We all love to hate Martin Shkreli. And it’s easy, because he’s a legitimately terrible dude who cares more about his bank account than about the sick people who can no longer afford their AIDS and cancer treatment. Also, we side with the Wu on all feuds. Now, we have one more reason to hate on Shkreli: he thinks brunch is for lazy, liberal women who don’t care about blowing money on a fancy breakfast spread.
Yes! Brunch! In brunch’s defense: It’s the best meal of the day. It’s the perfect mix between breakfast and lunch that allows you to sleep in and still fill your stomach with unlimited bacon and eggs. Plus, there’s the added perk of socially-sanctioned a.m. drinking with free-flowing mimosas and Bloody Marys. If you can’t appreciate that, you might not be fully alive.
Apparently, all of our oft-stated brunch pros are cons to Shkreli. Yesterday morning he took to Twitter to make his distaste for the meal public in a series of typically-douchey tweets (interspersed, of course, with random threats of roundhouse kicks and chest stomps, because he’s super tough):
only liberal trash has 'brunch'. i eat breakfast like an american. gtfo. https://t.co/SoqPoeAXjS
— Martin Shkreli (e/acc) (@MartinShkreli) July 24, 2016
brunch is for women. there. i said it. https://t.co/UOUwvpO6D7
— Martin Shkreli (e/acc) (@MartinShkreli) July 24, 2016
Any self-respecting person can just call it a 'late breakfast' or an 'early lunch'. "Brunch" has so many terrible connotations.
— Martin Shkreli (e/acc) (@MartinShkreli) July 24, 2016
Brunch connotes a liberal smug superiority. It's just a late breakfast because you're not working and too lazy to eat on time.
— Martin Shkreli (e/acc) (@MartinShkreli) July 24, 2016
I eat all of my meals in 10 minutes. You want a long, drawn-out boozefest? I am busy, GFY.
— Martin Shkreli (e/acc) (@MartinShkreli) July 24, 2016
Brunchers–drink more mimosas and have your funds drained. I eat 6 eggs a day for $2 while I stack paper outrageous. #moneylong
— Martin Shkreli (e/acc) (@MartinShkreli) July 24, 2016
Of course, there were opinions, both from those who agreed with Shkreli:
https://twitter.com/_jamesrustler/status/757255907205976064
@0nly9OsKIDZ shit man I'm kind of team skreli on this one…
— cool normal guy (@CouchGrouchTM) July 24, 2016
And those who disagreed/didn’t really care, as long as it meant they could make a joke about Shkreli’s breakfast choices in prison:
https://twitter.com/arnososna/status/757256732334657536
They will be eating you for brunch in prison.
— Julian (@_Julian_NYC) July 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/JDBealey/status/757268594036211712
It’s like Shkreli is on a mission to make himself out as the most awful person in the world. Not that he really has to try, but still. What’s next, hating on bouncy houses and ice cream sundaes? Calling cute cat videos the opiate of the masses?
