Originally posted by Shahram:

[b]I love how people consider themselves cooler and more edgy for not buying coffee from the place that they think people who think of themselves as cool and edgy buy their coffee from.

Ooh, how cool and edgy.

Starbucks drinkers are bombarded on all sides by people who either hate coffee altogether and must let everyone know they prefer Mountain Dew or Pit Bull EXTREME, blustering rednecks who are public about their preference of bitter, steaming watery acid laxative served up at their local Fuckin' Donuts or Vietnamese-run Fuk Yu G.I. Donut House, or worse, coffee über-snobs who import, roast and grind their own beans and turn their discriminating noses up at the lowly pedestrian Starbucks swiller.

Starbucks offers a consistent product at a consistent price, not as shitty as the diarrhea juice at the Donut Hole, not the little cup of heaven you had on your honeymoon in Costa Rica. It doesn't cost 8 cents a gallon, but then again there is the convenience of not having to renew your passport, grow it, roast it, or grind it yourself. They even put it in a cup for you.

It's just coffee, people. A product meant for consumption. Not a social statement, not an identity badge, not a political affiliation. Roasted beans soaked in hot water.

So get the fuck over yourselves.