WHY GOD WHY

[Shorty]

Twinkie maker Hostess reaches the end of the line (http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Hostess-moves-to-shutter-operations-4043395.php)

Discuss your grief here.

[Madonna]

That will do, pig.

[Aerith's Knight]

Why would you put cream in cake?

[Shorty]

Because it's delicious. :colbert:

just to put in perspective the other treats we are losing

hostess products (http://www.famousfoods.com/hostess.html)

[Jowy]

time to start stocking up...with all the preservatives they will still be edible thirty years from now. just think, one box of twinkies could pay your rent for a month to a hungry enough consumer.

[Madame Adequate]

God had nothing to do with it. This happened because millionaires swooped in, began stripping the company of everything not nailed down, and then demanded absolutely ridiculous, offensive, crippling sacrifices on the part of the workers (who had already made big sacrifices the last time Hostess got into trouble). Shockingly, for America, the workers actually got mad enough to strike, but the head honchos are happy to use this as a transparent and incoherent excuse to just shut the whole operation down.

If a company goes bankrupt the people at the top and the shareholders should be stripped of every last dime and it should be given to the workers.

Also Twinkies are pretty nice.

[Shorty]

You just have to come in and make it all political. I just want my hostess cupcakes :(

Somebody needs to buy them out and rectify this immediately.

[Pike]

I am mad about this and not because of the food products. I am mad about this because this is unionbusting, plain and simple.

[Madame Adequate]

As I said I do like twinkies. But I think almost 20 thousand people being fired because of vindictive parasitic CEOs is a more important issue!

I would have thought a hippy like you would understand Moonflower, but I guess you only care when trees are losing their jobs :(

[Chris]

I can see how this could be considered bad news... Gee, you fatties. :colbert:

[Shorty]

Trees don't lose their jobs, they just get killed. :( (of course I care about the union workers, this is tragic)

[Shiny]

This is like Zombieland all over again.

[Futan]

An opportunity for Tastykake to expand to the rest of the country! You should be joyous!

[Sephex]

Twinkies can survive nuclear blasts, but not a bad economy. The more you know.

[Pike]

P.S. Little Debbies is superior.

[Aulayna]

I only ever had a Twinkie once,

But it was amazing.

This is sad news. Though all the power to the workers for actually taking a stand.

[Agent Proto]

See, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened if Romney were elected! :roll2

[Jowy]

cram it, proto!

[snacks]

imho zingers are better anyways

[The Man]

Laid-Off Hostess Employee Forced To Look For Creme-Injecting Job Elsewhere | The Onion - America's Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com/articles/laidoff-hostess-employee-forced-to-look-for-cremei,30425/)

Also: America Mourns Death Of Snack Food Murdered By Union Thugs (http://wonkette.com/490001/america-mourns-death-of-snack-food-murdered-by-union-thugs)

[Jowy]

imho zingers are better anyways

ZINGERS ARE AWFUL AND THE FROSTING IS AN ABOMINATION.

[Agent Proto]

Hey, do you guys think Little Debbie will buy the recipes for Twinkies?

[Fujiko]

I've never in my life had a Twinkie, but it looks yum! ^____^

[drotato]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO LITTLE DEBBIE, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

[Peegee]

There's nothing to worry about. Another company will buy the rights to the distribution and recipe of all hostess products.

They will also be able to secure more profits from the acquisition because there will not be a union to deal with, or at best a union that has not been around as long (thus not costing the company as much)

There's sufficient market demand to authorise PG's prediction. And if not, you can still blame him (yay blaming PG) because he doesn't eat any Hostess products.

[Sephex]

There's nothing to worry about. Another company will buy the rights to the distribution and recipe of all hostess products.

They will also be able to secure more profits from the acquisition because there will not be a union to deal with, or at best a union that has not been around as long (thus not costing the company as much)

There's sufficient market demand to authorise PG's prediction. And if not, you can still blame him (yay blaming PG) because he doesn't eat any Hostess products.

Ron PAUL DESTROYED TWINKIES!!!!

[escobert]

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[Jiro]

smurf shiny already took my joke.

uhhh

Twinkies probably killed a lot of people anyway. This is just payback from all the fat bastards.

Except they're fat with cash dollars.

:( 1% sucks

[Denmark]

the thought of twinkies disgusts me?

[Laddy]

the thought of twinkies disgusts me?

:stare:

[Loony BoB]

If they're so popular, why not just increase the price to accommodate the union's demands? *shrug*

[The Man]

Because if you give the union anything they want, the terrorists win.

[Mirage]

I've never tasted any of those products, so the loss isn't ultra great for me.

[Jinx]

Twonkies are gross.

CUPCAKES MY BELOVED CUPCAKES
on the other hand...........................

:( :( :(

[Mirage]

You can still make your own!

[Jinx]

aren't the same

hostess cupcakes aren't like actual cupcakes

[Mirage]

Well then maybe you could make hostess cupcakes!

[Jiro]

Tifa's Boobs' Hostess Cupcakes.

I can see it now.

[Pike]

I'm still not sad until Little Debbies is the one going out of business. :colbert:

[Tigmafuzz]

I'm still not sad until Little Debbies is the one going out of business. :colbert:

I don't even see what the big deal is about losing Hostess products; Little Debbie makes pretty much everything they do but better. Except for their version of Twinkies, but everything else they make is far better than Twinkies anyway. Also Zebra Cakes.

[Agent Proto]

Little Debbie are also cheaper.

[Futan]

I wish Tastykake was near all you people so you'd know the greatness that it is. lol.

[TrollHunter]

Meh, I won't miss hostess.
Good riddance I say.

[Flaming Ice]

hostess chips

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I live in South Carolina, and we get TastyKake down here. They're good, but Little Debbie holds its own against them just fine. :colbert:

[Futan]

I live in South Carolina, and we get TastyKake down here. They're good, but Little Debbie holds its own against them just fine. :colbert:

Heretic!

EDIT: As an aside, I didn't realize they were that far south. I thought maybe MD at the lowest. :x

[NorthernChaosGod]

Little Debbie can eat my asshole.

[DMKA]

I went to Giant Eagle last night and the entire Hostess section is gone now. They've replaced it with Entenmanns's products. :onoes:

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I was going to mention Entennman's, but I wasn't sure if they really fit in the group. All I've ever seen are their doughnuts and full sized cakes.

And what the hell is wrong with Little Debbie?!?!? Nothing, that's what! Especially their cherry swiss cake rolls!

http://static.caloriecount.about.com/images/medium/little-debbie-cake-rolls-24497.jpg

:love:

[Jinx]

plus she's got that bitchin' sweet hat

[Tigmafuzz]

Cherry Swiss cake rolls? Swiss cake rolls are probably my favorite Little Debbie product. I didn't even know they made cherry. I need to keep an eye out :bigsmile:

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Yeah, it's some seasonal holiday bullshit, so they aren't around all the time. I hate seasonal things. :colbert:

I don't eat a lot of snack cakes, but I do like those.

[nik0tine]

Perhaps America will finally become a more cultured place.

[Futan]

Perhaps America will finally become a more cultured place.

Oh, you. :roll2

[Jiro]

Perhaps America will finally become a more cultured place.

Oh, you. :roll2

We all know that ain't happening xD

[Tigmafuzz]

Perhaps America will finally become a more cultured place.

Culture..? What is this culture you speak of?

[Jiro]

Bozeman is pretty culturally kickass from what Pike has shown me though.

[The Man]

Hostess Executive Bonuses: Twinkie-Maker Receives Approval For $1.8 Million In Bonuses During Liquidation (UPDATE) (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/hostess-executive-bonuses_n_2210515.html)

Capitalism, fuck yeah!