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OonaStubbs · 2024-11-21T00:06:38+00:00

[[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14086091/gen-z-waging-war-sandwiches-ditching-classic-flavours.html I noticed this story in the Mail today]] Gen Z are ditching traditional sandwich fillings such as ham & mustard or cheddar in favour of "woke" fillings such as chicken, foreign cheeses or avocado. But how can a sandwich filling be "woke"? IMO the word is now used to describe anything that people don't like.

Dobest · 21/11/2024 14:20

Wahoobafoo · 21/11/2024 00:30

I’m pretty sure I ate chicken sandwiches at sixth form from the cheapo sandwich shop over 20 years ago …and avocado wraps from Pret not long after

These sandwich fillings are not new.

What a ridiculous article!

I had a chicken sandwich in 1958!

But the only foreign cheese in the shops was Danish Blue.

HectorPlasm · 21/11/2024 14:20

TofuTart · 21/11/2024 13:45

I've come to the conclusion that anything the Daily Mail thinks is woke is actually pretty decent 😁
Do the Daily Mail like this <insert food stuff/ attitude/etc>
No?
Then we're good to go lol
I think they just throw the word about click bait style to get their demographic of readers wound up.

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I've also found that any company that gets boycotted - Budweiser, Boots etc - is never one that I buy from anyway! Not a stance, just an observation.

Reallybadidea · 21/11/2024 14:19

If a sandwich could be woke then surely it would be vegan and organic? Not chicken or avocado 🙄

MrsSkylerWhite · 21/11/2024 14:15

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · Today 14:01

I think of a chicken sandwich as 'retro'

Why?

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 21/11/2024 14:01

I think of a chicken sandwich as 'retro'.

TulipCat · 21/11/2024 13:49

The only sandwich the Daily Mail approves of must surely be gammon?

TofuTart · 21/11/2024 13:45

JiminaSlump · 21/11/2024 13:38

@TofuTart I did actually google 'what does the daily mail think is woke' to get some examples

They seem to have a whole section! It's a lot of energy to dedicate to something they deride so much!

I've come to the conclusion that anything the Daily Mail thinks is woke is actually pretty decent 😁
Do the Daily Mail like this <insert food stuff/ attitude/etc>
No?
Then we're good to go lol
I think they just throw the word about click bait style to get their demographic of readers wound up.

JiminaSlump · 21/11/2024 13:38

@TofuTart I did actually google 'what does the daily mail think is woke' to get some examples

They seem to have a whole section! It's a lot of energy to dedicate to something they deride so much!

NerdWhoEatsMedlar · 21/11/2024 13:30

Seems to a Daily Mail reporter ate a pre-prepared sandwich for the first time in 40 years and can't cope with the change of options.

HoneyButterPopcorn · 21/11/2024 13:29

Foreign cheese? I love cheese (apart from smoked bleugh).

vix3rd · 21/11/2024 13:27

No33 · 21/11/2024 00:22

The woke sandwich is chicken!

I know right ? Like that's an unusual filling !

lifeisforlaying · 21/11/2024 13:26

All you need to know is it's the Daily Mail, left hating nonsense.

Sskka · 21/11/2024 13:24

Joking aside, it does make for a quite interesting point about trends in thought and language – how ‘woke’ was a fashionable idea about 10 or so years ago, enjoyed a crest about 5 years ago, and has now reached the point where it attracts nothing but ridicule. It’s pretty funny to see the woke themselves trying to disown the word; they know what side history is now on.

CloudPop · 21/11/2024 13:16

Remember HS2 is considered "woke"

TofuTart · 21/11/2024 13:14

Leypt1 · 21/11/2024 12:54

Sounds like you're holding some anger there. Have you considered therapy?

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I read that as being a joke, as that's what DM readers tend to usually get in.a froth about 😁
Hence it being a "woke" sandwich.

Renamed · 21/11/2024 13:11

Why has no one mentioned sardines? Have they been cancelled?

Leypt1 · 21/11/2024 12:54

JiminaSlump · 21/11/2024 10:56

A 'woke' sandwich

Presumably it's a member of Extinction Rebellion and gives money to BLM. Glues itself to planes and stuff. Has they/them pronouns. Goes to therapy. Wears Lucy & Yak.

Sounds like you're holding some anger there. Have you considered therapy?

Blarn · 21/11/2024 12:48

CheeseNPickle3 · 21/11/2024 12:44

The word "woke" only appears in the headline - it seems to be a bit of a weird use of the word like the headline was written by someone else. The rest of the article refers to the sandwich fillings as "fancy" or "exotic" or "classic".

It's basically comparing sandwich preferences of "boomers" with "Gen Z" (apparently nobody else exists or they didn't take part in the survey). Leaving aside the language choices, it's actually pretty interesting how food preferences change over time. It's not exactly a highbrow paper or section so it is what it is... a survey conducted by a bread manufacturer. A different newspaper would presumably have reported it differently.

Gen X just eat chewed up band tshirts. Millennials can't eat anything which is not brunch.

napody · 21/11/2024 12:48

I think calling it a 'story' is pushing it OP. Just column filling fluff, probably written by AI!

MrsSkylerWhite · 21/11/2024 12:47

Oh, the DM. Anything other than luncheon meat or pressed tongue in extremis probably qualifies as woke.

Blarn · 21/11/2024 12:47

In the late 80s mum made me summer sandwiches of ham and cheese salad in pitta bread. She was considered a trailblazer moving away from sliced white bread. She keeps watching GB News now so I will tease her about her previous wokeness!

CheeseNPickle3 · 21/11/2024 12:44

The word "woke" only appears in the headline - it seems to be a bit of a weird use of the word like the headline was written by someone else. The rest of the article refers to the sandwich fillings as "fancy" or "exotic" or "classic".

It's basically comparing sandwich preferences of "boomers" with "Gen Z" (apparently nobody else exists or they didn't take part in the survey). Leaving aside the language choices, it's actually pretty interesting how food preferences change over time. It's not exactly a highbrow paper or section so it is what it is... a survey conducted by a bread manufacturer. A different newspaper would presumably have reported it differently.

AgnesX · 21/11/2024 12:29

It's the Mail being twattish. People have been eating fancy sandwiches forever. Pret was quite the thing at one time (no idea now as there's not one nearby).

HectorPlasm · 21/11/2024 12:27

Peanut butter, Marmite and cheese sandwiches are where its at!

HectorPlasm · 21/11/2024 12:25

Urk! Avocado! Like eating Fairy Toilet soap. Don't ask me how I know!