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There are some things you just can’t unsee

When Cher tweeted the top image, she included the text “TRUMP HAS MAMMOTH ASS, AND VISIBLE PANTY LINE.”

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Job searches, then and now

This comic exaggerates things, but only a little. I once interviewed for a job that required both senior mobile developer and marketing director experience in the same person.

Oddly enough, I have that experience now, but I don’t think they ever filled the position, and I don’t think it exists anymore.

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In praise of Spam

I took these photos on last Sunday’s grocery shopping trip.

I had no idea that Bacon Spam existed! Clearly I’m behind on the advances in canned meat.

If you’re familiar with my cooking photo posts — that’s largely what my Instagram account is about — you could be forgiven for thinking that I’m being sarcastic about having so much Spam choice. But you’d be wrong.

I used to be teased by ignorant white friends at Crazy Go Nuts University about my love for Spam, but they didn’t believe me when I told them that it was practically a staple in the Philippines — they just thought it was a misguided attempt at being more of a banana, twinkie, or coconut (“yellow/brown on the outside, white on the inside”) because I didn’t fit their “Long Duk Dong” expectation of what an Asian was supposed to be.

In fact, Spam is the key ingredient in a lot of Asian/Pacific island dishes, including Spam musubi (sometimes mistakenly referred to as Spam sushi, but if the rice isn’t vinegared, it ain’t sushi)…

…and Spam fried rice, which treats Spam as a softer, more easily sliced version of Chinese sausage:

Korean cuisine has budae jjigae, “army base stew”, a recipe created at the end of the Korean War that used scraps of food from U.S. Army bases, which included hot dogs, instant noodles, and of course, Spam (an old Army joke describes the low-grade version of Spam they were served as “ham that couldn’t pass its physical”):

Hormel has made a special Filipino spam flavor: tocino, which is sweet cured pork that’s kind of like Chinese char siu...

…and it’s one of a number of flavors:

And yes, you can get this on Amazon!

And finally, there’s Hawaiian breakfast: eggs, rice, and Spam:

It’s so quintessentially Hawaiian that it’s offered there as a breakfast option (and as a side order, just like the fries) at McDonald’s…

…and Burger King as well:

In Korea, Spam is so beloved that you can get it in gift sets…

Click the photo to see the Spammy goodness at full size.

…and just last year, Canadian-Korean K-pop star Jeon So Mi became the Spam spokemodel:

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Never mind the gum, here’s the fidget spinners!

Seen on the “impulse-buy candy” shelf in a cashier lane on Sunday…

'Impulse buy' shelf in a cashier aisle that would normally contain candy bars and gum, packed with nothing but fidget spinners.

Click the photo to see it at full size.

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Dungeons and Dragons alignments, explained with toilet paper

It appears that in toilet paper, just as in life and role-playing games, I am chaotic good.

Found via Dungeons and Dragons memes.

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Guess who’s back / Back again / Zima’s back / Tell your lame friends

 

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For Juneteenth: Bragging rights, then and now

2 panel comic. Panel 1: Group of smiling people saying 'I have a White House job!' Panel 2: Same group of people, looking way less amused, saying 'I've TURNED DOWN a White House job!'

In honor of Juneteenth — the holiday that celebrates the liberation of people who’d been slaves in the U.S. — a Trump joke. Because we need one.

Found via Ian Bremmer.