I am an uncultured hillbilly who foraged for berries on the woods, so it amazes me that in the Big Apple there are these places where you can buy things.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I visited NYC a few months ago, talked a little with someone on the train. Told them I'm from Texas and they said "bet you've never seen this many cars before"

    Yes we ride donkeys back home. Our 8 lane highways are to fit more donkeys

  • Oso_Rojo [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Say what you want about New York, but it’s the only place in da world where you can get a rat sandwich at 3am, baybee

    • StuporTrooper [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      After I moved to California I ordered a rat sandwich from a place that my friends swore was better than NYC. It was 19 dollars and looked like a field mouse between a massive brioche bun. I couldn't taste the plague on it at all over all the avocado and I checked, there were no used bandages or sidewalk gum. In da Bronx you can get two rats on a hoagie for $2.69. I rest my case.

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Why would such thing be needed? It's the Big Apple, just take a bite

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    in New York, you can walk into a structure and purchase a fried egg between two pieces of toast.

    where I live, no one has even invented toast or eggs yet. when we are hungry, we just roll around in gravel and throw feces at each other until we're not hungry anymore.

    one day, I hope to take a wheeled vehicle to New York to try a "sandwich".

    • JuryNullification [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      :maybe-later-kiddo:

      Uh, they’re bodegas and they’re something that simply doesn’t exist outside of the tristate area. “Convenience” or “corner” stores are a pale imitation.

      :amber-snacking:

      • Commander_Data [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Excuse me, sweaty, it's only a Bodega if it's produced in the Bodeg region of Manhattan. Otherwise, it's just a sparkling 7-11.

      • tetrabrick [xey/xem, she/her]
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        3 years ago

        i mean, they couldnt name the stores any other name,bodegas are for storing wine and sometimes can also be restaurants.

  • CheGueBeara [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Insufferable condescension aside, not being car-bound for basic necessities is pretty fantastic and something that most people in the United States don't have.

    • NomadicWarMachine [any]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Okay, but shut the fuck up about bodegas, they’re fucking conscience stores

        • NomadicWarMachine [any]
          hexagon
          ·
          3 years ago

          I live in West Virginia and can walk to a Sheetz. Does you “booodogooos” have fucking pepperoni rolls? Oh I don’t think so.

            • NomadicWarMachine [any]
              hexagon
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              3 years ago

              West Virginia is the shit. We got mountains and deer and you can shoot beer cans in your backyard all day if you want to. What does New York City have? High rent? Garbage smell? Rats? Chuck-E-Cheese style pizza that everyone pretends is awesome?

      • CheGueBeara [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Convenience stores very frequently lack fresh items of any kind. I've lived within 10 minutes of a few at different points. I could get a sandwich but not a tomato.

        Bodegas are just what corner stores are in most other countries. In typical US fashion, we made them pumped full of chemical-sugar drinks and food that could outlive you if you keep it in the packaging, then got rid of the "rabbit food".

  • Abraxiel
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    3 years ago

    New York smells like garbage, probably because there's always heaps of trash bags piled on the sidewalk for some reason. Maybe they should spend ten billion dollars on sanitation instead of pigs.

    Chicago is the superior city.

  • iArtemis [she/her, it/its]
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    3 years ago

    The character limit isn't long enough for me to tell you in excruciating detail about all the different greasy $3 sandwiches you can get the corner store so fuggettaboutit 😔

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      My dude, I live in an actual city in canada and not a single grocery store was open easter

  • poopoobanana [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Yes, it's true. Just bring a few beaver pelts (you can exchange the pelts for money) with you and you'll be good.

  • PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Actually, NYC runs entirely on the barter system.

    For instance, if I want my dry-cleaning done, I simply bring them a bag of day old bagels and little souvenir Statue of Liberty figurines

  • SoyViking [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Are you telling me that the stories were true, that there is really money, food and other items in America? What a truly amazing place that must be to live! Totally unlike here in woke communist Europe where money is banned, there is no food and no freedom.

  • Wertheimer [any]
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    3 years ago

    Just try to focus on something other than the pimps and the C.H.U.D.s and you'll do just fine.