Slog - Comments on Mm, Mm, Good

Comment by Gato22

Gato22 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:48:27 -0800

No shit, I bought 4 cans today....It was on sale!

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:55:30 -0800

best day ever!

Comment by jrrrl

jrrrl — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:10:27 -0800

free soup, coffee, and donuts?

can someone explain to me why exactly we DON'T want another great depression?

Comment by Colton

Colton — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:13:57 -0800

Anyone check the trading price for Top Ramen yet? I'm gonna' make bank on this!

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:16:37 -0800

Colton, the Top Ramen futures market is OTC.

Comment by laterite

laterite — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:23:09 -0800

I still have a box of Top Ramen dating to 2003-2004. Perhaps Top Ramen as a commodity is optimized toward hoarders? It doesn't seem to lend itself to to changing hands easily.

Comment by Andy Niable

Andy Niable — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:24:03 -0800

Warhol laughs from his grave.

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:34:51 -0800

you know why? because Campbell's soup makes REAL PRODUCTS.

Comment by andy gayhol

andy gayhol — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:42:02 -0800

bullshit, I was just in the store the other day and every can of Campbell's soup was $2.30+ except for the kids' ones that were marked down to a dollar fifty. That shit's supposed to be a dollar!

If you call gruel a real product...

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:12:48 -0800

Was there ever a time when that stuff was real food? It seemed like it was when I was a kid, but maybe I'm misremembering. I bought a can a couple of weeks ago, in lieu of spending $7 on lunch, and it was some sort of dairy-like substance with a few bits of chicken and potato floating in it.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:19:50 -0800

@8: tell that to the people who make washing machines and cars -- indubitably real products -- who are crapping their pants right now.

Comment by tranny

tranny — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:26:42 -0800

i get the feeling fnarf is crapping his pants right now too

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:05:04 -0800

No, no, I'm good. I took a beating today, but I can cope; I'm comfortable, and I still have a lot of working years left, and if I lose my job, which is unlikely, I'm in pretty good shape to get another like it. Millions of other people are in much more precarious positions.

Comment by Julie in Chicago

Julie in Chicago — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:28:36 -0800

I just bought a couple of cans of good vegetable soup at the store on sale for 50 cents a piece. Now I'm thinking I should have stocked up.

I'm in a similar situation to Fnarf. This is not great for, but even if I lose my job, I'll probably be able to get another similar one. Probably.

But, I have been making nonstop jokes about the coming Depression, living on the streets, the merits of different cooking preparations in making a meal of our dog, etc... It's making my husband, who doesn't care/know about economics as much as me kind of nervous.

Comment by RainMan

RainMan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:01:34 -0800

Some of the best movies ever made date back to the 1930's. Maybe the next few years will be a cinematic renaissance.

Comment by Concerned Canuck

Concerned Canuck — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:38:30 -0800

I had only one stock go up, UNFI, which is a natural foods distributor.

Are there companies that make dog and/or cat food on the S&P? Probably a good depression proof stock.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:24:48 -0800

Julie is my hero