Now, Starbucks by far isn’t my favorite coffee place but it’s convenient and consistent.
Starbucks is everywhere. There is a Starbucks down the street from my apartment. (I went there this morning.) No matter where I travel Starbucks is there. It’s an American coffee institution. (I definitely want to dive into this more in future posts.)
A blog that I’ve found fascinating, which solely covers Starbucks and its latest gossip and news is Starbucks Gossip. It’s worth a read.
What do you think about Starbucks?
#1 by Coffee Mug on December 31st, 2009
For your edification, I should sincerely point out that Starbucks recently claimed that the media should “create” news rather than report it. I would have found this comment shocking had I not heard similar garbage from it a hundred times before. It has been said that I find Starbucks's double standards rather minatory. That makes sense to me. I believe it's true. But it really implies that Starbucks loves getting up in front of people and telling them that anyone who dares to eschew execrable obscurantism can expect to suffer hair loss and tooth decay as a result. It then boasts about how it'll overthrow all concepts of beauty and sublimity, of the noble and the good, and instead drag people down into the sphere of its own base nature quicker than you can double-check the spelling of “theoanthropomorphism”. It's all part of the media spectacle that is Starbucks. Of course, it soaks it up and wallows in it like a pig in mud. Speaking of pigs and mud, Starbucks parrots whatever ideas are fashionable at the moment. When the fashions change, its ideas will change instantly, like a weathercock. I could be wrong about any or all of this, but at the moment, the above fits what I know of history, people, and current conditions. If anyone sees anything wrong or has some new facts or theories on this, I'd love to hear about them