they exist, but they are expensive

Most fast food stores offer something along those lines already. Almost everyone offers salads and garden burgers and vegi subs and all that good stuff. But nobody buys them because it's hard to make food that's healthy, cheep, and easy to mass produce in a way that works for a fast food store.

Restaurant workers get paid nothing, and it is criminal. I waited tables 20 years ago and the waiter minimum wage was $2.13, and it still is. Relying on tips is not good, especially since you get taxed on 15 percent of your sales if you make it or not. Long past due as far as I am concerned.

Don't forget Karolina Kurkova. I think she did it best, actually.

ALL HAIL OUR INTERGALACTIC EMPRESS

"Tragic clown retirement home party" is all I can think of.

I'm rather (read: VERY) disappointed by this - a "white tie & decorations" dress code is what you'd get at a State Banquet, i.e. white tie for men (which means tailcoat, not just a white bow tie) and formal ball gown plus tiaras (if they've got them, and don't tell me Anna Wintour couldn't get her hands on a tiara),…

This poof is just so ... unexpected. I keep looking and looking and it still looks so incongruous.

Are we not going to talk about this?

That hairstyle reminds me of something...

I love the color on her, and its daring nature, but I hate the feathers and it has nothing to do with the theme.

Is anyone into James Franco at this point? He just seems like the epitome of "every asshole you dated in grad school who always made a big point of how he was smarter than you even though you had higher grades.....and he finished fast and then didn't notice you hadn't come and talked about how awesome the sex…

Ghjulia? The fuck is that?

I like your disgusting shrimp poetry. I just don't like the way they taste, but I suppose your reasons are also valid.

I hate it to the point where I absolutely will not eat it. I have other foods that I'm not crazy about but if they're in a dish and I'm hungry I'm fine (like red onions for instance). I just can't bring myself to eat the shrimpies at all though.

I will probably never forsake my orange chicken & steamed rice combo but it's nice to know that if I suddenly get hit by a truck, fall into a coma, wake up and forget that I used to like things that taste good I can always step into a Panda and find what I'm hankering for.

It's all about the Honey Walnut Shrimp. That shit is BANANAS.

I would not eat this, but only because it's been years since I ate at Panda Express and if I ever go back, like hell I'm getting something other than orange chicken. (Or that other one that's a lot like orange chicken but isn't.)

Well done, children. You have officially melted my cynical heart for the day.

Yes, because they're cheap and non-toxic. Also used in leavening bread, some medicines; they're a very widely used and safe chemical. You do want to watch your intake of them if you're undergoing dialysis or have some other form of kidney problem as they can be an issue then.