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The Corner-Shop Mystic
You take the pick-n-mix seriously. Sweetness is the people's luxury and you are its neighborhood scholar — every shop, ranked.
The taste, measured
ComfortAdventurous
Adventurous: 50 of 100
SoftSharp
Soft: 90 of 100
SubtleBold
Bold: 50 of 100
RitualImpulse
Impulse: 60 of 100
Taste capital
WorkingMiddleBourgeoisie
Unpretentious confidence. You like what you like and no marketing department gets a vote.
Taste capital tier: WorkingThe spread — six cards, one life
foodYou read menus back to front. The main course is an opening act.
musicThe hits are hits for a reason, and you will die on this comfortable hill.
clothingYou are the loudest thing in the room before you say a word.
hobbiesIf it isn't fun in the first five minutes, it isn't a hobby, it's homework.
travelYou book the place you can't pronounce and learn to pronounce it on the way.
booksYou read for delight, in gulps, preferably in one sitting.
The stars, read for taste
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The picks — one per domain
The cards point to wares we'd stake our name on. Follow one and Tastety may receive a small tribute, at no cost to you.
food
Sweetness, democratically priced.
music
A chorus everyone can shout.
clothing
Color is free happiness.
hobbies
Sugar as a practice.
travel
Rock candy field research.
books
Reading is FOR joy.
The philosophers weigh in
You take the pick-n-mix seriously and rank every shop in the neighborhood — sweetness as the people's luxury, defended with scholarship. Pleasure without apology is half my philosophy. You have it for pocket change.
Sweetness is the taste the dominant classes perpetually demote — too immediate, too popular, too pleasurable. Your corner-shop scholarship is a heresy against the hierarchy of palates. Continue.