Sat Aug 30, 2014, 12:52 PM
WilliamPitt (57,129 posts)
I had a pretty remarkable experience this morning.
Last edited Sat Aug 30, 2014, 05:11 PM - Edit history (1)
Went out around 10am to get coffee and breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts, which is actually a treat now; back in Boston, one could not swing a cat by the tail without hitting three Dunks, while up here in the woods, it's a 45-minute drive to get to one and back again. It was worth it, however, because Cailen slept like crap last night, has to work today, and definitely had her GODDAM I NEED DUNKS IN MY FACE look on her face, so I went.
We live on a dirt road, and at the bottom of the driveway on the other side of the road is our cabin on the lake. For years now, the lake has enjoyed the presence of a huge heron. When it spreads its wings and flies, it looks like a 747. As I was coming down the road, maybe a mile from home, what was standing there at the side of the road but the heron. I slowed down as I approached it, lest it make a sudden move and hit the car. It looked right at me as I came up to it, turned, took flight...and flew down the center of the road, maybe eight feet off the ground.
...so I accelerated and got in right behind and under it. For about a half-mile, the heron flew right above my bumper as we both cruised down the middle of the road. I had never been that close to it before, and its wing span was easily wider than the hood of the car. It flew effortlessly, not spooked in the least by my presence behind it. Finally, just before the big hill that leads to the lake, it gently veered to the left and disappeared into the forest.
So, yeah, getting to Dunks may be a pain in the ass, but I got to fly with a heron. Boston it ain't, and that's just fine.
The drunken moron felt compelled to actually explain Dunkin' Donuts. Condescending idiot.
The_Commonist (2,330 posts) Sat Aug 30, 2014, 03:40 PM
12. Dunkin' Donuts is owned by the Carlyle Group...
...the company that brought you George W Bush, 9/11 and the Iraq War.
I hope you enjoyed your coffee!
Bain Capital also owns a chunk of the company.
Thanks for helped to make Mitt Romney even richer!
Nice bird, by the way.
WilliamPitt (57,129 posts) Sat Aug 30, 2014, 04:08 PM
15. Feel better?
The_Commonist (2,330 posts) Sat Aug 30, 2014, 05:27 PM
17. For what? Pointing out your hypocrisy?
No, actually, I don't. I really really don't.
You're one of the good guys.
And yet, you enthusiastically throw your money into the belly of the beast.
Disappointed is more like it.
But then, we're all hypocrites at some point, for some things, so I'm not terribly surprised.
MH1 (13,649 posts) Sat Aug 30, 2014, 05:41 PM
18. GMAFB ... no actually, could you give me a link? Or an app?
You see I keep forgetting which stuff I can buy and which stuff makes me a "hypocrite".
Seriously, I would love a link or an app I could call up when I'm grocery shopping and trying to remember which brand of TP is ok to buy and which one to avoid like the plague. On top of the myriad other factors that go into deciding which pack of TP to put in the cart.
You seem to be the kind of person who would definitely have such a resource ready to hand.
(I don't do Dunkin very often and when I do, the alternative is generally McDonald's. So pretty much a wash, I think.)
The_Commonist (2,330 posts) Sat Aug 30, 2014, 07:26 PM
22. Well, since BuyBlue is no longer around...
...I usually just go to Wikipedia to see who owns what.
As far as apps go, there's Buycott.
CharityNavigator is good for seeing how good or bad non-profits are.
corporate-citizenship.com is a good resource.
And then, of course, there's just the Google machine, which can pretty much tell you anything you want to know.
So there ya go. There's your ****ing break.
alphafemale (14,100 posts) Sat Aug 30, 2014, 08:26 PM
23. And you just made it obvious what you are
no need for me or anyone else to point it out.
WilliamPitt (57,129 posts) Sat Aug 30, 2014, 08:40 PM
24. Hm.
You drive a gas-fueled machine, use tapwater rampantly, throw away perfectly good food, heat your home with fossil fuel, wear clothes made by slave labor, etc.
Yes, yes, yes, you do, and you know it, hero.
In short, shut the **** up.
P.S. This is the Lounge. Save the holier-than-thou rampant douchebaggery for the proper forums. There are plenty of them.
Ass.
The_Commonist (2,330 posts) Sun Aug 31, 2014, 12:08 PM
33. Actually, I don't drive...
...and haven't in 25 years now. I walk (a lot) or take the subway.
I ONLY use tap water, no bottled water. Ever.
I can't afford to throw away perfectly good food, and know my way around the kitchen, so that's not really a problem around here.
But yes, I use natural gas to keep my apartment heated to 65 in the winter. And I use AC to cool it to 78 in the summer. Luckily, this summer, that hasn't been much of an issue. And yes, I do wear clothing and use other items made by slave labor. Like this old Macbook I'm typing this on.
Because I'm a hypocrite. I know that full well, and can easily admit it. I'm a few other things as well, like a curmudgeon, and a party-pooper. It's not holier-than-thou douchebaggery. It's we're all in this together douchebaggery.
C'mon, Will, you wrote the frikkin' book about the lies of the warmongers, and then you gleefully patronize their retail arm? Maybe you didn't know who owns Dunkin' Brands? You can come out and say that if you didn't know, but I think you did, or you would've said so. Frankly, I think I struck a nerve here, based on your reaction. I was expecting a "yeah, I"m no angel," and got called an ass instead. That's fine, I'm just a collection of electrons somewhere on the internet.
See, this is the flip-side of that "pretty remarkable experience" you had. For every positive, there's a corresponding negative. Make the most of it, friend... and have a Happy Sunday!
Sat Aug 30, 2014, 12:52 PM
WilliamPitt (57,129 posts)
I had a pretty remarkable experience this morning.
Last edited Sat Aug 30, 2014, 05:11 PM - Edit history (1)
Went out around 10am to get coffee and breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts, which is actually a treat now; back in Boston, one could not swing a cat by the tail without hitting three Dunks, while up here in the woods, it's a 45-minute drive to get to one and back again. It was worth it, however, because Cailen slept like crap last night, has to work today, and definitely had her GODDAM I NEED DUNKS IN MY FACE look on her face, so I went.
We live on a dirt road, and at the bottom of the driveway on the other side of the road is our cabin on the lake. For years now, the lake has enjoyed the presence of a huge heron. When it spreads its wings and flies, it looks like a 747. As I was coming down the road, maybe a mile from home, what was standing there at the side of the road but the heron. I slowed down as I approached it, lest it make a sudden move and hit the car. It looked right at me as I came up to it, turned, took flight...and flew down the center of the road, maybe eight feet off the ground.
...so I accelerated and got in right behind and under it. For about a half-mile, the heron flew right above my bumper as we both cruised down the middle of the road. I had never been that close to it before, and its wing span was easily wider than the hood of the car. It flew effortlessly, not spooked in the least by my presence behind it. Finally, just before the big hill that leads to the lake, it gently veered to the left and disappeared into the forest.
So, yeah, getting to Dunks may be a pain in the ass, but I got to fly with a heron. Boston it ain't, and that's just fine.
I kinda wonder if that wasn't a typo, unintended or intentional. Perhaps he meant "heroin", not heron.
I worked in Maine for 11 months a few years back. Never once heard the term "dunks" used.
Was the same in coastal NH. Things must be a little different in the back woods. Anyway, Tim Horton's has better pastries.
And what the pittster did with the heron would be called "harassing wildlife" in the eyes of Conservation Law anywhere else.
Lots of blue herons around here in the Ozarks. While the birdwatchers and tourists think they're cool, and they are an impressively large bird, all the old farmers hate them because the old guys think they clean out all the fish in their ponds.
When we were in the apartment complex about five miles away, we had one that was a resident at the corner of the manmade pond about 30 yards from our bedroom window. I loved watching it fish. Every now and again, another, smaller heron would come by and fish as well.
When we were in the apartment complex about five miles away, we had one that was a resident at the corner of the manmade pond about 30 yards from our bedroom window. I loved watching it fish. Every now and again, another, smaller heron would come by and fish as well.One day I watched one by our backyard pond spend at least ten minutes trying to swallow a bullfrog.
GODDAM I NEED DUNKS IN MY FACE
I have made long career of patronizing doughnut shop, mainly Dunkin' Donuts and Krispy Kreme.
One of the worst things about moving to red state hell, aside from the abominable Central Time Zone, was the relative absence of doughnut shops.
Happily, that's slowly improving, though I expect whisky in grocery stores before we have enough doughnut shops.
But, to the point, in my life I have never even once heard Dunkin' Donuts referred to as "Dunks", a revolting nickname made up on the spot by the drunken Pitt.
And it's interesting that his tattooed bride, allegedly afflicted with a progressive, crippling disease, has to get out and work her crummy retail clerking job on a weekend, while Pitt hasn't worked a day since being blacklisted from substitute teaching.
What a contemptible guy!
It never fails. Someone posts a simple story, and an asshole like Commonist shits all over it. I just cannot understand how they are so addicted to the DUmp when they treat each other like utter crap. This is fun?
One day I watched one by our backyard pond spend at least ten minutes trying to swallow a bullfrog.
He kept whacking it against the ground, take a gulp, wouldn't go, whack it some more, over and over.
He finally got it lined up just right, but it was another couple of minutes before the frog's hind feet were gone.
Then the bird's neck looked like a snake that swallowed a rabbit.
I guess for a heron that's just another day at the office.
It never fails. Someone posts a simple story, and an asshole like Commonist shits all over it. I just cannot understand how they are so addicted to the DUmp when they treat each other like utter crap.
This is fun?
Someone report Pitt for Heron Abuse!!!! :-)It starts with what many call a victimless crime: Duck Sniffing, better known by its street name, "Snorting Quack." But Quack is far from innocent. It's a gateway bird to higher forms of poultry abuse, like heron addiction.
It starts with what many call a victimless crime: Duck Sniffing, better known by its street name, "Snorting Quack." But Quack is far from innocent. It's a gateway bird to higher forms of poultry abuse, like heron addiction.
So, how high was he when all this went down?