I know I'm 4 years late but I think the idea of the joke food is whether or not it could be consumed in a serious situation, like a corporate workplace. You wouldn't go to the shareholders meeting of Blackrock with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as lunch.
It's because he's a manchild. He's deathly afraid of being seen as immature or childish, so he's overcompensating hard in the other direction. Consider this quote from C. S. Lewis: "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." NL hasn't reached this point yet. Maybe now that he has a child of his own he will.
@@simonescholes3466 Maybe in the States, but in Europe cucumbers are a very common vegetable and kids enjoy salads (lettuce, cucumber, tomato etc.) here
The reason that pepperoni on a sandwich is a joke food, but pepperoni on a pizza is not a joke food is because when pepperoni is on pizza, it is fulfilling it's designated niche, wheras when its on a sandwich, it's just someone being zany
Still amazed that NL counts crabs as a joke food. It's basically a round weird lobster and lobsters are literally the furthest away from joke foods on the scale. Gonna tweet at NL about it
I think its before they added “novelty” as an option so i think its more of a novelty food since it does require its own utensil and you dont get it often.
@@josephs9303 i usually break the shell by tearing it off with my bare hands and crushing it with my teeth. shellfish arent joke foods but Big Utensil are undermining their legitimacy
Nothing else from this man's entire career will anger me more than this old exchange: "When was the last candy you bought for yourself, Ryan?" "Like a year and a half ago...I got a pack of gum at the store."
I understand why Ryan calls pepperoni a joke food, but a pepperoni and salami sandwich is like the most serious sandwich there is. Every other sandwich you can make at home is just a childish joke. Consider Subway. If you order anything other than a spicy italian or a meatball sub, you are there as a joke.
It is though, children will be far more familiar with a cucumber than a zucchini. I guarantee that if you showed a child a zucchini for the first time he will call it a cucumber.
Took me a while to realize that the music in the beginning was from the game and not added just to showcase the intensity of the decent of NL into madness
Imagine a man sitting behind a large wooden desk eating the food in mind while looking you in the eye. If it's funny, it's joke food. If it's intimidating, it's serious food. If it's infuriating, it's pineapple pizza.
Could you picture the head of general motors saying, "you know what, fuck it, I'm just gonna eat a ham and swiss on rye today." No, because that's not how business people operate, the head of general motors has more money than god, he's not gonna settle for a plebian lunch, that doesn't mean that that lunch isn't valid
My grandpa was born in the 30s. I witnessed him soak two ritz crackers in a bowl full of milk for several minutes before eating this concoction with a spoon. Grandpa, Sylvester Graham is dead, you can stop now.
Fools, clearly pizza is a joke food, and pepperoni is a joke food, but isolating the pepperoni on a pizza is not a joke food in itself, but rather a part of a joke food.
i think the worst two things ive heard out of here are: 1: pepperioni being a joke food as opposed to salami being a serious food 2: jelly being a joke ingredient because its purple NL's driving the conversation like he's batting 1000 but he just isnt.
I think the word they're looking for is "novelty". Like a Klondike bar. You could, just have ice cream, but it's presented in a fun way. Edit: ok, they find it, nevermind.
Same :(, he finally told everyone what happened in a vod in early March if you’re curious. It’s the 7 hour one and it was around the 3 hour mark if I remember correctly
