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Jack_Burton
02/25/09

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Snacks In Teh City... heheh

OMG! Let's watch web-cartoons and snack!
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
02/25/09

@Jack_Burton: Ahhhahaha. Only if I can wear a flower on my head like Carrie.
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HappyHappyJoyJoy
02/25/09

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My question is: who are these women snacking on fruit and vegetables?

GIVE ME THE CHIPS! Beige bag or no!
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
02/25/09

@HappyHappyJoyJoy: *whispers* I am one.

You can dip the cherry tomatoes and broccoli stalks in the spinach dip that was supposed to be for the chips (if you can afford the fresh veggies, that is, so they are an occasional treat).

Shhh. Don't tell.
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kemperboyd
02/25/09

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to quote the Kaiser Cheifs "What do you want for tea*? I want CRISPS!"

(*tea meaning dinner)
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ellaesther
02/25/09

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I feel the need for more verbosity, because I hate this shit so much.

A couple of people have questioned the use of whimsy, cartoons, etc, and I think the notion is that the average woman doesn't feel like she gets enough fun in her life. And who doesn't deserve more fun in their life? And fun that costs less than a dollar and can be procured between dropping off kids #1 and #2 at basketball on your way to bringing kid #3 to the dentist -- why, that's down right convenient! I think that's the idea.

I hate it so much. It builds on a combined sense of entitlement and manufactured deprivation, both of which are (IMHO) a serious problem in this country.

And yes. I got all that from a shrunk version of an ad for chips. I'm kind of obsessive that way.
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I'm Chuck Bass
02/25/09

@ellaesther: I really hate this shit, too. I hate the idea that marketing types think they "understand" me as a woman and I hate the feeling of being manipulated. It's enough to make me stop buying Frito-Lay products (or, well, to tell the Mr. to stop buying them because, horror of horrors, I rarely do the grocery shopping).
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ellaesther
02/25/09

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I have participated in focus groups (what! they pay money, and I get to subvert the process! Shakespeare got to get paid, son!) and I can entirely imagine the question process that led to "many women love push-up bras; some but not all love push-up bras more than chips; many women like to self-gift; self-gifting will happen faster if the gift is cheaper than lingerie."

And in a country this big, you only have to be a little bit right to make a tidy profit. Con sarn it!
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Rare Affinity
02/25/09

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Baked Lays? Reminds me of the scene in "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" where Helen Mirren presents her gangster husband with the cooked body of her murdered lover and tells him to eat it, adding that "the cock taste nice."
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samethingwedoeverynightpinky
02/25/09

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Fuck it, this just makes me want to have guilt free french fries.
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Beat Girl
02/25/09

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Um, 99% of the snacks i choose are salty. I am hereby excommunicated from womanhood.
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Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
02/25/09

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Hmm, maybe I'd buy more chips if manufacturers were more honest about what goes into their products. I didn't eat Doritos or Cheetos for a while because they contain(ed) some sort of weird pork enzyme. Not so cool if you observe a strict diet because of religious or vegetarian concerns.
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Fermina Daza
02/25/09

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61% of women choose fruits and veggies to snack on? That makes me feel pretty bad about myself... and my willpower.
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mllej
02/25/09

@Fermina Daza: I call total bullshit on that 61%. Like when Nielsen comes knocking, you start watching PBS and documentaries.
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ceejeemcbeegee is not here
02/25/09

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Meh. I try not to get too worked about about "marketing crap" because I always have the choice not to buy it.
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IndigoCharm
02/25/09

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I snack most often on kimchi, marinated onions, and feta cheese; whatcha gonna do now, Frito Lay?
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argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?
02/25/09

@IndigoCharm: duuuuude... we could totally have snack time together.

provided that you actually eat those things.
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HollaAtAChicken
02/25/09

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Has anyone actually tried playing "Anna's Yoga Boot Camp"? Anna's a yoga instructor who does nothing but fetch colorful mats, steaming towels, and hot cups of tea for endless nagging "students" who keep popping up onscreen!

I really want someone else to try it, just to have someone commiserate with me in its shocking lameness.
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I'm Chuck Bass
02/25/09

@HollaAtAChicken: Okay, I just tried it and what I want to know is why can't these stupid bitches get their own stuff? What's the point of this crap? The only mildly amusing part is that if you bring someone the wrong object, one of the other people disappears and you get negative points.
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mllej
02/25/09

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Cheddar and sour cream Ruffle with fresh guacamole. Gimme that, Frito-Lay, and it'll be a pleasure doing bidness.
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HuckleberryFriend
02/25/09

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I cannot read the phrase "fearlessly female" without getting seizures. Something in my brain just breaks.
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