Thursday, July 18, 2013

A macro about Twinkies and cougars

It looks like I'm not done with Twinkies yet.  I posted the link to The long-awaited return of Twinkies on a Facebook group and got the following macro in response.


That's a good illustration of Americans' screwed up priorities.  There's just one issue I have with the contrast.  It turns out that the eastern subspecies of the cougar has probably been extinct for decades.  It took until 2011 for that fact to be recognized officially.  That written, the point stands.  Even I, the environmentalist and avid newshound, hadn't heard of the event until now.
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6 comments:

  1. Chris HolteJuly 18, 2013 at 11:17 AM

    I'm done with twinkies. These are re-animated zombie twinkies made by non-union labor. Shame about the cougar. Wonder who shot the last one?

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    1. Pinku-SenseiJuly 18, 2013 at 5:03 PM

      Oh, I'm quite done with eating Twinkies. I'm just not done with writing about them.

      As for the cougar, it was trapped in the 1930s, according to the New York Times article I linked to.

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  2. NebrisJuly 18, 2013 at 12:16 PM

    When I first saw 'Cougar', I thought MILF. No escape from The Hologram.

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    1. Pinku-SenseiJuly 18, 2013 at 5:04 PM

      The thought occurred to me, too, so I'm not surprised that's what you did. In fact, I should have bet on it.

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  3. k-dogJuly 18, 2013 at 1:21 PM

    Corn syrup poisoning and misplaced priorities. No excuse not even 'The Twinkie Defense'!

    Which turns out to be an urban myth.

    The Twinkie Defense

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    1. Pinku-SenseiJuly 18, 2013 at 5:07 PM

      Thanks for the link. It's particularly appropriate given what transpired over the weekend and what Kunstler wrote about on his blog Monday.

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