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Everything Is Stupid - America Has a Problem with Food

Jan 12, 20235 min
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Ronny Chieng spotlights frivolous lawsuits against food giants, including absurd cases being brought against Godiva, TGI Friday’s and Poland Spring.

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You're listening to Comedy Central. Thank you. America has a problem with food. You guys want your food to be cheap and fast, but also to be fresh and healthy. That's too many things. Okay, you can't have both. It's like racial diversity at a ski lodge. It doesn't exist. And when Americans don't get everything they expect from their food, you end up with dumb lawsuits like this one. The Reading Eagle reports on a five million dollar class action

lawsuit that accuses Godiva of misleading consumers. The suit says Godiva's packaging reads Belgium, complaying the chocolate is made there when it's actually made in Reading, Pennsylvania. Godiva says the Belgian brand is proud of its roots and the company's logo reflects the spirit. Come on, guys, you're telling me the Americans care that the chocolate isn't from Belgium. I'll give you the money myself if you can show me what Belgium is on the map. But so good, dive out.

Why are you tricking people about where your chocolate is from? Nobody cares. You could say that was made in Billy Sanders Shoe and people would still eat it. Okay, people love chocolate so much that really won'ta killed kids, and we didn't even care because he made chocolate. Americans are so entitled. Not only does a cheap food have to be exotic, they also wanted to be organic, like this lady.

A Bronx woman is suing t g I Fridays for five million dollars, claiming the restaurant's potatoes skin snacks aren't actually made of potatoes. The potato skin snacks come in bags, they're sold in stores and venting machines across the country. The woman says she bought the snack at a Bronx bodega, but says she wouldn't have made the purchase if she knew the product didn't contain real potato. She claims the food is miss branded and not as healthy as the

restaurant's popular appetizer. Okay, so I get where this lady is coming from. I would also be pissed because you can't sell us snack called potato skins if it doesn't have any potatoes in it. Okay, imagine if you've got tickets to Beyonce concert and when you got that I came out, you'll be furious why because you're not ready for the jelly. But still, how is this lady suing for five million dollars? Like, how much does she spend on these potato skins? Four dollars? Okay, well then she

gets the fall to dollars back. Okay. In fact, you know what, here's here's a ten can go by yourself thirty seconds of therapy. I mean, honestly, who's expecting food from t g I Fridays? They give you two appetizers, two entrees, and two desserts all for twenty bucks. That's not a meal, that's a yard sale. Then again, we don't need a lawsuit. Just give the lady her money back, and t g I Fridays you can still call them potato skins. You just have to put a question mark

at the end. Yeah, that way, you're not just selling a snack, you're selling a mystery. Seriously, America, you can't keep suing everything. Okay, just accept the fact that everyone is lying to you. Companies are lying to you, the government is lying to you. Your wife is cheating on you. With me, nothing is real. Okay, you can't even trust water. A judge has given new life to a class action lawsuit accusing Poland Spring of selling water that's sourced from

wells and not springs. A ruled last week that an amended complaint can proceed with claims in eight states. Poland Springs corporate parent, Connecticut based Nestleye Waters North America reiterated Tuesday that it's a meritless lawsuit and said the judge's decision doesn't undermine its confidence. That's right. A woman is mad that Poland spring water doesn't come from a spring, comes from a well. Yeah. I just told the people in Flint, Michigan about this story, and they said to

go yourself seriously. The pool actually thinks Poland spring water comes from a spring in Poland. Do you also think your smart water went to m I t it's all marketing. Although to be fair, CVS water does come from CVS Okay, locally sourced from the CVS breakroom toilet. Look, I think America would have fuel lawsuits if people were more skeptical what they put in their bodies in the first place. If you ask me, this is just a scheme people are using to try and get rich, which is why

I'm also joining in. Trevor, I am suing you consider yourself served. What why Because the food you left in the fridge today wasn't organic and I almost didn't finish it. Wait, what do you mean the food? That was my food? You ate my lunch? Running that was my lunch. Trevor will let the courts decide, Runnie Chating? Everybody? What's the Daily show? Weeknights and eleven ten Central learned Comedy Central

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