• Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I do self-criticism constantly because I’m trapped in a Maoist cult where comrades (white terrorists) criticize me mercilessly for having a fascist credit card (VISA Silver Signature Rewards)

    They won’t let me order vegan pizza anymore because the phone is fascist and “summoning my pizza slaves with a bourgeois app” is “bad vibes”

    This is the moment that I finally realize that the Maoist cult was right all along.

  • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    They make their own food dork

    Also imagine posting such a self own of your taste buds, I always eat at a hole in the wall ran by a Chinese grandma that berates me for not being a fatass and gives me free food

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      The best Chinese food is always in a dirty room somewhere with 90% elderly mah jong players and front of house that greet regulars by yelling “WHY ARE YOU HERE!?”

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        There used to be a Chinese restaurant (or what we call Chinese in Ireland, half of it was chips and curry) near me that had ridiculously cheap meals and the food was amazing. They only accepted cash and even though there was a dining area, the only people who ever sat there were the worker’s kids doing their homework. I came to the conclusion that it had to be a front for money laundering because the food was so good and so cheap

        Now its being gentrified :(

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          Mob front restaurants are awesome. Some of the best pizza and sandwhich shops in Philadelphia in the us are fronts for the mob. Or were, 20 years ago, i haven’t been back in a long time.

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        she like, fusses over me like i was her kid, its adorable and i love her

        also yeah all their food is in this series of layered mystery vats that are impeccably clean with a 100 rating that theyre very proud of. letting it roast in the juices makes it chefs-kiss its also apparently really low on labor, they just throw it all in the vat on monday and keep it simmering all week, tastes amazing. shes from like guangdong or something and used to run a communal kitchen there but moved to america when her kids moved here for university many decades ago. she hasnt been back to china in a long time so i showed her videos of her home town and she was shocked at the infrastructure changes

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        I think the stereotype is that if there isn’t at least one kid doing homework you should re-consider eating there.

        God, immigrant run restaurants. All the stories about doctors and engineers and skilled semastresses and on and on who were shut out of their porfession by racism and regulations so they started restaurants because it’s a relatively accessible way to get a small business up and running.

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        If an immigrant owned restaurant has negative reviews from entitled white people saying “service was poor” or “staff seemed rude” I’m immediately more inclined to go there tbh. Food is always top tier.

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            But once they bring out your order they disappear into the back. You gotta ring the bell for any kind of service

            Lol I bet people whine about that all the time

            Upper class Americans acting all porky-scared whenever the kindest soul from another country doesn’t understand the servitude culture in America where you’re expected to get on your knees and kiss the customers’ ass with a forced smile and an overly positive tone of voice

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              Word. God forbid you have to get up to fill your own water glass or something. Like i have nothing but admiration for food ninjas who just appear in your field of view to ask if you need anything then vanish when you blink, or who keep your glass full the whole meal but you never see them, but people shouldn’t have to work like that.

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Dudes spending half a million Rand on DoorDash FFS. I know you can’t compare currencies and shit, but that’s enough for a large family to live comfortably in South Africa, in a nice suburban housing complex even.

      First world excess really makes me angry for some reason lol.

  • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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    yes yes consumer choices don’t make you moral/immoral

    all i’m saying is that spending 3000 dollars at chilis is a death sentence, okay?

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      Yeah i’ll argue til I’m plue in the face against “communism is when you don’t have stuff” but some kind of intervention is needed here even before we get to eating at Chikfila.

  • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Why on God’s green Earth would someone get Hooter’s delivered!?!? I hate the restaurant but it’s like buying alcohol to go from a strip club. Being there is the point!

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        1 year ago

        Wicked Good Sandwiches

        Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers

        Bojangles’ Chicken 'n Burritos

        Captain D’s Seafood Kitchen

        Shipley Do-Nuts

        Bubbakoo’s Burritos

        This is like if that one Japanese baseball simulator generated names for American fast food places

    • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      I’m neurodiverse and cant cook without support really? Other than like, pasta and scrambled eggs. Im sorta learning though.

      But yeah I get delivery like once or twice a week and if my disaiblity staff and I cant cook a week itll be more. And I’m living on socsec.

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        You don’t need to feel insecure or anything if the situation doesn’t apply to you. I mean that in a nice way and don’t think you should feel ashamed at all if you’re in a bad spot right now. It’s enough that you’re trying to learn and do better.

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          Thanks. Idk why but these posts do make me feel insecure. I know when people here mock people like this they dont mean the neurodiverse but I still feel the need to remind them about us because I feel like we’re collateral damage.

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            It’s a normal thing to get food delivered, and especially normal if you’re disabled, but maybe excessive in some cases in the guy who spent $25k a year on it.

            Maybe there are meal services that deliver food to disabled people in your area? You could possibly take advantage of that. If you would otherwise go with a restaurant I’d always recommend seeing if the restaurant itself offers delivery instead of using grubhub/doordash/etc. You often save money that way and also the driver will be paid better. And tip generously.

            • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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              Most weeks me and my staff cook enough food for 6/7 days! Even if its the same thing every day it usually works ok. But also my stomach is not used to small portion sizes so i usually cook some pasta or something late in the day which isnt healthy :/ But Im working on it.

              I try to get direct delivery from local places. I use doordash and grubhub for chains that dont deliver on their own.

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              There’s a restaurant near where I live that does delivery through their website. I order and it turns out they outsource to doordash.

  • GeorgeZBush [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    maybe this is weird of me but i have nothing but contempt for people who regularly order doordash/grubhub. Something about paying some servant over an app to go buy your treats for you pisses me off

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      Absolutely shameful to order Hooters when there is literally any other wing restaurant around, and I checked, there’s two Wingstops near this man. And it’s not because it’s a breastaurant, it’s because the food is terrible.

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        It is shameful to order Hooters even if you are in the middle of the desert, they magically have a location right there, and you will starve to death if you don’t eat there.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Remember back when wings were, what, 10? 25 cents? “Back in my day you could get a stake dinner for a dollat” except back in my day the minimum was was exactly what it is now. : p shit’s gotten so, so much more expensive in the last 20 years.

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    Imagine having enough money to not only have a very well equipped kitchen but also hire a part time private chef to prep meals for you and you spend five figures on garbage that poor people are stuck eating because they don’t have time to cook for themselves.

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      Lol and i think it’s fair to say that most poor people can’t even afford fast food anymore. A Big Mac is almost 10 bucks now. Like what?