tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post8412889609585461959..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: You Are What You BuySusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-7981056462062465602011-12-04T19:17:04.624-06:002011-12-04T19:17:04.624-06:00It has significantly improved the number and tasti...<i>It has significantly improved the number and tastiness of meals I make from scratch </i><br /><br />Well, she must be a pretty shitty cook.Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-25179509423371748822011-11-30T20:50:57.919-06:002011-11-30T20:50:57.919-06:00McArdle knows that it is declasse to discuss how m...<i>McArdle knows that it is declasse to discuss how much one spends for a purchase but how else can you excite admiration and envy from your audience?</i><br /><br />This suggests that she knows her audience will never be the elite that she hopes to join. Kind of a sad elf walking around in that skull of hers.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-45079988513841876142011-11-29T18:55:39.913-06:002011-11-29T18:55:39.913-06:00@Susan
How about McArdle's post on Barney Fran...@Susan<br />How about McArdle's post on Barney Frank? Past the punny homophobia of the title it's astonishing to find it gets worse. Maxine Waters is pilloried as a crazy harpie(race baiting) for daring to question white bankers(Ken Lewis--Bank of America chief)in an "uninformed" manner. McArdle will "Miss Frank" because he was "informed"(a friend to banksters). The entire piece serves as a cautionary tale to frighten Galt's Gulch with the specter of Waters' as ranking Democrat on the House Finance Committee. <br /><br />A three for one: Homophobic taunts, race baiting, to stoke fears of informed bankster sympathizers. <br /><br />The trashy "cutesiness" of the title alone is nauseating.Anatole Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475202797984385346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-37262982511850339682011-11-29T13:08:35.061-06:002011-11-29T13:08:35.061-06:00No, as wrong as McArdle is, we've seen much wo...No, as wrong as McArdle is, we've seen much worse. She's just one of millions of callous, selfish people. <br /><br />I think most normal people do evil things for ordinary reasons, often because they are angry and hurt. When you think of the damage that is inflicted on so many children it's harder to hate the damaged adult. No doubt McArdle was told she was special and deserving at the same time that her real wants and needs were ignored.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-23627513093226966232011-11-29T10:55:03.848-06:002011-11-29T10:55:03.848-06:00There is something deeply, deeply wrong with Megan...There is something deeply, deeply wrong with Megan McArdle. Even at one remove, reading her snobbery and condescension does unpleasant things to my digestion.<br /><br />I don't know how you do this day after day, Susan. Are you not afraid that, looking as deeply into the abyss as you are, the abyss might be looking back?Lurking Canadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-14569307413158460172011-11-29T10:15:29.279-06:002011-11-29T10:15:29.279-06:00It can do math for her? The ThermoMix doesn't ...It can do math for her? The ThermoMix doesn't go into the billions though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-3706148627950650982011-11-29T04:21:28.986-06:002011-11-29T04:21:28.986-06:00I almost forgot--she is writing a book on failure ...I almost forgot--she is writing a book on failure and how it leads to success.<br /><br />For some people, at least.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-14117442384385800772011-11-28T23:29:46.679-06:002011-11-28T23:29:46.679-06:00...a particularly large and time-consuming researc...<i>...a particularly large and time-consuming research project.</i><br /><br />Ken, <br /><br />That's the part that jumped out at me, too. What in the hell could she possibly be doing that anyone would be fooled into believing this? <br /><br />(I was thinking more along the lines of a dust jacket blurb for <i>Liberal Fascism, 2nd edition</i>).freq flagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-89186991236844942222011-11-28T17:34:50.857-06:002011-11-28T17:34:50.857-06:00Let's be fair to Megan. There was that time sh...Let's be fair to Megan. There was that time she spent the "whole day" researching kitchen appliances by flipping through her grandmother's cook book.Clever Pseudonymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-38073838787332864582011-11-28T17:07:10.659-06:002011-11-28T17:07:10.659-06:00isn't her idea of research putting an "AF...isn't her idea of research putting an "AFAIK" in front of whateverthefuck she wants to say?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-15432850674196940752011-11-28T15:14:15.295-06:002011-11-28T15:14:15.295-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ufotofu9https://www.blogger.com/profile/12211994492168099117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-52171165590203855122011-11-28T15:00:00.982-06:002011-11-28T15:00:00.982-06:00Roger Ailes (the good one) is planning a blog post...Roger Ailes (the good one) is planning a blog post on the $1,500 food processor "for those with more money than brains"<br /><br />http://rogerailes.blogspot.com/Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-90910101673334659432011-11-28T14:50:41.191-06:002011-11-28T14:50:41.191-06:00Thanks for the link, Susan!Thanks for the link, Susan!Rugosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348056243298249939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-51820183153961644652011-11-28T13:07:28.895-06:002011-11-28T13:07:28.895-06:00bubul they hate ACTUAL self-esteem, but would rath...bubul they hate ACTUAL self-esteem, but would rather create a manufactured kind of self-esteem product that is dependent on buying some crap in order to fuel it. The kind of self esteem you refer to is to real self-esteem as Velveeta is to cheeze.<br /><br />McMegan is the first shelf-stable consumer to be run entirely on this product.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-30218671846177852582011-11-28T12:41:59.511-06:002011-11-28T12:41:59.511-06:00a particularly large and time-consuming research p...<i>a particularly large and time-consuming research project.</i><br /><br />what, she went to the THIRD page of Google results?zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-75172308269285820712011-11-28T12:10:35.477-06:002011-11-28T12:10:35.477-06:00Which is another reason why our corporate overlord...<i>Which is another reason why our corporate overlords and their servants hate self-esteem.</i><br />Are you sure you got the right verb there, Susan? From where I'm sitting, it looks like our CLMs and their lackeys just love the idea of self-esteem: few know exactly what it is, but everyone knows it's important and if you don't have it, you're a looser, but hey, don't worry, because if you just get /product/, you'll feel better and that's almost the same thing and if it doesn't work, just get more of /product/ or /differentproduct/!bulbulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505565281151328789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-3322226231310525952011-11-28T12:09:20.172-06:002011-11-28T12:09:20.172-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.bulbulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505565281151328789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-89166286349552955762011-11-28T11:44:00.044-06:002011-11-28T11:44:00.044-06:00The "too few brains" remark hits the spo...The "too few brains" remark hits the spot. I'm just surprised (okay, not really) at how readily Megan will admit to being duped. Congratations, Scoop McArdle. You just spent over a grand for a machine that does what I can do with a saucepan, a spoon, and five minutes of my time. I love kitchen gadgets, but only in the sense that they're a means to the end that is good food. For Megan, the food is just an afterthought to showing off all the crap she can buy that's just useless and wasted on someone as incompetent at cooking as she is.<br /><br />Not to mention that, in an age such as this one, where a large majority of people see a figure like $1500 and think "food for my family for a couple of months," it's not only vulgar to boast about spending it, it's totally f-ing stupid. I know that she's noticed the social climate with OWS and such; she's blogged about it. The dirty plebes are getting angry. If idiots like Megan keep up their moronic, boastful conspicuous consumption, their going to find themselves on the hateful end of people who've had enough of their MOTU garbage. Megan, in her pathetic, wispy dreams and upper crusthood, will be among the first against the wall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-9435899984167381012011-11-28T11:42:55.844-06:002011-11-28T11:42:55.844-06:00It not only chops the food but weighs the ingredie...<i>It not only chops the food but weighs the ingredients and cooks them for you while stirring constantly.</i><br /><br />This--never mind the blithe disingenuousness of the sections Susan quotes, and the implicit dishonesty that writing embodies--is to me the most egregious, damning detail re MM and her pretensions.<br /><br />It stirs them for you: what is this, if not a robot substitute for a servant cook? But, because Megan gets to plug in and turn the machine on and off, she fancies it's a "tool" and that she's an actual cook. <br /><br />I know--go be shocked, that this comes from the same twit who uses a food processor for sifting flour. Both of these examples are beyond idiotic, particularly considering that Megan doesn't present herself to us as a hostess (who, like a movie's producer, would assemble the talent and manage their doing their jobs). No, she actually thinks she's the movie's director--i.e., a cook, while using (expensive) machines to do everything that an actual cook does by hand.<br /><br />What's amazing (I'll stop in a minute) is that she is utterly unaware of all this. Well, amazing to me. Susan is long used to it, I'm sure. <br /><br />On (NPR's? APM's?) The Splendid Table, Lynn Rosetto-Kasper recently interviewed a guy who disdains all such devices. He makes his own fucking SALAMI using just a knife. Okay, that may be a bit much; but you don't have to do that to know that weighing and stirring with your own damn hands is part of what cooking is. <br /><br />Throwing stuff into a $1,500 machine to do it for you isn't cooking any more than taking a speedboat from Key West to Cuba is "swimming."Mr.Wonderfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-18320244636882431322011-11-28T11:31:44.486-06:002011-11-28T11:31:44.486-06:00"After seeing one last summer in the home of ..."After seeing one last summer in the home of a friend, I promised myself one if I completed <em>a particularly large and time-consuming research project</em>. By the time I did..."<br /><br />Part 2 of her Elizabeth Warren bashing is up??Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-62287756163846094652011-11-28T11:25:31.735-06:002011-11-28T11:25:31.735-06:00"A few months ago, I became the proud, and sl..."A few months ago, I became the proud, and slightly sheepish, owner of what must be the world's most expensive food processor. The Thermomix costs about $1,500."<br /><br />NOW I understand Roger Ailes's posting on Saturday about "<a href="http://rogerailes.blogspot.com/2011_11_20_archive.html#1883531979634241176" rel="nofollow">the perfect resource for those of you with too much money and too few brains</a>."Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.com