As a bakers’ strike threatens to kill off the legendary snack-cake manufacturer Hostess, consumers on Twitter are pausing for a moment of reflection. With the company threatening to liquidate if workers don’t return by tonight, this could be the end of the company.
Thanks for the calorie-laden memories, Hostess:
https://twitter.com/slone/status/269249434431389696
Stocking up now on weapons and water for the post-Twinkie apocalypse. #peaktwinkie
— Sid Acker (@siddharma) November 16, 2012
@slone .. TWINKIES. . .That REALLY makes me MAD..!!…
— Mike Beacham (@Mike_Beacham) November 16, 2012
https://twitter.com/nataliesteeez/status/269260662268653568
Twinkie's may never be made again. Fear not, America. We still have the Chocolate Fountain at Golden Coral.
— Enraged Family Man (@maulingasshole) November 15, 2012
And let us not forget that Twinkie lovers are not the only ones grieving.
https://twitter.com/LindaRizek/status/269239387009712128
Hey Don't Take Away Me Hostess Them Snow Balls & Zingers & Bread Will Never Be The Same This Just Can't Happen C'mon #STICKAROUNDKINGOFBREAD
— BRUCE TODD WAFER (@BTW633) November 16, 2012
@FlaVarsity Wonder Bread might cease to be a wonder as well!
— Ryan Keith (@R_D_Keith) November 16, 2012
Some, like St. Louis news reporter Rebecca Roberts, are scrambling to make things right while they still have the chance.
Momentous occasion: trying my first-ever Twinkie, on the day Hostess could decide to liquidate. @ KTVI/KPLR http://t.co/V4jywuvO
— Rebecca Sheehan (@RebeccaRSheehan) November 15, 2012
#Hostess factory employee: "you can eat as much as you want, you just can’t any home." OMG I'd be so fat. #HostessStrike #RIPTwinkies
— Rebecca Sheehan (@RebeccaRSheehan) November 16, 2012
Of course, some people had to ruin the nostalgic moment by reminding us how capitalism works.
https://twitter.com/GeorgeScumbag/status/269259853862666240
That’s probably true, but it’s still sad to see an overzealous union take down a good American company (If indeed that happens). But even if Hostess goes the way of the dinosaur, we can be assured of one thing. Someday, long after the demise of our civilization, an archaeologist will find a perfectly preserved Twinkie in its little plastic bag. While our society may have disappeared, our buildings crumbled, and our culture vanished, that Twinkie will still be as edible as the day it rolled out of the factory.
Hostess may go down, but the Twinkie is forevah.
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