• southsamurai
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    7 months ago

    How is this a meme?

    Edit: aha! As senae linked me Below it is an established meme, just a relatively obscure one that I never encountered before.

    I really was asking, btw. While I am fond of a bit of good spirited pedantry, it ain’t like I’m a meme master :)

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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    127 months ago

    In 2009, the Seattle Times asked Costco co-founder (and then-CEO) Jim Sinegal, “If [the price of the hot dog] ever goes up, what will it mean?” Sinegal replied, “That I’m dead.”

    • @PaupersSerenade
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      107 months ago

      The quote I always heard was;

      The founder of Costco told a CEO who wanted to raise the prices on Costco’s hot dogs: “If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out.”

      I just love the finality of it

      • @[email protected]
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        17 months ago

        I don’t always want to eat a hot dog, but I’m constantly reminded that all good things must come to an end. When costco’s CEO’s gone, so will the $1.50 hot dogs. So for now, I buy one anyway because in another 5-10 years, we might not have it anymore.

    • @[email protected]
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      17 months ago

      Normal hot dogs are always beef. The “100% beef” is just marketing bullshit since technically a hot dog can be any meat.

  • ReCursing
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    37 months ago

    You know I got that dog in me

    Ah yes, Vurt by Jeff Noon

  • @[email protected]
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    27 months ago

    LOL couldn’t even bother to photoshop the shadows off of them that were cast by the bright sun in the original photo from their outdoor adventure in a picturesque landscape.

  • Leeks
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    17 months ago

    Wait, does your Costco really have the Al Pastor Salad? I miss that salad!