Seemingly [Blue] Ranch
October 13, 2023 7:51 AM Subscribe
The journey of 'seemingly ranch,' from meme to top of the Empire State Building [NPR] [CW: Taylor Swift, Advertising, X, Ranch Dressing]
The original Xweet
The Spooky Season Xweet
The Empire State Xweet
The inevitable New York Times zeitgeist item
Obviously Ketchup
Ketchup and ranch ... it's a love story.
Of course, Haters gonna hate
The original Xweet
The Spooky Season Xweet
The Empire State Xweet
The inevitable New York Times zeitgeist item
Obviously Ketchup
Ketchup and ranch ... it's a love story.
Of course, Haters gonna hate
For people who don't want to be a part of Musk's income stream, you can substitute 'nitter.net' for 'twitter.com' or 'x.com' and see the tweet.
posted by riotnrrd at 7:55 AM on October 13, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by riotnrrd at 7:55 AM on October 13, 2023 [7 favorites]
BTW Canada's national colours are ketchup and seemingly ranch. Very, very on point.
posted by seanmpuckett at 7:58 AM on October 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 7:58 AM on October 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
I work at an engineering faculty and am trying to rapidly convince the Engineering Chemistry folks to do something with "Seemingly ENCH," wish me luck
posted by Shepherd at 8:15 AM on October 13, 2023 [13 favorites]
posted by Shepherd at 8:15 AM on October 13, 2023 [13 favorites]
Let's see - Heinz, Walmart, McDonald's.
It's kinda adorable when your grandad tries to join in with what the kids are doing. They get it wrong, it's a bit cringe, you groan, you'd rather they didn't. But it's lovable!
A billion dollar megacorp is not your lovable grandpa. They're mile-high leviathans stomping the world flat. While they're stealing our silly jokes.
This dystopia is so lame.
posted by adept256 at 8:43 AM on October 13, 2023 [19 favorites]
It's kinda adorable when your grandad tries to join in with what the kids are doing. They get it wrong, it's a bit cringe, you groan, you'd rather they didn't. But it's lovable!
A billion dollar megacorp is not your lovable grandpa. They're mile-high leviathans stomping the world flat. While they're stealing our silly jokes.
This dystopia is so lame.
posted by adept256 at 8:43 AM on October 13, 2023 [19 favorites]
Seemingly Pepsi Blue.
posted by spilon at 8:49 AM on October 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by spilon at 8:49 AM on October 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
ketchup and seemingly ranch
What's the secret sauce at Bronco Burger?
posted by The Bellman at 8:51 AM on October 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
What's the secret sauce at Bronco Burger?
posted by The Bellman at 8:51 AM on October 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
Ils sont fous, ces Américains
posted by mumimor at 8:52 AM on October 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by mumimor at 8:52 AM on October 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
Seemingly Zut Alors! Sauce
posted by y2karl at 8:57 AM on October 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by y2karl at 8:57 AM on October 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
Phew, I was worried this was going to be a dip into broken sauce of misogyny that gets directed at a successful woman like her.
Instead, it's wonderfully silly - so far.
posted by drewbage1847 at 9:07 AM on October 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
Instead, it's wonderfully silly - so far.
posted by drewbage1847 at 9:07 AM on October 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
Just stick with blue cheese...
posted by Czjewel at 9:31 AM on October 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by Czjewel at 9:31 AM on October 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
A billion dollar megacorp is not your lovable grandpa. They're mile-high leviathans stomping the world flat. While they're stealing our silly jokes.
Seemingly Grinch
posted by uncleozzy at 9:38 AM on October 13, 2023 [10 favorites]
Seemingly Grinch
posted by uncleozzy at 9:38 AM on October 13, 2023 [10 favorites]
OK, I’ve registered seeminglyran.ch
Now what?
(The fact that it was still available suggests that no-one cares about domain names any more)
posted by Omission at 9:53 AM on October 13, 2023 [9 favorites]
Now what?
(The fact that it was still available suggests that no-one cares about domain names any more)
posted by Omission at 9:53 AM on October 13, 2023 [9 favorites]
People absolutely go nuts over (seemingly?) ranch dressing as a condiment and I will admit to not getting it. Like it's fine, not at all offensive, in an easily digestible skinny mayonaise kind of way, but I have no idea why you'd want to have it on everything all the time.
Which is, as it turns out exactly how I feel about Taylor Swift.
posted by thivaia at 10:23 AM on October 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
Which is, as it turns out exactly how I feel about Taylor Swift.
posted by thivaia at 10:23 AM on October 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
Mod note: One comment deleted. Let's avoid centering Taylor Swift's (or any other celebrity) identity around her past relations. This is not only distasteful but sexist as well.
posted by loup (staff) at 10:28 AM on October 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by loup (staff) at 10:28 AM on October 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
OK, I’ve registered seeminglyran.ch
Now what?
Snap up "seeminglyfren.ch" and "seeminglybluechee.se" and "seeminglytahi.ni" if they're still available.
posted by pracowity at 10:31 AM on October 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
Now what?
Snap up "seeminglyfren.ch" and "seeminglybluechee.se" and "seeminglytahi.ni" if they're still available.
posted by pracowity at 10:31 AM on October 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
Seeminglybr.ie. seeminglytapio.ca. This could go on.
posted by transient at 10:42 AM on October 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by transient at 10:42 AM on October 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
(stares dead eyed, shuffles back into the woods to find Yo-Yo Ma)
posted by elkevelvet at 10:49 AM on October 13, 2023 [9 favorites]
posted by elkevelvet at 10:49 AM on October 13, 2023 [9 favorites]
Taylor Swift will be old enough to be president in 2024. (Turns 35 in Dec. 2024 in time for Inauguration Day 2025)
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 10:54 AM on October 13, 2023 [9 favorites]
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 10:54 AM on October 13, 2023 [9 favorites]
Hey, she could throw her hat in for House Speaker right now.
posted by credulous at 11:19 AM on October 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by credulous at 11:19 AM on October 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
I’m rooting for Grazer to follow up her Fat Bear Week victory with a run at the Speaker position.
posted by pxe2000 at 11:21 AM on October 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by pxe2000 at 11:21 AM on October 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
Hey, she could throw her hat in for House Speaker right now.
The Errors tour.
posted by adept256 at 11:32 AM on October 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
The Errors tour.
posted by adept256 at 11:32 AM on October 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
A joke driven so far into the ground that Jules Verne is suing it for plagiarism
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 11:36 AM on October 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 11:36 AM on October 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
Taylor Swift's lyrics can be a little oblique, but now it's perfectly clear: when she was singing about a '90s trend, that trend was ranch dressing.
posted by box at 11:45 AM on October 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by box at 11:45 AM on October 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
And the late Mr. Verne is going to collect from this beyond the grave offense how?
posted by y2karl at 11:45 AM on October 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by y2karl at 11:45 AM on October 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
HE HAS HIS WAYS
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 11:50 AM on October 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 11:50 AM on October 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
If I saw a red dipping sauce and a white dipping sauce next to each other, I would think it is surely mayo.
posted by molecicco at 12:01 PM on October 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by molecicco at 12:01 PM on October 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
🇵🇱
posted by migurski at 12:05 PM on October 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by migurski at 12:05 PM on October 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
surely mayo is the new seemingly ranch?
posted by nightcoast at 12:08 PM on October 13, 2023 [9 favorites]
posted by nightcoast at 12:08 PM on October 13, 2023 [9 favorites]
I've never knowingly listened to Ms. Swift's music, though I bear her no ill will, and while I do appreciate ranch dressing I typically prefer blue cheese, and I had no knowledge of the meme being referenced here.
Begone, zeitgeist. I have no need of thee.
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:11 PM on October 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
Begone, zeitgeist. I have no need of thee.
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:11 PM on October 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
mayo is the eigenstate when you collapse ranch's wave function
posted by credulous at 12:23 PM on October 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by credulous at 12:23 PM on October 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
mayo is the eigenstate when you collapse ranch's wave function
Tomato and chilli in identical bottles - Schroedinger's Sriracha. You'll find out when you taste it.
posted by adept256 at 12:55 PM on October 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
Tomato and chilli in identical bottles - Schroedinger's Sriracha. You'll find out when you taste it.
posted by adept256 at 12:55 PM on October 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
If you ever waffle about ranch, one option is to try making your own. This (YT) is one of my faves from Carla Lalli Music. Herbs! Miso! An ice cube! Let's goooooo.
posted by kaelynski at 1:47 PM on October 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by kaelynski at 1:47 PM on October 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
All I know is that Swift better eats lots of it now that she is on the Kansas City Chiefs' roster. She's gonna need to hit her macros hard in order to be ready for when she subs in for Mahomes so she can make a pass at Kelcie on Monday Night Football and trigger the ecstatic implosion of the universe.
posted by srboisvert at 1:57 PM on October 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by srboisvert at 1:57 PM on October 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
Look this is just journalistic integrity, was the citizen-journalist able to stick their fingers into the sauce cup and confirm? No!
posted by Carillon at 2:52 PM on October 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Carillon at 2:52 PM on October 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
I bumped into* Maximus Decimus Meridius and he asked if I was not entertained and I admitted I'm seemingly entertained.
*: I don't think that "another one of Taylor Swift's Ex's" is established as a joke in stories about Ms Swift so I'm not starting with that.
posted by k3ninho at 2:28 AM on October 15, 2023 [1 favorite]
*: I don't think that "another one of Taylor Swift's Ex's" is established as a joke in stories about Ms Swift so I'm not starting with that.
posted by k3ninho at 2:28 AM on October 15, 2023 [1 favorite]
People absolutely go nuts over (seemingly?) ranch dressing as a condiment and I will admit to not getting it. Like it's fine, not at all offensive, in an easily digestible skinny mayonaise kind of way, but I have no idea why you'd want to have it on everything all the time.
I think this means that Taylor Swift is more average than you.
posted by waving at 1:27 PM on October 16, 2023
I think this means that Taylor Swift is more average than you.
posted by waving at 1:27 PM on October 16, 2023
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