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Kinky

@Typo-MAGAshiv

I can't drive a few miles without passing 3 of them

Yeah this is the uncanny shit I'm talking about. Like who has the money? Why this business chain? Etc

@Vermillion-Rx I've had chocolate with pistachios before this silly craze. It can be a good pairing. This was good chocolate and actual pistachios. I liked it, but not enough to spend that much again when other pairings such as hazelnuts are way better and less pricey.

From what I've seen of the Dubai crap, it's a pistachio-flavored paste that looks like vomit.

@Vermillion-Rx

when every store and their pet monkey did dill pickle flavored everything

The only new thing like that I ever saw was dill pickle flavored sunflower seeds, and those are really good especially on a hot day.

They had dill pickle flavored almonds as far back as 2005. I distinctly remember coming across those in the PX during my first tour in Iraq. Blue Diamond brand, if memory serves. They had all kinds of oddball flavors.

@Vermillion-Rx I had never heard of it until it was mentioned in a WAATGM thread a while back. I was relieved to find that it had nothing to do with Dubai porta potties.

I'm always suspicious of stuff that just comes out of nowhere and is suddenly popular or at least ubiquitous. Another example is Dutch Bros Coffee. I never heard of this chain, and suddenly I can't drive a few miles without passing 3 of them. They're almost as widespread as Starbucks, but didn't have the slow build they did.

@Stigma

Nah I might just dislike random marketing pushes to the point of conspiracy

@Vermillion-Rx My bad, I have a bad habit of misreading and veering off on the wrong note!

Lol

@Stigma

So yeah you're right to notice it isn't authentic, but it's business y'know?

Right. Maybe I just realized I have a dislike of random marketing pushes instead of a grand observation