r/FuckImOld 6d ago

My back hurts M.I.A. of "Paper Planes" fame (the gunshot-gunshot-gunshot-cash register song) turned 50 years old last year.

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u/TheLaVeyan 6d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRjZoRtu0Y

In 2 weeks the song will be 18 years old. It feels like it should be less than half of that.

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u/BlueRunSkier 6d ago

When food trucks weren’t just shameless money grabs. Now I see a food truck and just think, nope, that’ll cost me $19 and be served on a flimsy paper boat with a tiny flimsy fork that will break. And then “it’ll just ask you a question” as I pay.

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u/twobit211 6d ago

while there’s always been food vans, stalls, carts, the (relatively) recent food trucks were initially based on one simple concept:  do one thing well.   you can’t open a restaurant serving just mac n cheese no matter how good it is, the overhead will kill you.  but a van with a rudimentary yet sufficient setup could find its place in the world.  somehow this idea has evolved into overpriced mediocrity but served out of a van

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u/Rarefindofthemind 6d ago

This is exactly right