I respect that! Anyway, the dish looked delicious ☺️

What type of potato did you use? I find the startchier varieties work best. When oiled meticulously they get crispy everywhere.

Mind you, I find them a hassle too.

It doesn’t make sense to try to sell a quality product when the demand is based on a fad.

Trendy = bad for the consumer as a principle but it’s not as if we have time to constantly second guess everything (without going crazy).

Birkenstock, DocMartens, Red Wing, Church’s Kitchenaid, every “luxury” brand you can think of and most products listed on BIFL threads… (Also crocs but I feel they sell at such a low price point to begin with that it doesn’t warrant cheaping out. Fake crocs are cheaper and just as durable though.)

All these brands get ultra-popular because one product goes viral which they start producing cheaply and use to grow their business and later, if succesful bring out a “heritage”, “pro” or “classic” line for a higher price than the model was going for originally.

• Good quality product
• Suddenly gets popular
• Ramp up production
• Expand product range
• Quality is now shit
• “Anon have you heard of X, they’re amazing!!!”

(Edit: sorry, I get frustrated by trends)

There are apps that show teletext which, acording to some, are quite popular. It does somehow fit into a retro scifi aesthetic too if one’s into that kind of thing 😄

Now there’s a hat I’d compliment!