twinkie outrage

i've recently seen and heard a lot of outrage directed towards hostess announcing that they were closing up shop and going out of business. suddenly, everywhere i turned, whether it was on tv, the internet, or in good ol' real life, people were surprised, angered, or saddened by this news. people were gonna miss their favorite snack cake and it wasn't fair damn it. what kind of a cruel world do we live in that doesn't ensure that tomorrow comes with a guarantee of more twinkies?

all the hoopla and noise is such a waste. there's so much more fucked up shit going on in the world. there's real issues to get angry about. i don't wanna see cupcakes taking up precious media time when there's wars, poverty, and all sorts of messed up shit going down around us. 

if you're gonna be outraged towards hostess, you're not even outraged for the right reasons. you should be outraged that as a company, hostess couldn't get their shit together and resolve their issues with their workers to make things come together. you should be outraged that thousands of people will be out of work as a result.

so while some people will be busy lamenting over the death of snoballs, thousands of hard working people will be lamenting over their bills and trying to find employment at a time when finding employment doesn't come easy. boo-fucking-hoo that some people might not be able to consume their beloved ho ho's for the rest of their days. that's not a real problem unless you're a total brat (in which case the real problem is you being a total brat. stop that).

if i take any solace at all from any of this madness, it's that a group of workers proved that when you stand united, you can fuck shit up. it sucks that thousands of people will be out of work but they stood together in solidarity for what they believed in and a company collapsed because of it.