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votesparks

(1,288 posts)
Sat Nov 24, 2012, 03:33 PM Nov 2012

Wasn't Hostess Just a Big Nasty Overpriced Sweets Pimp That Screwed Its Workers?

Wasn't Hostess Just a Big Nasty Overpriced Sweets Pimp That Screwed Its Workers?

If we're honest about it, wasn't Hostess just a big nasty overpriced sweets pimp that screwed its workers? And with Little Debbies cornering the ghetto snack market anyway, wasn't the company doomed no matter what?

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Wasn't Hostess Just a Big Nasty Overpriced Sweets Pimp That Screwed Its Workers? (Original Post) votesparks Nov 2012 OP
it didn't just screw it's workers mzteris Nov 2012 #1
A triumph of profit above everything else... freshwest Nov 2012 #2

mzteris

(16,232 posts)
1. it didn't just screw it's workers
Sat Nov 24, 2012, 06:04 PM
Nov 2012

it helped contribute to the crappy ass diet of America, along with the obesity & diabetes epidemic.

Parents - uneducated and/or lazy - bought that sh*t for their kids, putting them on a road towards heart attacks, stretchy pants, and insulin. (Not to mention alack of a sophisticated palate.) A bunch of sugar, fat, and chemicals designed to look "tasty" that pretty much tasted like cardboard covered in sugar and fat.

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