Daniel Fodera

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Crying Over Spilled Twinkies

Nov 17, 2012·23 visitors

Blake Ian

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Nov 17, 2012

Daniel Fodera · 5:49 PM

So the second normalcy starts showing itself after the Sandy-induced gas shortages and power outages, everyone starts going ape shit over the whole Twinkie thing!? I think it's great that people are able to get their priorities in check and help each othe

Daniel Fodera · 5:53 PM

other when the going gets rough, but why do you have to bounce back to being such f***ing morons so quickly? This is really an issue? People are the stupidest people in the world.

Blake Ian · 5:56 PM

Hahah... well said. There are definitely no dumber people on earth... than people!

Blake Ian · 5:58 PM

Also, nice Tawk title! well done sir.

Daniel Fodera · 6:03 PM

Thank you, sir! It just came to me.

Daniel Fodera · 6:04 PM

I'm an Entemann's kind of guy, so...yeah.

Blake Ian · 6:05 PM

My thoughts on the topic are... This would be a great thing for the people of this country... If they aren't going to stop eating these Food Type Things on their own... they had to be taken away!!

Blake Ian · 6:05 PM

Alas, Michael Hauptman in the audience makes a good point

Blake Ian · 6:06 PM

The value of demand for these products is too great and someone will keep making them

Daniel Fodera · 6:06 PM

I've said this way too many times...we forget about the vast amount of land between the coasts. The Honey Boo Boos of the country will have their day and never give up their lifestyle.

Daniel Fodera · 6:10 PM

I just feel bad for all of the Twinkie fetishists out there who will no longer be able to "get to that place".

Daniel Fodera · 6:10 PM

And for the people who are losing their jobs.

Daniel Fodera · 6:11 PM

★ Spotlighted from Michael Hauptman

“no they will not. they will have their chinese made twinkies and eat them too!”

Blake Ian · 6:11 PM

hahah nice Michael

Blake Ian · 6:11 PM

yes, honestly though... the jobs are a downside

Blake Ian · 6:12 PM

though I feel like when something not good goes away... if people would just let it go away... something better can take its place

Blake Ian · 6:12 PM

but going back to the people actually complaining about the loss of these snacks....

Blake Ian · 6:12 PM

its more of an evolutionary move I think!

Daniel Fodera · 6:12 PM

Yes, but you're forgetting about attachment and people can't let anything go willingly.

Blake Ian · 6:13 PM

It's the Universe saying... NO MORE! what are you people eating???

Blake Ian · 6:13 PM

so it's actually a zen issue

Daniel Fodera · 6:13 PM

Look at how we need to save and catalogue EVERYTHING now. Do we really need it all?

Blake Ian · 6:13 PM

I mean if they are still eating Twinkies, I don't think they are going to be practicing non-attachement any time soon

Daniel Fodera · 6:14 PM

Everything is a Zen issue.

Blake Ian · 6:14 PM

and everything is not

Blake Ian · 6:14 PM

Daniel Fodera · 6:14 PM

It's goes deeper than Twinkies, Blake.

Blake Ian · 6:14 PM

Absolutely... I saw a billboard that said "the loss of this billboard costs jobs!"

Daniel Fodera · 6:15 PM

I can't knock those who love what they love. Lord knows that some of the things that get me through my nights are not alright with everyone.

Daniel Fodera · 6:15 PM

That billboard kills me.

Blake Ian · 6:15 PM

So like... if brands are not seeing enough return on investment by using billboards they should still use them just to save jobs that are not adding value?

Blake Ian · 6:15 PM

OR should we let them go... so people can pursue more valuable ways of advertising and people can do THAT job instead

Blake Ian · 6:16 PM

Michael in audience is actually in advertising... digital advertising, so I know he feels me on that!

Daniel Fodera · 6:16 PM

It's not so much the crumbling (like what I did there?) of the Hostess company as it is that this is the focus of everyone's panic this week.

Blake Ian · 6:18 PM

@Michael, right so not ROI in dollars but value in general, if companies have realized they don't have money to spend there... then people need to find more valuable brand outlets to offer... that's progress!

Blake Ian · 6:18 PM

if we hold onto the past for the sake of not wanting to change.... we slow progress completely

Blake Ian · 6:18 PM

and yes dan... i LIKE what you did there heheh

Blake Ian · 6:19 PM

I should have made Michael a moderator to this tawk!

Blake Ian · 6:20 PM

Ive never tried that after a tawk is started... it could wreak havoc and Jordan would kill me! We may all of a sudden all get re-routed to friendster!

Blake Ian · 6:20 PM

★ Spotlighted from Michael Hauptman

“the problem is the media. displace the media and there is a chance people would take it upon themselves to make their own decisions”

Blake Ian · 6:21 PM

Ugh why does the media F%ck up everything?!

Daniel Fodera · 6:21 PM

@ Michael - Stop sounding like such an intelligent individual! That's what kills me all the time are the priorities that people make for themselves and what they choose to focus on.

Blake Ian · 6:21 PM

You know when you can't find that matching sock after your laundry???

Blake Ian · 6:21 PM

...The MEDIA!

Daniel Fodera · 6:22 PM

I wanted to make a "Medi-ocre-a" joke, But, nope. It would suck.

Blake Ian · 6:22 PM

Going back to the issue at hand dudes... The end of these awful Food Type Things is evolution, the only downside to losing Twinkies, is that it was helping to faster kill off people who are dumb enough to eat Twinkies! At least there is still Meth!

Daniel Fodera · 6:24 PM

Don't knock meth. I don't think that food(?) like this will ever stop being produced though. There are a lot of Honey Boo Boos out there. They ain't going to give up that easy.

Blake Ian · 6:24 PM

They may not give up that easily... but I can't say the same for their hearts! HiYOOOOO!

Daniel Fodera · 6:25 PM

Well played!

Blake Ian · 6:27 PM

I don't know if I have ever had a twinkie.... definitely have no recollection. I know I liked Yodels when I was 9. That was the last Hostess consumer experience I can remember.

Blake Ian · 6:27 PM

We gotta get Nelson and Vinnie in here... those are some opinionated insightful folk as well

Daniel Fodera · 6:28 PM

There must have been some time on my life that I had one, but who cares?

Daniel Fodera · 6:28 PM

I agree. Are they tawking yet?

Blake Ian · 6:30 PM

I have just invited Vinnie to get in on Dis Alpha

Blake Ian · 6:30 PM

I dont see Nelson online

Daniel Fodera · 6:31 PM

Right on.

Daniel Fodera · 6:31 PM

He would be a phenom here.

Blake Ian · 6:31 PM

Michael is one of the better audience members we could ask for, as he had a huge hand in developing Tawkers... but when you get some numbers down there in the audience... its a lot of fun!

Blake Ian · 6:32 PM

especially outspoken folk like nelson and vinnie

Blake Ian · 6:32 PM

★ Spotlighted from Michael Hauptman

“Sadly these products will not be lost, the brands are far too valuable to our obese population and now possibly washington and colorado”

Blake Ian · 6:32 PM

For sure Michael, though I am a bit confused...

Blake Ian · 6:32 PM

Hostess is going out of business because of a bakers strike I know

Blake Ian · 6:33 PM

but isn't there SOME lack of demand that they can't afford to see it through?

Blake Ian · 6:33 PM

also how will another conglomerate find all those bakers to replace them anyway if hostess can't?

Blake Ian · 6:34 PM

I guess they may be bought up separately... like one company can buy just Twinkies, and another can handle Yodel production...

Daniel Fodera · 6:40 PM

On the other hand, if we didn't have any of these foods(?), then we also would never have such cultural gems as 'The Disorderlies' or 'Roseanne'.

Blake Ian · 6:43 PM

Ha! The Disorderlies!

Blake Ian · 6:43 PM

Roseanne, you mean 5th place in this past Presidential Election Roseanne????

Blake Ian · 6:44 PM

The former mayor of SLC who got fewer votes than her is certainly comforting himself with many a hostess treat right now

Daniel Fodera · 6:44 PM

YES!! Even after she grabbed her crotch at the baseball game oh those years ago!

Blake Ian · 6:45 PM

Did you see her roast? She ended by singing the national anthem very nicely in key... was pretty funny. I actually like her overall.

Blake Ian · 6:45 PM

Dude, Tom Arnold showed up back stage and came out unplanned

Blake Ian · 6:45 PM

It was pretty amazingly uncomfortable... they had apparently not been in a room together in like 18 years

Daniel Fodera · 6:46 PM

Yeah, I heard about all of that. Jill has been watching reruns this week and they have a lot of great moments in them.

Blake Ian · 6:48 PM

Roseanne reruns? or Roast reruns?

Blake Ian · 6:48 PM

of What's Happenin Reruns!?!

Blake Ian · 6:49 PM

starring Freddie Stubbs... as Rerun!

Daniel Fodera · 6:50 PM

RErun!!! Roseanne reruns.

Daniel Fodera · 6:50 PM

A young Walter.

Blake Ian · 6:51 PM

Speaking of Twinkies.... at what point did John Goodman say, lets just see how far I can let myself go!?

Blake Ian · 6:52 PM

Though I do love that man so

Blake Ian · 6:53 PM

"Twinkies are not the issue here dude"

Daniel Fodera · 6:53 PM

Ahahaha! Yeah. Haven't seen 'Argo' yet, but he is huge in those trailers.

Blake Ian · 6:54 PM

"I did not watch my buddies die face down in the muck so that this fucking strumpet could take away my right to eat yodels!"

Blake Ian · 7:14 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzaQjS1JstY

Daniel Fodera · 7:32 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqM7AFL4ixA

Blake Ian · 7:44 PM

@Jordan Sudy - 10 bucks? Try they are already going on ebay for up to $5,000 for a single Twinkie! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/16/twinkies-ebay-starting-bid-hostess-bankruptcy_n_2146273.html

Blake Ian · 7:45 PM

entire Lots for sale at $200K, it's like the opening act of WIlly Wonka out there!

Daniel Fodera · 7:50 PM

And now I sink into my socially instigated depression a little bit deeper. That money couldn't be used for, oh I don't know, disaster relief? Education? Rebuilding of a crumbling infrastructure? Election campaigns?

Blake Ian · 7:53 PM

Yodels?

Blake Ian · 7:53 PM

you forgot Yodels Dan

Blake Ian · 7:53 PM

I'm sure it was an oversight

Blake Ian · 2:07 AM

Vintage Twinkies! Sounds the opposite of delicious!

Blake Ian · 2:16 AM

★ Spotlighted from Galen Dorian

“OR "vintage twinkies", which look and taste alarmingly identical to their modern counterparts.”

Blake Ian · 5:09 PM

One of those news items that just completely disappeared in a day

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Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:02 PM★ Spotlighted

Sadly these products will not be lost, the brands are far too valuable to our obese population and now possibly washington and colorado

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:04 PM

lets not forget wonder bread is also included here. combine that with the recent news of 5 hour energy possibly causing 'spontaneous abortions' and this is pretty bad week for the lovers of all things horrible for you

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:04 PM

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Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:04 PM

hmm running into an issue when i paste a large chunk of text it wont submit

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:05 PM

-Hour Energy recently linked to convulsions, heart attacks and spontaneous abortions. if any of my facebook friends/family are even slightly surprised by this, pl

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:05 PM

ease let me know. i'd like to cut you out of my life completely on the grounds of unmatched stupidity.

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:07 PM★ Spotlighted

no they will not. they will have their chinese made twinkies and eat them too!

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:12 PM

its emotions

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:12 PM

people are emotionally attached to these products

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:13 PM

@daniel my thought exctly

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:14 PM

did anyone see the daily show when they showed bill o'reilly announcing that traditional america as we know it is no longer. that the beaver family, is no longer?

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:14 PM

it took 60 years to let go of the beaver!!

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:15 PM

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-15-2012/it-was-the-best-of-times--it-was-the-best-of-times

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:17 PM

@blake - billboards were never about ROI, its all about branding- which smaller companies can't afford when its time to make cuts

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:17 PM

@daniel- is there really any other worthy news out there? perhaps if there were a war brewing in the middle east peoples attention would be focused elsewhere?

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:18 PM★ Spotlighted

the problem is the media. displace the media and there is a chance people would take it upon themselves to make their own decisions

Michael HauptmanNov 17, 2012, 6:24 PM

@blake- love it. i'm confident 99% of the people on my fb stream complaining havent eaten a twinkie in the past 10 years.

Jordan SudyNov 17, 2012, 7:28 PM

You guys think that people might actually start selling hostess products on Ebay

Jordan SudyNov 17, 2012, 7:28 PM

As 'limited edition' items or something?

Jordan SudyNov 17, 2012, 7:28 PM

People paying like 10 bucks for a twinkie

Jordan SudyNov 17, 2012, 8:11 PM

Ha!

Jordan SudyNov 17, 2012, 8:11 PM

Dan-- let them eat Yodels!

Galen DorianNov 19, 2012, 2:06 AM★ Spotlighted

OR "vintage twinkies", which look and taste alarmingly identical to their modern counterparts.

Marlies FrometaNov 28, 2012, 3:35 PM

Good morning