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Note To Big Tuna: Try Harder
MOTUS A.D. ^ | 12-5-18 | MOTUS

Posted on 12/05/2018 4:41:40 AM PST by NOBO2012

I read yesterday that Big Tuna is blaming millennials for a downturn in canned tuna sales (The Trouble With Tuna: ‘A Lot of Millennials Don’t Even Own Can Openers’).

Now I’ve found fault with millennials in the past for all sorts of things - mostly related to their willful lack of critical thinking skills and their mindless adoption of looney leftist dogma that they’ve been spoon fed and indoctrinated in since inception – but even I am unwilling to blame them for the demise of canned tuna.

If it’s true that millennials don’t own can openers we could be dealing with a hardware problem rather than a software issue. However I see elsewhere that people are suggesting it may have more to do with millennials being concerned with dolphins getting trapped in tuna nets, or a health concern about mercury poisoning in ocean fish. Or possibly because they’re “a generation that cares about the environment and struggles with the level of tuna overfishing.” Except even the author of that excuse concedes that millennials are likewise the generation that made Ahi poke bowls mega-popular, so maybe not that (last) one.” Actually, the ahi poke bowls phenom negates all the other excuses so it looks like we’re back to the can opener as the culprit - a diagnosis that seems to be supported by evidence of increasing sales of fresh and frozen fish. So presumably millennial households have cooking utensils, but their ‘paraphernalia’ doesn’t extend to a basic device to open a can. I would hate to see what’s in their bug-out bags.

Anyway, I’m still not sure I buy the can opener excuse.

tuna cans

Considering a partial list of other things millennials have killed:

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Everything from soup to nuts…and mayonnaise. I think this mystery is a bit more complex. I don’t know how we can expect millennials to eat canned tuna without cream of mushroom soup to turn it into a tasty casserole, or without mayonnaise to transform it into sandwich ambrosia. Having already killed such staples tuna just looks, smells and tastes like expensive cat food.

So back to you, Big Tuna. Try harder.

tuna-pouches

Millennials appreciate it when you cater to them.

Posted from: MOTUS A.D.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: climatechange; millenials; politicallycorrect; tuns
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1 posted on 12/05/2018 4:41:41 AM PST by NOBO2012
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To: NOBO2012

A lot of young people seem to have no food preparation skills at all.

Lately I’ve seen a 3-way division in food shopping —

1) Yuppie types shop at Whole Foods and buy expensive, trendy things. In many cases, these people actually cook.
2) Old people shop at your basic neighborhood Supermarket. They’ve been cooking for years.
3) The average young person rarely shows up in establishments that sell unprepared food. They buy meals elsewhere, prepared by people who are paid to prepare their food.


2 posted on 12/05/2018 4:52:58 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: NOBO2012

I don’t buy tuna once I began noticing where it’s being made.


3 posted on 12/05/2018 4:55:12 AM PST by Pravious
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To: NOBO2012

Oh, I thought Bill Parcells was considering a return to coaching. My bad.


4 posted on 12/05/2018 4:56:49 AM PST by Dahoser
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To: Dahoser

That was my first thought too. Lol


5 posted on 12/05/2018 5:05:21 AM PST by hawkaw
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To: NOBO2012

Sorry Charlie.


6 posted on 12/05/2018 5:09:39 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: NOBO2012

https://www.walmart.com/ip/8-Cans-StarKist-Chunk-Light-Tuna-in-Water-5-oz/48387973

Tuna is too expensive at $1 for a tiny 5 oz can. Actually, half that is liquid so it’s $1 for 2.5 oz of meat. Yes, I’ve measured it. That comes to about $6 per lb which is out of my budget. Boneless pork can be found on sale for $1.29 lb, boneless chicken breast are $1.99 and boneless beef is less than $4 lb. Why bother with $6 tuna?

Also, the cans have become smaller. Most recipes have to be converted from the old 7.25 oz can to today’s 5 oz.


7 posted on 12/05/2018 5:15:14 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: NOBO2012

Today’s Millennials get their Tuna at the Sushi Bar.


8 posted on 12/05/2018 5:18:14 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: MrEdd

Thanks, MrEdd.

Best morning laugh I’ve had in awhile.


9 posted on 12/05/2018 5:19:22 AM PST by Comment Not Approved (When bureaucrats outlaw hunting, outlaws will hunt bureaucrats.)
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To: NOBO2012

After HS I took a year off before college...I needed to work and get ready for college.

One of my jobs was at a tuna cannery.

Worst. Job. Ever.

Got my mind right for college, though.

No, I do not eat tuna.


10 posted on 12/05/2018 5:24:12 AM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: Comment Not Approved

Neither of my millennial children eat tuna fish. I think it is one of those combination things. Neither eat mayonnaise and are not cheese eaters. So the typical tuna fish sandwich, tuna melt or tuna casserole are not on their menus.

They do love their tuna sushi.


11 posted on 12/05/2018 5:26:35 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz ("We The People" has turned into "You, The Subjects.")
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To: ClearCase_guy

Too many people buy expensive prepackaged prepared foods and restaurant meals and toss much of it in the garbage. I thought people were starving and were demanding a living wage. Hmm, if they’d learn to boil water, they might learn to prepare food at home and be able to live on their old wage.

A burger/fries/drink fast food in a sack runs about $8. Most dinners made from scratch in this house are about $1.50. No, it’s not cheap pasta meals. Last night was a stuffed pork loin. Two of their Starbucks coffees could buy a whole can of ground coffee that would last the month. Have they ever tasted tap water (ours is great) or is that just not hip enough for their costly bottled water crowd?


12 posted on 12/05/2018 5:28:59 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: NOBO2012

Go ahead and buy the can opener excuse. It’s a thing.

When I flew cross country a few months ago to visit my son, I found out the hard way, that he didn’t own a working can opener. I almost had a nervous breakdown cooking in that kitchen of his.

If it’s not something I made for him and packed in his freezer before I left or something he buys “out,” he doesn’t eat at all.

:(


13 posted on 12/05/2018 5:29:32 AM PST by Dana1960
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To: bgill

Costco solid white albacore is my choice. High quality and reasonable price.


14 posted on 12/05/2018 5:29:35 AM PST by Oldexpat (Jobs Not Mobs)
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To: NOBO2012

Having already killed such staples tuna just looks, smells and tastes like expensive cat food.

...

The only reason cats keep us around is to open cans for them.


15 posted on 12/05/2018 5:30:07 AM PST by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Dahoser; hawkaw

Parcells also found time to address the burning question of how he got his nickname: “Big Tuna.”

“I think it goes back to my first time with the Patriots,” said Parcells, who was New England’s linebackers coach in 1980.

“There was an old commercial from Starkist with Charlie the Starkist Tuna, so my players were trying to con me on something one time, and I said, ‘You must think I’m Charlie the Tuna,’ you know, a sucker, and that’s kind of how it started.

“We started with it that year and they used to wear those little tuna helmets, you know, tuna pictures on their helmets. That’s where it all started.”


16 posted on 12/05/2018 5:34:02 AM PST by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: NOBO2012

Tony Accardo did fine, in his chosen profession.


17 posted on 12/05/2018 5:34:28 AM PST by karnage
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To: Pravious
I don’t buy tuna once I began noticing where it’s being made.

Isn't it canned by people hired by SanFranNan supporters?

18 posted on 12/05/2018 5:34:36 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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A good chunk of Pelosi money comes from the Tuna industry. This is good news!

Anchovy is being over fished for fish oil capsules. I eould like to see Flax used more for omega but some are worried about certain naturally occuring steroids in the glax oil. Still, over harvesting any fauna is not in the best interest of the symbiotic relationships that occur in the ecosystems. It’s all connected.


19 posted on 12/05/2018 5:52:02 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

3) The average young person rarely shows up in establishments that sell unprepared food. They buy meals elsewhere, prepared by people who are paid to prepare their food.

I think you are correct. Much of their eating experiences come from the convenience stores or extremely quick in home, like frozen pizza.

I really don’t want any of the tuna either. It is full of water and just doesn’t taste the same.


20 posted on 12/05/2018 5:55:23 AM PST by taterjay
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