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A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage | The Awl

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:09:44 +0000

And for its part, the McRib makes a mockery of this whole terribly labor-intensive system of barbecue, turning it into a capital-intensive one. The patty is assembled by machinery probably babysat by some lone sadsack, and it is shipped to distribution centers by black-beauty-addicted truckers, to be shipped again to franchises by different truckers, to be assembled at the point of sale by someone who McDonald’s corporate hopes can soon be replaced by a robot, and paid for using some form of electronic payment that will eventually render the cashier obsolete.

Tags: #business #economics #fastfood #mcdonalds #mcrib #pork #yuck

365 tomorrows - Something In My Eye

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:04:16 +0000

"The spore had crash landed in his eye, and people were emerging."

Tags: #fiction #scifi #yuck

Would You Drink a Nog-a-sake? | yumsugar

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:31:30 +0000

"if you want to try it at home (and if you do let me know about it), it's one part eggnog, three parts sake. Drink up!"

Tags: #christmas #drinks #sake #theoffice #yuck

Pharyngula: Gross "art"

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:41:03 +0000

"They just want donors to ejaculate into a vial, and mail it, unrefrigerated, to them. Would you like the job of opening tubes of rancid semen and dumping it into the cube?"

Tags: #art #brainhurty #odd #semen #yuck

::HorsePigCow:: marketing uncommon: The Donut-Cheeseburger Moment

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:59:45 +0000

"I knew this was an omen, a sweet and greasy sign that things were over. There was no turning back to the time before the donut cheeseburger."

Tags: #donuts #food #grease #meat #moments #relationships #yuck

Accidental Hedonist - Why Coke uses High Fructose Corn Syrup

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:59:05 +0000

Tags: #beverages #coke #corn #cornsyrup #food #sugar #yuck

Gastronomical guinea pig

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 19:02:08 +0000

"His mission: To eat three meals a day for 30 days at McDonald's and document the impact on his health."

Tags: #food #health #yuck