at Walmart.

I do love the gentle bigotry expressed towards its shoppers. Noses in the air condescension of the poor.

...I'm writing about a series of TV commercials for Walmart steaks. If you've seen the commercials, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't, you don't. The entire point of my post is "WHY is this supposed to be a SURPRISE moment when the guy says "You're eating Walmart steaks?""

I know what the fuck goes on at Walmart. I've been in Walmart.

"....gentle bigotry expressed towards its shoppers...." Where the fuck did THAT one come from?

"Noses in the air condescension of the poor...." Same here, what the fuck?

I know this is the Internet and I respect your need to get on a soap box and bleat like a sheep, but none of what you're addressing is in my post. It's about a guy who sneaks up on people eating steak and says "You're eating Walmart steaks" and MY reaction and MY post was "Why does this matter? Who GIVES a fuck?"

And you've ATTEMPTED to turn it into something else, so Have a Nice Day and welcome to my ignore list.

that Walmart doesn't sell good meats. As a vegetarian, I have no dog in this fight, but I think this is what the ads are up to.

Somewhat like Domino's recent "our pizzas used to really suck" campaign.

Well...they did. And now we're supposed to believe they don't?

I think I'd feel more comfortable with someone eating a steak at a backyard BBQ and saying "This steak is great, where did you buy it?" and the host responds "Walmart."

Less of the "you've just been punked" vibe...that's the part that was negative, at least for me.

Then I would demand that the meal was free and maybe even that they paid me!

I don't go out to eat to be some corporate guinea pig.

And no matter how good Wal-mart says its meat is, I think it's doubtful that it's comparable to that of a high-end steakhouse. Yes, I would be pissed and demand some kind of compensation if I were told my steak came from Wal-mart, or any other big box store or grocer.

(And as for Domino's...their pizzas still suck.)

I've never eaten at a restaurant that specified the stores that they shop at. And if these are actually real I guarantee they didn't specify the store they were bought at before they told them they came from walmart.

that's "expertly aged". That's code for "to make it more tender, we let it rot just a little bit"

Can I invite Meg Griffin over?

And the commercials are an attempt to combat this.

I have bought beef at Walmart, and I found the quality to be poor. Kroger's meat is much better.

But, IMO, all these "hidden camera commercials", no matter what is being advertised are set ups.

or standard - my opinion of walmart meat (although if I understand the discussions they are promoting this as prime?)

I would yell "OH MY GODDDD!!!!!!!!" and have whoever I was with try to Heimlich it all out.

Then I imagine I'd start streaking or something.

Well, maybe not. But I would like to believe I'd make a scene of some sort. As you said, is that how they anticipate people to react?

assume that anything called "Walmart steaK" would actually be made from rodents, pasted together with transglutaminase.

I found a link, and it turns out that you really can "glue" anything together that might loosely be considered "meat."