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> It's like buying off brand "Pringles" Does anyone make worse chips than Pringles?

DonHopkins 5y ago
Pringles are not chips. They are mathematically precise reifications of idealized perfection. It has nothing to do with potatoes and binders, those are only incidental. It's all about the libidinal act of destroying perfect objects with your mouth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_stage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_stage
- ricardobayes 5y ago
  Of course they are not chips, they are crisps.
- andi999 5y ago
  Never thought of it this way, but that is obviously and irrefutably true.
- cnity 5y ago
  I want to read the books you are reading.
  - pabs3 5y ago
    or writing...
  - defen 5y ago
    To bring it full circle, the guy who invented the Pringles machine is a famous author (Gene Wolfe)
- whoisburbansky 5y ago
  In my case, given a fairly weak upper palate, it’s also a case of destroying your mouth with perfect objects.
awestroke 5y ago
Apparently off brand pringles are worse, if such a thing is even possible. But I'd argue pringles are not chips
- bjarneh 5y ago
  > if such a thing is even possible Exactly. The way Pringles taste; to go looking for "off brand" Pringles at lower prices seems totally nuts. I'm not sure if they are crisps, chips or just a horrid potato mix formed into "perfect shapes"; but whatever they are, their popularity is a mystery to me.
  - OJFord 5y ago
    Also popular are ready meals and squashed-sponge pre-sliced 'bread' that takes a year to mould.
    - thaumasiotes 5y ago
      If you want bread that molds readily, try getting some Francesi rolls. I've had those mold on the way home from the store. (Some people might argue that that was just bread that was already moldy in the store. Perhaps, but Francesi rolls really will mold within a day or two of purchase.)
      - bjarneh 5y ago
        > I've had those mold on the way home from the store. They can sense you've bought them..
      - OJFord 5y ago
        For 'normal' (well, to a Briton anyway) bread I just bake my own. It'd certainly mould before the miserable squashes-sponge stuff, but it's broken down by stomach acid before it has a chance. (I live alone and bake & eat one (440g flour's worth incl. starter) every ~5 days I reckon, slightly more than one a week anyway.)
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Pringles are not chips. They are mathematically precise reifications of idealized perfection. It has nothing to do with potatoes and binders, those are only incidental. It's all about the libidinal act of destroying perfect objects with your mouth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_stage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_stage

ricardobayes 5y ago
Of course they are not chips, they are crisps.
andi999 5y ago
Never thought of it this way, but that is obviously and irrefutably true.
cnity 5y ago
I want to read the books you are reading.
- pabs3 5y ago
  or writing...
- defen 5y ago
  To bring it full circle, the guy who invented the Pringles machine is a famous author (Gene Wolfe)
whoisburbansky 5y ago
In my case, given a fairly weak upper palate, it’s also a case of destroying your mouth with perfect objects.

awestroke 5y ago

Apparently off brand pringles are worse, if such a thing is even possible. But I'd argue pringles are not chips

bjarneh 5y ago
> if such a thing is even possible Exactly. The way Pringles taste; to go looking for "off brand" Pringles at lower prices seems totally nuts. I'm not sure if they are crisps, chips or just a horrid potato mix formed into "perfect shapes"; but whatever they are, their popularity is a mystery to me.
- OJFord 5y ago
  Also popular are ready meals and squashed-sponge pre-sliced 'bread' that takes a year to mould.
  - thaumasiotes 5y ago
    If you want bread that molds readily, try getting some Francesi rolls. I've had those mold on the way home from the store. (Some people might argue that that was just bread that was already moldy in the store. Perhaps, but Francesi rolls really will mold within a day or two of purchase.)
    - bjarneh 5y ago
      > I've had those mold on the way home from the store. They can sense you've bought them..
    - OJFord 5y ago
      For 'normal' (well, to a Briton anyway) bread I just bake my own. It'd certainly mould before the miserable squashes-sponge stuff, but it's broken down by stomach acid before it has a chance. (I live alone and bake & eat one (440g flour's worth incl. starter) every ~5 days I reckon, slightly more than one a week anyway.)
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