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ratbert90 posted:How the hell does Taco Bell of all places make such a drat good fast food breakfast? The Breakfast Burrito is the apex of culinary technology and wrapping them in different shapes is 99% of the breakfast menu.
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Acute Grill posted:The Breakfast Burrito is the apex of culinary technology and wrapping them in different shapes is 99% of the breakfast menu. Keith from the Try Guys has a series where he eats every item at a fast food place's menu, and for Taco Bell he had a bucket to throw in every item that tasted the same. He filled the entire bucket.
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Nov 14, 2019 23:15
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The Anthropocene Reviewed has an episode where the Taco Bell breakfast menu and the Lascaux Cave Paintings are reviewed.
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Nov 14, 2019 23:21
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As a lesbian I love that one XENALUVR Subaru ad but unfortunately as a lesbian I also cannot drive.
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Nov 15, 2019 01:11
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PT Cruiser? More like PT loser.
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Nov 15, 2019 01:17
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My mother sings with a (mostly) gay women's chorus and so many chorus members have Subarus that they got a local Subaru dealership to sponsor one of their concerts. My mom isn't a lesbian, but she did buy her first Subaru from one.
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Nov 15, 2019 01:49
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My mom's a lesbian and she owns a Subaru.
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Nov 15, 2019 02:12
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My mom’s a Subaru and she owns a lesbian.
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Nov 15, 2019 02:16
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My mom is a lesbian Subaru and she approves this message.
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Nov 15, 2019 02:38
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My Subaru lives on the island of Lesbos with your mom.
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Nov 15, 2019 03:29
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I used to drive a Subaru. It was a very good car. I'm not a lesbian, being a guy, but I do like chicks and comfortable shoes
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Shifty Nipples posted:My Subaru lives on the island of Lesbos with your mom. My Subaru is a Taurus.
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Nov 15, 2019 04:06
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The Bloop posted:I used to drive a Subaru. It was a very good car. I'm not a lesbian, being a guy, but I do like chicks and comfortable shoes Your such a lesbian.
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Nov 15, 2019 04:06
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Subaru makes me think of Ted Danson in the underrated show Bored To Death, where upon being told to follow a Subaru, he incredulously asks "what is a Subaru?"
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Nov 15, 2019 04:08
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Platystemon posted:My Subaru is a Taurus. Deep astronomy cut.
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Nov 15, 2019 04:11
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My mom is named Tsubaru, leader of the Honshu clan of sleepwalkers. You can hear their warrior cry echo through the shoji-lined halls of their dojo. hon-shuuuuuuu hon-shuuuuuuuuuuu hon-shuuuuuuwuwuwuwuwuuuuu
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:My mother sings with a (mostly) gay women's chorus and so many chorus members have Subarus that they got a local Subaru dealership to sponsor one of their concerts. We've got some news for you. Please be supportive of her.
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Nov 15, 2019 05:25
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Today I remembered this 2009 product and laughed
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Nov 15, 2019 07:50
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That was the dumbest loving thing. Me in 2009: "Just pay Baker's Delight the loving licensing fee and call it Cheesymite you absolute twats."
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quote:Subaru of America knew it had to support its gay and lesbian employees if it wanted to appeal to lesbian customers, so they scheduled a meeting with a senior Japanese executive to make the case for domestic partnership benefits. Bennett and his colleagues had prepared to argue their case at length, but the meeting lasted 20 seconds. The executive, who had worked for Subaru in Canada, already knew about benefits for same-sex couples. “He said, ‘Yeah that’s fine. We did that in Canada years ago. Anything else?’” says Bennett. “It was the easiest thing we did.” I love the idea of an American company imagining a huge fight over such a "controversial" issue such as giving LGBT people the same rights as straight people, only to have someone from an even more conservative country "Yeah, that's cool" without kicking up a fuss. Whatev posted:Today I remembered this 2009 product and laughed It is even dumber than that. The name they chose was chosen by public vote. And all because, as the poster above me said, they weren't prepared to pay to call it what everyone had been calling it for years.
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Helith posted:About 10 years ago me and my husband went on holiday to Las Vegas and California and we hired a car to do a road trip for a week. My wife and I bought 2 PT Cruisers over the span of a few years. Both new. They were great cars. Short in length but a lot of interior space. Easy to get in and out of. Reasonable mileage. Super reliable. The only trouble I had was that you have to do plugs and wires every 40,000. For some reason, they chew up plugs and wires no matter what you do. I've never understood why people poo poo on the PT. It was the only profitable car that DC had at the time. GM even tried to copy it with the HHR which was bigger but uglier.
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I've dated a girl who had a hand-me-down PT and a manual transmission. We took many road trips in that car, and aside from drivers position being a little off, I have nearly no complaints. It seemed better than most economy cars I've driven prior, including a few Neons. It was mechanically identical, except few repairs required more labor because of cramped front end. Nevertheless, I constantly hear people rag on those things, assuming they are poo poo cars because of styling or buyer demographic.
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fairly convinced SA had a photoshop depicting one as a stick of dynamite because their safety features were lacking? or something?
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BrigadierSensible posted:I love the idea of an American company imagining a huge fight over such a "controversial" issue such as giving LGBT people the same rights as straight people, only to have someone from an even more conservative country "Yeah, that's cool" without kicking up a fuss. Homophobia mostly comes from Abrahamic religion. Being Japanese is its own religion, so they're mostly atheists otherwise
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bob dobbs is dead posted:Homophobia mostly comes from Abrahamic religion. Being Japanese is its own religion, so they're mostly atheists otherwise They definitely have their own messed up cultural standards, to say the least. If anything, modern Japanese take an a la carte approach to religion. Apparently the proverb is 'Born Shinto, marry Christian, die Buddhist'.
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Nitrox posted:Nevertheless, I constantly hear people rag on those things, assuming they are poo poo cars because of styling or buyer demographic. classism perhaps
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The PT Cruiser was designed by a guy (Nesbitt) who was high on his own farts and gave it a small back window so  would feel safer inside it.
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Platystemon posted:The PT Cruiser was designed by a guy (Nesbitt) who was high on his own farts and gave it a small back window so
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Nitrox posted:The gently caress you taking about. The back window is huge as physically possible. quote:The discomfort was particularly notable with the focus groups in the U.S., where hatchbacks don't sell as well as they do in Europe. In the conversation after the collage making, many participants suggested the rear hatch's large window would let prying outsiders see in and make the car dangerous if hit from behind. Accustomed to hatchbacks, a group in Paris was more concerned about the car's utility than its safety. It described the prototype, Bostwick remembers, as a tantalizingly wrapped box under a Christmas tree that promised a great gift but didn't deliver one. quote:The general sentiment was that the participants wanted more of a sport-utility vehicle. "It's a jungle out there," says Rapaille, recalling the message. "It's Mad Max. People want to kill me, rape me." The consultant's message to the designers: "Give me a big thing like a tank." https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-10-03-9910030058-story.html Rapaille was the fart‐huffer I was thinking about, not that that lets Nesbitt off the hook. Rapaille has some really weird ideas about the “reptilian” brain. Since this is the dumb marketing thread, here’s an interview. Platystemon has a new favorite as of 19:36 on Nov 15, 2019 |
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I test drove a Yaris once and it was really terrible. Would Not recommend.
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Colorado (particularly Denver and Boulder) is absolutely lousy with subarus. They're like a full 1/3 of the cars I see on the road. So, yeah.
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Nitrox posted:Nevertheless, I constantly hear people rag on those things, assuming they are poo poo cars because of styling or buyer demographic. The main problem with them was the regardless of what you felt about the styling, you were paying a huge premium for it. The were way overpriced and underspecced for what you got, with a tinny anemic engine and cheap plastics throughout.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:They definitely have their own messed up cultural standards, to say the least. Which is what leads to them doing a bunch of weird stuff with religious imagery and iconography, because they just kinda don't care as much about it. Japan won't really get mad if you feature straight-up Biblical angels as horrible monsters.
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oldpainless posted:I test drove a Yaris once and it was really terrible. Would Speaking of, does anyone remember that terrible free game Toyota made in the mid-2000s to promote the second-gen Yaris? You raced this low resolution Yaris along a grey pipe, avoiding stock graphics (bats, toasters, magic 8 balls) while one song looped endlessly. "Raced" is a generous term, since the car continued to go whether or not you actually touched the controls. I had to google it to make sure it wasn't some fever dream I had, and apparently it has the honor of being the worst reviewed Xbox 360 game.
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Yaris was a real game and it was horrible. Doritos Crash Course was surprisingly great.
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Clockwork Sputnik posted:Colorado (particularly Denver and Boulder) is absolutely lousy with subarus. They're like a full 1/3 of the cars I see on the road. So, yeah. I was not really consciously aware of Subarus until the first time I visited Boulder and wondered, "why is every other car the same little hatchback wagon"
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oldpainless posted:I test drove a Yaris once and it was really terrible. Would The Yaris is still not as bad as the Nissan Versa. The Versa remains the most hateful little fuckbox I’ve ever driven.
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MrYenko posted:The Yaris is still not as bad as the Nissan Versa. The Versa remains the most hateful little fuckbox I’ve ever driven. I went with a Versa instead of the Yaris.
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I used to drive a Versa. It burnt through taillights, but other than that, it sure was A Car. Bland, boring, but went from A to B.
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I got a rental Versa once, and the seats felt like they were made of cardboard and the engine seemed like it'd be more powerful if I were pedaling along instead. Anyway that's my Versa story, thanks for reading
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