Update XVI: Sidejackin' it in the Train Room.

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To the government's credit, they have a decent amount of publicly available nutritional guides and whatnot. It's more than enough to start with, even if it's not a tailored nutritional plan. It's just that Bushie isn't interested in reading them, nor is the government doing a particularly good job of promoting/improving the information. Better than nothing, anyway, but only if used.

The website isn't incredibly user friendly, but there's lots of info.

http://www.nutrition.gov/

What influence does that tiny program have in the face of Food Co.'s multibillion dollar advertising budget?  I'd bet Braum's spends more on publicity than government eatings tips.

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You guys don't even know the pure apathy that is Braum's marketing. They literally still run ads like this on the teevee, and their website looked like this... in 2012. Everything about the place is twenty years outdated.

How dare they. How dare Braum's spend 30 seconds extolling the tastiness of their peaches on ice cream, rather than showing 30 seconds of furred arteries and heart attack victims followed by a message of "Now come to Braum's! There's an indifference to coronary problems at Braum's you'll enjoy!"

Honestly, for all the free market talk in the US, there seems often to be a ludicrous degree of nanny-statism amongst individual Americans that's unreal. Braum's are gonna sell Braum's. It isn't for Braum's to sell the health effects; it's for every individual to take 2 seconds to think before they order the double cheeseburger for the seventh lunch that week "Hmm, I'm grotesquely fat; might this double cheeseburger make me fatter?"

Someone who eats daily at Braum's doesn't wind up 21 or 22 stone through the wickedness of capitalism - at least not in the modern media era where diet information is a fingertip away - they do so because of their own choices.

Braum's gonna sell cheeseburgers. Your solution doesn't lie in tying Braum's hands behind their backs, but in making fat slobs realise, as anyone with two braincells realises, nutritional value and weight loss lies elsewhere.

What a load of right wing hogwash!

Speaking of the "fruit" on ice cream, i'm not sure what that multi-colored slop is they are dumping all over the vanilla in the ad, but it sure isn't fruit!

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That's cool that they treat their cows well though. Maybe Braum's ain't so bad after all.

I love that their website discusses their vertical integration, selling fresh milk and also ice cream they make from that milk, but is quiet about the logical next step to hamburgers.

RIP Braum's Cows : (

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Wow!  It certainly seems like in the vast, desolate wasteland of gloom and despair that is the Greater OKC area, there shines a beacon to guide one through the darkness... your neighborhood Braum's!

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Are we still having Update t-shirts done?

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Just replace the text with "Clean up the meat"



We really need an Update official logo made up.

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I'd buy the sh**t out of some Update shirts to wear with my colored shorts!

I was gonna have one done for the Jeffison reception but alas it all went to [Inks].

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Hanging CADD: The Bushie Story

For the logo, I was think more just the word "Update" where Bushie's selfie is incorporated and the glasses make up the circular parts of the "p" and the "d".

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i have a hunch bushie may have over-eaten in his trip to see his parents.

Missing church with a headache and bad stomach.  Good call Walter.  RIP CHURCH.

Best thing that could happen to him, really. 

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It's lunch time.  I have friends from church and we usually hang out once a month.  In September, we're going to have a game night.

Anyway, the day is going extremely well.  This is easily the best day so far.  I'm all caught up with my work so my boss sent me to lunch 30 minutes earlier than normal while he figures out my next project to work on.

Jesus tapdancing Christ, Bushie.  Do you churchies actually have fun with this stuff or do you just tell yourself you are?!  Grab a 30 of Keystone and live a little!  

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The headache has been a fun episode, but if I may, I'd like us to turn our focus back to Braum's for just a bit.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqmwtzgez6o

"At Braum's, there is NO SUCH THING as too much cheese".  

Wow!  If Bushie is America, then Braum's is America's Kitchen.  

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A new updateism!

I'm watching the Braum's "Our Milk is Special" episode now! Good stuff!

Their ice cream ads are revolutionizing how I see sundaes.  I don't think I'll ever be able to eat another without those fruit-based chunky sugar toppings. 

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We even started laughing at some of the corrections that the engineers sent back. 

oh no.  this is an ominous sign.  remember when the family bushie were laughing over papa bushie's diabetes diagnosis?  it was a real knee-slapper.

Storm clouds... They are a'brewin...

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WM is correct that uproarious laughter is a motif often used by the writers to show Bushie dismissing a serious problem.

Like when he laughed to himself during his "diet" after accidentally hitting the Dr. Pepper lever at McDonald's (the location hilarious in and of itself) rather than the Diet Dr. Pepper, and proceeding to drink it anyway, like McDonald's gives a [Inks] if he dumps it out or not.  One year and some change later, Bushie has probably only gained weight since that time. 

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Corporate Worship is the Update Meme of the Week.

And the slogan of the 2016 Republican National Convention!

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I'm enjoying a nice football game on a fine Friday evening.  It really helps me enjoy the weekend when I have a good job to go back to on Monday and knowing that my boss is pleased with my progress which makes me pleased with my progress.  For once, I have no employment worries at all.  This is the first time I have been able to truly say that in years, maybe ever.

Ugh!  When does Bushie think for Bushie!?

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I'm enjoying a nice football game on a fine Friday evening.  It really helps me enjoy the weekend when I have a good job to go back to on Monday and knowing that my boss is pleased with my progress which makes me pleased with my progress.  For once, I have no employment worries at all.  This is the first time I have been able to truly say that in years, maybe ever.

Ugh!  When does Bushie think for Bushie!?

In this instance, whether I'm pleased or not does not affect my continued employment.  It's his opinion that matters, not my own.

I get it, but I think it would be wise for you to, rather than laugh together at mistakes, stand the **** up and let it be known to the office that your work is good... Damn good!  Then the office will think of you as not a good follower, but a future leader!

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I think he is thinking for himself ... at this stage, his supervisor's thoughts are quite critical to his continuing success. How often have we seen Jeff fool himself into thinking he's doing a stellar job when he was really on the chopping block? Now he's soliciting his supervisor's feedback with regularity in order to keep tabs on his job stability, and we're criticizing him for it?

Keep doing what you're doing, Jeff. A lot can always happen, but I think you're doing the right things so far and have more potential with this job than any other you've held for years.

Now ... who's ready for an Update shirt? I'm thinking "Your argument just got tinkled on" on the back!

Oh its wonderful!!!   

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Hey, guys, I am nearing the 10 pound weight loss mark.  I've lost officially 9.4 lbs coming in at 283.6.

That's great!  Bushie, have you thought about buying some more exotic-type fruits?  Like mangos and kiwi?  They are truly delicious and might be a good way to better your diet, rather than trying to change things with bland, common food like lettuce and apples.

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Here is a crude mockup of what I'm trying to get done.  J-Mann's amazing logo will be perfect for the back of the shirt near the top.

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If you guys are serious about the shirts, please do not use my face.  That is the same as public mockery.  You can use any meme's you want, but my face and any personal info should be avoided.

What if it was more of a characture... rather than an actual picture?

But still, who the hell in NJ would know that was you?  It's just a picture of a guy with the word Update.  No one is going to know what it's about. 

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If you guys are serious about the shirts, please do not use my face.  That is the same as public mockery.  You can use any meme's you want, but my face and any personal info should be avoided.

What if it was more of a characture... rather than an actual picture?

But still, who the hell in NJ would know that was you?  It's just a picture of a guy with the word Update.  No one is going to know what it's about. 

I would still feel more comfortable if my face, whether real pic or caricature were not on public display even around complete strangers.

Fair enough, but you never answered my question about kiwis and mangos.

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Bushie... Kiwis, mangos?

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Bushie, do a mango for breakfast instead of B & E. 

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Do you think Bushie is the type to get all emotional during the worship?