r/BlackCountryNewRoad

THE FACTS:

• I have been buying Bounty paper towel at Costco for over 15 years.
• Due to personal circumstances, I buy and use a lot of it.
• I consider myself to be one of the leading Bounty Paper Towel Experts in all of Canada.
• My paper towel holder stick thingy has been the same for over 5 years, and it's location has not changed.
• I have not increased my hand, wrist, or arm strength in any way.
• My paper towel pulling technique has been the same for over 35 years.

THE SITUATION:

A few months ago when starting a new roll, it took me like 4 or 5 attempts to pull off the first piece, and each attempt caused a serious rip. I was concentrating on cleaning up the spilled milk on the counter quickly before it ran off onto the floor, so as a result, I suppressed the memory of the event.

Then a few rolls later, the same thing happened again when starting a new roll. Then it happened again. And again. And yes, it even happened again after that.

Eventually, I was cheesed off enough to take the time to search the World Wide Web to see if anyone else had similar experiences. I ended up finding a news(?) website that I will not link to here because I don't know if it's reputable or not, but the article basically claimed that, "Bounty had been slowly reducing it's quality over time so customers wouldn't notice," and basically treating Bounty Buyers like me as boiling frogs, (presumably) laughing evilly at their increase in profits.

Well, Bounty Execs, I have some news for you: the jig is up!! I am officially calling you out for the enshitifcation of your product, and I will no longer be buying it. Yes, it took me a while to finally realize what you were up to, but you'd better damn well believe that I know what a proper Bounty sheet feels like, and I haven't felt it in months. I know that texture better than I know the texture of the skin of my own chubby legs - YOU HAVE ENSHITIFIED IT. SHAME ON YOU!!

Fellow Bounty Buyers, I encourage you to rise up against this tyranny and STOP BUYING THEIR NOW HORRIBLE PRODUCT. It's totally useless, doesn't do what it's supposed to, and it's degrading to even have it in the house at this point. Just look at the attached photo - does that look "Bounty Strong" to you!?!? Of course it doesn't.

Anyway, I'm too lazy to go shopping elsewhere, so I guess I'm switching to whatever Costco has sitting next to it... Kirkland Paper Towel Enthusiasts: may I ask what I can expect in regards to quality?

So here’s the scoop on the whole cocktail art installation!

I got the train up there on a whim cause fuck it I had nothing else to do, and ended up meeting a few fans at a bar across the road from the address before hand.

From there we all ended up wandering around the estate, not knowing whether or not to line up and weirding out the neighbours a bit lmao, we eventually got ushered up into the block of flats and were the first few in to where the bar was at the front door. Isaac was right at the front and guided us upstairs.

We were escorted up into this freshly painted room with exactly what you see in the picture. A white rectangle that was covered in a bed sheet and some wood support to the side. (Literally, a cocktail bar with painting support).

Afterwards, Isaac came up and the first few of us got to have a nice convo with him. And honestly what a really lovely down to earth guy. From what we chatted about he seems to be just having fun, making art, working in carpentry, said he had been creating a musical for the last 2 years but that ended up not working out (lord knows what that could of been but sounds cool), wrote the latest songs over the last few months for the Phoebe gig, didn’t actually do any of the art there besides building the bar but was just supporting friends and is still 50/50 on if a new album is going to come from the new music just yet.

Then, the actual artist of the piece (I didn’t get her name, sorry, but she was also really lovely!) came up and started explaining the piece some more (which you can read about in the bio paper I took a pic of) and that the bar was there to help fund new supplies for further projects.

After that IT GOT PACKED QUICK seemed like some people were expecting more and were a bit baffled, Tbf it was a very Lynchian experience at times, but everyone seemed to either get the hint that this is what it was, thought there may of been some deeper social experiment at hand or think that any moment Isaac was gonna bust out basketball shoes, which didn’t happen, but the fact that this took place regardless, and we all got to hang out and enjoy the weird yet exciting atmosphere that was created out of this, was enough to make it worth it!

I ended up getting the pic of us together as I was leaving, since the slightly more enthusiastic side of the fanbase started coming in, who pretty much only wanted a signature for vinyls, to know where he lived! (which was an actual question that was asked, like jeez chill guys!) and kept asking if he was getting back with the band. But fair play to him for handling it all well, he was super chill and kind to everyone from what I saw regardless of some over excitement.

Overall, it was a fun artsy time, I didn’t go into it with any expectations, just wanted to see what Isaac had up his sleeve in terms of a new project and ended up having a really nice chat with him, hanging out with some fab people around the art and having few bevvies afterwards. Brilliant day out!

Ps: there was some girlies like myself there, not just a COCKtail bar! 😂

found these posts on instagram

this was a message to the other person who is running the event

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS SO MASSIVE. WHY DO I HAVE TO LIVE ACROSS THE WORLD!!!

Hey guys, we hope this is okay to post here as we're fans too and just did a 38 min episode on BCNR. You can hear it here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-country-new-road/id1834150854?i=1000779907638
OR
https://open.spotify.com/episode/17xfBDZXJU4YJxZfWdAZdN?si=O_6D3cCiS0mrUaS0EdEWhA
OR wherever you get your podcasts. We hope you like it or some of it or most of it. :) Let us know your thoughts. :)

belgrade show scraps, miss it so much 💔

i just want to talk about how this band really cares for their fans so much! when tyler got on the keyboard, she asked the crowd if we were hydrated. me and a few others yelled out no, and out of their kindness, they started giving out their OWN water bottles to the first few rows! (lewis gave me one directly in my hands lmao). a while after this, may and charlie went backstage to get cups of water for more people! definitely one of the highlights from the show. also, after the show, may said she noticed me and my friend sharing the bottle of water with everyone around us and said we did a great thing so that made me feel really good lololol :D

Found it on Twitter