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nex3
@nex3

I very much appreciate this line of progression:

  • "pumpkin spice" is introduced as a shorthand for "pumpkin pie spice blend"
  • this spice blend turns out to be quite popular as a flavoring for a wide variety of sweet treats
  • the capitalist engine churns, and in order to one-up competitors companies look to advertise their pumpkin spice as somehow more authentic
  • the easiest way to do this is to say "real pumpkin" despite the fact that the original spice package was only incidentally related to pumpkin in the first place
  • you get a bunch of pumpkin in foods where it really doesn't belong purely as an advertising gimmick

it could just as easily been named "autumn spice" and none of this would have ever happened


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in reply to @nex3's post:

god if it was autumn spice then there's even a slim chance it would available at a seasonally appropriate time here in the good ol southern hemisphere, instead of the middle of spring in October "because that's when americans are talking about it"

When I was younger, Christmas spiced things kinda had a moment IIRC, and made for less misunderstandings, which is ironic because the stereotypical set of Christmassy spices basically is pumpkin pie spice.

this made me miss out on a TON of stuff because I can't stand pumpkin itself if I have too much (re: just a little) of it, but spices? let me at 'em!

now I'm angry at capitalism for a whole new reason and there's a lot of things I wanna try out now that I know I won't be physically repulsed by them