American isle in a supermarket was removed and was instead replaced by Turkish products

maybe even healthier.

Virtually no one here likes Erdogan whatsoever, but our interests in relation to Ukraine and weakening USA/Russia aligns in this particular case. Turkey is a large country that actually borders the EU and has the largest non-European diaspora living here; keeping somwhat cood relations makes sense, even if I'd never want to see them join the Union and know we can never fully trust them.

As we lost our biggest ally, trading with another large country with a significant military makes perfect sense. Besides, Turkish food is actually great, especially compared to murican trash

1. He is a million times better than Trump and has far far less blood on his hands than either Trump or Biden
2. Turkiye isn't engaging in economic warfare against Europe
3. Turkiye welcomed Syrian and Ukrainian refugees escaping the wars
4. Turkiye supports Ukraine in various ways such as drones

Turkiye is a Muslim country as well as a European country, so it is in an odd place to be but also bridges both worlds.

Edit: I know about the Kurds, I am from the Middle East. Turkiye had a history of racist nationalism that Erdogan actually campaigns against. Turkiye and Erdogan are not angels or innocent but are a far lesser evil than many others.

Turkiye also has a large military industry looking to sell to the EU, a large military, and wants control over the black sea (which involves weakening Russia), and wants to be as friendly to the EU as possible to eventually get that coveted EU membership.

Yeah, an opportunistic authoritarian, but a useful one in this dire emergency.

There is a huge Turkish population in Germany, that seems to be the most probable reason.

but they're not as loudly shitty to europeans about it.

I'm scared of the spin angle from a Turkish knockoff The Boys.

It might unironically be more in line with the comics though.

Türklündar

Oreos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMkYw4dp_NI&t=4

I'm imagining peanut butter, BBQ sauce, pumpkin pie filling, and maybe a few breakfast foods like cream of wheat. Not all of our foods are terrible nightmares, they're just either available in different aisles or not super popular to justify being everywhere.

The intersection of "American", "novelty" and "popular enough to import but not enough to fully stock" is probably mostly candy, pop tarts and Lucky charms.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/us-trade-war-german-peanut-butter-lovers-feel-crunch-q55bs3r8t

The last time trump was around and pulled this type of shit peanut butter was one of the things people had issues with, since the US produces a lot of peanuts and peanut butter.

Besides the stuff people already listed, I know sections like this here in Germany, and they often (not always) just have "American style" products - basically some weird hybrids of what a European imagines America to be like, but for European palates. So I bet - unless this was a section with true import stuff - any American would be confused why they never heard of any of these products.

Lucky Charms and Nerds. I think it’s mostly for Americans in Europe actually. It’s all quite expensive and I’ve never seen anyone buy it.

Well the fact that, no fewer than 3 times, the Great British Bake-off judges have said something to the effect of “Wow! Your combination of peanuts and jam is a brilliant and unique flavor!” has taught me that maybe we really do have something to share with the world.

Decent crunchy PB.

American living in Portugal here. The only things from home I buy with any regularity are peanut butter (the crunchy kind) and bourbon. Pretty much everything else has an EU-made equivalent with way less scary sounding chemicals on the ingredient list.

We have oreos here in Australia, but they're probably manufactured somewhere in Asia by am American conglomerate in the same way the rest of our confectionery is.

Mexican on the bottom half of shelves, Canadian on the top half of shelves.

fuck that's such a good idea. mexican food is so much better, and better for you.

Heimvergeltungsstolz?

dunno, but I've been an anarchist for a while, and I feel it every time I see someone stand up to these assholes I paid taxes to, that one time I made enough money to pay taxes.

solidarity with the free, or at least hoping-to-be-less-constrained, peoples of the world, certainly. we need something shorter.

i also find an odd kind of half solidarity with my ancestors who fought in the second world war, against what america is trying to be, and sort of always was, but were very much flag waving 'rarara america' patriots the rest of their lives at the same time.

point being that the non-shitty people from this awful shit hole country aren't going to begrudge anyone ditching the awful garbage that gets made here. 'made in america' mostly means prison slaves anyway. edit:the people who make the decisions and own the stuff here have no common interest with the common people. we are all bludgeoned or manipulated into not putting up a fight. which isn't to say there aren't enough insane fanatics and bloated military budget to be a serious threat to the free world, but, like, please fuck our shit up. it's not like any of us ever see any benefit from it anyway.

Schadenfreude?

maybe it's.. hope?

like, the assholes in charge have never represented us or our interests. they own everything around us. I will never own a home. I know maybe one person in this shit hole country who's got even a remote shot at that, who didn't inherit the noble title of 'property owner'. none of the supposed prosperity of this place reaches me. I know so many people who have died of preventable illness, and the hoops I had to jump through to get antibiotics for a major injury last year would have killed someone less stubborn. I doubt much of the imperial pillage and fruit of all this internal productivity reaches you. even the old public works projects are a thing that has largely passed from living memory. ancient monuments to a bygone society that I can barely comprehend from old books. We voted for some new ones here in california, twenty years ago, then again and again to increase funding for them, and have yet to see them materialize-because of interference, deliberate interference to keep us from having nice things, by the fuckers who profit off the fact we need to eat food and sleep indoors but have never held a hammer or driven a tractor, by the fuckers who declare war having never been ordered into peril themselves, by the fuckers who work us to the bone until we die, and tell us it's what we deserve. maybe people in a better position to stand up to these bastards and do some damage to the things they care about actually doing it is what hope feels like.

maybe it will help more of us stand up ourselves. that would be cool.

It's called being an anti imperialist that lives in the imperial core. Next start listening to some Michael Parenti. Sadly it's taken the US directing it's imperialism at western countries to wake up to it. But better late than never.

https://youtu.be/odWerz1Az6k

So it's Ukrainian all along.

I guess they will have to settle for raw ground beef porcupines.

Bourbon is really good though. It’s probably the only thing I’ll miss. Oh well.

Damn it. Good show.

Unironicly i have to agree

Marshal plan?

The marshmallows are there for the same reason as canned pumpkin and cranberry sauce: 🦃 Thanksgiving. There's no excuse for Poptarts.

I agree, aisle is both correct and traditional.

I'm willing to grant, however, that in a grocery store the aisles could be interpreted as the areas where the shoppers and employees stroll, around a very organized archipelago of shelving islands/isles stacked with merchandise.

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Weird, most Americans would not spell it that way.

I don't think any European would consider them "European" tbh, but we need allies and we have shared interests right now. And their food is great!

angry Greek noises

hur durr - we know... we read it too. But thanks Captain Obvious.

Maybe a bit but Europe is not a country. Also these products don't get any special treatment from the governments so this movement is fuelled by the people, for better or worse

So doesn't make much of a difference then, except fewer emissions

1. It's not american, it's divided states of american - there's actual countries in America, unlike the divided states ruled by a fascist silicon valley elite with a puppet in the white house
2. Erdoğan is a totalitarian, but there's a higher chance for him to be defeated in elections (and him giving up power) than for the Republinazis.
3. Turkish people - including those who voted for the totalitarian leader - are absolutely more likable than MAGA dipshits.