• Onii-Chan@kbin.social
    522·
    6 months ago

    “You’re not sad. Now consume, peasants. Consume and never stop. You don’t WANT to be sad, do you?”

    No shit, I saw fucking Afterpay available for petrol at the pump the other week. I’m Australian, so I’m unsure if this ‘buy now, pay later’ shit is available for gas over in the States, but it was certainly a shock to see here.

    • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
      191·
      6 months ago

      The Afterpay, Affirm, Zip, Klarna signs are everywhere now. Even for pizza here in California.

    • Death_Equity@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 months ago

      Gas is all prepay here from what I have seen. You can’t pump unless you tap/slide/insert your card or walk in and give the cashier cash.

      Our fuel is pretty much the same price, comparing major city to major city, so maybe we will get fuel financing in 2-3 election cycles.

      • Onii-Chan@kbin.social
        1·
        6 months ago

        It’s wild how different the refueling process is between our countries. Paying at the pump was trialed here about 10 years ago, but next to nobody used it. We just rock up to the servo, pump our fuel, then walk inside to pay. I can’t see it changing anytime soon. Some rural, more crime-ridden areas require pre-pay, as well as a few locations in urban areas between 11pm and 5am, but even then, you still walk inside or up to a window on the actual building to pay.

        • Death_Equity@lemmy.world
          11·
          6 months ago

          The funny part is that we often go into the store anyways to buy coffee, snacks, alcohol, energy drinks, ammo, etc.

          Allegedly we don’t do pump and pay because people just drive off without paying. We are also very lazy, fat, and impatient; so walking 50m and most likely waiting in line behind people buying lotto tickets really isn’t freedom.

          • Onii-Chan@kbin.social
            21·
            6 months ago

            ngl the fact you can buy alcohol and ammunition at the gas station over there is making me jealous af. We legally have to have entire separate stores for those things, no exaggeration.

            • Death_Equity@lemmy.world
              3·
              6 months ago

              I was totally joking about the ammunition, for most places.

              There are general stores in small towns that do sell ammunition and gas, but that isn’t the norm. Usually small town hardware stores sell the ammo.

              The nearest gas station to me does sell hard liquor and beer or wine. The beer and wine are typical cheap stuff with a few middle-tier beers or similar low ABV. Some do have big walk-in beer refrigerators. The hard liquor is a fairly good selection.

              If you want to see the most American gas station ever, look into Buc-ee’s(Pronounced Bucky’s, or Bussy’s if you’re fun). There are videos of what you find there on YouTube and some pictures or videos on Google maps. Buc-ee’s is mostly in Texas.

  • rozodru@lemmy.world
    291·
    6 months ago

    oh you might not be sad now but you will be after you pay for all of that. Where I live with the Wingstop here that’s gonna run you $50.

    • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
      19·
      6 months ago

      Everyone thinks that mayonnaise crepes are gonna work out once in their life. It’s ok, tomorrow is another day, just promise to be better.

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
        121·
        6 months ago

        Joke’s on you. Last night we were out of mayonnaise, so I ate a bowl of crunched up barbecue chips and mustard.

        That’s not even a joke, that’s literally what I ate for a snack last night.

        Edit: Sad part is that we actually did have more mayonnaise in the cabinet. 🤦‍♂️

          • over_clox@lemmy.world
            7·
            6 months ago

            Honestly, I just wanted the chips. But the last of the chips were basically crumbs…

            Well, they weren’t stale, and I was still hungry for a snack. But I didn’t want any crumbs on the carpet.

                1. Do you see where I be?

            Edit: I’m an absolute idiot. Your challenge is to figure out where I went silly, where I went stupid, and why you’re still here…

            • Notyou@sopuli.xyz
              2·
              6 months ago

              If you happen to be in a situation with basic crumbs of a plain salted chip (like utz or something) and hard boiled eggs, then you should combine them.

              Our DI made us mix food to save time eating in boot camp, and ngl salted chips and eggs in a bag were dope. They made us crush the chips and eggs, but you can make a coating of chips on the eggs. I actually made it with the last of my chips a couple weeks ago.

        • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
          7·
          6 months ago

          I mean, I’m not gonna shame you on that, as long as the mustard was a light coating, and it wasn’t like yellow BBQ chip pudding.

          Edit for your edit: Honestly, the thought of dipping chips in mayonnaise grosses me out more than mustard. Are you Canadian?

          • over_clox@lemmy.world
            7·
            6 months ago

            I’m American, southern region actually. I probably don’t speak much for these idiots down here though, I’m a unique idiot of my own.

          • over_clox@lemmy.world
            7·
            6 months ago

            I hate to disappoint you, but stress was had, and liquids were poured.

            The fridge wants me to see a therapist. I asked her back the same thing, she said she needs an Uber…

          • over_clox@lemmy.world
            5·
            6 months ago

            Sadly, I mixed the BBQ potato chips and way too much mustard in a bowl, and ate it like cereal.

            Hell, tastes better than this chemical aftertaste from working on vehicles today…

      • Pringles@lemm.ee
        10·
        6 months ago

        If you are for real, then send me the location of a local pizza joint and I’ll put in the order and prepay whatever you want (within reason).

  • blandfordforever@lemm.ee
    161·
    6 months ago

    Why sit there feeling sad when you could be making real progress towards being sad, fat, and gross?

  • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    15·
    6 months ago

    That’s so much tho. That’s so much chicken to fill your void hole with.

    Like half that amount of chicken and fries will do you fine, it’ll be okay!

  • pastabatman@lemmy.world
    91·
    6 months ago

    I know this isn’t the point of the post, but that hot honey rub pisses me off. I love hot honey and was excited to try it but this flavor is gross, basically just sugary with minimal heat. It’s also inexplicably a grainy rub and not a sauce despite hot honey classically being sauce-like in consistency. You could just toss your wings in granulated sugar and you wouldn’t be far off from this. Major disappointment.

    • KrankyKong@lemmy.world
      41·
      6 months ago

      Wing stop is just ass all around. Their best sauces are still nasty. I’ve given them more than a couple chances. TBH, you’re better off just getting spicy nugs from Wendy’s or something.

    • Wogi@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      That’s exactly what they’re doing. It’s probably brown sugar, it’s definitely mostly sugar, and it’s probably not all that complex chili wise, and likely contains no actual honey.

    • mrbaby@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 months ago

      Kinda. They come from boneless chickens and are made using the weird floppy appendages that they chop off the main bit. Very tasty

  • Shardikprime@lemmy.world
    73·
    6 months ago

    I mean there is people who legit are sad because they don’t have food to eat so yeah maybe they need this