{"id":51179,"date":"2026-04-27T20:33:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T01:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=51179"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:34:00","slug":"why-do-people-like-twizzlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=51179","title":{"rendered":"Why do people like Twizzlers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-image alignnone wp-image-51180 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garth_twizzlers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garth_twizzlers.jpg 560w, https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garth_twizzlers-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Honest question.\u00a0 Mythical wife bought this huge fucking sack of them, and they\u2019re sitting on the kitchen counter.\u00a0 The kids want them every time they see them, and much like a lot of the junk food that mythical wife buys, she barely eats it, so either I eat more of it than I should, the kids eat more of it then they should, or it ultimately gets thrown out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Needless to say, I\u2019ve had like two ropes of the crap, and each time I take a bite, I ask myself, <em>why do people like Twizzlers<\/em>?\u00a0 They\u2019re basically barely edible plastic, hardly have any flavor, and I feel that they\u2019re more effort to eat than they are to enjoy, as if anyone could actually enjoy these shitty things that feel like you\u2019re biting into a candle, with about as much flavor.\u00a0 I imagine that they\u2019re like the human equivalent of Greenies treats for dogs, because they look like plastic, are minimally edible, and when they break down in your mouth, I imagine the effect is the same, where they passively scrape and inadvertently clean your teeth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In all fairness, I\u2019m talking about the traditional twists variants, because I\u2019ve found that the pull \u2018n peel Twizzlers are actually enjoyable and tasty, but as far as brand recognition goes, it\u2019s all about the traditional twists.\u00a0 And the question remains, why the fuck do people actually like these things?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">As I said, the bag has been laying, mostly open, on my kitchen counter.\u00a0 Usually, I try to be cognizant of any food that\u2019s left out on the counter, because once everyone goes to bed at night, the cats in my house definitely like to get up onto the counters to snoop around and look for anything remotely edible.\u00a0 And yet night after night, the Twizzlers remain completely untouched by the cats.\u00a0 Just a day ago, an errant bag of cereal that was left on the counter fell victim to the fucking cats, and I found it on the ground the following morning, with it shredded open in the middle like it had been caught by velociraptors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">So the dumbass cats in my house won\u2019t eat these shitty Twizzlers, but my wife argues with me that they\u2019re remotely supposed to be good.\u00a0 I do not understand how any people think these are remotely as good as to warrant their continued survival in the junk food space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Make it make sense pls<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honest question.\u00a0 Mythical wife bought this huge fucking sack of them, and they\u2019re sitting on the kitchen counter.\u00a0 The kids want them every time they see them, and much like a lot of the junk food that mythical wife buys, she barely eats it, so either I eat more of it than I should, the &hellip; 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