How To Live Without Irony

[mIrReN]

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enjoy

[deadly_habit]

The only person that embraces Irony in the thread, is the person that read the tl;dr article denouncing the ironic. What do you know.

[kidshuffle]

The only person that embraces Irony in the thread, is the person that read the tl;dr article denouncing the ironic. What do you know.

heh

[wolf89]

I have the problem I do many things that hipsters do but only not ironically or because of their implications.

[alphacat]

I have the problem I do many things that hipsters do but only not ironically or because of their implications.

This would imply that you have genuinely good taste that others aspire towards, but - as with most things, it's likely not black or white but some kinda gray. As in... you're sleep-reading Pitchfork or something.

[Dystinkt]

I have the problem I do many things that hipsters do but only not ironically or because of their implications.

This would imply that you have genuinely good taste that others aspire towards, but - as with most things, it's likely not black or white but some kinda gray. As in... you're sleep-reading Pitchfork or something.

this, i have somce clothes that people would call hipster, and i wear a beanie a lot, but i just like those clothes and its cold in winter

[Sexual_Chocolate]

id just like to add

i hate alanis morissette

[nowaysj]

^ hipster.

[mIrReN]

no black velvet for you!

[Sexual_Chocolate]

^ hipster.

puck you miss

[Terpit]

[cryptical]

i'd rather just live with the irony than read that long ass article

[nowaysj]

Am I going to have to mf start eating twinkies now? MF!

Twinkies May Survive Thanks To Pabst Brewing Co.

Twinkies May Survive Thanks To Pabst Brewing Co. Owner: Report

The Huffington Post | By Cavan Sieczkowski Posted: 11/19/2012 12:07 pm EST Updated: 11/19/2012 5:24 pm EST
The owner of a hipster-approved beer company may come to the rescue of a beloved classic snack.

When Hostess announced plans to liquidate, fans of the baked-goods company feared the fate of the Twinkie. But lovers of the cream-filled sponge cake, fret not: Twinkies may survive thanks to the owner of Pabst Brewing, Co.

C. Dean Metropoulos and Co., the Connecticut-based private equity firm behind blue-collar-cum-hipster-darling beer, Pabst Blue Ribbon, is considering making an offer to buy Hostess Brands, Inc., according to Bloomberg.

“Our family would love to purchase these iconic brands,” Daren Metropoulos, a principal at the Greenwich-based firm, told Bloomberg. “We are actively pursuing this deal as no doubt strategics will also." Adding, “We have analyzed this opportunity very carefully for a few years now. Shedding the complications of the unions and old plants makes it even more attractive.”

Metropoulos specializes in buying and revitalizing struggling brands like Chef Boyardee pasta products, PAM cooking spray, and Bumble Bee tuna. The firm purchased Pabst for $250 million in 2011, according to Forbes. It is North America's largest privately-held brewer.

Hostess Chief Executive Gregory Rayburn echoed Metropoulos' point on unions, stating that buyers' interests piqued after union ties severed. "Nobody wants to have anything to do with these old plants or these unions or these contracts," Rayburn told the Wall Street Journal regarding the Hostess bankruptcy auction. Liquidated Hostess would be freed from collective-bargaining agreements.

Rumors that Grupo Bimbo, a Mexican mega-bakery that claims the title of world's largest bread baker, may also make an offer spread last week. However, Rayburn told Bloomberg that this is a "misconception" and that “due to antitrust, it would never happen."

Other potential Twinkie saviors include McKee Foods, maker of Little Debbie snack cakes; Flower Foods, which owns Tastykake; and Canadian company Weston Foods, according to CNN.

On Friday, Hostess announced plans to liquidate after 82 years in response to a bakers strike, lagging sales and hefty debt.

[kidshuffle]

pabst and twinkies: breakfast of champions

[LACE]

little debbie all the way

i really couldn't care less about twinkies. they're good but not the be all end all of junk food. that goes to little debbie swiss rolls you see.

[Electric_Head]

We get tinkies here.
Tinkies still selling strong in SA.
Helping lazy parents feed their obese kids for years.

[Harkat]

These guys are just demonstrating the article's point, responding with irony.

Honestly, great article, I've been thinking along similar lines for the last year, wondering if constant irony is parasitic to culture.

[murky21]

best thread ever

[wub]

I hate hipsters. Their smug faces, vegan diet, tiny feet & sawdust bedding. No wait.

Hamsters. I hate hamsters.

[faultier]

interesting read, though i'm not sure i agree with the point its trying to make

also:

an endless series of sarcastic jokes and pop references, a competition to see who can care the least (or, at minimum, a performance of such a competition

quite accurate description of most parts of this forum ?