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djgrayviolent-darts:
star-anise:
taliabobalia:
pixelatedplatypus:
taliabobalia:
wentdog:
JUST FUCKING STOP ALREADY WITH THE PUMPKIN SPICE BULLSHIT
I have a way to make it stop
but you must buy all of those pumpkin spice hot cocoas and mail them to me
do not ask questions for this is the way it has been for generations
the pumpkin season has started.
i grow stronger.
tbh I thought about it for .0027 seconds and I really do feel stronger during pumpkin spice season! when I thought about *how* that strength feels I immediately associated with how it feels when women win/I am overcome with feminist pride and I just realized….
while a dislike of the flavor of pumpkin spice is valid and likely exists, expressing that dislike smashed into the mainstream (almost becoming meme-like) as a reaction to teenage girls fawning over it. it wasn’t “this flavor sucks why do people do this” like with kale. but “UGH, that THING again!” which leads me to believe hating pumpkin spice isn’t about the flavor whatsoever. rather, it’s the fact that this thing is mostly enthusiastically consumed by girls/women. and when stores start stocking up on pumpkin spice-flavored/scented items, it becomes an inescapable reminder of girls/women (specifically) unabashedly enjoying something. even though those same stores stuff themselves with Halloween/thanksgiving things at least a month before pumpkin spice starts to hit the shelves, the groans over seasonal stock is treated with far less aggressive anger and more of a resigned observation: “it’s July 6th and my store is setting up a Halloween display. wtf.”
so my passion for pumpkin spice isn’t for the flavor itself - you can get pumpkin pie seasoning for super cheap any time of year and sprinkle that in your coffee machine’s basket to get a ‘pumpkin spice’ flavored coffee drink any time, but I don’t cuz it’s not that crucial to my existence. instead, my passion for pumpkin spice hinges on the fact that it is a symbol of the undeterred unity of women and girls, specifically, centered around this single, totally harmless thing.
pumpkin spice brings girls together and unites us under this cute pumpkiny umbrella, and that’s why I love it and become stronger when it is in season. the louder you cry about pumpkin spice, the stronger our female unity becomes.
lmao
Also I really want that hot chocolate mix now.
I agree with the long bit above because while I don’t like the flavour, the only thing that boggles me more than why so many people love pumpkin spice is why it BOTHERS so many people that so many people like it.
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star-anise:
taliabobalia:
pixelatedplatypus:
taliabobalia:
wentdog:
JUST FUCKING STOP ALREADY WITH THE PUMPKIN SPICE BULLSHIT
I have a way to make it stop
but you must buy all of those pumpkin spice hot cocoas and mail them to me
do not ask questions for this is the way it has been for generations
the pumpkin season has started.
i grow stronger.
tbh I thought about it for .0027 seconds and I really do feel stronger during pumpkin spice season! when I thought about *how* that strength feels I immediately associated with how it feels when women win/I am overcome with feminist pride and I just realized….
while a dislike of the flavor of pumpkin spice is valid and likely exists, expressing that dislike smashed into the mainstream (almost becoming meme-like) as a reaction to teenage girls fawning over it. it wasn’t “this flavor sucks why do people do this” like with kale. but “UGH, that THING again!” which leads me to believe hating pumpkin spice isn’t about the flavor whatsoever. rather, it’s the fact that this thing is mostly enthusiastically consumed by girls/women. and when stores start stocking up on pumpkin spice-flavored/scented items, it becomes an inescapable reminder of girls/women (specifically) unabashedly enjoying something. even though those same stores stuff themselves with Halloween/thanksgiving things at least a month before pumpkin spice starts to hit the shelves, the groans over seasonal stock is treated with far less aggressive anger and more of a resigned observation: “it’s July 6th and my store is setting up a Halloween display. wtf.”
so my passion for pumpkin spice isn’t for the flavor itself - you can get pumpkin pie seasoning for super cheap any time of year and sprinkle that in your coffee machine’s basket to get a ‘pumpkin spice’ flavored coffee drink any time, but I don’t cuz it’s not that crucial to my existence. instead, my passion for pumpkin spice hinges on the fact that it is a symbol of the undeterred unity of women and girls, specifically, centered around this single, totally harmless thing.
pumpkin spice brings girls together and unites us under this cute pumpkiny umbrella, and that’s why I love it and become stronger when it is in season. the louder you cry about pumpkin spice, the stronger our female unity becomes.
lmao
Also I really want that hot chocolate mix now.
I agree with the long bit above because while I don’t like the flavour, the only thing that boggles me more than why so many people love pumpkin spice is why it BOTHERS so many people that so many people like it.
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