OT: Sens Lounge CVI - The O & D Edition

[thinkwild]

Sandwiches in Subway 'too sugary to meet legal definition of being bread'

Ever since Jared, man Subway have been getting tough press. A while back their chicken breast was said to be half plant. This particular case was at the Irish Supreme court where Subway was trying to get out of having to charge the Irish HST on their subs. But the court ruled that 10% of the weight of the flour in their bread was sugar and thus it no longer qualified as bread and so HST applies. I guess it might be better described as cake. Some people will probably say i dont care if its a Tofu Cake sub, i still like it, and that's fine.

I guess this was similar to the american story where hot dog vendors in New York contested that their hot dog was not a sandwich and so sandwich taxes shouldnt apply.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Damn I had subway a few times these last few days as I moved and had to eat quickly...

Good to know!!

 

[Dingle]

Sandwiches in Subway 'too sugary to meet legal definition of being bread'

Ever since Jared, man Subway have been getting tough press. A while back their chicken breast was said to be half plant. This particular case was at the Irish Supreme court where Subway was trying to get out of having to charge the Irish HST on their subs. But the court ruled that 10% of the weight of the flour in their bread was sugar and thus it no longer qualified as bread and so HST applies. I guess it might be better described as cake. Some people will probably say i dont care if its a Tofu Cake sub, i still like it, and that's fine.

I guess this was similar to the american story where hot dog vendors in New York contested that their hot dog was not a sandwich and so sandwich taxes shouldnt apply.

Think wild,

how on God's green earth did you stumble on this?
And how did this get to the courts? OH MY GOD

I am dying of laughter.

Just for education, do we pay HST on Subway sandwiches. It's been so long since I went in, I cannot remember.

 

[PatrickEaves]

Think wild,

how on God's green earth did you stumble on this?
And how did this get to the courts? OH MY GOD

I am dying of laughter.

Just for education, do we pay HST on Subway sandwiches. It's been so long since I went in, I cannot remember.

It was on the front page of reddit yesterday.

 

[Stylizer1]

 

[thinkwild]

Think wild,

how on God's green earth did you stumble on this?
And how did this get to the courts? OH MY GOD

I am dying of laughter.

Just for education, do we pay HST on Subway sandwiches. It's been so long since I went in, I cannot remember.

Must’ve been in one of my feeds. Made me laugh too. But oh yeah this type of court case is very common these days especially with many of the free trade deals, which when you think about it, should be 1 page saying we have free trade. But they are usually 1000’s of pages of exceptions to trade dictating the most crazy things like this. Or weather a hot dog is a sandwich or not.

I think all fast food is taxed. Plus we have all sorts of rules like 1 donut isn’t taxed but a pack of 6 is.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Powerful. This is on my 'must-watch' list. Social media is terrifying in how much it's stratified us as a society, pitted us against one another and convinced us that the grey areas of life don't exist. And yet, it's also made itself invaluable in our day-to-day lives, to the point where it's become almost a necessity to be on Facebook if you want any kind of social life.

 

[Stylizer1]

Powerful. This is on my 'must-watch' list. Social media is terrifying in how much it's stratified us as a society, pitted us against one another and convinced us that the grey areas of life don't exist. And yet, it's also made itself invaluable in our day-to-day lives, to the point where it's become almost a necessity to be on Facebook if you want any kind of social life.

This is the enemy of society, not the far left or far Right. It's too bad that a whole generation of kids are going to be fak'd because of it. I've always been on the side of fighting for justice but in the last 5 years I know the most of it is manufactured resistance.

 

[maclean]

but in the last 5 years I know the most of it is manufactured resistance.

The greatest trick the establishment ever pulled was convincing people resistance was manufactured

 

[maclean]

Sandwiches in Subway 'too sugary to meet legal definition of being bread'

Ever since Jared, man Subway have been getting tough press. A while back their chicken breast was said to be half plant. This particular case was at the Irish Supreme court where Subway was trying to get out of having to charge the Irish HST on their subs. But the court ruled that 10% of the weight of the flour in their bread was sugar and thus it no longer qualified as bread and so HST applies. I guess it might be better described as cake. Some people will probably say i dont care if its a Tofu Cake sub, i still like it, and that's fine.

I guess this was similar to the american story where hot dog vendors in New York contested that their hot dog was not a sandwich and so sandwich taxes shouldnt apply.

It's long been a known fact that McDonald's buns don't count as bread but as confectionery, but this past summer I had a burger, here in the Czech Republic, that took that concept way too far - the bun literally tasted like that kind of grocery store vanilla birthday cake, it was inedible

 

[Qward]

It's long been a known fact that McDonald's buns don't count as bread but as confectionery, but this past summer I had a burger, here in the Czech Republic, that took that concept way too far - the bun literally tasted like that kind of grocery store vanilla birthday cake, it was incredible

Fixed

 

[Stylizer1]

The greatest trick the establishment ever pulled was convincing people resistance was free will

fixed for accuracy.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

fixed for accuracy.

In what world is resistance NOT free will? I'd argue the illusion of freedom exists moreso within the existing frameworks.

 

[Stylizer1]

In what world is resistance NOT free will? I'd argue the illusion of freedom exists moreso within the existing frameworks.

A world where everything is sensationalized to the point of distorting reality. Traditional media feeds social media and vice versa. Outrage is a calculated exercise. Manipulation of peoples emotions is very powerful. Edward Bernays was a brilliant manipulator.

There is no such thing as freedom.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

A world where everything is sensationalized to the point of distorting reality. Traditional media feeds social media and vice versa. Outrage is a calculated exercise. Manipulation of peoples emotions is very powerful. Edward Bernays was a brilliant manipulator.

There is no such thing as freedom.

These seem like contradictory viewpoints, though. You argue that the current system in which we live manufactures outrage and makes it so that freedom can't possibly exist... so how can it also be that fighting against this same system can't usher in change? If we're just doomed to living cut-and-paste lives, what's the point? Your viewpoint seems like one of those classic philosophical debates. I'd rather look at it from the Rousseau perspective that "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" and choose to try and break those chains.

 

[Stylizer1]

These seem like contradictory viewpoints, though. You argue that the current system in which we live manufactures outrage and makes it so that freedom can't possibly exist... so how can it also be that fighting against this same system can't usher in change? If we're just doomed to living cut-and-paste lives, what's the point? Your viewpoint seems like one of those classic philosophical debates. I'd rather look at it from the Rousseau perspective that "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" and choose to try and break those chains.

We are led to believe someone is taking our freedom and we must demand it back which is a fallacy. We enslave each other. We surrender to a system because it insures just enough basic needs are met. In return the system takes advantage of us and exploits us and keeps people wilfully ignorant. The root of injustice is inequality and never has there been a point in time when there was universal equality. Racism is rampant around the world but because we are the enlightened ones we can defeat it? Police brutality isn't racism because a white officer kills someone of another race it's the inequality in how the system is designed that gives people power over one another. Labelling it as racist gives it the emotional substance people will gravitate too but doesn't identify the problem. Inequality is the only way the system works, and it works globally, flawlessly in fact for those who benefit from it.

I say we live in a time of manufactured outrage. Freedom is something onto its own. It's a state of mind not a state of being.

The foundation of the system is inequality and every generation inherits it.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

We are led to believe someone is taking our freedom and we must demand it back which is a fallacy. We enslave each other. We surrender to a system because it insures just enough basic needs are met. In return the system takes advantage of us and exploits us and keeps people wilfully ignorant. The root of injustice is inequality and never has there been a point in time when there was universal equality. Racism is rampant around the world but because we are the enlightened ones we can defeat it? Police brutality isn't racism because a white officer kills someone of another race it's the inequality in how the system is designed that gives people power over one another. Labelling it as racist gives it the emotional substance people will gravitate too but doesn't identify the problem. Inequality is the only way the system works, and it works globally, flawlessly in fact for those who benefit from it.

I say we live in a time of manufactured outrage. Freedom is something onto its own. It's a state of mind not a state of being.

The foundation of the system is inequality and every generation inherits it.

Maybe you should focus on your own set of shackles, before claiming to have any sort of freedom.

And before you protest...you're definitely wearing them.

 

[maclean]

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[AchtzehnBaby]

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[Stylizer1]

This board isn't going to cut it for a philosophical debate, but next time you want to convince somebody of something I recommend not being a condescending piece of shit

What, lol

 

[Stylizer1]

Maybe you should focus on your own set of shackles, before claiming to have any sort of freedom.

And before you protest...you're definitely wearing them.

k...

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Keymaster got knocked out

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[Sens1Canes2]

What, lol

That was very confusing. Nowhere in your post did you condescend. It was about as abstract and impersonal as one can be.

 

[Stylizer1]

That was very confusing. Nowhere in your post did you condescend. It was about as abstract and impersonal as one can be.

Thanks.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Thanks.

That particular post was not condescending but you must realize that your common theme of "you only believe that because the mainstream media and government are saying it and have brainwashed you and you lack the critical thinking skills to form your own opinion " is at least somewhat condescending. And insulting.