I've never 'got'

I understand, as an adult as Christmas is more for children.

There's a completely untouched gigantic Christmas cake in our house, that even the only person who likes it in our family didn't want. And they're the one that bought it.

That's how shit Christmas cake is.

Both iced fruit cake and Christmas pudding. But the biggest crime I had to endure once was turkey
with apples and raisins in the stuffing.

And then my old man died on NY day 2024. Got the call at 00.30 in the morning. Not a great time of year for me.

Am sorry to hear.

If they are the only people that eat it, why did they buy it?

I quite like Christmas cake, without the icing but with cheese. As well as Christmas puddings but that I buy them after Christmas.

Bubble Tea.

I got done over for £5.49 on some sweetened ice cold milk for my daughter.

Tried it once in Tokyo, it was proper fucking disgusting and undrinkable. I don't get it

Reddit, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc - all those ratshit platforms where most of the stuff you're used to from forums is deliberately missing or broken, and you're hassled to install a stupid app to get some small fraction more functionality... Why are people so easily herded by corporations into an ever-shitter existence!

This place is virtually the only interaction with strangers that I subscribe to. I’m on styleforum, fedora lounge and home barista as well, but there’s no place like this, it feels like an online home to me despite having only met one of you (hi Oliver Schick!) in the years since I joined.

You forgot the tapioca, or the thing that makes it bubble/boba.

But the sweetened ice cold milk is right imo

@ELbowloh should have tried it in Taiwan, for the real disgusting and undrinkable experience ;) Tho I'm with you on the don't get it and many shops that have popped up.

Bubble Tea.
my daughter

Isn't that the key part? It's designed to appeal to kids/inner child. Choosing a combination, bright colours, intense pops of flavour, sweet as fuck, etc.

My kids love it. Agree on the savage pricing. Although our local isn't quite that much and they share one. Plus have you seen what a decent coffee costs nowadays?! #grumpyoldmen

Preach.

I used YouTube a lot yesterday going from Google searching in the stock YouTube app and the level of ads is fucking off the chart. Not just that but 99% of the ads are so unbelievably false and misleading they should be banned.

For a few years, a treat for me in central London would be to get a watermelon bubble "tea" (no tea involved) from Jin cafe in Chinatown (the place on the corner that often had someone making dumplings in the window). The perfect quencher on a hot day, no milk, not too sweet and seemingly actual juice. Sadly Jin cafe is no more, and the dedicated bubble tea places mostly seem to be chemically coloured and flavoured excessively sweet concoctions.

Think I first tried in Taipei where they were more like juice bars - emphasis on fresh fruit and juice. Papaya+milk was great, with or without tapioca pearls. Anyone know of a decent bubble tea place in London that uses juice rather than syrup?

Anyone know of a decent bubble tea place in London that uses juice rather than syrup?

Didn't realise this was a thing. Tbh it still doesn't compute - like someone asking for a freshly made Wham bar.

You can make it at home...with one small aubergine.

This is not bubble tea but someone thought it was.

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If you'd started with fruit leathers that then got replaced with Wham bars it might compute better.

(Although, I loved wham bars as a kid. I have a distinct memory of somewhat ruining a woolly jumper putting some up my sleeve - which I used to do with food I was saving for later.)

I used to enjoy it occasionally until a mate in NYC took me to his favourite spot on Mott Street. I think I had a couple that morning and I became quite ill, didn't realise the green tea therein was so heavy on the caffeine. I'm caffeine intolerant so it's been a total no-no ever since.

Isn't that the key part? It's designed to appeal to kids/inner child. Choosing a combination, bright colours, intense pops of flavour, sweet as fuck, etc

Haha, yeah I get that, it's what I signed up for. What I didn't realise was that the most popular combo was 'Brown sugar milk tea', which appealed to two of my kids. That's milk and sugar. Milk and sugar with a novelty straw ffs

Same with kids hot chocolate. We get it mainly for the cream and marshmallows, but only buy one and put two share it, because they often charge £4-5 for it!

inner child

Inner children should be not seen, and not heard. And not indulged.

I used to enjoy it occasionally until a mate in NYC took me to his favourite spot on Mott Street.

Pffft, High Beach tea hut or GTFO. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

:)

Professional Wrestling / WWF.

Lots of shouting, really shit acting and obviously faked actual contest.

It's just an even worse form of panto. It's fucking terrible.

Some of the best evidence that 100 IQ is pretty fucken dumb.

You could say the same about Eastenders I suppose