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Growing Up Rich and Irish: Butterball Turkeys and Fresh-Killed Birds
from This Is No Way To Live · #72
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3 minTim describes his family's wealthy Long Island Thanksgivings with butterball turkeys, riffs on organic/free-range food culture, and jokes about killing and torturing turkeys for freshness.
- 3:45A McDonald's worker observed that the saddest customers were those who came in weekly and ordered the same thing with hyper-specific technical details.
- 4:23Tim argues that ordering anything specific at McDonald's makes you sound like a serial killer.
- 5:08Sometimes eating McDonald's hits the back of your throat and you realize you've been striking out with the chain.
- 5:22Tim celebrates whenever McDonald's closes stores and admits he's one of those people who eats there at 2 a.m.
- 5:41The contradiction: Tim criticizes his friend for going to fast food restaurants, then eats McDonald's on Thanksgiving at 3 p.m. when families should have real meals together.
- 5:59Timing matters in fast food capitalism — going during busy times means the meat and cheese are cycling through, not sitting stale since 11 p.m.
- 6:25The McDonald's experience would taste better if you were sitting there with a homeless guy masturbating.