Anonymous wrote:Can I just insert here, that as a French person, I'm a little uncomfortable at the idea that a very banal French word is being ridiculed because it's perceived to be elitist? That's what we say when we mean raw vegetables eaten as is. There's no other word.

Let's not even mention the Marie-Antoinette fake reference (because historically she did not say "let them eat cake").

Sigh.

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Anonymous wrote:Can I just insert here, that as a French person, I'm a little uncomfortable at the idea that a very banal French word is being ridiculed because it's perceived to be elitist? That's what we say when we mean raw vegetables eaten as is. There's no other word.

Let's not even mention the Marie-Antoinette fake reference (because historically she did not say "let them eat cake").

Sigh.

It's the tone deafness of it all. Half the people probably don't know what the heck a crudite is. Of the other half, there are probably a significant number that don't know that's how it's pronounced. Never mind that it's just a veggie tray, and what he bought makes absolutely no sense in the context of someone putting together a veggie tray.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I just insert here, that as a French person, I'm a little uncomfortable at the idea that a very banal French word is being ridiculed because it's perceived to be elitist? That's what we say when we mean raw vegetables eaten as is. There's no other word.

Let's not even mention the Marie-Antoinette fake reference (because historically she did not say "let them eat cake").

Sigh.

Welll the thing is that Pennsylvania is not France, and that's not how people in Pennsylvania talk about vegetables

Also it's a focacta veggie tray - you'd never get 10 pounds of large carrots, asparagus, one head of broccoli, and some salsa, for a crudite plate. The whole thing makes no sense. Like narratively it's just weird.

You forgot the tequila to accompany it - WTF.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I just insert here, that as a French person, I'm a little uncomfortable at the idea that a very banal French word is being ridiculed because it's perceived to be elitist? That's what we say when we mean raw vegetables eaten as is. There's no other word.

Let's not even mention the Marie-Antoinette fake reference (because historically she did not say "let them eat cake").

Sigh.

Welll the thing is that Pennsylvania is not France, and that's not how people in Pennsylvania talk about vegetables

Also it's a focacta veggie tray - you'd never get 10 pounds of large carrots, asparagus, one head of broccoli, and some salsa, for a crudite plate. The whole thing makes no sense. Like narratively it's just weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Back into this century and the 2022 Senate race, it was a banner day for Dr. Oz when a completely incompetent campaign video of him attempting to grocery shop went viral today.

Good Lord that is priceless!
So much stupidity.

This is what I don't get too! He's worked in entertainment/TV for YEARS - how does he not understand how dumb this was, or have anyone on staff who knows?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I just insert here, that as a French person, I'm a little uncomfortable at the idea that a very banal French word is being ridiculed because it's perceived to be elitist? That's what we say when we mean raw vegetables eaten as is. There's no other word.

Let's not even mention the Marie-Antoinette fake reference (because historically she did not say "let them eat cake").

Sigh.

It's the tone deafness of it all. Half the people probably don't know what the heck a crudite is. Of the other half, there are probably a significant number that don't know that's how it's pronounced. Never mind that it's just a veggie tray, and what he bought makes absolutely no sense in the context of someone putting together a veggie tray.

Anonymous wrote:Can I just insert here, that as a French person, I'm a little uncomfortable at the idea that a very banal French word is being ridiculed because it's perceived to be elitist? That's what we say when we mean raw vegetables eaten as is. There's no other word.

Let's not even mention the Marie-Antoinette fake reference (because historically she did not say "let them eat cake").

Sigh.

Anonymous wrote:Can I just insert here, that as a French person, I'm a little uncomfortable at the idea that a very banal French word is being ridiculed because it's perceived to be elitist? That's what we say when we mean raw vegetables eaten as is. There's no other word.

Let's not even mention the Marie-Antoinette fake reference (because historically she did not say "let them eat cake").

Sigh.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I just insert here, that as a French person, I'm a little uncomfortable at the idea that a very banal French word is being ridiculed because it's perceived to be elitist? That's what we say when we mean raw vegetables eaten as is. There's no other word.

Let's not even mention the Marie-Antoinette fake reference (because historically she did not say "let them eat cake").

Sigh.

Welll the thing is that Pennsylvania is not France, and that's not how people in Pennsylvania talk about vegetables

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I just insert here, that as a French person, I'm a little uncomfortable at the idea that a very banal French word is being ridiculed because it's perceived to be elitist? That's what we say when we mean raw vegetables eaten as is. There's no other word.

Let's not even mention the Marie-Antoinette fake reference (because historically she did not say "let them eat cake").

Sigh.

Welll the thing is that Pennsylvania is not France, and that's not how people in Pennsylvania talk about vegetables

Anonymous wrote:Can I just insert here, that as a French person, I'm a little uncomfortable at the idea that a very banal French word is being ridiculed because it's perceived to be elitist? That's what we say when we mean raw vegetables eaten as is. There's no other word.

Let's not even mention the Marie-Antoinette fake reference (because historically she did not say "let them eat cake").

Sigh.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back into this century and the 2022 Senate race, it was a banner day for Dr. Oz when a completely incompetent campaign video of him attempting to grocery shop went viral today.

Good Lord that is priceless!
So much stupidity.

Anonymous wrote:WTF happened to Oz? Once upon a time he was actually a respected physician.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back into this century and the 2022 Senate race, it was a banner day for Dr. Oz when a completely incompetent campaign video of him attempting to grocery shop went viral today.

I can’t take the secondhand embarrassment. What does he do?

He tries to show everyone that he's a man of the people by shopping at "Wegners." He complains about the prices of vegetables for the "crudité" his wife asked him to get. Then he blames Joe Biden.

1. He doesn't know the name of the supermarket. It's a Redner's, but he seemingly combines Redner's with Wegman's to come up with Wegners.
2. Crudité??? Who says this? Most working-class Pennsylvanians watching this are probably like "what's he shopping for?" Those look like veggies to me.
3. The fresh salsa he picks up is $6! And he says, "there must be shortage of salsa!" Of course the shelf is well-stocked with salsa. And does this idiot even know that salsa is primarily tomatoes, which is in overabundance right now???

And then at the end, he says, "We have Joe Biden to thank for this!" It's hilarious. You really should watch it. My favorite comment on Twitter (sorry, I don't know how to quote Twitter) is by @MikeMikusPA "My grandfather once told me that crudité was his favorite thing to eat after a long, hard day in the steel mill"