turned into my town's "temporary" high school. This is WILD...I love vaporwave, and this is definitely some mallsoft-rear end poo poo. Empty Sandwich posted:I had to buy a particular shirt, pants, and belt for a wedding, available only at Macy's or through some other online retailer. 
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https://twitter.com/OnlyFans/status/1430499277302816773 "Whoops, our bad!"
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Yeah, people are pointing out that this is really disingenuous on OF's part, as the issue was allegedly with Visa, Discover, etc. (or investors? Not sure) rather than with OF itself. Also note "suspended", not "canceled/reversed/etc".
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Atticus_1354 posted:How is this disingenuous? They're saying they cut a deal that allows them to retain their previous standards. I guess mostly because of the "suspended" language...it seems a lot like they're trying to reassure folks into coming back to their platform, only to later down the line go "Whoops, no more porn again. We never said we would NEVER crack down on the porn, just that we had suspended that policy temporarily!" I dunno, I'm not in that circle.  The whole thing seems like a shitshow.pentyne posted:I can't imagine a corporate tweet going "yeah, Visa and JP Morgan changed their mind, they're fine with porn now" would pass legal approval. Very, very true! Edit: the plot thickens! quote:Stokely said the firm was already “fully compliant” with Mastercard’s new rules and they had “no bearing” on its policy change. A Mastercard spokesperson told CNBC the firm made no contact with OnlyFans related to its decision. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/onlyfans-says-it-will-no-longer-ban-porn-after-backlash-from-users.html Read After Burning has a new favorite as of 19:05 on Aug 25, 2021 |
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Yeah, it made more sense when Visa, MasterCard, etc threatened to pull their services from FetLife because there was some truly heinous poo poo on the site at the time. Like groups about women crushing small animals with their bare feet. With pictures. I think this was mentioned upthread, but apparently that's what the huge Pornhub purge (now only verified accounts are allowed to upload) was about....credit card companies were skeeved out by the apparent huge amount of underage/rape/revenge porn that Pornhub was posting. Empty Sandwich posted:nah, it was rad. maybe a hundred bucks on clothes I'll actually wear vs the existential nightmare of tuxedo rental. That's cool, haha. Sorry if I came across as an rear end, I've just heard a lot of horror stories re. weddings... I have a distant cousin who just had a destination wedding to Wyoming (She lives in Alabama! There are no family ties to Wyoming on either side of the marriage! We're in a pandemic! Most of AL is unvaccinated! A wedding in Bankhead National Forest would be beautiful AND local!). Apparently they did their vows in private, and I guess some guests were grumbling that they traveled all this way and didn't even get the "full wedding experience". Sucks to suck!
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Pornhub was about Christian Dominionist groups pretending to be worried about those things and using it to try to strongarm payment processors into not working with pornhub as part of a campaign against sex work and pornography in general. OF turns out to have involved the same thing, plus the founder wanting to cash out. I'm seeing conflicting info on whether this is the case. However, this WAS a real interesting read! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_Cry I'm sure this isn't helping: Looks like an investigation was done, and it seems OF will bend its moderation rules if the uploader in question is popular (aka making them more money). https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58255865 quote:We obtained several differently-dated versions of the same 2021 document. All, except the oldest, state there should be at least five examples of "illegal" content on an account for it to be "escalated" immediately to management. Later versions from this summer include an apparently contradictory statement requiring immediate management referral for some examples of illegal content. Edit: Whoops, this was mentioned upthread! Couldn't remember which thread it was posted in. Vegetable posted:A bombshell BBC investigation on OnlyFans just dropped, and it seems like the company made it recent announcement in response to the looming release of this investigation. Read After Burning has a new favorite as of 20:59 on Aug 25, 2021 |
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Rick posted:Target at least tried really hard this year to eat into the "only lasts one year before turning into plastic dust but cooler than you'd expect for the price nonetheless" Spirit Halloween merch department this year. I don't know how overall effective it was. I got a cute jack-o-lantern from Target, but it's a watermelon instead of pumpkin. It was "dumb yet cute" enough that I bought it, it was sitting in the window last night. 
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christmas boots posted:Love to get my bullets and meds from the same place But you repeat yourself.  
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The other day, my partner and I watched that documentary about the Von Dutch brand. Figured it kinda fit this thread. https://www.hulu.com/series/the-curse-of-von-dutch-a-brand-to-die-for-a3e41c91-6c42-40f0-810c-ee6e91a528d7
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I like the hush puppies at Long John Silver's. That's one of only like, two places around me that has 'em. Eat more hush puppies, California!
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Casu Marzu posted:Only if it's French onion or spinach artichoke. Incorrect, it's the jalapeno artichoke dip from Trader Joe's.  I'm obsessed with it.
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Rick posted:Is there anything that mass advertises on podcasts that doesn't end up circling the drain? I want to make a "Dollar Shave Club --> hair in the sink --> circling the drain" joke here but I am too dumb and it won't be funny. In all seriousness, though, I think they'll be around forever. "Cockroaches, Cher, and Dollar Shave Club." How are those Blue Apron/Hello Fresh, etc. type services doing?
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The surge pricing thing always struck me as hosed up anyway. If you tout yourself as the safe alternative to driving drunk, then jacking up the prices on Drunk Holidays (New Year's, St. Patrick's Day, etc) seems kind of counter-productive, particularly when broke college kids would be at least half of the passengers that day. I know, I know, they're a corporation and wanna make money. 
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muscles like this! posted:That's BetterHelp which apparently has their own problems. https://www.dailydot.com/irl/therapist-explains-problems-betterhelp-tiktok/ https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/travis-scott-betterhelp-controversy I think the therapy world already didn't trust BetterHelp, but the Travis Scott thing kind of made the average Joe go "Wait, this is shady as hell." I believe some folks were talking about how BetterHelp contracts their therapy stuff out to random therapists, but there's not much oversight on those therapists' qualifications or even language barriers? Like, someone was chatting with a BetterHelp therapist saying they want to kill themselves, and the therapist was like "Oh no....don't. :|" Trying to find the article on it, hold on.
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Any of y'all watching the Abercrombie and Fitch documentary? How ya liking it? I, thankfully, was not a "label head" as a kid, and was too busy begging my parents to buy me new video games to worry about popular overpriced clothes. It was definitely HUGE in my school though (in Alabama in the mid 2000s), and there was a big air of being looked down on if you were white and didn't wear Abercrombie. I thought the stores smelled way too strong and the "sexy dude" models looked like someone that would have bullied me and called me a dyke. 
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...Musk is gonna let Trump back on Twitter in the name of "free speech", isn't he... Professor Shark posted:I didn’t know it existed but I’m definitely interested. I wore (and still wear, but only non-branded stuff like pants) A&F. In the 00’s their stuff was super durable and I really liked it compared to their stuff today, which has noticeably declined in quality. Mike Jefferies sounds like he was a terrible person. I dunno how their reputation is as a company (or what quality their products are now), but I have at least two LL Bean backpacks from like, 2000 or earlier. One is basically pristine and one has the bottom starting to tear...both were used as school bags. Good quality!
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Rockman Reserve posted:they make my favorite foundation I'm with ya, I just discovered their little volcanic stone facial roller thing to help cut down on the oil on my face.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Stop getting swirlied in the cold used deep fryer oil. Excuse me, the oil is HOT. It helps open up your pores!
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Was the WeWork documentary on Hulu any good?
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If this fucks with White Lotus, I will murder. Give me Season 2!!!
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smellmycheese posted:Yikesaroo quote:At the ranch, according to five former employees, he made unrelenting demands, sometimes to unqualified talent. “He might ask a chef to make a song and an architect to be his personal assistant,” says one staffer in Cody. “He may ask a song producer to design a school, and the next day that becomes an orphanage, and the other days it becomes an airport.” 
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I had the DVD part of Netflix for longer than most (until 2015 or so), because my ex lived up in the woods and his Internet was awful.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:??? just pump the price of umbrellas to the maximum, they'll sell like gangbusters when it rains, and it rains a lot in Florida. I appreciated this reference.
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Meaty Ore posted:Orb-shaped bottles aren't that new for drinks. Chambord has been around for years. There's also these, which is some of the worst substance that has ever touched my tastebuds. 
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Lots of non-Californians ITT. Martinelli's apple juice has been sold in spherical bottles for decades. Hell yeah,  Watsonville. The apple pomegranate flavor is hella good. I always enjoy spotting it in music videos or media, etc.
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