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Post by Dr. Rumak on Feb 28, 2022 6:54:38 GMT -5
Elgen Ring or some shit? I think it's a video game thing. I have no idea. I think you mean Elgin ring, which I presume is a reference to the ring that the Lakers gave one of the NBA all-time best players Elgin Baylor for their 1972 Championship, despite his retirement only 9 games into the 71-72 season. Not sure why you keep hearing about it, though.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Feb 28, 2022 8:27:31 GMT -5
Elgen Ring or some shit? I think it's a video game thing. I have no idea. I think you mean Elgin ring, which I presume is a reference to the ring that the Lakers gave one of the NBA all-time best players Elgin Baylor for their 1972 Championship, despite his retirement only 9 games into the 71-72 season. Not sure why you keep hearing about it, though. Is he the guy they named Elgin Air Force Base after?
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Post by liebkartoffel on Feb 28, 2022 9:14:58 GMT -5
Elgen Ring or some shit? I think it's a video game thing. I have no idea. I think you mean Elgin ring, which I presume is a reference to the ring that the Lakers gave one of the NBA all-time best players Elgin Baylor for their 1972 Championship, despite his retirement only 9 games into the 71-72 season. Not sure why you keep hearing about it, though. I assumed Nudeviking was referring to the collection of exquisite classical Greek sculptures our Earl Elgin recently procured from Athens, following a series cunning negotiations with the Ottoman Sultan.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Feb 28, 2022 10:29:09 GMT -5
I think you mean Elgin ring, which I presume is a reference to the ring that the Lakers gave one of the NBA all-time best players Elgin Baylor for their 1972 Championship, despite his retirement only 9 games into the 71-72 season. Not sure why you keep hearing about it, though. I assumed Nudeviking was referring to the collection of exquisite classical Greek sculptures our Earl Elgin recently procured from Athens, following a series cunning negotiations with the Ottoman Sultan. You know for many years I was convinced that the Elgin Marbles were a bunch of round balls of marble or something.
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Post by The Sensational She-Hulk on Feb 28, 2022 10:58:56 GMT -5
Another late thirties looking-early twenties mix up is with “Indie sleaze,” the revival of interest in early/mid-aughts music and aesthetics, but with the twist that there’s this idea that the Garden State era was uniquely hedonistic and decadent. I just laughed for a solid ninety seconds. Thank you for that! I needed it.
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Post by Powerthirteen on Feb 28, 2022 13:20:57 GMT -5
Another late thirties looking-early twenties mix up is with “Indie sleaze,” the revival of interest in early/mid-aughts music and aesthetics, but with the twist that there’s this idea that the Garden State era was uniquely hedonistic and decadent. The really funny/sad thing is that the particular brand of ~2004 "sleaze" they have in mind (which is basically just The Strokes and people who looked like they could be in The Strokes) was itself a self-conscious nostalgic revisiting of the caricatured late 70's New York vibe, so at this point we're nostalgically revisiting a nostalgic revisitation.
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Post by Celebith on Feb 28, 2022 14:52:21 GMT -5
Rainbow Rosa I think “cheugy” is more basic and normie, whereas the people talking about a vibe shift are the ones who’d use “cheugy” both to look down on their peers and to desperately cling to youth culture.
Another late thirties looking-early twenties mix up is with “Indie sleaze,” the revival of interest in early/mid-aughts music and aesthetics, but with the twist that there’s this idea that the Garden State era was uniquely hedonistic and decadent. I don't think I could tolerate someone saying 'cheugy' IRL any more than I tolerated people using the phrase or initials SJW/Social Justice Warrior. I literally laughed someone out of the room for that (although the repeated 'no, seriously, get the fuck out of my rooms' probably helped.). I'm I'm pretty sure that this is something like jenkum, or rainbow parties, that the young have invented simply to troll olds.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Feb 28, 2022 14:54:24 GMT -5
Rainbow Rosa I think “cheugy” is more basic and normie, whereas the people talking about a vibe shift are the ones who’d use “cheugy” both to look down on their peers and to desperately cling to youth culture.
Another late thirties looking-early twenties mix up is with “Indie sleaze,” the revival of interest in early/mid-aughts music and aesthetics, but with the twist that there’s this idea that the Garden State era was uniquely hedonistic and decadent. I don't think I could tolerate someone saying 'cheugy' IRL any more than I tolerated people using the phrase or initials SJW/Social Justice Warrior. I literally laughed someone out of the room for that (although the repeated 'no, seriously, get the fuck out of my rooms' probably helped.). I'm I'm pretty sure that this is something like jenkum, or rainbow parties, that the young have invented simply to troll olds. young people didn't invent rainbow parties; moral-panic "journalists" invented rainbow parties. It's an urban legend that made it to Oprah somehow.
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Post by Celebith on Feb 28, 2022 15:33:52 GMT -5
I don't think I could tolerate someone saying 'cheugy' IRL any more than I tolerated people using the phrase or initials SJW/Social Justice Warrior. I literally laughed someone out of the room for that (although the repeated 'no, seriously, get the fuck out of my rooms' probably helped.). I'm I'm pretty sure that this is something like jenkum, or rainbow parties, that the young have invented simply to troll olds. young people didn't invent rainbow parties; moral-panic "journalists" invented rainbow parties. It's an urban legend that made it to Oprah somehow. Fair enough. Still, like eating Tide Pods, a bunch of nonsense someone created to troll people with.
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Feb 28, 2022 18:35:43 GMT -5
I don't think I could tolerate someone saying 'cheugy' IRL any more than I tolerated people using the phrase or initials SJW/Social Justice Warrior. I literally laughed someone out of the room for that (although the repeated 'no, seriously, get the fuck out of my rooms' probably helped.). I'm I'm pretty sure that this is something like jenkum, or rainbow parties, that the young have invented simply to troll olds. young people didn't invent rainbow parties; moral-panic "journalists" invented rainbow parties. It's an urban legend that made it to Oprah somehow. I feel like if teenagers were engaging in technicolor fellatiothons these days they'd be far, far better-adjusted than they are now.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Feb 28, 2022 18:39:31 GMT -5
young people didn't invent rainbow parties; moral-panic "journalists" invented rainbow parties. It's an urban legend that made it to Oprah somehow. I feel like if teenagers were engaging in technicolor fellatiothons these days they'd be far, far better-adjusted than they are now. The thing is… there’s no actual fellatio involved, merely the act of slathering on lipstick and briefly putting your mouth on a penis. it doesn’t sound super fun for anyone?
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Post by liebkartoffel on Feb 28, 2022 19:11:53 GMT -5
I assumed Nudeviking was referring to the collection of exquisite classical Greek sculptures our Earl Elgin recently procured from Athens, following a series cunning negotiations with the Ottoman Sultan. You know for many years I was convinced that the Elgin Marbles were a bunch of round balls of marble or something. Yes, uh, some of us might have assumed that very thing right up until they searched for them on Wikipedia this morning.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 1, 2022 0:35:09 GMT -5
I feel like if teenagers were engaging in technicolor fellatiothons these days they'd be far, far better-adjusted than they are now. The thing is… there’s no actual fellatio involved, merely the act of slathering on lipstick and briefly putting your mouth on a penis. it doesn’t sound super fun for anyone? Wait, what? And this is something fake, invented by journalists? They invented something that lame?
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Mar 1, 2022 8:19:04 GMT -5
The thing is… there’s no actual fellatio involved, merely the act of slathering on lipstick and briefly putting your mouth on a penis. it doesn’t sound super fun for anyone? Wait, what? And this is something fake, invented by journalists? They invented something that lame? well, journalists didn't invent it, per se; it was an urban legend that nobody's quite sure the origin of, but it got mentioned in a book or something and then Oprah did a whole thing on it, because everyone loves a good moral panic. but if anyone stopped to think about it - it makes no freakin' sense. teenagers generally don't have sex parties, and if they did, they wouldn't waste their time with multi-colored lipstick and no actual fellatio.
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Post by King Charles’s Butterfly on Mar 1, 2022 14:19:41 GMT -5
I don't think I could tolerate someone saying 'cheugy' IRL any more than I tolerated people using the phrase or initials SJW/Social Justice Warrior. I literally laughed someone out of the room for that (although the repeated 'no, seriously, get the fuck out of my rooms' probably helped.). I'm I'm pretty sure that this is something like jenkum, or rainbow parties, that the young have invented simply to troll olds. The only time I saw someone people using “cheugy” (on social media) was in the week or so after the article on it came out. It’s probably a cheugy word itself now. The Indie sleaze stuff is real (at least on instagram and some musicians), and fits nicely with the twenty-year nostalgia cycle (remember when everyone was talking about nineties kids?).
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Post by Celebith on Mar 2, 2022 9:19:01 GMT -5
I don't think I could tolerate someone saying 'cheugy' IRL any more than I tolerated people using the phrase or initials SJW/Social Justice Warrior. I literally laughed someone out of the room for that (although the repeated 'no, seriously, get the fuck out of my rooms' probably helped.). I'm I'm pretty sure that this is something like jenkum, or rainbow parties, that the young have invented simply to troll olds. The only time I saw someone people using “cheugy” (on social media) was in the week or so after the article on it came out. It’s probably a cheugy word itself now. The Indie sleaze stuff is real (at least on instagram and some musicians), and fits nicely with the twenty-year nostalgia cycle (remember when everyone was talking about nineties kids?). It'd probably be 'fun' to argue with people about how to pronounce it, if they ever did use it IRL
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Post by liebkartoffel on Mar 2, 2022 9:59:27 GMT -5
Does asking how to pronounce "cheugy" automatically make one cheugy? Annoyed that I was already asking the hard questions about cheugy a year ago, but didn't get any traction because you normies were still in the dark.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Mar 2, 2022 10:00:44 GMT -5
Does asking how to pronounce "cheugy" automatically make one cheugy? Annoyed that I was already asking the hard questions about cheugy a year ago, but didn't get any traction because you normies were still in the dark. *hangs head in shame*
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Post by Floyd D Barber on Mar 6, 2022 20:44:42 GMT -5
It'd probably be 'fun' to argue with people about how to pronounce it, if they ever did use it IRL Choosey motherfuckers choose Jiff!
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Mar 7, 2022 13:16:43 GMT -5
I know that Crumbl is a hot new chain cookie bakery... what I don't understand is why it's allegedly so good. They're cookies. Even the worst cookie is generally still pretty good. Why is it any better than my homemade cookies or cookies from a trusted local bakery?
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Post by Ben Grimm on Mar 7, 2022 13:26:30 GMT -5
I know that Crumbl is a hot new chain cookie bakery... what I don't understand is why it's allegedly so good. They're cookies. Even the worst cookie is generally still pretty good. Why is it any better than my homemade cookies or cookies from a trusted local bakery? While I haven't tried them specifically, there is a difference between good cookies and great cookies. And there is such a thing as a cookie that's so mediocre that I could leave it; regular Chips Ahoy, for example, are so meh I could leave a box alone until they went stale pretty easily.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Mar 7, 2022 13:31:16 GMT -5
I know that Crumbl is a hot new chain cookie bakery... what I don't understand is why it's allegedly so good. They're cookies. Even the worst cookie is generally still pretty good. Why is it any better than my homemade cookies or cookies from a trusted local bakery? While I haven't tried them specifically, there is a difference between good cookies and great cookies. And there is such a thing as a cookie that's so mediocre that I could leave it; regular Chips Ahoy, for example, are so meh I could leave a box alone until they went stale pretty easily. This is fair, I have certainly gotten pickier about my cookies as I've gotten older - but the question remains.
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Post by liebkartoffel on Mar 7, 2022 13:38:52 GMT -5
I know that Crumbl is a hot new chain cookie bakery... what I don't understand is why it's allegedly so good. They're cookies. Even the worst cookie is generally still pretty good. Why is it any better than my homemade cookies or cookies from a trusted local bakery? Hadn't heard of them, but judging by the website they look like gimmicky sugar bombs that people convince themselves they like but find every excuse to avoid except on "special occasions."
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Mar 7, 2022 14:12:15 GMT -5
I know that Crumbl is a hot new chain cookie bakery... what I don't understand is why it's allegedly so good. They're cookies. Even the worst cookie is generally still pretty good. Why is it any better than my homemade cookies or cookies from a trusted local bakery? The absolutely horrendous lemon cookie I had to spit out after a bite or two yesterday might be the exception to that rule. I couldn't tell if the detergent-like taste in it came from the bad pistachio flavor frosting or from way too much baking soda in the lemon cookie itself. However, I heard that this bakery's Oreo Cheesecake was pretty good and the iced coffee and Italian soda we tried was alright.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 8, 2022 1:34:18 GMT -5
I know that Crumbl is a hot new chain cookie bakery... what I don't understand is why it's allegedly so good. They're cookies. Even the worst cookie is generally still pretty good. Why is it any better than my homemade cookies or cookies from a trusted local bakery?
One of the students I deal with used to work there, and she said it pays the employees ridiculously low wages. She's like, "They charge almost $5 PER COOKIE but still pay us minimum wage!" She told me she's treated better now, working at Wal-Mart.
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Post by LazBro on Mar 8, 2022 7:54:21 GMT -5
I know that Crumbl is a hot new chain cookie bakery... what I don't understand is why it's allegedly so good. They're cookies. Even the worst cookie is generally still pretty good. Why is it any better than my homemade cookies or cookies from a trusted local bakery? Crumbl's cookies are occasionally excellent but mostly just good. When they're excellent, it's always because you managed to get them still warm, and had those same cookies been allowed to cool, they would have settled back down into the good category. They're soft, sweet, and very buttery, so they trigger a lot of joy receptors, and they do have some fun flavors, but I do feel they're overhyped. You're not missing out. The reason why Crumbl is blowing up is not the quality of the product but the relatively low investment cost for franchisees. Only $100k or so all in for a new location. My boss is a partner-owner in five or six Crumbl locations in Oklahoma, and she says every single one of them recouped the starting investment in the first 6 months*. They're also very simple to staff and operate. They don't make anything onsite. The stores are sent tubs of that week's batters and frostings, and the associates bake them, decorate them, and sell them. I'm not surprised by Desert Dweller's comment about the wages. This is no disparagement of the staff, surely they turn out these cookies as well as anyone could, but I haven't been to a Crumbl location yet that had any evidence of a manager, or indeed any staff at all above the age of 16. They seem to hire a type. Which is no excuse to pay minimum wage, of course. *Boss is a serial investor, and every single thing she has ever invested in is wildly successful ... to hear her tell it. I don't know why she spends so much time with this fledgling, pain in the ass marketing firm when surely she could be living the sweet life off all this passive income she must have by now.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Mar 8, 2022 8:44:38 GMT -5
I know that Crumbl is a hot new chain cookie bakery... what I don't understand is why it's allegedly so good. They're cookies. Even the worst cookie is generally still pretty good. Why is it any better than my homemade cookies or cookies from a trusted local bakery? Crumbl's cookies are occasionally excellent but mostly just good. When they're excellent, it's always because you managed to get them still warm, and had those same cookies been allowed to cool, they would have settled back down into the good category. They're soft, sweet, and very buttery, so they trigger a lot of joy receptors, and they do have some fun flavors, but I do feel they're overhyped. You're not missing out. The reason why Crumbl is blowing up is not the quality of the product but the relatively low investment cost for franchisees. Only $100k or so all in for a new location. My boss is a partner-owner in five or six Crumbl locations in Oklahoma, and she says every single one of them recouped the starting investment in the first 6 months*. They're also very simple to staff and operate. They don't make anything onsite. The stores are sent tubs of that week's batters and frostings, and the associates bake them, decorate them, and sell them. I'm not surprised by Desert Dweller's comment about the wages. This is no disparagement of the staff, surely they turn out these cookies as well as anyone could, but I haven't been to a Crumbl location yet that had any evidence of a manager, or indeed any staff at all above the age of 16. They seem to hire a type. Which is no excuse to pay minimum wage, of course. *Boss is a serial investor, and every single thing she has ever invested in is wildly successful ... to hear her tell it. I don't know why she spends so much time with this fledgling, pain in the ass marketing firm when surely she could be living the sweet life off all this passive income she must have by now. well, the low barrier to investment certainly explains why there are so many of them.
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Mar 8, 2022 16:55:16 GMT -5
What I'd like to know is, are Crumbl customers called "Crumblrs" ?
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Post by Floyd D Barber on Mar 8, 2022 19:31:52 GMT -5
What I'd like to know is, are Crumbl customers called "Crumblrs" ? That's a perfectly crumulent question.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Mar 8, 2022 19:58:57 GMT -5
What I'd like to know is, are Crumbl customers called "Crumblrs" ? That's a perfectly crumulent question. This isn't the crumby joke thread.
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