lol at "no such thing as a free lunch" being completely untrue lies made up by neoliberal ghouls
Sharing food with others, one of the most common human group activities over the last couple of thousands of years?
No such thing as a free lunch
The nearly indigent "free lunch fiend" was a recognized social type. An 1872 New York Times story about "loafers and free-lunch men" who "toil not, neither do they spin, yet they 'get along'", visiting saloons, trying to bum drinks from strangers: "Should this inexplicable lunch-fiend not happen to be called to drink, he devours whatever he can, and, while the bartender is occupied, tries to escape unnoticed."
FreeLunchFiend sounds like a fun username.
NYT has not changed at all in 150 years.
Today I learned: there actually used to be a "free lunch". They lied to us!
The temperance movement opposed the free lunch as promoting the consumption of alcohol.
ah, classic. At least they installed some drinking fountains
And everyone could use them, right?
Now look up the origin of "pie in the sky"
Damn Wobblies.
They'll be pie in the sky when you die? That's a lie!
That's what they do.
CW: seafood.
Old bay seasoning was developed to get Baltimore bar-goers thirsty after loading up on free crab, so they’d buy more beers
pffft, I can get free crabs at the bath house!
If you order a beer at a bar in southern Spain, they give you a free tapa.
Good deal.
This is still a thing in Mexico, and to a certain extent in many Mediterranean countries in Europe. In Mexico, the more you drink, the more/better food you get. And in the Mediterranean countries you always get some snacks like olives or potato chips, plus some bread or cheese.
Its still a thing in shitty midwestern bars too but all you get is stale popcorn
Some of the "mexican" tex mex places in the us are charging for the basket of tortilla chips and salsa that have traditionally been brought to the table with the drinks.
Still a thing in Northern Italy, called Aperitivo.
The snacks vary from place to place, from olives and breadsticks up to pizza
I know, right? I will never cease to be amazed at people being surprised by this. I'm Spanish, and the concept of "tapas" has been twisted when exported to other countries. You don't pay for tapas, tapas are the free food you get with the drink you order. The food you order to share are raciones. Don't get me wrong, tapas aren't a big thing everywhere in Spain (they're amazing in Granada for example), but I cringe at being amazed at discovering that this is an alien concept for many people...
in new orleans during football games on sundays, some bars will put out a spread of food for people. it's great food too because it's new orleans.
I've never been to a strip club, but my brother has said there exists strip clubs he's been to in Texas? I think that have buffets.
retrvn
I have no idea wth is going on here but
The concept of a free lunch is critiqued in the phrase "no such thing as a free lunch", popularized in part by authors such as Robert A. Heinlein and Milton Friedman.[2]
Hahahahahaahhaa
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