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kowalski's is the whitest thing in all of existence

Obā-sanObā-san
edited 2013-12-24 04:45:24 in General
like you google it and it's all like

Organic foods, deli, floral, book store, espresso, and fresh produce.

first thing

really does it get any whiter than that?
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  • Obā-sanObā-san
    edited 2013-12-24 04:42:52

    of course after making this thread i learned that kowalski's is like a strictly local thing with only like 9 locations all in the metro area


    so without like the prerequisite knowledge of kowalski's this thread doesn't really function
  • MiseryMisery
    The sadness will last forever.
    walt kowalski's house?
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Honestly "Kowalski" makes me think of the CGI penguin voiced by Jeff Bennett
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    Norman Bates said:

    walt kowalski's house?

    it's like this grocery store chain shopped at solely by summit ave. types

    basically think like what would happen if you took a co-op and put in within walking distance of the governor's mansion
  • Miss Miko MayoneggMiss Miko Mayonegg
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    I wonder if there are restaurants that specialize in fried chicken, watermelon, and grape Kool-Aid.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    prolly there is somewhere

    anybody remember that hitler restaurant in india?
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    also why grape?

    why not watermelon flavored kool-aid, kill two bizarre stereotypes with one stone
  • Miss Miko MayoneggMiss Miko Mayonegg
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    *shrug*
  • Obā-sanObā-san

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  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I like fried chicken, never was big on watermelon, only like Tropical Punch Kool-Aid :P
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    Honestly the only people I've ever met who don't like fried chicken are vegetarians or vegans.

    Watermelon and Kool-Aid are more divisive.
  • Miss Miko MayoneggMiss Miko Mayonegg
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    Fried chicken and watermelon and Kool-Aid are da bomb. Also I'm white.
  • sunn wolfsunn wolf
    Pangur Bán said:

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  • Yarrun XIXYarrun XIX
    Whores! we want "poems that kill."
    Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
    guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
    and take their weapons leaving them dead
    Pangur Bán said:

    also why grape?


    why not watermelon flavored kool-aid, kill two bizarre stereotypes with one stone
    Grape's the preferred flavour when stereotyping black drinking habits. Also see 'Purple Drink', not necessarily to be confused with 'Purple Drank'. 
  • sunn wolfsunn wolf
    edited 2013-12-24 08:59:29
    Pangur Bán said:

    like you google it and it's all like
    Organic foods, deli, floral, book store, espresso, and fresh produce.

    first thing

    really does it get any whiter than that?
    i challenge you to go there and find something that completes Middle Class White People Food Word Bingo more thoroughly than this

    image

    hint: you cant
  • sunn wolfsunn wolf
    name of slightly obscure country of production: check
    'authentic' sounding word in countrys native language: check
    'fairtrade': check
    implication of commune/co-op production: check
    'sundried': check
    word that implies luxury of product: check
    sold requiring some other expensive piece of equipment to consume it: check
    fucking VALVE FOR FRESHNESS: check goddamnit
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    the best part is that "fairtrade" (one word) is legally meaningless.

    I think I might've stocked that stuff at Wegman's at some point, also.
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    edited 2013-12-24 11:53:13
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    Mojave Music said:

    the best part is that "fairtrade" (one word) is legally meaningless.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairtrade_certification

    ?
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    ah, I have it backwards then.

    (I know for a fact that it's either "fairtrade" or "fair trade" that doesn't mean anything)
  • TreTre
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    Anonus said:

    Honestly "Kowalski" makes me think of the CGI penguin voiced by Jeff Bennett

    Me too...
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    Yarrun XIX said:

    Pangur Bán said:

    also why grape?


    why not watermelon flavored kool-aid, kill two bizarre stereotypes with one stone
    Grape's the preferred flavour when stereotyping black drinking habits. Also see 'Purple Drink', not necessarily to be confused with 'Purple Drank'. 
    well like i know that, but like why is that the stereotype?

    it's such a bizarre, specific thing.
  • criminalscumcriminalscum
    edited 2013-12-24 12:53:05
    What I've heard is that black people who were originally from the South moved up north en masse and took their taste in Southern food with them.
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    are grapes a southern food? I associate them with Italy, personally.
  • HexartesHexartes
    Well you see there's always the distinct possibility that it's just stupid made up racist bullshit.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    Kexruct said:

    Well you see there's always the distinct possibility that it's just stupid made up racist bullshit.

    well yeah, but it seems like such a weird thing to make up

  • HexartesHexartes
    Pangur Bán said:

    Kexruct said:

    Well you see there's always the distinct possibility that it's just stupid made up racist bullshit.

    well yeah, but it seems like such a weird thing to make up

    Racist people are weird.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    i guess.

    not a very satisfying answer though
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    book stores are white? I take it black people are illiterate
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    nah man it's a book store filled with new agey self help books inside of a whole foods store
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    man this thread really doesn't work if you haven't been to Kowalski's

    im kinda annoyed tbh
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2013-12-24 15:21:57
    like you google it and it's all like

    Organic foods, deli, floral, book store, espresso, and fresh produce.

    first thing

    really does it get any whiter than that?
    I don't see how this is white.

    I also don't see how watermelon, fried chicken, and grape kool-aid are black.  I keep hearing that they are associated with black people, but as far as I am concerned, they are just societally-bandied-about stereotypes of black people.

    It's like I keep hearing that women are somehow inherently more demure than men, or men are inherently more messy than women.  Except they're not true other than by people assuming in social situations that they are.

    fuck y'all's stereotypes.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    (*headdesking into infinity*)
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    sunn wolf said:

    name of slightly obscure country of production: check

    'authentic' sounding word in countrys native language: check
    'fairtrade': check
    implication of commune/co-op production: check
    'sundried': check
    word that implies luxury of product: check
    sold requiring some other expensive piece of equipment to consume it: check
    fucking VALVE FOR FRESHNESS: check goddamnit
    what, it's not organic?? i can't eat this in good conscience until i know it is made of carbon
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    like you know that kinda person: affluent-ish, environmentally/socially conscious, almost always white, liberal arts degree, likes whole foods and Patagonia?

    like the joke is that if you've been to Kowalski's it's like this complete distillation of this sort of person
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    your joke FAILED

    ah ha ha
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2013-12-24 15:25:21
    ^^ Yeah I understand that, though I guess my impression of such a person doesn't include their race.  It does primarily include their socioeconomic status, which is honestly the biggest reason for this kind of consumer preference.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    well give me some credit i made it at 3 in the morning
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Like, you see some of the same consumer preference patterns displayed by upper-middle-class non-(Anglo-)whites -- blacks, south Asians, east Asians, Hispanics, everyone.  They might mix it with some other cultural traditions, but you still get these patterns of environmental and social consciousness and willingness to pay a premium for stuff like this.

    So it's not about race anyway.

    The only reason it seems to be about race is that the stereotypical image of a black person in the United States is poor.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    I don't mean to criticize you; I'm just expressing my opinion about the issue.

    So, sorry, I meant no offense to you.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Also I like fried chicken and watermelon and I am socially and environmentally conscious (though my purchasing habits don't always reflect this).

    I'm also neither white nor black, based on skin color, which is what we mean when we say race.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    In fact my purchasing habits often reflect none of those.  I rarely ever buy fried chicken myself.  Same with watermelons.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    glenn eat your spaghetti
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    I don't buy spaghetti
    it is splashy and takes longer to cook
    instead I buy angel hair
    and San Giorgio "Quick Cook" pastas
    when they come down to US$1/pound
  • Yarrun XIXYarrun XIX
    Whores! we want "poems that kill."
    Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
    guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
    and take their weapons leaving them dead
    Kexruct said:

    Well you see there's always the distinct possibility that it's just stupid made up racist bullshit.

    The watermelon bit's inaccurate, AFAIK. We buy less of it than the average.

    Fried chicken and kool-aid are both liked, but nobody I know buys them regularly.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    oh you mean that spaghetti thing

    yeah i got spaghetti one time at the cafeteria

    more than once, actually, but I typically don't get spaghetti because it's bleh.  There's usually something better to get at the cafeteria, and I usually opt for that, since it's all-you-can-eat for $8.  And just slathering sauce on spaghetti is not as good of a use of my money as, say, a burger, or shepherd's pie, or something else.
  • Justice4243Justice4243
    READ MY CROSS SHIPPING-FANFICTION, DAMMIT!

    i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
    We have many such stores in Portland, even chains large chains that are like this (New Seasons, Whole Foods, etc...)
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Whole Foods killed Wild Oats

    You know how I hate seeing brands die
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    I kinda seem to remember Wild Oats...what is/was it?
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    A Boulder-based organic grocery chain that Whole Foods bought out several years ago.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Was this a good or bad thing, and why?
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