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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on June 22, 2014, 09:45:21 AM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025133538
Oh my; it must've been a dateless Saturday night for someone.
BainsBane (26,228 posts) Sat Jun 21, 2014, 11:28 PM
Woman Asks About Vegan Options, Restaurant Says 'Shut Up Fat Girl'
April experienced a very rude awakening when she messaged Oak Lawn, Illinois's SIP Appetizer Bar asking if they had any vegan options. The response? "Go **** yourself, Andy" and then "Fat Girls, shouldn't talk..."
You can view the screenshot of their conversation here:
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--z42qM42R--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/778035586572439951.png
I assumed a troll got onto the restaurants facebook page, so I emailed the restaurant and left a voicemail. I got no response. A week later, I did it again, and I never got a response.
About a week after that, I found out a friend of mine had a relative that worked for the restaurant! I let him know that something was up with their fb/vm because no business would operate like that. He let me know that a) The person who contacted me was the owners son and b) NOTHING was wrong with any of their systems. They just didn't care.
What makes this even more rude is that April has struggled with weight issues her whole life, until going vegan 2.5 years ago allowed her to go from 315 pounds at her heaviest to 170. Hopefully this story will motivate the SIP proprietors and others who are callous about people's bodies to change their tunes, or at least to observe the golden rule.
After she left a review on Yelp detailing her experience, the press got word of it. Eventually the owner of the restaurant contacted the press to insist someone else had control of their account. Hmmm.
http://jezebel.com/woman-asks-about-vegan-options-restaurant-says-shut-up-1594217274?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
NuclearDem (8,297 posts) Sat Jun 21, 2014, 11:56 PM
2. I thought us vegans were supposed to be the assholes.
BainsBane (26,228 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 12:00 AM
3. I hadn't heard that one
I'm guessing the restaurant owner's son, or whoever did the tweeting, was committed to the same conception of free speech that is all the rage on DU of late.
billhicks76 (1,040 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:16 AM
4. I Have
There is this theory out there that Vegans are self-centered and get in your face. How ironic is that? Yeah right they do it because they are all about themselves. Wtf. The insecurity and passive aggressiveness exibited by people who feel threatened by others people's choices or ideas knows no bounds. Everything always really comes down to not seeing things as they are but rather how you are. Most vegans are quiet and not self-promoting and the defensiveness is so bizarrely laughable it reminds me of people who freak out when you point out inconsistencies in things like the 911 official story.
The running joke is," What does a Vegan really believe?"..."Don't worry...he'll tell you ." No doubt from the recent circle phenomenon of born again, trendy bacon lovers.
BainsBane (26,228 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:35 AM
5. Huh
It never occurred to me to pass judgment over someone's character because of what they don't eat.
That sucks.
flvegan (63,342 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:36 AM
6. Illinois Secretary of State has no record of this business
under that name that I can see.
Just sayin'.
BainsBane (26,228 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:39 AM
7. There is a Yelp page
http://www.yelp.com/biz/sip-appetizer-bar-oak-lawn
For whatever that's worth.
BainsBane (26,228 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:44 AM
8. It exists
Google has lots of references to it. https://www.google.com/#q=sip+appetizer+bar
flvegan (63,342 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:49 AM
10. I'm not questioning if they exist, at least not legally.
LeftyMom (46,293 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:48 AM
9. Here's their FB page, it's existed for a while.
https://www.facebook.com/SipAppBar
flvegan (63,342 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:55 AM
11. When Facebook trumps the state's division of corporations
and the operation of same, I'll be interested in it. Otherwise...
BainsBane (26,228 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:59 AM
14. I don't suppose it occured to you
That their legal name may be somewhat different?
flvegan (63,342 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:59 AM
15. Yes it did.
Still wondered why they'd not register it.
You?
BainsBane (26,228 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 02:01 AM
16. I'm not that concerned
There is enough of an internet presence to show it exists. Beyond that, whatever.
LeftyMom (46,293 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 02:02 AM
17. Do you want the names of the owners?
The IL SOS' website has a ****ing awful search function, I'm playing with it and I think the problem is just that it's very limited in search options. So if their corporate name is Some Vague Thing, LLC that isn't the dining establishment's name or the name of either of the principals (I checked that, one returned no results the other is a fairly common noun that turns up a million results I have no desire to wade through) you're SOL.
edit: In any case they've been serving alcohol for a year and a half. Since liquor licenses are a huge source of state revenue it's a safe bet that they have their I's dotted and T's crossed. Otherwise they'd have been shut down oh... a year and change ago.
flvegan (63,342 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 02:06 AM
18. Already known.
The property, the business. The owners, the family(s)...It's all comedy to me at this point.
BainsBane (26,228 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:55 AM
12. At this rate, not for long
There are scathing comments on both Yelp and Facebook.
DeSwiss (23,263 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 02:23 AM
19. K&R
Beauty has nothing to do with size, colour or age! ~Sophia Loren
BainsBane (26,228 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 02:40 AM
20. What a nice thing to post
particularly after the last few days around here.
GeorgeGist (12,837 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 07:45 AM
22. Problems
1. There is a 2 month delay between tweets.
2. The response is to Andy not April.
3. SIP couldn't know that April was overweight from a tweet.
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Vegan.
Vagina.
Alex must have been pretty drunk, at home, alone, to mix up the two.
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She started a thread just for a platform to bitch on.
Jugs,you are an infantile scrunt.
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She started a thread just for a platform to bitch on.
Jugs,you are an infantile scrunt.
I think she just posted it as as an example to dig at DU. She's been complaining about the double standard on word usage and who and who doesn't get their posts alerted on or hidden.
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I think she just posted it as as an example to dig at DU. She's been complaining about the double standard on word usage and who and who doesn't get their posts alerted on or hidden.
If David aka Skins had a nut sack he would do the same purge of the man haters that he did with the man lovers a couple years ago.
Alex the 5 year old crybaby has decided that she must rule the DUmp.
C`mon Skins...man up.
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If David aka Skins had a nut sack he would do the same purge of the man haters that he did with the man lovers a couple years ago.
Alex the 5 year old crybaby has decided that she must rule the DUmp.
C`mon Skins...man up.
He can't.
Remember who his wife is; a pal and buddy and good friend of all the women's-libbers there.
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He can't.
Remember who his wife is; a pal and buddy and good friend of all the women's-libbers there.
What a *****...hope he changes his skirt now and then.
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She started a thread just for a platform to bitch on.
Jugs,you are an infantile scrunt.
She need a little of the old Frank magic...
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She need a little of the old Frank magic...
Oh now, I'm pretty busy right now.
No time for courtship, at the moment.
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She need a little of the old Frank magic...
:rotf:
Go get 'er, big fella!
(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608003473354066949&pid=1.7)
...and her big American breasts!
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She need a little of the old Frank magic...
I don't know.
fizzy is as crazy as ever.
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I don't know.
fizzy is as crazy as ever.
I'm wondering if frank has moved on from the fizzgig primitive- he's got some new waif as his avatar picture.
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I'm wondering if frank has moved on from the fizzgig primitive- he's got some new waif as his avatar picture.
Oh now. I swiped that from google images.
I had it search for images of "famous DU detectives."
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Oh now. I swiped that from google images.
I had it search for images of "famous DU detectives."
Is that a man, or a woman?
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Is that a man, or a woman?
Yes.
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Is it a man or a woman?
Obviously a woman, because there are no males who are "famous DU detectives," as we learned from Fat Che a very long time ago, and Atman and MrsCorpio more recently than that.
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It's grasswipe Judy Smith.
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It's grasswipe Judy Smith.
Hmmm.
All google images said was "famous DU detective," nothing else.
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It's grasswipe Judy Smith.
The "I cut my hair with a hedge clippers" look says you're right, but I'm still saying that's a man. I think I can make out a three o'clock shadow.
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Hmmm.
All google images said was "famous DU detective," nothing else.
She'd be on that list for sure.
She spends her days huddled in the half-light of the abandoned bodega, hunched over the laptop one of her great-great-grandchildren gave her when his employer issued him a new one.
She scans the DUmp, looks at eBay junk, and admires plastic sequin jewelry on etsy, but mainly she searches for franksolich, glancing every few minutes at the crepe-framed photo of a redheaded homosexual over her bed pallet.
She's read every word on the Dumpster, millions of them, and every internet document that has anything to do with Nebraska.
She has even exchanged PMs with nadin to strengthen her Googling skills.
And still, coach is as elusive as a whisp of smoke.
It's no wonder Judy is so peculiar, so addled. It's the frustration.
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Vegan.
Vagina.
Alex must have been pretty drunk, at home, alone, to mix up the two.
Humm - I'd suggest passing on the zucchini and the cucumber salad at Alex' house for a while.
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Talk about a constant complainer. :mental:
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Talk about a constant complainer. :mental:
Buzz Lightyear once visited Skin's Island. Here he is telling Woody about it.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/thundley4/whinybitches_zpsc5e5d0f1.jpg)
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billhicks76 (1,040 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:16 AM
4.
Most vegans are quiet and not self-promoting and the defensiveness is so bizarrely laughable it reminds me of people who freak out when you point out inconsistencies in things like the 911 official story.
The running joke is," What does a Vegan really believe?"..."Don't worry...he'll tell you ." No doubt from the recent circle phenomenon of born again, trendy bacon lovers.
(http://ida.convio.net/images/content/pagebuilder/15003.jpg)
(http://i1.ytimg.com/i/8Jc_MKQsi2M5T7bex-K76g/1.jpg)
(http://972mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/SM4A2005.jpg)
(http://www.nriinternet.com/Association/BeliveITorNOT/Pictures/81-100/94peta.jpg)
(http://www.sparksummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/peta1.jpg)
(http://www.trbimg.com/img-52456320/turbine/sfl-peta-protest-rogers3)
You just can't make this shit up...
billhicks76 (1,040 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:16 AM
4. I Have
The insecurity and passive aggressiveness exibited by people who feel threatened by others people's choices or ideas knows no bounds. Everything always really comes down to not seeing things as they are but rather how you are.
BainsBane (26,228 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:35 AM
5. Huh
It never occurred to me to pass judgment over someone's character because of what they don't eat.
That sucks.
If irony could be expressed in released energy, those two posts would be enough to destroy our solar system.
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BainsBane (26,228 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:35 AM
5. Huh
It never occurred to me to pass judgment over someone's character because of what they don't eat.
That sucks.
Suck it Bainsbane, just suck it, don't eat it.
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A fat vegan asks a waiter for vegan.
The waiter says... "You must be just starting"
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The running joke is," What does a Vegan really believe?"..."Don't worry...he'll tell you ."
Oh, surely not, the next thing you'll be telling me is that Gays are a bit too in-your-face.
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Oh, surely not, the next thing you'll be telling me is that Gays are a bit too in-your-face.
Surely you're not serious...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A5t5_O8hdA[/youtube]
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Oh, surely not, the next thing you'll be telling me is that Gays are a bit too in-your-face.
Or Klams.
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From an e-mail to me:
When I read The DUmpster and notice many of these DUmmies are constant complainers. They remind of this person, Lori Drew, who is in this link below.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/websleuths/2013/09/30/tricias-true-crime-radio-adult-cyber-bullying
The online radio show host is interviewing Tina Meier, who lost her daughter Megan to suicide after being harassed by online by her former friend's mother, Lori Drew and some other people. If you start at the 20:40 mark, you can hear her description about Lori Drew. She describes her as a very unhappy person who is a constantly complaining. Many DUmmies reminds me of Lori Drew, particularly Nadin Brzezinski or Bainsbane.
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(http://www.sparksummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/peta1.jpg)
I see the Yorkshires are about to have piglets.....ummmm.....more bacon :p