[OC] The idol of a foreign religion
[OC] The idol of a foreign religion
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Grab his nuggets
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Hopefully they're not his Sheetz.
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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
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I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Buc-ee, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” — Percy Shelley, "Buc-ee’s", 1819 edition
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Do explain
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This is at a Buc-ees. This golden beaver is their mascot. Southerners love them some Buc-ees. The reason is that they are awesome for reasons too numerous to mention.
People in the South talk about Buc-ees like New Yorkers talk about fashion pop-ups.
OP is referring to this as the “Golden Calf” of the South. And since as the South is foreign to the leftiest of the leftys, you have the joke.
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It’s a gas station chain in Texas called Buc-ee’s. Some Texans freak out about it in a huge way. I have lots of Buc-ee branded apparel as a result of my brother-in-laws passion, which he’s instilled in my niece who now insists on more shirts for her aunt and uncle.
I’m cool with it as they pay everyone well above minimum wage. If you want to fan out over a corporation, you could do much worse.
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May ye be blessed with a majestic porcelain thrown during your travels.
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Some people call it a truck stop. Others pray to Bee-sus.
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Let's go
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Forget the golden calf, we're in the age of the onyx beaver.
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Have you eaten his nuggets?
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My favorite confederate war hero
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It's Mooby, the golden calf!
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Too much al-a-bucce-bama for me.
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It's a really neat store, but after my wife got a job there and learned the rules, she didn't do a single shift. I've literally never heard of a worse chain to work at.
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Really? They seem to pay decently if their advertised rates are true
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I've never seen a Buc-ees but I have read they are really strict, like look at your phone once and you're fired on the spot, so maybe the exchange for the higher pay is participation in a workplace culture beyond the normal levels of controlling.
Il dunno, as someone with some convenience store work in their past I am curious if anyone has first hand experience?
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Pay is only part of the picture.
Crap shifts and strict employee rules are the other side of the equation.
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I only know what this is because of the Derangement of Karina Drawfee
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I'd just wish they would bring back the rueben sandwich.
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I love me some Buc-ee's!
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We just got a Bucc-ee's near my city. I have no idea what it is with trashy midwesterners and giant stores, but they treat it like the Bass Pro of gas stations. Every day I see at least one person with a Bucc-ee's hoodie or shirt.
Like why? It's just crappy convenience store food, only slightly better.
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Statues like this appeared in Agents of Mayhem which takes place in Laos. Is this South Korea?
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As someone who lives in Texas, this shit is the weirdest cult. Never seen so many people obsess over mediocrity. I really don't get it.
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