i guess this post should be subtitled, "and the people who improperly prepare them. (also bagel enthusiasts)". and i suppose there is a certain amount of self-loathing and circular logic implied, as i am infuriated by bagels, their people who sell them, and the people for whom no bagel is good enough. but let me clarify:BAGELS: you stupid-ass food. you're all doughy and heavy in the morning and make me fall asleep on the train. and all your toppings are just that: on the top. i need you to be filled with savory (or sweet) goodness through and through. sometimes you make me eat you upside-down so i can get those toppings on my tongue where they belong. when you're good: crispy on the outside, hot and soft on the inside, you are heaven on earth. sadly, you are usually just a big lump of dough with a hole in the middle. and why the hole? i know donuts, and you, sir, are no donut. just be yourself, you punk-ass bread. permission granted: suck it.
PEOPLE WHO PREPARE BAGELS: how hard is it? toast the bagel. yes, fully toast it, so it's a little crispy and browned, not just warmed. then maybe a human-size portion of cream cheese on it. not a pint and a half that if saved, could feed a starving child for weeks. are you a sadist or just wasteful? i bet you drive a hummer. i bet if your hummer ran off cream cheese you'd think twice about that shit. oh, and when you cut the bagel, do it all the way through. that way, when i attempt to separate the two halves of my warmed over, sloppy with "shmear" breakfast item, it won't pull the bottom out from under and fall on my lap and ruin my pants/morning. and why do you call it a "shmear"? that is disgusting. you are lazy, wasteful, and half-ass bagel chef. may you drown in a pile of salmon-flavored cream cheese as you, of course, suck it.
BAGEL SUPREMACISTS: "this bagel is good but it's not like this one place in Brooklyn that makes the best blah blah blah" dude, you spent three days in new york city last summer, and no bagel or slice of pizza has been the same for you since. i feel your pain, but you should probably either take a jetblue flight back to williamsburg, die, or perhaps shut up and eat the goddamn thing. i hate you. i truly hate you. everyone who is still impressed that you know about new york and their delicious peasant food is about 19 years old or lives in wisconsin. long may you suck it.
thanks to the above, this food has now been ruined for me forever.
