Starbucks tells homophobic investors to stick it

[RinellaWasHere]

I can't stand coffee. Tea, now that's a civilized drink.

[dpareja]

I can't stand coffee. Tea, now that's a civilized drink.

I can stand neither coffee nor caffeinated tea. Herbal tea--now that I like. (Camomile specifically.)

And yes, cold coffee beverages are good in the summer. The Tim Hortons out here tends to run out of stuff to make iced mochas and whatnot very quickly when the temperature hits 35-36.

[Osama bin Bambi]

I can't stand coffee. Tea, now that's a civilized drink.

I like iced tea, but not with any sugar or milk.

[Meshakhad]

OK, guys, I have a plan to defeat the anti-gay marriage movement once and for all:

1. Get the homophobes to boycott any and all gay-friendly businesses.
2. Get the other coffee companies to stand with Starbucks.
3. Watch as NOM ceases to function in the absence of coffee.

[davedan]

No it is a matter of Americans not knowing coffee from arse.

More a matter of people not realizing that taste is subjective and that what one person calls "awesome" another person calls "shit", and what one person calls "shit" another calls "awesome."  I see it all the time with beer.

I'm betting there are people in the world who think your "awesome Australian coffee" tastes like vomited up diarrhea.

No this isn't subjective American drip coffee is arse. Objectively. Australian coffee by and large is high quality espresso and excellent. The opposite of Arse. If you like coffee, at all, you like our coffee. Americans who like coffee come here and leave converted to non- Arse tasting coffee.

[Witchyjoshy]

No this isn't subjective

Wrong.

Pretty much everything related to food and beverages is subjective.  Some people think lobster is delicious.  I found it to be bland and boring.  And yes, I ate "good" lobster.

All taste is subjective.  Denial of such a fact is automatic qualification for hipster status.

[That Guy]

I don't like coffee at all.
Do I win anything?

[Yaezakura]

No this isn't subjective American drip coffee is arse. Objectively. Australian coffee by and large is high quality espresso and excellent. The opposite of Arse. If you like coffee, at all, you like our coffee. Americans who like coffee come here and leave converted to non- Arse tasting coffee.

Seriously, dude, just... stop. You're making an ass of yourself.

Enjoyment, of anything, is entirely, 100% subjective. There is not a single thing on this planet that every human being enjoys.

Hard as it may be for you to believe, there are plenty of people who enjoy American-style coffee. Almost certainly more in the US alone than the entire population of Australia. And, for every person who loves Australian coffee, there will be another who hates it. Australians do not have some magical coffee powers. They do not make coffee shops on foundations forged of mythical Baristanite.

For fuck's sake, it's just coffee. Stop acting like a douchecock about it.

[niam2023]

/FauxNoiseAnchorMode/

And we have Coffeegate!

[Lt. Fred]

For whatever reason Vancouver coffee is pretty good. I cannot speak for American coffee.

[Art Vandelay]

No this isn't subjective

Wrong.

Pretty much everything related to food and beverages is subjective.  Some people think lobster is delicious.  I found it to be bland and boring.  And yes, I ate "good" lobster.

All taste is subjective.  Denial of such a fact is automatic qualification for hipster status.

No this isn't subjective American drip coffee is arse. Objectively. Australian coffee by and large is high quality espresso and excellent. The opposite of Arse. If you like coffee, at all, you like our coffee. Americans who like coffee come here and leave converted to non- Arse tasting coffee.

Seriously, dude, just... stop. You're making an ass of yourself.

Enjoyment, of anything, is entirely, 100% subjective. There is not a single thing on this planet that every human being enjoys.

Hard as it may be for you to believe, there are plenty of people who enjoy American-style coffee. Almost certainly more in the US alone than the entire population of Australia. And, for every person who loves Australian coffee, there will be another who hates it. Australians do not have some magical coffee powers. They do not make coffee shops on foundations forged of mythical Baristanite.

For fuck's sake, it's just coffee. Stop acting like a douchecock about it.

Well folks, there's this thing known as "taking the piss"...

[Witchyjoshy]

Well folks, there's this thing known as "taking the piss"...

There's also this thing called "Making statements that piss people off and then trying to backpedal out of it by claiming that you were joking or taking the piss."

But I suppose an Australian would never do such a thing

[Art Vandelay]

Well folks, there's this thing known as "taking the piss"...

There's also this thing called "Making statements that piss people off and then trying to backpedal out of it by claiming that you were joking or taking the piss."

But I suppose an Australian would never do such a thing

You can backpedal on someone else's behalf? I didn't know that was a thing.

In any case, his initial statement very much read as tongue-in-cheek to me. I suppose that's just me, though.

[Sleepy]

I read it as tongue-in-cheek. Plus it's davedan, the cracker.

Anyway, I've never liked coffee, tea, or anything similar. They're all ass-y to me.

[rookie]

Australian coffee by and large is high quality espresso and excellent. The opposite of Arse.

Espresso, if memory serves, is Italian for "I left the coffee pot on all night and burnt the everloving hell out of the coffee again. I bet we can charge tourists a small fortune for it, though." Although, having tasted Fosters and Vegomite, I can understand why Australians would like burnt coffee. It gets the other tastes out of your mouths.