I believe in the fundamental sociopathy of (many) large corporations. That said, I keep running into serious, beer-loving non-sociopaths who defend Bud (the beverage) as a quality brew and a standout exemplar of high-quality mass production. Most notably Sue Langstaff, the weird, cool “sensory analyst” and…

Well, I hear that, and I think sausage and cheese on a muffin sounds great. But the default would be the version that’s most commonly ordered, not the one with the least ingredients.

I want to thank you for using comprise properly.

I want to take Jez seriously when it goes into the phonebooth and transforms into Serious Mode Jezebel. But articles like this one are the kryptonite. Seems like Jezebel Doesn’t Like Pete Buttigieg. Using “doesn’t like” on purpose here, because this and other pieces on the site read strongly of…

Perfect.

technically, minutiae

Well sure. That would fit the implicit rules. And by the same token, you’d never call it, “the McBun with Fishcake.”

Have you? I wish you’d do more. I won’t waste time arguing over exactly where S’n’S fits in the elevated-burger-chain hierarchy, but my last Bacon ‘n Cheese Double Steakburger was better than my last In-N-Out Double Double, and I love In-N-Out and hope it never dies. Why shouldn’t Steak ‘n Shake enjoy the same pop-cult…

Also PS. Does anyone else have trouble with the naming conventions around the McMuffin? I always feel weird specifying that I want a Sausage McMuffin “with Egg.” And simultaneously I feel uncertain about whether or not I need to specify that I want it “with cheese.” Isn’t the egg a given? How come the standard…

All-day breakfast has increased my Sausage McMuffin with Egg-intake by approximately 10,000%. Like all McThings, this is good for me in the McMoment and bad for me in the McLongRun (x10,000). So I guess I’m against this change? But I’ll be for it during the three-to-five extra years of life it will buy me. Except that…

My story feels similar:

I stuck ‘em up in two separate comment sections, because it’s that kind of highly caffeinated procrastination-moment.

You are so exactly right. Here are two awesome burger-versions that take maximum advantage of nooks, crannies, etc.:

Kate, two awesome EngMuff burgers:

boo. You’re disappointing me, H&T, heading down that food-person rabbithole of preemptive dismissal. Never tasted StL pizza but it looks good in the pic. And any food that inspires all these passionate paragraphs deserves a fair hearing (synesthetically speaking). I just made Marcella Hazan’s canonical Bolognese from…

“Turn around” is two words when you’re using it as a verb phrase. It’s only one word when it’s a noun (“Carlsberg attempts a turnaround.”).

I understand why you waited til 6:18 pm to post this wrong-opinion piece, Kate.

No bottle til he changes out of that messy diaper.

I can’t be 100% sure... so don’t quote me on this... but I’m - let’s say - 98% certain that no one has ever said, “I don’t suffer fools” without their testicles immediately shrinking by an ounce or two.

I think she’s saying that incarceration is inhumane, that its actual deterrence effects are less powerful than average folks assume, and that a rational, intelligent, humane system would use it as a last resort. Whereas our system uses it rampantly and casually, as if there weren’t tons of evidence suggesting we…