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baka kaba posted:That's pretty much the 'my best friend is ~minority~' argument though. Most people who have lovely attitudes about groups are respectful towards individual members of that group, because they're suddenly actual people instead of a faceless mass you can stereotype from a distance. That's why calling them out on their racism is usually met with protestations that they can't be racist, because they get on fine with those people! If anything that proves how objective they must be with their generalisations! Indeed, I had a long dead great uncle who was Racist as gently caress. Not a good word to say about any minority, especially black people, and not shy about it. Just eye-rollingly terrible. My younger sister when she was a child used to stay with my Grandmother who shared the house with the Uncle. For a few years she took her best friend a black girl with her. Said uncle loved her, got along great, was delighted to see her again. Did it change his opinion about Black people in general, of course not, but of course Emily was alright. Cognitive dissonance.
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Ichabod Sexbeast posted:I am a very jealous call centre person now. Aahhh thats what Loonytoad has been on about. Why are they advertising on TV beechwood smoked bacon subs then? The respectable face of UKIP the community spokes woman on QT now, guessing they didn't dare let anyone else off the leash.
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May 1, 2014 22:40
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Trickjaw posted:Aahhh thats what Loonytoad has been on about. Why are they advertising on TV beechwood smoked bacon subs then? The respectable face of UKIP the community spokes woman on QT now, guessing they didn't dare let anyone else off the leash. 200 subway franchises is not a lot compared to the total number of subway franchises in the UK. They're doing it anywhere there's a significant Islamic community in order to put Halal signs up. In Islamic communities, the number of racist fucks who will moan is outweighed by the number of muslims who will avoid Haram food places out of fear of contamination. For most of them, there will be no difference. My local delivering Subway appears unaffected.
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May 1, 2014 22:44
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^ Delivering Subway? I'm jealous.Trickjaw posted:Aahhh thats what Loonytoad has been on about. Why are they advertising on TV beechwood smoked bacon subs then? The respectable face of UKIP the community spokes woman on QT now, guessing they didn't dare let anyone else off the leash. It's just one of those things that is at the franchisees discretion. The majority of franchises serve the national menu but some can change the menu for the benefit of the community local to the place. It's a business decision made by the owner of the place. Right-wing types masturbate to the free market but they don't actually like it in action. Xachariah fucked around with this message at 22:51 on May 1, 2014 |
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May 1, 2014 22:45
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I don't really see how its an issue anyway (unless they sneak in low fat  ). More to the point I don't go to Subway because they use workfare. Oh. and the food is poo poo and with a few minutes and lot less money I could make you a far tastier sammitch.
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May 1, 2014 22:52
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Imagine the satisfaction of leaving an upper-decker at Cameron or Farrage's house.
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May 1, 2014 23:06
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Aside from the stupid mail article daring to question the glorious free market, I just want to say that Subway is loving terrible. It's McDonalds but 2-3 times the price and with a green logo so people think it's natural and/or healthy when it's literally the same thing. Can't speak for everywhere, obviously, but Cheltenham has at least three sandwich shops on the high street I can think of off the top of my head that will do a quality baguette the size of a subway foot-long with freshly baked bread, fresh veg and actual meat for £3-4 (the price of a six inch in Subway). edit: I did eat a load of subway when I was a student, mostly because I worked at the Game round the corner and they gave me free/dirt-cheap food in exchange for staff discount on stuff. And their chipotle southwest sauce is delicious (though literally the least healthy thing in there, and the Paul Newman's Tex-Mex dressing you can get for a quid in supermarkets is the exact same thing) Quote-Unquote fucked around with this message at 23:24 on May 1, 2014 |
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May 1, 2014 23:12
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Subway recently opened a franchise in Brick Lane. Opposite two Jewish bakeries that sell salt beef home-baked bagels, one of which is open all night. I don't think I've seen a single person set foot in the place.
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May 1, 2014 23:17
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I like Subway.
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May 1, 2014 23:30
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The thing that gets me about Subway is that you can go to one anywhere in the entire world and they all smell identical. They've all got this weird slightly rank bread smell about them and you don't even have to go in, it extends about ten feet out of the place even when the door's closed
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May 1, 2014 23:30
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I once overheard some people who all worked at the same Subway talking about how they were pretty sure one of the portions they were serving (meatballs rings a bell) hadn't been replaced for a really long time because they hadn't run out yet. I don't eat at Subway. Not because of that but because every single person behind the counter looks like they signed away their soul to a Lich for the job and every second is torture. Their honey mustard sauce is the most addictive substance known to man, however.
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May 1, 2014 23:42
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I've never really got the appeal, if I'm honest. Like, KFC, McDonalds etc are fine becuase it's not like I can fire a burger or some fried chicken out on demand. But a sandwich? Give me two or three minutes and I can just make my own.
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May 1, 2014 23:43
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I'm kind of the opposite. I bought a deep fryer recently and can make whatever stuff I want quicker and cheaper, whereas that sweet sweet honey mustard sauce eludes me I MUST KNOW THE SECRET
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May 1, 2014 23:48
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Tolth posted:It's indicative of the fact that a large proportion of people vote entirely tribally and with no reference to party manifestos whatsoever. Plus, in all fairness, it's not like either main party has consistently followed their manifesto promises while in office. The only argument I've ever had with my dear old Gran was when she complained about people changing which party they vote for. Apparently you're meant to pick a party and vote for it the rest of your life, and that's how democracy works.
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May 1, 2014 23:51
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:I've never really got the appeal, if I'm honest. Like, KFC, McDonalds etc are fine becuase it's not like I can fire a burger or some fried chicken out on demand. If you have a selection of ingredients and toppings on par with Subway then I'm impressed. As it is to get my favourite I'd need to buy the bread, buy a pack of pepperoni, buy a packet of salami, buy the ham, get two kinds of cheese, get a bag of lettuce, chop up some green peppers, slice a cucumber and buy a bottle of hot sauce (that's not too mild/hot). If everything cost a pound I'd lose £5-6 when I coulda just went to subway. I love Subway.
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May 1, 2014 23:53
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The fake bread smell kind of smells like sick. :|
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May 2, 2014 00:03
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I like the principle of Subway, and I used to go there a fair bit, but a locally run sandwich shop (if you can find one, admittedly) usually gives you a better sandwich at half the price. Or, as noted, you can make one yourself. What I really like though is the trend over the last few years towards plainer sandwiches being available in cafes, etc. So nice to be able to get just cheese or just ham.
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May 2, 2014 00:23
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Xachariah posted:If you have a selection of ingredients and toppings on par with Subway then I'm impressed. As it is to get my favourite I'd need to buy the bread, buy a pack of pepperoni, buy a packet of salami, buy the ham, get two kinds of cheese, get a bag of lettuce, chop up some green peppers, slice a cucumber and buy a bottle of hot sauce (that's not too mild/hot). Yeah but then you'll have the materials to build a cornucopia of sandwiches! And cured meats last forever. Also if you hit up a supermarket with a deli counter you can buy meat and cheese by weight, so you can just get whatever amount of fancy poo poo you need to make your sandwich and it won't cost much at all. Less convenient than walking into a fast food place and saying 'gimme eat' but it's a good option. Or you can go to the local market and pick up some mussels and cherry tomatoes and whip up a Sicilian Street Cleaner Special
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Party Boat posted:The fake bread smell kind of smells like sick. :| I only eat bread made from the ground up bones of the proletariat.
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May 2, 2014 00:55
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Halal doesn't bother me, really. When it comes to buying meat most of the time, you're buying meat that's been unethically treated anyway (either through battery farming or non-stunned killing).
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Xachariah posted:If you have a selection of ingredients and toppings on par with Subway then I'm impressed. As it is to get my favourite I'd need to buy the bread, buy a pack of pepperoni, buy a packet of salami, buy the ham, get two kinds of cheese, get a bag of lettuce, chop up some green peppers, slice a cucumber and buy a bottle of hot sauce (that's not too mild/hot). But those ingredients would stretch over more than one sandwich. Put them in the fridge and you could have sandwiches every day for a fraction of the price.
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May 2, 2014 00:58
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TinTower posted:Halal doesn't bother me, really. When it comes to buying meat most of the time, you're buying meat that's been unethically treated anyway (either through battery farming or non-stunned killing). Don't you worry about the magic turning you Muslim? 
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Renaissance Robot posted:Don't you worry about the magic turning you Muslim? I used to get KFC every Sunday from their Halifax branch (one of the first Halal KFCs) and I didn't get turned Muslim then, so...
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May 2, 2014 01:02
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PoshAlligator posted:But those ingredients would stretch over more than one sandwich. Put them in the fridge and you could have sandwiches every day for a fraction of the price. But you'll have to have sandwiches every day otherwise some of that food is going to go off.
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vodkat posted:But you'll have to have sandwiches every day otherwise some of that food is going to go off. What, salad and cheese and peppers? I think you'll be able to work them in elsewhere
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May 2, 2014 01:23
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vodkat posted:But you'll have to have sandwiches every day otherwise some of that food is going to go off. No choice but to eat delicious homemade sandwiches every single day? POVERTY TRAP
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May 2, 2014 01:43
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PoshAlligator posted:But those ingredients would stretch over more than one sandwich. Put them in the fridge and you could have sandwiches every day for a fraction of the price. baka kaba posted:What, salad and cheese and peppers? I think you'll be able to work them in elsewhere Yeah, but... but... 
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May 2, 2014 01:51
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Xachariah posted:Yeah, but... but... Thats not how we work in the Big Society, sunshine. Is your butler broken or something?
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May 2, 2014 01:57
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Hbomberguy posted:No choice but to eat delicious homemade sandwiches every single day? POVERTY TRAP But making those sandwiches would cut down the amount of time I get to spend watching Jeremy Kyle on my plasma TV
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May 2, 2014 02:06
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You mean you're a absentee landlord? gently caress you.
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I really don't get the homemade sandwich vs subway thing going on here - surely the deciding factor is geography? Or are you lot carrying bread and meat around town in your pockets just in case you get peckish?
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May 2, 2014 03:01
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Pilchenstein posted:I really don't get the homemade sandwich vs subway thing going on here - surely the deciding factor is geography? Or are you lot carrying bread and meat around town in your pockets just in case you get peckish? If you're going out for the day like for work or something you can slip a delicious cling-filmed sandwich in that bag. No one's really arguing against going to Subway or any other fast food place on a whim if you feel like you want to, just perhaps when it can be averted through preparation. UKMT: Sandwiches.
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May 2, 2014 03:11
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PoshAlligator posted:If you're going out for the day like for work or something you can slip a delicious cling-filmed sandwich in that bag. Subway: Because You Didn't Have Time For Real Food
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May 2, 2014 06:20
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Airports are weird. I don't think all that many people have a couple of beers with their croissant at half five in the morning even in Glasgow, but in the airport lounge today it seems to be the standard breakfast. Could it be that the EU is to blame??
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May 2, 2014 06:26
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Scots are getting subsidised beer for breakfast? That's it, I'm voting UKIP.
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big scary monsters posted:Airports are weird. I don't think all that many people have a couple of beers with their croissant at half five in the morning even in Glasgow, but in the airport lounge today it seems to be the standard breakfast. Airports are magical, liminal areas that exist outside of local time and space, in which stuff like 'drinking at half five in the morning' is perfectly normal. That's why they're fun places to be.
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PoshAlligator posted:If you're going out for the day like for work or something you can slip a delicious cling-filmed sandwich in that bag.  Cling film makes sandwiches go goddamn nasty.If you really have to have a walking lunch, go to Boots, their meal deal is pretty decent and they're quite good about discounting stuff in the late afternoon as well.
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big scary monsters posted:Airports are weird. I don't think all that many people have a couple of beers with their croissant at half five in the morning even in Glasgow, but in the airport lounge today it seems to be the standard breakfast. I remember being served a beer on a train in Wales at ~5:30am. It was bad beer, but still. Anything to make that 3 hour journey seem shorter.
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big scary monsters posted:Airports are weird. I don't think all that many people have a couple of beers with their croissant at half five in the morning even in Glasgow, but in the airport lounge today it seems to be the standard breakfast. At an airport it is OK to drink if: 1) It's currently past 12pm 2) It's past 12pm in the timezone you are traveling to 3) It's past 12pm in the timezone you were traveling from 4) You're bored HTH.
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The rentier class and their tame journalists are still squealing in horror over Ed Milliband's modest rental reform proposals. (treating tenants decently?! Impossible! Unworkable! Socialism!) Of course, they're not really worried that it won't work but that it WILL work! You can always tell when Labour have hit on a good policy by observing how the vested interests react to it.
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