/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.20388953]

going out to trader joe’s on a snack run, what do you guys want?

[Anonymous No.20388978]

50 bucks please and thank you

[Anonymous No.20388986]

Get me the head of Traitor Joe.

[Anonymous No.20388991]

>>20388986
i was disappointed to hear that the company is anti union, but i still shop there because im not about to start eating goyslop. i’m surprised everything isn’t overpriced like fucking walmart

[Anonymous No.20389035]

I don't know what they sell.
I've been there twice and that's only because it was my neighbourhood supermarket at the time and I didn't feel like hoofing it to Chinatown, which was really lazy of me cuz that was only a fifteen minute walk or two stops on the train from where I lived.

[Anonymous No.20389133]

>>20388991
I work there. We get paid extra on Sunday as consolation. The only problem with that is you have to be scheduled for Sunday

[Anonymous No.20389158]

>>20389035
convince store disguised as a grocery store

[Anonymous No.20389162]

>>20389158
oh they dont have packets of dried berries at grocery stores? okk got it. rolls eyes makes that kccchh sound with my throat makes eye contact with a white person

[Anonymous No.20389165]

just make sure to get dunkers, pb cups, and non pasteurized oj

[Anonymous No.20389190]

>>20388953
i want my holes stuffed and filled with hot goo

[Anonymous No.20389195]

>>20389035
i worked there at one point and they seemed to take pretty good care of employees, then again i was like 21 so anything seemed go to me

[Anonymous No.20389203]

>>20388953
Gouda, crackers, and a 12 pack of Simpler Times

[Anonymous No.20389245]

>>20388953
How about a cashier? I appreciate that Trader Joe's hasn't stooped down to using self checkout.

[Anonymous No.20389254]

>>20389035
They're basically a store for like college kids who don't know how to cook.
Everything comes in boxes and bags. The closest thing you do to cooking is reheating the food in a pan.

[Anonymous No.20389257]

>>20389245
they are literally the only people that are willing to start a conversation with me

[Anonymous No.20389260]

>>20389254
They do have meat and produce, though the price/quality ratio is bad. Trader Joes is much better for beer, wine and snacks (especially cheese, it's the cheapest place to get imported cheeses for sure)

[Anonymous No.20389267]

>>20389158
Where do you live that convenience stores have significant sections of produce/meat/dairy/frozen foods?

[Anonymous No.20389293]

>>20388953
almond butter almonds

[Anonymous No.20389296]

>>20389260
Trader Joes is what would happen if Aldi smoked weed

[Anonymous No.20389308]

>>20389296
They are the same company so that makes sense
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trader_Joe%27s

[Anonymous No.20389327]

>>20389158
Yeah, I remember that much. I don't even recall what I went in there for back then. All I recall is that it was Easter Sunday, I was on my way to some-girl-I-know's place for Easter brunch and I needed to pick something up there before getting to hers for the most disastrous, disturbing and deadly Easter I'd ever been to
>>20389195
K?
>>20389254
>Everything comes in boxes and bags.
I know! I was surprised af. Even the produce was in packages.
>>20389260
There was no alcohol at the one I went to but I get it. I recall picking up a bottle of rosé from the then-Greek-owned-now-Arab-owned pizza place at my corner before heading to the TJ's and girl's place because bitches love rose.

[Anonymous No.20389328]

>>20389245
hng, why are lil white bitches like this my weakness
>>20389162
not at this quality
>>20389267
el gran estado de tejas

[Anonymous No.20389371]

>>20389328
your dumb brown ass sees them in low wage jobs and thinks they are near your league. Sorry Paco stacy's just here for spending money when she's not slobbing my knob.

[Anonymous No.20389437]

>>20389257
Because its their job and they're expected to do it

[Anonymous No.20389464]

[Anonymous No.20389614]

I love the peanut butter cookie crisps they're so fucking good but I had to stop myself from getting them

[Anonymous No.20389621]

Trader Joes lasagna is awesome. Also their chocolate croissants are the best

[Anonymous No.20389632]

>>20389327
>Even the produce was in packages.
The company's explanation for that is it makes the checkout process much more efficient.

[Anonymous No.20389749]

>>20388953
Thousand day Gouda
Those elote corn chips
Baela salad
Margherita pizza

>>20389614
I can’t buy the chocolate coconut almonds because I’ll eat the whole tub in a couple days

[Anonymous No.20389842]

>>20389327
>deadly Easter
?

[Anonymous No.20390255]

>>20389621
I think the lasagna is pretty good too. I always keep a few boxes of their frozen individual meals for days I don’t have time to cook lunch. Chana masala, butter chicken and pork soup dumplings are my go to. The green chili chicken bowl is also good but the texture is really monotonous. I picked up a mushroom quiche that I think I’ve tried before and it was really good.

[Anonymous No.20390289]

Movie popcorn. They make great popcorn

[Anonymous No.20390333]

>>20389464
I used to work at a cold storage place that shipped this stuff, anything that was damaged the company bought and was up for grabs as take-home. This stuff and the bibimbap bowls were pretty good.

[Anonymous No.20390430]

Ritz peanut butter crackers can eat my ass, these lil niggas right here are so good I eat the entire box in a day almost every time I’ve bought them

[Anonymous No.20390462]

>>20389245
Mmmm, cute butt.

[Anonymous No.20390685]

Anybody tried this? I got it on a whim since its so cheap, even for bottom shelf vodka. I swear it tastes sweet, like they added sugar to it.

[Anonymous No.20390689]

A bunch of frozen pot stickers and the used panties of a black hippie girl please

[Anonymous No.20390780]

>>20388953
All the frozen ethnic stuff, please. Fried rice, Indian shit, hungarian, w.e. its all gud n cheap. Shrimp 12 ways. W.e!

[Anonymous No.20390799]

>>20388991
As somebody who managed like 250 employees with an utterly useless union, I don't get the love. I started in the union then moved up. They took a chunk out of my check, a big one, and did more harm than good. They only thing they ever did was go flop in front of the US company HQ in Seattle on a busy street with 50 union reps. They paid for first class tickets, from all 50 states, for their union reps to do so, and their bail/ticket for public nuisances or w.e. Some journalist or whistle blower within the union said they paid like 750k for the stunt that did nothing more than give them some photos of police dragging them off, that they put up in the break room to show how hard they were fighting.

When I got to management it was also mind boggling and eye opening how they sat with management, monthly, and discussed nothing more than how many buttons they were allowed to wear in protest while on the job. Not wage increases. Not maternity leave. Not anything of worth. 6 years of that.

Are all modern unions as dog shit? My company operated in like 48 US states and 140 countries world wide.

I personally, had to get incredibly creative with increased pay for people in important positions, leave, all sorts of quality of life shit. I get that it could have been abused, preferential treatment, etc, but anything I ever worked for like 50 out of my 250 (single department out of 6 or 7) was of ZERO interest to the union as they outright approved it at the drop of a hat. Whats the point? Shouldn't they have investigated or thought to look and see i wasn't doing these things for personal gain or promotions of super qt 19 year olds? If I wanted to increase wages for 220 of my full time employees.. id be shot down because the 30 part time jannies didn't get the raise.

[Anonymous No.20390801]

>>20390685
I feel like really premium mid level ultra filtered vodka always tastes incredibly sweet and that's about it.

[Anonymous No.20390836]

>>20390799
They'd also show up all the time, when they werent allowed, and try to get into psychical alterations about wearing hairnets, etc, before moving to the food floor, in attempts at personal law suits. Not union shit. Personal shit. Bring their non union gf to film. Shit like that.

[Anonymous No.20391107]

>>20388991
Trader Joe's is just rebranded goyslop

[Anonymous No.20391131]

>>20388953
do they have Totino's Pizza Rolls or something like it?

[Anonymous No.20391139]

>>20390799
from what i hear, modern unions are indeed dog shit compared to the unions of old. part of this is lack of funding (many people don't want to be in a union anymore because their employers are so hostile to them and will threaten to fire you over joining one) and we do have some level of basic worker's rights protections in the US as a result of the work of early unions already

[Anonymous No.20391153]

>>20391139
I worked in an at will or w.e state where the union was super limited. What existed of it just seemed self gratifying and lied a lot to get little done. Every time they visited they insisted upon having chik fil a and dumb shit we ordered for NFL teams n MLB n what not for their meetings. Somehow that was written to appease em..I really wish our company was hostile toward them, but we did nothing but appease the union reps and nothing for the people paying the union dues.

I wanted a fat fucking Tony soprano wannabe type fighting, but it was just a bunch of fruity, trans, 3 gens removed, ethnic, immigrant, woke, blm; before any of that, types. At least somebody over 40. Never ever was.

[Anonymous No.20391156]

>>20391139
A group that is trying to unionize over a complacent, established, union, may very well be super different.

[Anonymous No.20391163]

>>20391139
>>20391153
I meant to say, we also appeased the employees and did much more for them. The union never even partook of their breakfast or lunch meals. (Free) We catered to their halal or kosher or w.e tastes. Almost everyone jist wants tendies n fries..

[Anonymous No.20391169]

>>20391156
Not likely, as the majority of people trying to organize a union these days ARE the worthless wokie types. The type who start out making all sorts of unreasonable demands but ultimately settle for a minor wage increase the management was going to give everyone anyway and a trans flag hanging over the factory floor.

[Anonymous No.20391206]

>>20391169
That makes me super sad. Apologies for my poor points and rambling, I'm highly intoxicated rn with frens at some shit 5th bar. 2 of which used to managed departments of thr same shithole. We all have Wed for a Fri. First time I've seen these guys in a year or two.

I always wanted a strong union for my peeps. Was hoping other ones or upstarts were far better. Union was a business for my business. They all just shook hands and were two sides of a shit coin.

One guy here is 67 and says iron workers union is gud. Still. His son is in. I wonder.

When they'd ship me out to w.e fucked kitchen, all the industrial big burly guys at the hotel bar would endlessly tell me to join up get a trade, repostion, also highly drunk. Make a shit ton. W.e. id say I took the more shit route. I'm doing okay now, tho..

[Anonymous No.20391228]

the best jelly beans ever

[Anonymous No.20391262]

>>20389464
My nigger. This plus their kung pao chicken is a great lazy night dinner. Better than Panda Express for sure.

[Anonymous No.20391271]

>>20391107
>no artifical flavors
>no gmos
>no red dye 40

[Anonymous No.20391275]

Peak

[Anonymous No.20391454]

>>20390799
I ain't buyin' it.
First you say union reps from all fifty states showed up to your company's corporate headquarters then say that your company only operates in forty-eight states. Why would two union reps who, by your own admission, have fuck all to do with your company, travel to protest your company?
After that sentence, I stopped reading and will not read your final paragraph because it's clearly made up bullshit.

[Anonymous No.20391993]

>>20391454
Ahem, I was very drunk and missed A NUMBER. OMG. They brought people out from every possible state. They've done to multiple times now. Google LSG union arrests, kek.

[Anonymous No.20392242]

>>20391993
I did some temp shifts at LSG in Seattle, it was 90% middle aged to elderly immigrants.

[Anonymous No.20392245]

>>20390801
imo vodka is the one type of alcohol where I don't feel like I gain anything by paying for the premium stuff. As long as it isn't bottom-shelf hobo swill it's perfectly fine.

[Anonymous No.20392255]

>>20392242
I went to Portland! It was all these young jungle Asians. Some worked across the line in Seattle as well.

How did you like it? What department did you get in? Equipment wash? Food? Transportation? (Food is the only place with qts) Was it open air or in a giant freezer at 35F? My kitchen was horrid but kind of really fun, sometimes. Seeing all the planes and pilfering untouched international flights of their treats was very cool. Luxury goods n booze was often taken. Chocolates from England or Germany were shared with all on night shifts.

[Anonymous No.20392312]

>>20392255
I did some truck clearing shifts, but mostly I worked in the kitchen plating meals and bagging cookies. There was plenty of free food on the kitchen side so not much theft, the trucks were another matter though. Worked with some African dudes (mostly Kenyan I think), they were loading their pockets to bulging with mini booze bottles and chocolate.

[Anonymous No.20392323]

>>20392245
Same.
>>20391993
Like I said to the free sample bitch at Costco: I ain't buyin' it.

[Anonymous No.20392347]

>>20392312
Awesome. Never thought I'd meet an LSG person here.

Yeah, I worked with a ton of Somalis, Liberian, Ethiopians, etc. They all seemed to be on the transportation side and all claimed muslim.. yet got fucked up on and stole a lot of booze, lol. As management we knew what would be missed and what could be overlooked. I shared almost everything, but watches, perfume, and sealed liquor. The fancy celeb charter flights were fun. We did the rolling stones once and they ate the most basic childhood comfort food. They were nice enough to sign every bottle on their flight, knowing catering would take and replace em. I'm not a fan, so I didn't take any, but a ton of the employees were super duper happy to have a half drunk Keith Richards signed bottle of rum or w.e. I don't know that they even drank them, as they'd fly with huge entoruages of family n frens.

Thr amount of specialty meals had by sports stars was fun to see. I'm kind of surprised some degen gambler hasn't poisoned one yet, with the ease of access and shady characters employed.

[Anonymous No.20392416]

>>20392347
Mostly I just miss having a job that both feeds me and lets me take endless broken cookies home. Plastic/metal injection molding is interesting, but you can't eat plastic/metal parts, and considering most are for firearms DEFINITELY can't take them home.

[Anonymous No.20392454]

>>20392416
Climbing and traveling in that business is mad ez pz. Kitchen management is like.. 90k to 150k a year. Transportation is easier and pays a bit more, but harder to move up. Start at a rough kitchen and transfer to a great one, move abroad, w.e. I'd still be there if I didn't have some family obligations that took me in a different direction.

[Anonymous No.20392460]

>>20388953
we don't have that store round these parts, boomer chud

[Anonymous No.20392487]

>>20389308
Not true. Trader Joe's is owned by Aldi Nord. All Aldis in North America are owned by Aldi Süd. They are two different companies.

[Anonymous No.20392846]

>>20392487
Surely there is some kind of communication between the businesses. I swear I’ve seen euros post about Trader Joe’s products

[Anonymous No.20392932]

>>20392487
They're wild different in the US. Did the German bros acquire both and then split? Or did they both get into the US market in different manners? Indicidually?

[Anonymous No.20392938]

[Anonymous No.20392940]

>>20392323
Thats foolish. You should say mmm and oh yeah and get like 3, if its good. They don't care nor are they paid by how much you buy. If they were, they would be 18 year olds in micro bikinis or big black fucks wearing speedos.

You sir, are a grade a retarded asshole.

[Anonymous No.20392946]

>>20392940
>this shitty free sample tastes like shit but I must eat 47lbs of the shitty free sample that tastes like shit because it's free and that's how you win
How fat and Yehudi are you?

[Anonymous No.20392947]

>>20392940
Also.. did/does anyones TJ give free samples? When I was in HS like.. 12 years ago, they ALWAYS had a sample stand in the back, showcasing 2 or 3 products as a pair/trio, and a tea or cider or coffee or w.e hot bev. Super generous. I'd eat there after school, my entire senior year, lol.

I went to one a year ago and they had it back. Do they still do that, or is it only my state?

[Anonymous No.20392958]

>>20392932
>Or did they both get into the US market in different manners?
That one. iinm, Trader Joe's used to be its own store but was bought ought by Aldi Nord and therefore entered the US market before Aldi Süd. Aldi Süd, btw, are evil for buying up and closing down Bottom Dollar

[Anonymous No.20392962]

>>20392946
Idk what a Yehudi is, dude. Speak English, plz. I said if its good. If it's dog shit, I politely walk to the next aisle and spit/toss it in the available can.

I'm sorry I don't feel cool and chadesque by telling the sad vinyl gloved wagie that I won't support the company that outsourced sample labor to another company. They don't work for Costco and you are an absolute dumb shit.

Continue to not enjoy free items and shit on some poor min. wage. If it makes you happy n proud, good for you!

[Anonymous No.20392967]

>>20392947
I'm >>20389327
And they definitely had samples. However, this store had no front or back because the street entrance was for for traffic and the other entrance went to the parking garage. This TJ's is on the first floor of a luxury high-rise

[Anonymous No.20392973]

>>20392962
>Idk what a Yehudi is, sure you didn't, Moshe. Sure you don't.
>>20392962
>Continue to shit on some poor min. wage.
Other way around. And I pay far above minimum

[Anonymous No.20392985]

>>20392962
>>Idk what a Yehudi is
Sure you didn't, Moshe. Sure you don't.
>Continue to shit on some poor min. wage.
Other way around. And I pay far above minimum

[Anonymous No.20393448]

>>20392967
You're solid and your points are spot on. Glad to see samples still alive n kicking.

>>20392985
You're still a fagoo. I served many a halal and kosher meal and idk wtf you're on about. Kosher was the tits. It came pre wrapped, shrink on a catering tray, n all. They had Sanka for a drink. Made me kek. Idk why. Sounds extra jew-y and old. Idk what it even is.

Halal stuff was massively better quality and actually good. Sadly a Rabbi didn't fart on it, so no Kosh.

[Anonymous No.20393455]

>>20389464
for me it's the broccoli beef

[Anonymous No.20393458]

>>20392958
No shit. Was that in the 90s? 00s? TJ got into America so much faster than Aldi. Aldi is rad, but its so budget and simple. Basic shit. I hate their freaky fuck off bags n checkout. I'll take TJ and their odd frozen experimental ethnic bologna any day of the week.

[Anonymous No.20393468]

>>20392985
>>20393448

Jews is weird. This meal is dog shit.

[Anonymous No.20393730]

Great spot for charcuterie if you’re having a party. Fun selection of interesting olives, pickles, dried fruits, nuts, crackers and of course the fantastic cheese and wine sections. Cured meats are fine, nothing bad but nothing special. Canned dolmas there are the best you’ll get outside of a restaurant.

[Anonymous No.20393768]

>>20389254
Trader Joe’s was a godsend when I was a single working professional living in an urban area. If I forgot lunch I could walk over and get a $5 wrap instead of a $15 sandwich from a city shop. Every Sunday I’d get meat and produce delivered from amazon/whole foods then go to TJ’s for supplements like bread, cheese, seasonings, cooking oil, frozen dinners etc. Worked out to be surprisingly economical because you can shop amazon sales online and TJ’s pricing is pretty good. I now live far from a TJ’s or grocery delivery, with multiple people to feed but that was a very convenient setup. Wouldn’t go back though.

They have a lot of semi processed foods that are convenient for salads like pre shredded carrots and brussels, steamed lentils, cut and peeled beets, that kind of thing. And they also have a lot of what you’re describing like pre marinated meats, tendies, noodle bowls, frozen pizza etc. Point is not everyone who shops at Trader Joe’s doesn’t know how to cook, but if you don’t know how to cook it might be the best store for you.

[Anonymous No.20393796]

>>20393768
You are an odd fellow.. how rich, young, retarded, and full of coom are you? You got produce from whole foods.. delivered? You could get a Kroger order or Walmart 25 miles away delivered for far less.. unless you're purchasing organic holistic talked to lettuce from Bolivia. Your wrap game is good, but also bullshit. Ever urban sky scraper bullshit hell hole has ONE sammy shop that provides a better bang for your buck. Even Subway or Jersey Mikes does better. Calculate the fucking price per oz. Cut a $15 Jersey Mikes into 6 pieces and its gonna be MORE weight than your $5 wrap deal. Bring a piece each day. Not only that, just do the faggy meal prep game. You special.

[Anonymous No.20393805]

>>20388953
Get me a pack of hard cider.

[Anonymous No.20393845]

>>20393796
I like how you talk. For context, this was the SF Bay Area. I lived in east bay and worked in SF. I have since moved far away from that shithole with a remote job. I’m one of the lucky ones.
Amazon owns Whole Foods, if you order groceries online from Amazon it either comes from a WF store or an Amazon grocery warehouse, I assume those only exist in dense urban techie dystopian hellholes. It is shitty to give your money to such a company but unironically I saved a lot of money when I started doing this (can check sales and meal prep recipes for the week before getting to the store). Of course you can get your gay free range sprouted gluten free muffins or whatever but they do have normal food too.

There was a bahn mi shop nearby my office that sold $5 huge sandwiches but I’d have to walk through the fucking tenderloin to get there and I wouldn’t do that in a group of less than 6.

[Anonymous No.20394385]

>>20393845
Why is my drunken speech enticing to you? Honest.. everytime I drink this much i awake feeling full of shame. I feel invalid.

You have very valid ponts, living and working in SF. City of industry or w.e. what a craphole. I can't forgive you for fearing the tenderloin at this point in time.. everyone there is a legit zombie. Take your time. Walk normally. You'll survive. Update me in 3 days. Get that Sammy. The local Asians do it just fine. You don't need to roll 6 deep.

[Anonymous No.20394388]

>>20394385
Worst that happens to you is you have to listen to this..

https://youtu.be/Ff8roEaB6os?si=0heWbi1F8j-rlgCN

[Anonymous No.20394414]

>>20394385
Worst thing that happens to you is you hear crust punk bs like this
https://youtu.be/txxsCtckJ-M?si=f4gzKOtTO5111HIQ

[Anonymous No.20394426]

>>20393845
>>20394385
I also don't dislike you anymore for your deliveries. It all makes sense. Clear n concise. You're okay. Just stop being a pussy. Walk the tendy, brother. I'm a faggy 5'8" long haired dude with zero tats and not much of an intimidating appearance. I was fine there 2 years ago. Why so fearful? Did one of your mates get got going for a bahn mi?

If my autism ass can do it, you can.

[Anonymous No.20394430]

>>20393845
Where in the East Bay? I grew up in Albany, very good for walkability but definitely expensive and the people are all either the sheltered clueless type or duplicitous leftie scumbags. Left when the coof killed 90% of the restaurants (and with them all my employment prospects at the time) and haven't been back since.

[Anonymous No.20394445]

>>20394430
I'm this silly dildo.
>>20393796
>>20394385
Just curious, we're you EVER afraid to walk a block or two for a bahn mi? Did i just get lucky as an off and on again tourist/worker? Did the "tendy" terrify you? Was it not a bunch of queers, zombies, and weirdos?

[Anonymous No.20394457]

>>20394445
Where*

[Anonymous No.20394462]

>>20394445
SF in general is dirty, frustrating to travel to/in, often dangerous and almost always disgusting. The neighborhood I moved to afterwards in Seattle was worse though (Burien, honestly only Felony Way is worse), so I just gave up on the West Coast and cities in general and moved to a semi rural part of Colorado.

[Anonymous No.20394479]

>>20394462
That's odd. You really landed in some massive shitholes aye? You navigated most of those without too much fear, tho? I have only ever been intimidated by like.. Chicago and Detroit. Maybe NY once or twice when I was highly intoxicated and took a bad cab. I was more or less asking for it, tho. Even the worst spots in America seem okay to me. I just can't imagine being afraid to get a fucking yummy ass bahn mi, unless it was a trap house front.

[Anonymous No.20394490]

>>20394479
It was less the danger for myself and more my gf's safety I was concerned for. I know how to handle a schizo on meth or fent, but she does not, and thus got bottles thrown at her and creepy dudes following her with knives and iron pipes. Plus the disgust got to me eventually, there's only so many times one can watch someone taking a dump on the street or smoking fent at the bus stop before you either go nuts and join them or leave.

[Anonymous No.20394491]

>>20394462
Why did they put the safety nets on the fucking bridge again? Why can't I suicide myself in such a dog shit town? It is a kinda sorta pretty if not foggy and freezing billshit view.

[Anonymous No.20394500]

>>20394490
You were not afraid to fetch the bahn mi. Massive respect to you. A woman is a fucking nightmare in bad parts. Like.. my worst fucking fear. God forbid I get shmacked in the noggin with a bottle I don't see coming and she gets gang raped or something. I'm happy risking my life and navigating a hellscape. Having a gf attempt to do so with or without you is living life on ultra hard mode.

[Anonymous No.20394504]

>>20394490
Does your girly know she has a big dick swinging champ of a man?

[Anonymous No.20394542]

>>20394500
In truth, if you want an excellent Banh Mi (or a lot of great Asian food in general) the Peninsula/South Bay is the place to go. While I know how to navigate a neighborhood like the Tenderloin, the coof, SF government's terrible policies, and the greed of landlords/private equity firms have removed any reason I'd have to do so.

[Anonymous No.20394557]

>>20394491
The fog is one of the things I miss about the West Coast, the Colorado sun and dry air is brutal on my eyes, skin and sweat glands.

[Anonymous No.20394574]

This whole thread has an oddly homoerotic nature to it, redolent of the tension of an "old boys' club" in the later hours of the evening, when silences are long and languid, stories charged with an electric interest that steps an inch beyond camaraderie.
When it comes to Trader Joe's, I might always have fond memories of their cheap pasta, upon a base of which my sister and I subsided for many a meal in our first years living apart from our parents.

[Anonymous No.20394587]

>>20394574
Your sister sounds hot. Post pics so I can homo erotic.

[Anonymous No.20394593]

>>20394557
I thought i was the only one. Constant eye drops and a lotion routine. Altitude makes cooking weird too.

[Anonymous No.20394598]

>>20394574
Y u so smart?

[Anonymous No.20394608]

>>20394593
For me it's more the brightness, I hate wearing sunglasses and even with them it's still too much on clear summer days (and straight up blinding on clear days after snow). Plus the hot dry winds, when it's like that I start sweating faster than I can drink and most of it evaporates almost immediately.

[Anonymous No.20394609]

>>20394430
>Albany
Hah, I rented a room near indian rock park when I was in grad school. Remember a pretty good Indian place on solano, don’t think they survived lockdowns though. Took my mom to zaytoon a couple times when she visited and had a good time. I rented in Hayward, it was well worth the commute to have an apt in a safe area to myself. Same one is going for 2300/mo now which I certainly couldn’t have afforded at the time. On the topic of trader, last year someone ran their car into the store in el cerrito I used to go to lmao

>>20394426
I’m a fookin woman bro I’m not waking in the tenderloin without an entourage of men, and even then eyes on a swivel.

[Anonymous No.20394620]

>>20388953
Their frozen food section is pretty okay and cheap. Surprise me with an asian appetizer.

[Anonymous No.20394624]

>>20394609
>pretty good Indian place
Cafe Raj? Went there all the time with my mom
>last year someone ran their car into the store in el cerrito I used to go to lmao
Seriously? I used to go there all the time when I was renting rooms in that neighborhood. Bought probably thousands of gallons of wine from there over the years.

[Anonymous No.20394632]

>>20394608
Would you say you're
https://youtu.be/-kEkTt_X8YM?si=LsP6haEmfgF1kL3

[Anonymous No.20394640]

>>20394609
You sound like a legitimate woman. If not an old weird one. Highly educated. Good for you. I'm a simple dumb fagoo. Nobody wanted my booty. I had safe travels. More or less.

[Anonymous No.20394647]

>>20394608
I was born n raised in Arizona and fuck me.. I'm 30 with a brow wrinkle that could easily be fixed with botox or w.e. I think its from contant and incessant squinting at the full blast solar sun. Other than that, my face looks young. Skin is great.

[Anonymous No.20394648]

>>20394624
>>20394609
Also Chef's, that place was the peak of cheap greasy Chinese food. Nothing like kicking back with a cold beer and some hot noods slathered in chili oil and soy sauce.

[Anonymous No.20394651]

>>20394624
Just checked, no it was house of curries. Luckily both establishments are still in business. When I had the cash went for palak paneer and garlic naan, stocked way up on tamarind sauce.
The car crash I think was just an old person and no one got seriously hurt but they did really plow through it. Store is probably back up again, it was like 2 years ago

[Anonymous No.20394652]

>>20394609
Do you need a house husband? My price point is very moderate. I'll defend the home, cook, clean, eat the poosey for days. Bootyhole too. My life for hire.

[Anonymous No.20394662]

>>20394647
I'm also an absolute idiot who discovered sunglasses at like.. 22. I don't get it. I'm dumb.

[Anonymous No.20394664]

>>20394462
>>20394479
In general you should always be on edge in west coast cities, unless you’re in very wealthy areas (and maybe not even then). It’s not a guaranteed to happen but the hobos are fucking lunatics and once in a while they will go after a you because the moon told them to or some shit

[Anonymous No.20394668]

>>20394664
Hobos are bananas. Agreed. Kind of easy to miss, tho. Much more worried about immigrant kids n what not. Just.. poor, sad, disenfranchised, poverty stricken people. Lunatics aren't too hard to avoid. They're somewhat predictable after some time and experience

[Anonymous No.20394669]

>>20394664
Never make eye contact with anyone acting odd, they always take that as an invitation for shenanigans. Made this mistake once with some crazy lady in Burien, she walked across a busy multi lane road just to throw her shoes at me (inaccurately and ineffectively, but still).

[Anonymous No.20394671]

>>20394668
Funny, when I worked near the tenderloin there were gangs of Colombian? Drug cartels who would set people up on street corners to keep the peace. Don’t want anyone getting shot so the cops show up. More effective than the police!

>>20394669
They are actual lunatics. They need to be institutionalized for their own safety as well as others. People don’t understand until they've seen it for themselves, any kind of tourist or visitor to LA, SF, Portland, Seattle is in for a ride

[Anonymous No.20394672]

>>20394669
Drug addicts and people in need of mental health assistance are not fucking dogs or Bengal tigers. They don't flip out over eye contact. It's more so the validity of your gaze. You make them valid. Sometimes it goes south, sometimes it can go well.

I met eyes and slapped hands with an old black dude who turned out to be Brazilian and spoke pork n cheese.. I asked him to look after my vehicle and gf and slipped him a few bucks n meals here n there. Best investment I ever made. He punched the tits off some methy fent weird beard trying to hassle my lady infront of our building once. He also kept my space, almost always, when he was cognizant. Had a food few tales to tell through Google translate. I'm too dumb to learn much pork n cheese.

[Anonymous No.20394682]

>>20394672
>They don't flip out over eye contact. It's more so the validity of your eye contact.
You fucking retard.

[Anonymous No.20394685]

>>20394672
That lady is now my ex, but we still live in the same building and he STILL is constantly on the look out for her, me, and my parking space, lol. We just shared and still share a hot plate of w.e we make. Ex gf brings him a glass of wine n pasta. I'll buy him a pint of whiskey n a plate of w.e lame ass meal I cook. Off n on. Some days the dude is an absolute nut who cannot be communicated with, but most the time you can break through his mental illness and reach the man inside.

[Anonymous No.20394694]

>>20394682
I am. Your point? I did say that kinda dumb. I meant like.. if you're all dumb and fearful it usually feeds some nutters. Any of them that you make eye contact with, you're opening a door, hope they're not absolutely out of their gourd. Some of them feel seen and you can be kind. Not a lot of people look loons or homeless in the eyes. Even less speak to them. They're not all monsters.

[Anonymous No.20394695]

>>20394671
Honduran or some other flavor of Central American usually. The cartels basically traffic them up for the sole purpose of selling drugs, some make it out or make it big but most live sad, short lives far from home. A huge part of why I became anti migration despite being a migrant myself was seeing the darker side of it first hand. The only people who benefit from the current state of affairs in that regard are the ultra wealthy who just want more cheap labor, higher rents, and more laundered money flowing into their accounts, and don't care who is harmed to get it.

[Anonymous No.20394701]

>>20394695
I'm the doof with the Brazilian lunatic body guard. There were a chunk of MS13 kids around. They were apparently El Salvadoran. (Do not call them Mexican or w.e) I also treated them with respect and they were always kind in return. I would see them cycle in and out of my shithole city corner. It was sad. A lot of them would tell me this one died and rarely immigration caught one after a crime. Mostly death. All immigrant. All undocumented. Super duper heart breaking. They just got shipped up for a job and were disposed of like paper plates.

Where did you come from?

[Anonymous No.20394706]

>>20394701
England. The other part of why I became anti migration is the terrible effect it's had there.

[Anonymous No.20394708]

>>20394664
I was on a cable car in SF once many many years ago and this guy insisted on trying to talk to me. I know Italian Sign Language and pretended to be deaf and foreign (one of those two is true) and somehow, this homeless Black American hobo in California knew enough Italian Sign Language to still carry on a conversation. He just tried to make small talk, obviously lonely (and shocked he would get to use Italian sign language).
They surprise the fuck out of you sometimes.
During that same visit, another homeless negro tried to talk to me so I used my sign language skills again but they were effective that time. Until he took out a fucking pen and notebook. Dude was completely nuts, writing some shit about music is everywhere and the beat of the drum is life as he mimed drumming. There was another bit about trees being angry.
That same trip, I was in LA and some hobo jumped out from some bushes, rapping, telling jokes and doing backflips. His final joke was "what's the best nation? DOUGH-nation!" told as he put out his hand for payment.
My worst experience with American homeless also happened in LA. I speak Spanish. European Spanish, anyway. And some tiny brown guy overheard me speaking to someone and he tried to talk to me. However, with his disgusting brown accent, I couldn't understand wtf he was saying. Something about Eskimos? So I told him in clear proper Spanish that I didn't understand a word he's saying. He responds in English with just as confounding an accent, "oh, you don' undastan muddafukka? You wan get stab?" as he pulled out a pocket knife. He didn't actually do anything from that point just kind of walked away, knife in hand, but it was just a rather bizarre escalation. I would have almost preferred if he'd tried to stab me or something rather than just walk away dejectedly. Almost.
Would have been far less confusing.

[Anonymous No.20394714]

>>20394706
Ah, I kinda sorta can get that. Yall invited them, though, no? Fighty fighty knifey knifey weirdos? You are an island, no?

I feel more or can empathize better with the poor hordes of people flooding the US bordern rn. The South American bits n bobs, anyway. I suppose I should accept everyone, but.. I'm a half bean and it makes sense to me for Latin people right across the line to hop in and try for a better life. Some dude on a ship from China or Ethiopia has less sympathy. Oddly.

[Anonymous No.20394723]

>>20394708
It boggles my fucking mind that sign language has language barriers. Italian sing language must be Super Duper EXTRA, fucking normal Italians gesticulate enough.

Cool that you met two magical negros. Id DOUGH-NATE a buck or two or for the flip alone. A shame you're so stingy with your gay ass euros or w.e.

[Anonymous No.20394725]

>>20394714
The ultra wealthy elites I mentioned invited them in, the people didn't get a say really, and now anyone who objects to the situation too loudly can expect a visit from the police. I've considered moving back to the UK for various reasons, but the lack of a First Amendment always deters me, to the point where even visiting makes me nervous these days.

[Anonymous No.20394735]

>>20394725
I'm super stupid on the matter. Can you inform me how any loud mouth objectors get a visit from the police? I didn't think the UK was super authoritarian n shit. You don't have a police state. Doctor Who still runs. You still export a lot of culture. You don't seem half as bad as when I visited France.

[Anonymous No.20394741]

>>20394735
Is speaking against immigration considered hate speech or something? Who is flooding the UK borders? Do they have automatic asylum or some such thing? Weird that you have a problem. All I saw when I briefly stopped by was Indians. Well established ones and a solid chunk of FOB Africans.

[Anonymous No.20394749]

>>20394723
I gave the flipping groid money! And yeah, sign languages vary place to place and just as spoken languages, have language families. American sign language and Italian are part of the same family (asking with French sign). Weirdly, must of Canada uses American sign except Quebec which has its own sign language which is pretty of the British family of sign languages.
And no, Italian sign language is not "EXTRA." It's barely any different from American sign language. There are some accent and vocabulary differences. American sign language for "gate" is Italian sign language for "door," for example. Knowing one sign language can help you understand a little of the others but they're not completely mutually intelligible and people from communities speaking different sign languages tend to resort to what is called "Gesturo" which is quite extra. It's basically miming but makes use of a lot of universal it near universal signs and gestures to be able to have full-on conversations. I had a Gesturo conversation with a deaf woman in Cambodia about bicycles. I'm not even sure she knows an actual sign language, just "home sign" (sign languages that develop at home with absence of exposure to a linguistic community, proving Chomsky's theory that language is innate in humanity and is as instinctual to people as building a web is to spiders).
If you couldn't guess, I'm a linguist. Wrote my thesis on sign languages.

[Anonymous No.20394754]

>>20394652
Wifey..? Da fuq your smart ass at? I'm telling you. Best investment you will ever make.

[Anonymous No.20394757]

>>20394749
Holy fucking typos, Batman!
>asking with French
ALONG with French.
>must of Canada uses
MOST of Canada.
>pretty of the British family
PART of the British family.
>universal it near universal
Universal OR near universal.

[Anonymous No.20394764]

>>20394741
I thought that Brexit was supposed to stop immigration!
>but of course, the average British voter is too fucking stupid to understand that most immigrants to the UK are from Commonwealth countries and therefore have easy entry /without any involvement from Europe at all/

[Anonymous No.20394770]

>>20390685
>grain alcohol

[Anonymous No.20394772]

>>20394749
I am absolutely too drunk and too stupid to begin with.. when you mention Gesturo.. that isn't a standard form of sign. It's just innate human gesticulation? I've traveled a great fair bit and gesticulated to get my point across. I mime a human need or sign, the locals laugh and repeat the word I want a bunch, I speak it back to them, I learn bit by bit. Slowly but surely. As a buffoon.

Some countries i study up ahead of time and can speak. W.e. gestures always work out, tho.

Fascinating Italians aren't huge mama mia hand waving cunts whole speaking in sign.

[Anonymous No.20394778]

>>20394772
While**

>>20394757
Who cares about typos you stupid cunt. You understood the man.

[Anonymous No.20394783]

>>20394764
So like.. you get a bunch of immigrants from countries you absolutely buttfucked and enslaved in the past? Africa, India, Aussies, penal colonies. W.e? Is thst some form of reparations you're working out?

[Anonymous No.20394789]

>>20394764
It's more that the people were desperate for any kind of vote on immigration, when in reality Brexit just made it easier for the government to pass some of the most draconian speech laws in Europe. The mistake really was believing the UK government would give anyone a choice if they couldn't find some way to benefit themselves and harm the people regardless of the outcome. Frankly, without a full on revolution the British (and especially the English) people are finished.

[Anonymous No.20394801]

>>20394778
>You understood the man.
Mostly because I AM the man, you silly goose. I was correcting myself.
>>20394772
>Gesturo is just innate human gesticulation?
More or less. The Cambodian woman taking to me about bikes mimed pedaling with her hands then gestured a winding pathway as she described a bicycle that narrowly swerved to avoid hitting her, presumably because she couldn't hear it coming. She was telling me about how her deafness creates some challenges and most of those challenges centered around avoiding fast-moving bicycles. Her village doesn't have many cars and all the drivers there know she's deaf and to flash their lights to get her attention so she can move the fuck out the way but bike riders were too numerous.
Then her sister made me some papaya salad with raw crabs. Good shit.

[Anonymous No.20394815]

>>20394783
>reparations
No.
Any citizen of a nation that was a member of the Commonwealth on 31 December 1982 has "right of abode" to the UK. Pakistan left the Commonwealth in the 1970s and didn't rejoin until 1990 so they didn't have ROA but Indians do. There are 50something countries in the Commonwealth, most of which have ROA with the UK. Brexit didn't change immigration statistics much because the vast vast vast vast vast majority of immigrants to the UK enter through ROA, which because Brexit didn't affect at all.
It was the single dumbest fucking thing British voters have ever done. It had literally no upside at all.

[Anonymous No.20394845]

>>20394815
The choice was presented dishonestly by the government and both sides of the debate, and the anti side had far too many of the typical belligerent lefties who can't help but antagonize anyone who disagrees with them.

[Anonymous No.20394850]

>>20394815
You guys sound as messed up as the US. We have guns and I'm intoxicated watching Derry Girls on Netflix rn. Why did you cause the troubles?

[Anonymous No.20394854]

>>20394850
Why did you also create The Cranberries. All I hear this fucking season.

[Anonymous No.20394857]

>>20394652
>>20394850
I just wanna make a waifu some delicious meals, clean, do arts n crafts, have hobbies, watch Derry Girls, Netflix, chill.

[Anonymous No.20395559]

TJ’s thread took a weird turn. Anyway I like their orange chicken and the spicy hummus

[Anonymous No.20395697]

>>20389158
>almond butter on almonds
This are either wretched or delicious. Can any anons weigh in?

[Anonymous No.20395746]

What a great thread

[Anonymous No.20395845]

Where I'm at TJs is the only market that hasn't had skyrocketing prices.

[Anonymous No.20395851]

>>20395845
true. good prices there now

[Anonymous No.20395852]

>>20388953
I'm convinced trader Joe created his floorplan to cause a specific parasympathetic nerve response so
that everyone is running around without a clue in a state of increased anxiety to make sure they see everything and make several unnecessary and unplanned purchases, while being constantly in the way of the item I need.

[Anonymous No.20395910]

>>20394845
Uhuh.
Somehow, it's the lefties' fault that the righties came up with an ill-conceived, poorly executed pseudo-plan, with no input from the left, predicated on a hatred of non-whites when that plan /didn't even address non-whites anyway since they're all ROA immigrants and therefore unaffected by leaving the union/.
Yeah. Definitely all the lefties' fault.
All the righties had to do was campaign for either a modification of the ROA law or dissolve the Commonwealth altogether. Instead, they dreamt up some bullshit that accomplished literally none of their claimed goals at all and sold an idiotic electorate on the idea.
You're just as clueless as the rest of the morons who voted leave without knowing what the Union even is nor what it means to be a member. You hate browns? End the Commonwealth then.

[Anonymous No.20396253]

>>20395697
Depends if they bothered to activate them

[Anonymous No.20396266]

Cheap sushi and maple cookies for me

[Anonymous No.20396270]

>>20395852
yes definitely not a relaxed shopping experience
love to pop a zyn and just go with the energy

[Anonymous No.20396517]

>>20396266
Their sushi is abhorrent. anything else in the premade section is a better choice

[Anonymous No.20396541]

>>20390799
Glowie

[Anonymous No.20396557]

>>20389328
Cause you have low standards and she's more attainable, not the any girl is unattainable.

[Anonymous No.20396558]

>>20389749
Then eat it in a couple days.

[Anonymous No.20396559]

>>20390255
>Chana masala, butter chicken
Why is /CK/ so cucked. Eating the food of the invaders.

[Anonymous No.20396563]

>>20390780
Hello sar

[Anonymous No.20396567]

>>20388953
their canned Gigantes Plaki is top tier t

[Anonymous No.20396572]

>>20394462
All western cities are like this the moment you travel out the residential area which only takes less than ten minutes by car. The darkness is spreading. In my city, areas have a 50 foot statue and there is poop everywhere under it.

[Anonymous No.20396576]

>>20394500
Captain save a hoe. Didn't some billionaire heiress go jogging at 3 am lol and then get killed and raped and dumped into a trash can?

[Anonymous No.20396580]

>>20390430
Thank you for the recommendation. I can confirm this nigger's assertion that these cracker sandwiches are pretty damn good. Not smash the whole box by myself in one sitting good though. I've had better.
But not many.

[Anonymous No.20396586]

>>20394671
>LA, SF, Portland, Seattle
Shit hole cities. If the major cities of a country is a mess, the country is finished.

[Anonymous No.20396591]

>>20394682
Ikr. Spoken like true Redditor

[Anonymous No.20396596]

>>20394701
Your original post reeked of weirdness then I realized you live among those people.

[Anonymous No.20396599]

>>20394714
>I'm a half bean
No wonder. Lol. Normal people don't bother carrying a conversation with crack addicts or bulbs.

[Anonymous No.20396611]

>>20394609
>I'm a fookin woman
I hope my tax tollars didn't go towards your bottom surgery.

[Anonymous No.20396626]

>>20394609
Head on a swivel you fucking retard.

[Anonymous No.20396629]

>>20396559
Their mac and cheese is ok, their frozen pizzas are top tier. They have a stout beef pie but I’ve heard it’s dogshit. Other than the quiche I can’t think of any white foods they have frozen for individual consumption (and that’s if you consider Italians and French white). They don’t have tv dinners so I don’t know what other dish would really lend itself to that. Ethnic foods seem to be ideal - curries, burritos etc.
In the ready to eat section they have more standard American food like wraps, salads, chicken salad and things like that

[Anonymous No.20396978]

>>20396517
Well yeah it's pretty shit but I'll take a thing of sushi for $6 that i don't have to feel bad about not savoring. It's like the junk food version of actual sushi.

[Anonymous No.20397005]

>>20396978
Their sushi always had weird long grain dry rice. My local Kroger always has snow fox bs. They slather too many mayo sauces and fried onions on shit, but it is far better and usually around $6 to $12.

How is this stupid thread still alive?

[Anonymous No.20397007]

>>20397005
Oops, forgot pic.

[Anonymous No.20397010]

>>20396541
What's glowie? Like an irradiated ghoul?

>>20396563
Hay

>>20396576
Idk, did she? They should have ransomed her.

>>20396596
I used to. Now I'm on 4 acres of nothing in AZ. The gov wants my land for a new highway. Idk whats gonna happen.

>>20396599
I look white, so thats nice. Like suoer duper pasty white. Just have turd eyes with some green n black hair.

[Anonymous No.20397013]

>>20397010
Glowie..?

[Anonymous No.20397015]

>>20396599
Whats a bulb?

[Anonymous No.20397027]

>>20396978
>>20397005
Well yeah but it’s so much worse than any other cheap grocery store sushi. It’s just so weird and dry

[Anonymous No.20397133]

>>20388953
A few packs of instant ramen and some high quality children's lingerie please.

[Anonymous No.20397196]

>>20397133
So.. pajamas and nissin noods? TJ doesn't have legit ramen, do they?

[Anonymous No.20397212]

>>20397196
No no I specifically said lingerie. It's for a toddler.

[Anonymous No.20397342]

I want you to kill yourself after apologizing for being a person who was alive at one point

[Anonymous No.20397464]

>>20388953
Hashbrowns if you're lucky enough to find them, and honey pearl grapes if they're still in season. Steak & stout pies. And their birria is also pretty solid.

[Anonymous No.20397504]

>>20395910
Yeah you're definitely proving my point with that post, good job
The "libertarians" came up with the plan because they hated EU regulation, but knew no one really cares about that, so they framed it as an immigration issue to appeal to the right. The government also liked the plan because they wanted to pass laws the EU wouldn't approve of, but since they know the right hates them they had to pretend to oppose it and frame said opposition in leftist terms to attract useful idiots like you to the anti side. As for dismantling or leaving the Commonwealth, the UK government would never let that happen, like I said in a previous post we'd need a straight up WN revolution for that to even be voted on, let alone passed into law.

[Anonymous No.20397593]

Why is the trader joes thread the one that attracts the schitzos? I just want to hear about cheese and frozen dinners, damn

[Anonymous No.20397921]

>>20397504
The original statement was a simple explanation of ROA and Brexit. The first reply to it was "the government was dishonest about what would happen!"
Now either I'm a political genius for seeing immediately that leaving the union would not affect immigration at all since the vast majority of immigrants have done so by ROA or the electorate is just as uneducated as I said. Considering I have practically no interest in politics, the latter is far more likely.
And if you wanna talk about proving points, the fact that you can't even remain on that original point and instead need to go onto diatribes about unrelated issues certainly proves mine: the electorate are dumb. You, however, have proved less than nothing since all you've done is make more and more claims while ignoring the original point wholesale. Good job being a good "useful idiot," Schlitzie.
Talking of which, how useful could I have been if you assume I voted remain and the UK left? Doesn't sound particularly useful. And it's more idiotic to presume on how I voted when I gave no indication one way nor the other.
In closing, you are not very smart.