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In reply to the discussion: OK, I'm going to say it. My local news was full of fat people crying about Twinkies. [View all]Marr
(20,317 posts)68. Fruits and vegetables, chicken/fish/turkey, whole grain bread.
Same as ever.
It's a little silly to suggest that Twinkie's are the wheat bread of the working class. If you enjoy it more than your health, fine-- but let's not pretend it's anything but garbage.
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OK, I'm going to say it. My local news was full of fat people crying about Twinkies. [View all]
proud2BlibKansan
Nov 2012
OP
probably the chocolate most, but i craved the powder and crumb ones a few times also
JI7
Nov 2012
#37
messy but the sugar just melted on your tongue. i didn't care too much for the
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#38
you like frozen sprouted wheat bread; other people like twinkies. it's a class thing.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#48
Cost-prohibitive access to and education about healthy alternatives is also a class thing.
antigone382
Nov 2012
#79
now. dialectic. status anxiety never sleeps; one must keep ahead of the proles.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#67
that guy is a food fetishist. i hate food fetishists. i think an interesting book
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#84
I'm guessing they wouldn't bother putting skinny people on TV complaining about it...
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2012
#6
i like to pull apart the layers (of lard, peanut butter and fake chocolate on a crispy
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#41
"Twinkies" lend themselves to humor, so the media are out to mock in many ways.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#43
I'm starting a bakery to produce blinkies, blink once and they're gone.... they will be the size
2on2u
Nov 2012
#52
I am fat and I never liked Ho Ho or twinkies. I do like Tastey cakes. I eat
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#76