My goals are beyond my understanding.

Hmmm? What’d you say? I can’t hear

Of course, what was supposed to be a short term service industry job before he lived for his art has bloomed into just being his life, and life as a poor artist is never as romantic as one imagines. While the cost of living of Bikini Bottom is low enough that even a frycook can be a homeowner, it's not quite so low that he can afford the luxuries he was used to growing up.

His view of the Working Class as the downtrodden masses were rather tattered by years of living between SpongeBob and Patrick, who were not so much temporarily oppressed intellectuals as they were, well, SpongeBob and Patrick.

Still, through thick and thin he's never gone back on his decision to leave the money behind. The great irony is that he is ignorant of his greatest achievement—his superiority to Squilliam isn't turning a bunch of randos into a functioning Marching Band or turning a burger joint into a fine dining establishment, it's having the strength of character to look at all the advantages Squilliam had and choose to leave it behind.

working class british food is good and anyone who cant appreciate the conditions it was born from really does need to check their privileges i think.

i love hearing about the origins of food and knowing that something, that i may not even personally enjoy, was able to bring people through hard times and i think, i love hearing about people finding clever ways to stretch what little they have so it can feed more, or learning about how scarce foods were preserved long enough to last far longer than they would otherwise, or finding ways to use "undesirable" ingredients because its still perfectly fine. this stuff is absolutely worth respect and even celebration!

i love the smack barm pea wet meme and the wigan kebab. i think its a bit funny to put a whole pie on a bun. at the same time though, if i was cold, tired and hungry and had some spare change? well its warm and filling, and doesnt taste bad at all. It's a humble little meal that could keep me going for a while, thats all it needs to be.

sorry u just kinda hit on a peeve of mine, i really hate when people disparage food that historically belongs to people who only had so much to work with.