Ummmm… uhhhhh… Toasters!

That’s right toasters are reactionary! Using energy to make your bread crispy, bourgeoise decadence! Really all forms of baking are counter revolutionary, communists should only eat oatmeal!

Okay, fight about it.

Edit: we’ll now that enough people have commented, I want to make a snarky edit bemoaning the fact that anyone here would disagree with me. I’m really let down by this community for not validating ever take I have and will probably stop participating here for like two days before resuming posting as much as ever.

  • Xx_Aru_xX [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    Nah toasters are fucking bullshit devices, you’re telling me that you seriously need a device that burns a specific type of bread which is already cooked an wrapped in plastic? y’all couldn’t fit this specific thing into a tool with multiple purposes? like I’m pretty sure you can toast toast bread using just a pan, extremely niche bullshit that until very recently I thought only existed in cartoons

    • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      For real tho, I have a toaster oven that has an air fryer (and dehydrator!) function. I don’t have a toaster.

      I think watt for watt it probably uses up a bit more electricity, but I’m not a big bread or toast guy anyway and my kitchen is tiny so I’m happy with my choice.

      Let me tell you, though, buttering your bread before you toast it is one of life’s little luxuries that most people are oblivious to (except for when they bake individual slices of garlic bread). Shit gets borderline croissant-esque and if you hit the correct temp, fan speed, and distance from the elements you can actually brown your butter while you toast your bread which elevates it to an entirely different level. It’s the most gourmet toast ever.

      (I think I’ve just argued for why toasters are proletarian and whatever the hell I’m doing is bougie.)

    • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      a specific type of bread which is already cooked an wrapped in plastic

      the bread slicer has saved more proletarian labor-hours than the steam engine!

  • JayTwo [any]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    If you don’t make your morning toast over the flames of a burning cop car you’re a liberal.
    No exceptions.

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    8 months ago

    You made a solid point, oatmeal and cooked yeast should be the only allowed meal for subtropicaloids like most anglos

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    8 months ago

    I think we should discuss that the power dynamics of what makes the toaster possible to build, operate, and distribute itself.

    One could argue that the toaster, in its very function, represents a resistance to progress and a reversion to more primitive means of food preparation. For is not the act of slowly browning bread over an open flame a vestige of a bygone era, before the advent of advanced cooking technologies?

    Furthermore, the toaster’s reliance on simplistic, mechanical controls could be seen as a rejection of the sophisticated, digital interfaces that have come to define modern appliances. This adherence to a more rudimentary design aesthetic may be interpreted as a reactionary stance against the relentless march of technological innovation.

    Additionally, the toaster’s ubiquity in households across the societal spectrum could be viewed as a symbol of cultural stagnation - a stubborn refusal to embrace novel culinary methods or innovative food preparation appliances. In this light, the toaster becomes a bastion of the status quo, resisting the transformative forces of culinary progress.

    Yet, one might also contend that the toaster, in its humble efficiency and widespread acceptance, represents a pragmatic compromise between tradition and modernity. For is it not the role of the toaster to strike a balance, to provide a reliable and accessible means of transforming the humble slice of bread into a delectable, golden-hued delight?

    In the end, Toasters are reactionary only in the reactionary’s hands.

    • Palacegalleryratio [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      Get a load of this bourgeoisie fat cat, with the money to fire up his entire oven to make toast. Where’d you get that money? Stolen surplus value I’ll wager.