Bonus #38 - Making Fun of Pumpkin Spice is SEXIST? (Extra Dose)

This is just bloody sad. I was going to make a crack about Americans and their corporate obsessions.. then I realised that Aussie companies do the same thing with egg, beetroot and vegemite. The only difference is we don’t plaster ourselves on social media with it

Ash Archer

Yea definitely. I just checked the menu. There's like 7 drinks and 3 breads that are pumpkin flavored. Before this month, they weren't on the menu.

A_Fan

You put into words the reason why I believe pumpkin spice is overrated. I always knew it was overrated but still tried a pumpkin spiced latte once. Yea I thought it was an okay drink.

A_Fan

I love the seasonal coffees Starbucks has to offer, but I never realized that it was such a trend for Americans.

Martin Konrad

Your description of the fast food industry was spot-on. I was cracking up at the "Arby's! Meat! MEN!" And that ending is excellent. I guess it makes sense for many people though; the purpose of working and earning money is to spend it on things that earn social recognition.

Shumiry

I don’t know if the pumpkin spice craze reached Australia - I’m not on trend. But I’m so silly - my first thought always goes to the pumpkin part and I’m so grossed out for a microsecond thinking about pumpkin flavoured drinks.

Cogitated

This is really hard to relate to from a country (or maybe it's because I'm used to smaller towns) where people get their take away coffee from the nearest bakery and you always have about 4 choices (coffee, latte, cappuccino, espresso). Guess Europe is not west enough for the west

Where I'm from, we don't have thanksgiving, or halloween. Even Christmas isn't as big a deal as in the US. We have our own holiday at the start of december with its associated special candy shit. Of course, the shops already sell them a little, or a lot, ahead of the season. Every year, without fail, people are bitching when the stuff's first in the shops. "can you believe they're already selling [holiday candy]? It's still summer out!" It's not that they're wrong to call out predatory pre-dated companies trying to abuse our holidays to sell us shit, it just gets tiresome after a couple years. I'm glad to hear this is a universal thing and Americans bitch about thanksgiving shit being in the shops too early as well. Just know that thanksgiving is all that's protecting you from wallmart stocking christmas junk in august.

Pim

I’m what you call a White Girl but I’m Basic when it comes to loving Pumpkin Spice as a concept. I don’t like coffee cause I never have (I do enjoy a nice Fall Black Herbal Tea) and I won’t even wear Uggs even when I’m dead in the ground, they’re so ugly. Aside from Starbucks getting all up in PSL, every year Trader Joe’s seems to launch a bunch of new PS items that I initially get excited about until I remember that it’s just sugary spiced crap. Even for someone like me, living in Minnesota, the weather isn’t cooperating with the whole PSL vibe. It’s 76 degrees Fahrenheit today and will be 75-85 for highs this weekend. There won’t be a PSL season at all in 25-50 years due to climate change. But this year, I wish the backlash will take a rest time cause...it’s Fucking 2020: We All Need a Break!! PS - I was a Walmart cashier, working in the Lawn and Garden/Seasonal dept, from 2006-2009 and there were multiple times where Halloween and Xmas decorations were displayed together. It hurts my brain and optic nerves just thinking about the color clash

Rachel SJ

Haha! Actually, (for Walmart US) all stores will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and the Black Friday sales will be done online only since people won’t be able to socially distance being that busy.

Elijah Tittman

Pure insanity. But I guess they know it's the only holiday that might make any money. Going to be very interesting if the retailers will even be able to do Black Friday this year, everyone elbow-to-elbow like that? Gonna have people coughing on TVs going "guess I'll have to take that one!"

Adam Buckley

I work at a Walmart. The Christmas tree and lights display have been up for about a week and a half now.

Elijah Tittman