Post by: nicname on July 26, 2020, 12:11:09 AM
Post by: Spracne on July 26, 2020, 12:37:09 AM
Post by: star seed 7 on July 26, 2020, 11:06:20 AM
Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on July 26, 2020, 06:08:01 PM
Post by: michigancat on July 26, 2020, 06:26:31 PM
Post by: Spracne on July 26, 2020, 06:38:59 PM
I don't like it when people make fun of people who eat at applebee'sWhy do you assume people who eat at Applebee's are poor?
Post by: michigancat on July 26, 2020, 06:41:51 PM
I don't like it when people make fun of people who eat at applebee'sWhy do you assume people who eat at Applebee's are poor?
I don't, I'm assuming people that make fun of people who eat at applebee's are (generally) whites of privilege
Post by: Spracne on July 26, 2020, 06:46:25 PM
I don't like it when people make fun of people who eat at applebee'sWhy do you assume people who eat at Applebee's are poor?
I don't, I'm assuming people that make fun of people who eat at applebee's are (generally) whites of privilege
Ok. Without addressing that assumption, why don't you like it when [(generally) whites of privilege] make fun of people who eat at Applebee's?
Post by: IPA4Me on July 26, 2020, 06:49:11 PM
I don't like it when people make fun of people who eat at applebee'sI like their French onion soup and Asian chicken salad. Perfect lunch for me. Don't understand the haters.
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Post by: puniraptor on July 26, 2020, 07:15:16 PM
i always lol. and then they show an image of a bowl of mashed potatoes covered in chicken strips, onion strings, and gravy and then i lol 2.0
Post by: bucket on July 26, 2020, 07:33:16 PM
Post by: catastrophe on July 26, 2020, 07:44:39 PM
Post by: bucket on July 26, 2020, 07:45:12 PM
Post by: michigancat on July 26, 2020, 08:12:49 PM
I don't like it when people make fun of people who eat at applebee'sWhy do you assume people who eat at Applebee's are poor?
I don't, I'm assuming people that make fun of people who eat at applebee's are (generally) whites of privilege
Ok. Without addressing that assumption, why don't you like it when [(generally) whites of privilege] make fun of people who eat at Applebee's?
It feels like an attempt to punch down/classism and I'm not a fan of punching down. Also people like what they like
Post by: DaBigTrain on July 26, 2020, 08:19:27 PM
Post by: Spracne on July 26, 2020, 08:23:07 PM
I don't like it when people make fun of people who eat at applebee'sWhy do you assume people who eat at Applebee's are poor?
I don't, I'm assuming people that make fun of people who eat at applebee's are (generally) whites of privilege
Ok. Without addressing that assumption, why don't you like it when [(generally) whites of privilege] make fun of people who eat at Applebee's?
It feels like an attempt to punch down/classism and I'm not a fan of punching down. Also people like what they like
Agreed that people like what they like (and by extension, don't like what they don't like). Do you view everything through a classist lens, or just casual dining preferences?
Growing up, Applebee's was one of the "fancy" restaurants you would go to for birthdays, high school dances, etc., because there just weren't many other options. I didn't realize until moving to larger cities that Applebee's was not fine dining.
Post by: MakeItRain on July 26, 2020, 08:24:24 PM
Post by: puniraptor on July 26, 2020, 08:30:50 PM
Post by: star seed 7 on July 26, 2020, 08:31:54 PM
Post by: MakeItRain on July 26, 2020, 08:37:04 PM
The acts I committed against all-you-can-eat riblets border on genocide
So gross, those things tasted like salt peter.
Post by: ben ji on July 26, 2020, 09:15:00 PM
Post by: michigancat on July 26, 2020, 09:38:56 PM
Do you view everything through a classist lens, or just casual dining preferences?
No
Growing up, Applebee's was one of the "fancy" restaurants you would go to for birthdays, high school dances, etc., because there just weren't many other options. I didn't realize until moving to larger cities that Applebee's was not fine dining
Like it wasn't even on my radar for fine dining. I don't even know when Wichita got one, I'm guessing it was on the fancy east side
Post by: DQ12 on July 26, 2020, 09:49:56 PM
Post by: Spracne on July 26, 2020, 10:24:21 PM
Growing up, Applebee's was one of the "fancy" restaurants you would go to for birthdays, high school dances, etc., because there just weren't many other options. I didn't realize until moving to larger cities that Applebee's was not fine dining
Like it wasn't even on my radar for fine dining.
This feels like big city boys punching down on small town boys. All the rich kids would go to Wichita to eat at Macaroni Grille or Olive Garden. For the rest of us, it was Applebee's or crap on a shingle.
Post by: michigancat on July 26, 2020, 11:35:05 PM
Post by: nicname on July 26, 2020, 11:38:52 PM
Growing up, Applebee's was one of the "fancy" restaurants you would go to for birthdays, high school dances, etc., because there just weren't many other options. I didn't realize until moving to larger cities that Applebee's was not fine dining
Like it wasn't even on my radar for fine dining.
This feels like big city boys punching down on small town boys. All the rich kids would go to Wichita to eat at Macaroni Grille or Olive Garden. For the rest of us, it was Applebee's or crap on a shingle.
I remember thinking how great it was to eat at Applebee’s for the first time in like 6th grade. I’m pretty sure I arrived at college thinking it was fine dining.
Post by: nicname on July 26, 2020, 11:56:22 PM
Poverty, generational poverty, doesn’t care what color you are. But people seem too. What’s left is an underclass, the last remaining crap stain for the rest of society to laugh at mock and ridicule.
Trump is the blowback.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/492731/
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/08/01/605084163/why-its-still-ok-to-trash-poor-white-people
https://jacobinmag.com/2019/08/poor-whites-have-been-written-out-of-history-for-a-very-political-reason
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_White
Post by: nicname on July 26, 2020, 11:59:09 PM
Post by: michigancat on July 27, 2020, 12:29:30 AM
I was pretty blitzed when I posted OP, but it’s something that’s been on my mind since just after last election.Its imo a huge reason why Trump is president. You have dozens of millions of people with little hope and futures that look(ed) worse than the present and past. Opiate addiction skyrocketing (thanks big pharma), people succumbing to the reality that the manufacturing type jobs that once could feed a family were being replaced by low wage service-type work and the like.You should read "The Righteous Mind". It was written pre-Trump but I think the author makes pretty decent arguments that suggest Trump's rise wasn't as simple as you describe (even if I don't agree with all his conclusions).
Poverty, generational poverty, doesn’t care what color you are. But people seem too. What’s left is an underclass, the last remaining crap stain for the rest of society to laugh at mock and ridicule.
Trump is the blowback.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/492731/
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/08/01/605084163/why-its-still-ok-to-trash-poor-white-people
https://jacobinmag.com/2019/08/poor-whites-have-been-written-out-of-history-for-a-very-political-reason
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_White
Post by: nicname on July 27, 2020, 01:00:06 AM
Post by: MakeItRain on July 27, 2020, 01:48:01 AM
Applebees has awesome fries.
They don't stay crisp for very long
Post by: chum1 on July 27, 2020, 07:13:32 AM
Post by: DQ12 on July 27, 2020, 07:38:33 AM
Luckily I never needed them to.Applebees has awesome fries.
They don't stay crisp for very long
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on July 27, 2020, 07:42:09 AM
I think the Applebee's thing is fundamentally different from typical aggrieved Trump/conservative voter stuff, which definitely exists. Seems more to me like music snob stuff, just newer. Foodie stuff.
So does that make applebees nickelback or skynard?
Post by: steve dave on July 27, 2020, 08:00:23 AM
I think the Applebee's thing is fundamentally different from typical aggrieved Trump/conservative voter stuff, which definitely exists. Seems more to me like music snob stuff, just newer. Foodie stuff.
good comparo
Post by: michigancat on July 27, 2020, 08:28:34 AM
I think the Applebee's thing is fundamentally different from typical aggrieved Trump/conservative voter stuff, which definitely exists. Seems more to me like music snob stuff, just newer. Foodie stuff.
good comparo
I think the difference is foodie-ism definitely has more of a class structure that parallels wealth than music snobbery. there's not a lot of privileged whites who would admit to loving Applebee's, but there are a ton that love Sknynrd, or at least one or two songs.
Post by: chum1 on July 27, 2020, 08:35:24 AM
I think the Applebee's thing is fundamentally different from typical aggrieved Trump/conservative voter stuff, which definitely exists. Seems more to me like music snob stuff, just newer. Foodie stuff.
good comparo
I think the difference is foodie-ism definitely has more of a class structure that parallels wealth than music snobbery. there's not a lot of privileged whites who would admit to loving Applebee's, but there are a ton that love Sknynrd, or at least one or two songs.
Maybe. Though, Trump voters are definitely not aggrieved by issues of wealth or class.
Post by: star seed 7 on July 27, 2020, 08:35:37 AM
Post by: star seed 7 on July 27, 2020, 08:37:42 AM
Post by: Institutional Control on July 27, 2020, 08:56:10 AM
When I was a kid I would have loved to gone to Applebees on occasion but we were too poor to eat out.
Post by: DQ12 on July 27, 2020, 08:56:59 AM
when the waiter came around she started with Roommate 2 and he was like "yeah i'll do the 2 for 20 and get a chicken tenders and the cheeseburger quesadilla and an order of mozzarella sticks." that's when it hit me that he thought we were both doing our own, separate 2 for 20s. Really rattled me.
Post by: michigancat on July 27, 2020, 09:00:14 AM
My favorite applebees story was when I lived in champaign and me and my two roommates decided to visit the 'bees. We were all pretty excited and Roommate 2 (a hefty fella) was like "dlew we going 2 for 20?" and i was like "right on, brother!"
when the waiter came around she started with Roommate 2 and he was like "yeah i'll do the 2 for 20 and get a chicken tenders and the cheeseburger quesadilla and an order of mozzarella sticks." that's when it hit me that he thought we were both doing our own, separate 2 for 20s. Really rattled me.
:lol:
Post by: gatoveintisiete on July 27, 2020, 09:33:34 AM
Post by: michigancat on July 27, 2020, 09:40:54 AM
An interesting thing about Applebees, they showed up in the mid eighties and back then restaurant menus were pretty unimaginative. They changed all that and in my mind spurred the super creative indy foodie restaurant boom. So thanks Applebees, tip o the cap.
did they invent fusion food? :surprised:
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on July 27, 2020, 09:58:31 AM
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3YGtQ40Qvs[/youtube]
Post by: DQ12 on July 27, 2020, 10:22:29 AM
An interesting thing about Applebees, they showed up in the mid eighties and back then restaurant menus were pretty unimaginative. They changed all that and in my mind spurred the super creative indy foodie restaurant boom. So thanks Applebees, tip o the cap.
did they invent fusion food? :surprised:
"yeah i'll do the 2 for 20 and get a chicken tenders and the cheeseburger quesadilla and an order of mozzarella sticks.":surprised:
Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on July 27, 2020, 10:24:07 AM
it was a wild time. Thinking back to that sizzler promo commercial but i don't remember what thread it was posted in a long time ago. will repost link here tho just b/c wow what an incredible time to be alive. wow.Anthony Bourdain filmed part of an episode of "No Reservations" in Sizzler.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3YGtQ40Qvs[/youtube]
Post by: nicname on July 27, 2020, 10:34:16 AM
My favorite applebees story was when I lived in champaign and me and my two roommates decided to visit the 'bees. We were all pretty excited and Roommate 2 (a hefty fella) was like "dlew we going 2 for 20?" and i was like "right on, brother!"
when the waiter came around she started with Roommate 2 and he was like "yeah i'll do the 2 for 20 and get a chicken tenders and the cheeseburger quesadilla and an order of mozzarella sticks." that's when it hit me that he thought we were both doing our own, separate 2 for 20s. Really rattled me.
Oh man!
Post by: 8manpick on July 27, 2020, 11:19:49 AM
it was a wild time. Thinking back to that sizzler promo commercial but i don't remember what thread it was posted in a long time ago. will repost link here tho just b/c wow what an incredible time to be alive. wow.Man, I watched that whole thing... incredible
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3YGtQ40Qvs[/youtube]
Post by: Trim on July 27, 2020, 11:20:38 AM
Post by: Brock Landers on July 27, 2020, 01:14:07 PM
it was a wild time. Thinking back to that sizzler promo commercial but i don't remember what thread it was posted in a long time ago. will repost link here tho just b/c wow what an incredible time to be alive. wow.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3YGtQ40Qvs[/youtube]
So much going on in that commercial and I have no idea what any of it has to do with eating at Sizzler but I was hooked from the very beginning when it showed that dog catching a frisbee in slow motion. Please, everyone, take 4 minutes and 41 seconds out of your day to watch this masterpiece.
Post by: MakeItRain on July 27, 2020, 02:30:44 PM
Post by: MakeItRain on July 27, 2020, 02:32:16 PM
Post by: DaBigTrain on July 27, 2020, 02:34:31 PM
Applebee's isn't even particularly cheap, outside of the specials, especially given what you're paying for. Maybe this is different if you live in parts of the country with higher costs of living. My only experience living in an expensive city was that Applebee's wasn't nearly as accessible as they are in places that are inexpensive to live.This article is about to drop an absolute #truthbomb on your world.
https://stylecaster.com/applebees-drink-specials/
Post by: michigancat on July 27, 2020, 02:39:42 PM
Applebee's isn't even particularly cheap, outside of the specials, especially given what you're paying for. Maybe this is different if you live in parts of the country with higher costs of living. My only experience living in an expensive city was that Applebee's wasn't nearly as accessible as they are in places that are inexpensive to live.
Not sure what you mean by "accessible" - there's one close to where I live (not cheap) and it's packed on Sundays. Looks like they're spaced about 10-15 miles apart in the bay area
Post by: MakeItRain on July 27, 2020, 02:41:34 PM
Post by: MakeItRain on July 27, 2020, 02:45:20 PM
Applebee's isn't even particularly cheap, outside of the specials, especially given what you're paying for. Maybe this is different if you live in parts of the country with higher costs of living. My only experience living in an expensive city was that Applebee's wasn't nearly as accessible as they are in places that are inexpensive to live.
Not sure what you mean by "accessible" - there's one close to where I live (not cheap) and it's packed on Sundays. Looks like they're spaced about 10-15 miles apart in the bay area
In Boston I don't think I ever saw a single Applebee's or Chili's and there was one Olive Garden.
Post by: Trim on July 27, 2020, 02:51:17 PM
Applebee's isn't even particularly cheap, outside of the specials, especially given what you're paying for. Maybe this is different if you live in parts of the country with higher costs of living. My only experience living in an expensive city was that Applebee's wasn't nearly as accessible as they are in places that are inexpensive to live.
Not sure what you mean by "accessible" - there's one close to where I live (not cheap) and it's packed on Sundays. Looks like they're spaced about 10-15 miles apart in the bay area
I'm pretty sure there was a lofted one maybe 4 stories up in that touristy area I was in. It looked like there tables on an outdoor balcony, which would be pretty nice as applebees goes.
Post by: sonofdaxjones on July 27, 2020, 02:52:06 PM
it was a wild time. Thinking back to that sizzler promo commercial but i don't remember what thread it was posted in a long time ago. will repost link here tho just b/c wow what an incredible time to be alive. wow.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3YGtQ40Qvs[/youtube]
So much going on in that commercial and I have no idea what any of it has to do with eating at Sizzler but I was hooked from the very beginning when it showed that dog catching a frisbee in slow motion. Please, everyone, take 4 minutes and 41 seconds out of your day to watch this masterpiece.
The same people who did that must have also done things like: The Positive Attributes of a Global Thermo-Nuclear Exchange
Post by: michigancat on July 27, 2020, 02:53:54 PM
Applebee's isn't even particularly cheap, outside of the specials, especially given what you're paying for. Maybe this is different if you live in parts of the country with higher costs of living. My only experience living in an expensive city was that Applebee's wasn't nearly as accessible as they are in places that are inexpensive to live.
Not sure what you mean by "accessible" - there's one close to where I live (not cheap) and it's packed on Sundays. Looks like they're spaced about 10-15 miles apart in the bay area
In Boston I don't think I ever saw a single Applebee's or Chili's and there was one Olive Garden.
yeah there's not one in SF (but there is an Olive Garden!). I think it may have more to do with them targeting suburbs more than cost of living though. could be wrong.
Post by: Trim on July 27, 2020, 03:02:23 PM
Applebee's isn't even particularly cheap, outside of the specials, especially given what you're paying for. Maybe this is different if you live in parts of the country with higher costs of living. My only experience living in an expensive city was that Applebee's wasn't nearly as accessible as they are in places that are inexpensive to live.
Not sure what you mean by "accessible" - there's one close to where I live (not cheap) and it's packed on Sundays. Looks like they're spaced about 10-15 miles apart in the bay area
I'm pretty sure there was a lofted one maybe 4 stories up in that touristy area I was in. It looked like there tables on an outdoor balcony, which would be pretty nice as applebees goes.
I guess the tables weren't fully outside, but close!
(https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/RdSvM6PR2_yI7fDIs9VnBg/o.jpg)
(https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/T626FbGvLBuY4uaXnsNcrQ/o.jpg)
Post by: michigancat on July 27, 2020, 03:12:40 PM
https://www.applebees.com/en/restaurants?searchQuery=san%20francisco%2C%20ca
Post by: Trim on July 27, 2020, 03:21:14 PM
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Post by: Institutional Control on July 27, 2020, 04:01:56 PM
Post by: DQ12 on July 27, 2020, 04:02:46 PM
Every post by DQ12 makes me yearn for a Blizzard.It should make you yearn for the truth re. Pizzagate. #WWG1WGA
Post by: puniraptor on July 27, 2020, 04:48:01 PM
best chilis burger is the craft burger bites (even though it is just a full size hamburger cut into 4 pieces and put on kings hawaiian rolls.
Post by: MakeItRain on July 27, 2020, 04:50:18 PM
The last Applebee's I went to was in Pleasanton on the way home from a sharks game :Carl:
rough ridin' gross, 7.
Post by: MakeItRain on July 27, 2020, 04:51:59 PM
best chilis dish is the crispy chicken tacos
best chilis burger is the craft burger bites (even though it is just a full size hamburger cut into 4 pieces and put on kings hawaiian rolls.
Electric Lemonade :drink:
Post by: michigancat on July 27, 2020, 04:58:31 PM
Dublin/Pleasanton has really good "ethnic" food in the shitty strip malls and also has a HootersThe last Applebee's I went to was in Pleasanton on the way home from a sharks game :Carl:
rough ridin' gross, 7.
(Is "ethnic food" problematic yet?)
Post by: 8manpick on July 27, 2020, 05:01:10 PM
Post by: MakeItRain on July 27, 2020, 05:03:32 PM
Dublin/Pleasanton has really good "ethnic" food in the shitty strip malls and also has a HootersThe last Applebee's I went to was in Pleasanton on the way home from a sharks game :Carl:
rough ridin' gross, 7.
(Is "ethnic food" problematic yet?)
He knows what was gross there and it sure as hell wasn't the food.
Post by: star seed 7 on July 27, 2020, 05:06:44 PM
Dublin/Pleasanton has really good "ethnic" food in the shitty strip malls and also has a HootersThe last Applebee's I went to was in Pleasanton on the way home from a sharks game :Carl:
rough ridin' gross, 7.
(Is "ethnic food" problematic yet?)
It was the only thing open, I think it may have been a Sunday night
Post by: catastrophe on July 27, 2020, 09:23:47 PM
best chilis dish is the crispy chicken tacosI always look at the menu, but my chili’s order is always the same: triple dipper appetizer as a meal with SW egg rolls, Buffalo wings, and sliders.
best chilis burger is the craft burger bites (even though it is just a full size hamburger cut into 4 pieces and put on kings hawaiian rolls.
After I start eating it, I always wish I got something other than the sliders for option 3. Would still go back many times. Getting hungry rn.
Post by: puniraptor on July 27, 2020, 09:28:59 PM
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Post by: catastrophe on July 27, 2020, 09:55:20 PM