In praise of Olive Garden and Hampton Inn; praise YOUR lowbrow favorites!

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Anonymous wrote:I had no idea these things were considered lowbrow. Hampton Inn and Ann Taylor? This thread shows how out of touch people are.

Anyone who reads Beauty and Fashion knows that Ann Taylor is scorned on DCUM. All of this is relative to DCUM. Do you not get that? Of course it’s out of touch. IT IS DCUM.

I can do it better. I prefer the Ann Taylor outlet! Larger store with better prices in a giant outlet mall with a Legoland and a Rainforest Cafe!

I just went in to a regular Ann Taylor Loft and found some casual cotton shirts I really like.

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I love Hampton Inns.

Also, there is nothing better than a chicken mini biscuit in the morning from Chick-fil-a.

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I like the egg puff thingys they sell at Starbucks. Nice snack on the road.

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I love Popeye's fried chicken with biscuits, mashed potatoes, and green beans.

I am craving a waffle with hash browns from Waffle House but don't live near any.

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Anonymous wrote:I love Outback Steakhouse, their loaded fries and salad are an absolute favorite.

Ohhhh, those fries and the blooming onion! The fries were better in the 90s though. They’re getting cheap on the cheese.

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Anonymous wrote:What is lowbrow about Ann Taylor clothing?
I am genuinely confused

Ask in the fashion forum.

My hot take is that some women wore too much of it in their early career and now they have more money and it reminds them of being relatively poor. These people are buying pieces that are 100s of dollars per piece now. Less famous brands that are upscale and often foreign.

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Anonymous wrote:Totinos Pizza Rolls

Yes. This my youth. All of it, lol. My whole childhood revolved around pizza rolls.

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Anonymous wrote:I love Popeye's fried chicken with biscuits, mashed potatoes, and green beans.

I am craving a waffle with hash browns from Waffle House but don't live near any.

We have to drive to the Waffle House in Frederick. And we do so - willingly!

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Is it low brow to visit traveling carnivals or circuses like Barnum & Bailey? I love stuff like that.

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For our family, a summer vacation road trip to anywhere isn't possible without an afternoon stop at Dairy Queen. I have one kid who always gets a peanut butter parfait, one who gets some kind of root beer float (coke float?), and my spouse and I go for Blizzards (although he gets a huge one and I go for kiddie size).

Before Cold Stone was mixing treats into real ice cream, there was DQ mixing sweet treats into chemical-derrived soft serve and bringing smiles to faces everywhere

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Anonymous wrote:For our family, a summer vacation road trip to anywhere isn't possible without an afternoon stop at Dairy Queen. I have one kid who always gets a peanut butter parfait, one who gets some kind of root beer float (coke float?), and my spouse and I go for Blizzards (although he gets a huge one and I go for kiddie size).

Before Cold Stone was mixing treats into real ice cream, there was DQ mixing sweet treats into chemical-derrived soft serve and bringing smiles to faces everywhere

Agreed, DQ blizzards are the best. I don't get the largest size, but I definitely don't get the smallest size either!

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DCUM!

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I love the OG, and my husband and I will occasionally make a special trip out to the suburbs to eat there. I also love Cracker Barrel (my “veggie” plate consists of at least two servings of cheesy hashbrown casserole) and Panera. Sometimes you just want something comforting, tasty, and cheap.

I’ll also never say no to a trip to Sonic Drive-In.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the OG, and my husband and I will occasionally make a special trip out to the suburbs to eat there. I also love Cracker Barrel (my “veggie” plate consists of at least two servings of cheesy hashbrown casserole) and Panera. Sometimes you just want something comforting, tasty, and cheap.

I’ll also never say no to a trip to Sonic Drive-In.

Oh, also forgot my abiding passion for Entenmann’s doughnuts, particularly the frosted chocolate ones. I can eat four in a sitting, which is why I never buy them. But I think I will get a box this morning.

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Anonymous wrote:What is lowbrow about Ann Taylor clothing?
I am genuinely confused

Ask in the fashion forum.

My hot take is that some women wore too much of it in their early career and now they have more money and it reminds them of being relatively poor. These people are buying pieces that are 100s of dollars per piece now. Less famous brands that are upscale and often foreign.

OP here. I used to work at Ann Taylor in the early 2000s as a side gig. I loved it. The cashmere, the lined pants, the Merino wool, the suits. We used to open boxes in the back and want EVERYTHING.

Now, the materials are cheap, the “fit” is boxy, there are no sleeves are darts, the quality is abhorrent. I forgot myself and bought some things on sale last year online, but when I got them home in my hands, I realized how cheap the fabric was and how poor the quality was. Never again. It’s a shame, but Ann Taylor is terrible quality and far too overpriced for what it is. It’s junk fashion. It’s the junk food of fashion. You know it’s bad, but you consume it anyway. And I say this as a former employee and brand fan!