WTF

lilacck28

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/11/opinion/sunday/brunch-is-for-jerks.html?_r=0 

I am so incensed, I will repeat my facebook rant:

 I take incredible offense to this. I love brunch, and I will proudly eat my eggs Benedict. Also, I like to go to bed early. Hangovers have nothing to do with my brunch. You're the jerk, David! Link brunch to more !hot button! issues like gentrification and those oh-so horrible millennial habits that are surely new and ruining the world one more time. I dare you.

bethsmiles

This guy just sounds really bitter and ridiculous, apparently the fact that he has a kid makes him better than everyone else as well. I didn't realize that eating specific foods at specifics times of the day had such huge social implications. I think this guy needs to realize that no one has to live their life the way he chose to. If people don't want to have kids (at a younger age or even ever) so that they can spend their weekends sleeping in and doing whatever they want that is perfectly acceptable. If people consider their friends their family again not something he needs to concern himself with. The thing about being an adult is that you get to choose how to spend your time. There is no one way that an adult is supposed to act. If you've got a job and the bills get paid, then hey you get to do whatever the hell you want when you have free time. 

Personally, I love brunch! 

KeptInStitches

I'm not up for anything terribly metaphysical, so I'll leave it at any excuse for mimosas. And eggs. And bacon. And cereal.

I grew up in a family where we had breakfast for supper, for crying out loud.

bethsmiles

KeptInStitches said:

I'm not up for anything terribly metaphysical, so I'll leave it at any excuse for mimosas. And eggs. And bacon. And cereal.

I grew up in a family where we had breakfast for supper, for crying out loud.

Breakfast for dinner is amazing. My family did that all the time.

MsSparky

Brunch is amazing. Bacon is good any time of the day.

lavenderfields13

I didn't realize the link was for nytimes and I really thought this was one of those satire sites at first because that article is beyond ridiculous. I stopped reading half way through. Who the fuck gets this upset over brunch?! 

edited to correct spelling

bethsmiles

lavenderfields13 said:

I didn't realize the link was for nytimes and I really thought this was one of those satire sites at first because that article is beyond ridiculous. I stopped reading half way through. Who the fuck gets this upset over brunch?! 

edited to correct spelling

People who need to get a fucking life, that's who!

speakeasy14

lavenderfields13 said:

I didn't realize the link was for nytimes and I really thought this was one of those satire sites at first because that article is beyond ridiculous. I stopped reading half way through. Who the fuck gets this upset over brunch?! 

edited to correct spelling

I thought it was someone's blog until I saw it was the NY Times.  Apparently journalists are non existent these days...

So I decided to research how brunch began and found a post from the Smithsonian (Clicky) . So boo on you David, cause Brunch is awesome!

KeptInStitches

@speakeasy14

BaytoSA2013

Wow this guys seems a little bitter about his neighborhood and maybe even the fact that he now has to be an adult!  We make breakfast for dinner all the time and as a matter of fact we are going to brunch for a friends B-day on Sunday!  What a grumpy pants!

cu97tiger

I'm a 'well-off young(ish) professional' who gets up at 6a on weekends and who will take almost ANY excuse to have a mimosa. FUDavid. Brunch is amazing.

lilacck28

YES. I knew you ladies would understand.

eilis1228

I don't eat brunch often, but when I do... it's amazing. Highlight of my day. I mean, let's be real, if FI hadn't have proposed on my birthday, brunch would have been my favorite part of the day. Mimosas, waffles, bacon, eggs, chicken, tacos... it's all of the best foods eaten together. Delicious.

lilacck28

mmm. waffles. ugh. I want brunch RIGHT NOW.

AuroraRose41

I love brunch. And I even make it in our apartment sometimes on Sunday mornings, complete with eggs, bacon, my signature stuffed french toast, and mimosas! BF and I even invite friends over to our place to eat with us. I don't think cooking awesome food for other people qualifies me as a jerk. 

eilis1228

AuroraRose41 said:

I love brunch. And I even make it in our apartment sometimes on Sunday mornings, complete with eggs, bacon, my signature stuffed french toast, and mimosas! BF and I even invite friends over to our place to eat with us. I don't think cooking awesome food for other people qualifies me as a jerk. 

Please move to Texas. kthxbai

AuroraRose41

@eilis1228 I'm not that far from there (live in San Diego), but I do have friends and relatives in Austin that I want to visit at some point! And I will always cook for anyone who comes to visit me too . 

rn1989

people like this are just looking for something to complain about. I do the same thing sometimes!

Swazzle

Is this guy fucking kidding me? I appreciate that I can get my eggs benedict, home fries, and unlimited mimosas for $25, including tip, while chatting with my friends for 2 hours on an early Saturday afternoon. He sounds like a bitter asshole.