When men buy into food trends, they bring much-needed attention and success to what they’re consuming. Some sommeliers rolled their eyes after Sideways made male wine drinkers everywhere drop their Merlots for Pinot Noirs, but nobody was accusing Pinot Noir of overstaying its welcome.
And when men get into women’s trends, they elevate and legitimize them—or even create an entirely new market. Male rosé drinkers have transformed it from a wine “seen by serious wine drinkers as cloying, mass-produced swill, an object of revulsion and gendered disdain,” as GQ wrote, into something men are happy to be seen drinking.
Yogurt, a neutral food if ever there were one, went from being feminized to being marketed as protein-rich workout fuel for men. And of course men don’t diet—they “biohack”.
It’s a movie about two middle aged white guys going on a wine trip in Nappa valley, trying to manipulate women, and being huge bourgeoisie pieces of shit.
Men predictably loved it when it came out and older guys I know have unironically recommended it to me.
Not only is wine yucky but it ALSO is really expensive. Vodka is the yummy drink of the proletariat and if you think otherwise you're a class traitor sorry I don't make the rules
Box wine from pharmacies are unironically pretty good often. Like, there are misses but you learn around them. Typically I avoid sweeter wines as they tend to overdo it.
The "two buck Chuck" (three bucks if you're not in California) is absolutely a perfectly good wine, and anything more expensive is only for special occasions. The nicer box wines are also perfectly good at $20 a box, which is about $5 a bottle.
Yogurt, a neutral food if ever there were one, went from being feminized to being marketed as protein-rich workout fuel for men. And of course men don’t diet—they “biohack”.
I'm glad I've never gone deep enough into the fitness rabbit hole to ever hear the term "biohack":cringe:
It's not a fitness term, it's a Silicon Valley term. It's a weird mix of recognizing that they spend too much time indoors and need vitamins, and trying to replace eight hours of sleep with sixty micronaps per day. It's all about "hacking" the body's natural processes to increase productivity. Some turned microdosing from a fun activity to a "creativity-booster" so they can :monke-beepboop: better code.
They do this because cocaine is not in vogue in Silicon Valley and because Silicon Valley loves to try to reinvent shit that we knew a thousand years ago.
Yeah I figured it was weird - I never saw anybody else do that but like, it ends up tasting something like cream cheese and lox, except it's not as rich as cream cheese. Good way to replace a bunch of bread and cream cheese with more of a protein source.
Sometimes I would also put some dark red berry preserves in there as well, like something a bit bitter but also semi sweet. Fruit on meat is underrated
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You’ve never heard of biohacking or dudes who got into Pinot Noirs because of Sideways? It’s a whole thing.
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I’d say you were missing out, but that movie is pretty bad. Kinda worth it for Paul Giamatti being an anxious mess.
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It’s a movie about two middle aged white guys going on a wine trip in Nappa valley, trying to manipulate women, and being huge bourgeoisie pieces of shit.
Men predictably loved it when it came out and older guys I know have unironically recommended it to me.
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There's no need to gender wines when we should all be ganging up on wine nerds equally.
Wine is delicious, pretentious wine nerds are boring though.
wine is yucky and straight vodka is unironically nicer
Heinously bad take, this is violence
Not only is wine yucky but it ALSO is really expensive. Vodka is the yummy drink of the proletariat and if you think otherwise you're a class traitor sorry I don't make the rules
Homie no I don’t spend more than $10-$20 on a bottle pretty much ever.
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Consider this though: mommy need drinky
Box wine from pharmacies are unironically pretty good often. Like, there are misses but you learn around them. Typically I avoid sweeter wines as they tend to overdo it.
Poor people have been drinking wine for thousands of years, wtf are you talking about.
Also good wine is not expensive at all, you gotta drink better stuff if you think all wine is universally bad
It is a bit I don't care what people drink
The "two buck Chuck" (three bucks if you're not in California) is absolutely a perfectly good wine, and anything more expensive is only for special occasions. The nicer box wines are also perfectly good at $20 a box, which is about $5 a bottle.
Someone on here suggested vodka with liquid smoke added and it’s pretty good.
:jesse-wtf: but why
Smokey food science that makes it kind of like whiskey.
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Mmm tequila
Coming from someone who's alcohol of choice is vodka there are so many wines that beat vodka in the flavor department.
:this:
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Wine is headache poison. Just drink the spirits and be done
It’s good with food. Also mulled wine.
Wine hangovers are sooooo bad though, you’re right.
I'm glad I've never gone deep enough into the fitness rabbit hole to ever hear the term "biohack":cringe:
It's not a fitness term, it's a Silicon Valley term. It's a weird mix of recognizing that they spend too much time indoors and need vitamins, and trying to replace eight hours of sleep with sixty micronaps per day. It's all about "hacking" the body's natural processes to increase productivity. Some turned microdosing from a fun activity to a "creativity-booster" so they can :monke-beepboop: better code.
They do this because cocaine is not in vogue in Silicon Valley and because Silicon Valley loves to try to reinvent shit that we knew a thousand years ago.
So its techbro shit? Even worse.
I never thought about how they gendered yogurt…
Oh yeah it's pretty blatant once you recognize it
Death to gender.
:hexbear-agender:
yogurt is the little death that looks like the other little death
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“activia poop yogurt for titties on the go”
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I fucking love yogurt more than anyone else, and I'm not a woman.
...I don't think I am, at least.
Yogurt is yummy, especially coconut yogurt.
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Coconut yogurt + muesli + maple syrup = my workday breakfast.
And it's wonderful in savory food as well.
Try to get Skyr if you can
It's so good with savory stuff too, like I'll put that on smoked salmon. Omgggg
ohh wow, that is unorthodox to us. Traditionally it's a refreshing summer lunch, best with berries and cream.
Yeah I figured it was weird - I never saw anybody else do that but like, it ends up tasting something like cream cheese and lox, except it's not as rich as cream cheese. Good way to replace a bunch of bread and cream cheese with more of a protein source.
Sometimes I would also put some dark red berry preserves in there as well, like something a bit bitter but also semi sweet. Fruit on meat is underrated
i'm curious if the brand you buy is flavoured somehow because the pure product without any flavourings or sweeteners is quite sour.
I don't use one with sweeteners for that, and it's plain, and pretty sour.
It doesn't taste like cream cheese really, it just goes together in a similar way.
Could be some bastardized weak shit for all I know though
no it sounds like the real thing, guess I have to taste it myself some day :)
nice. normal smoked salmon was good but cured smoked salmon went even better with it
"Intermittent fasting" is rebranded anorexia for men.