As a New Zealander, this is how I see America right now.

phuzE · 2012-11-18T18:29:57+00:00

First rule of learning about America - Don't listen to anything the media says, everything is sensationalized to the 1000th degree.

Upvoted for Zombieland though.

DavidRandom · 2012-11-18T17:11:26+00:00

As an American, this is how I see New Zealand right now.

milk0r · 2012-11-18T19:09:33+00:00

As a new Zealander I'm surprised you were posting this on a Monday morning at 2am :-)

darkstarone · 2012-11-18T19:39:03+00:00

Handy tip: Say 'kiwi' instead of New Zealander, reddit loves to upvote and make jokes about OP being a flightless bird/fruit.

thepenultimatestraw · 2012-11-18T21:11:37+00:00

As a kiwi, I can remember when twinkies were sold here (briefly) and I actually tried one. I don't think there will be much in the way of mourning them.

vanbardo · 2012-11-18T20:57:36+00:00

Texan here, I honestly don't know anyone that actually likes Twinkies.

Scorponix · 2012-11-18T18:03:48+00:00

except this time there aren't even snowballs

Patrick_Not_Star · 2012-11-18T19:26:51+00:00

its more about the loss of an icon than the loss of a snack cake. Twinkie the Kid was a awesome cowboy.

Mflms · 2012-11-18T19:45:23+00:00

I know.

carloscarllos · 2012-11-18T19:57:50+00:00

Forget about Twinkies, aren't we going to lose Wonder Bread too?

Kizaing · 2012-11-18T20:00:28+00:00

I live in Canada, and that's how some of us are reacting.

MrKrazybones · 2012-11-18T21:16:15+00:00

My local grocery store is sold out of all Hostess products

issicus · 2012-11-18T21:45:38+00:00

as an american I have never eaten a twinky

Lawbat · 2012-11-18T21:40:02+00:00

As an Old Zealander, I agree.

Valiuma · 2012-11-18T13:02:50+00:00

I was just about to post a similar picture with the same title haha, lucky I caught this.

MaritimeLawyer · 2012-11-18T17:18:59+00:00

I'm surprised that this is the first zombieland reference I've seen on reddit, you guys must be slippin'

skafaceXIII · 2012-11-18T13:11:29+00:00

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ButtonJoe · 2012-11-18T18:53:18+00:00

Now I really want a snowball.

Sean62291 · 2012-11-18T19:37:01+00:00

Yup that's pretty much how its going

BoerboelFace · 2012-11-18T20:21:32+00:00

People only pretend to give a shit here on Reddit.

Erectsean · 2012-11-18T20:30:00+00:00

I live in america, and I've only had a twinkie like once or twice in my life.

ACEmat · 2012-11-18T20:38:43+00:00

I was hoping this would be a one day thing.

Topwater · 2012-11-18T20:45:28+00:00

except every single post is "I havent had a twinkie in years".

the only one even talking about the fucking things are non-Americans

Cadensdad58 · 2012-11-18T20:54:12+00:00

As an American I like Twinkies but until all of this Reddit hoopla I had not realized its been at least a year since I ate one.

supafitz · 2012-11-18T22:14:23+00:00

Don't worry we have Tangy Fruits... oh wait... never forget

Viperbunny · 2012-11-18T23:28:05+00:00

As an American, this is how I see America right now as well.

MentosNZ · 2012-11-19T00:00:36+00:00

I don't know why you care about the American twinky shortage when we have much bigger problems at home! Come on! We are in the middle of a Marmite shortage!

Annapolis2012 · 2012-11-19T02:15:05+00:00

Jealosy will get you nowhere

egus · 2012-11-19T02:57:31+00:00

This whole Hostess thing reminds me of the Conan O'Brien CoCo saga.

Everyone likes the idea of it, but nobody can remember the last time they consumed the product.

ken_NT · 2012-11-19T03:07:48+00:00

I went to a Hostess store today, it looked like it was ransacked. It was so crowded that you would have thought a hurricane was going to pass through. Unfortunately they had sold out of twinkies most of their other cake and pastry products before I arrived.

onacloverifalive · 2012-11-19T03:32:49+00:00

You have no idea how true this is. As soon as anyone heard Hostess was done, the nearest person to every snack isle bought every single box of every hostess product. Redditors began posting photos of their hordes. All the independent distributors on Amazon immediately raised their prices to $3US per twinkie, even more for some other hostess products. I immediately went to the nearest Publix supermarket, only to find the entire snack cake isle barren except for a few off-brand products. Twinkies overnight became the fastest investment to triple your money. Brace yourselves, here come the eBay auctions for thousand dollar snack cakes.

Astronoid · 2012-11-19T03:52:31+00:00

Silly Kiwi! The Stragegic Twinkie Reserve (STR) is housed in bunkers impervious to nuclear attack. Besides that, Twinkies themselves are each individually impervious to nuclear and or chemical weaponry.

The STR holds enough Twinkies to last until 2032. There is plenty of time for Chinese workers to develop the creamy-filling-infusion skills necessary for the delicate proces of Twinkification^TM.

0947823 · 2012-11-19T03:53:07+00:00

Why doesn't he have a Snowball?

dacotahd · 2012-11-19T04:03:38+00:00

Went searching for anything, 4 hours finally found a package of dingdongs, zingers, cupcakes, and.....SNOWBALLS!!!

C22H30O4N6S · 2012-11-18T17:14:11+00:00

As a Londoner who tried a Twinkie for the first time today, I don't really see what all the fuss is about although I guess I'd think differently if I had been eating them my whole life. I'll stick to my angel cake.

wahdouthink · 2012-11-18T13:09:25+00:00

I've never even tasted a Twinkie before. Hmm... does that make it a first world problem?

Jdanam · 2012-11-18T19:17:44+00:00

As a New Zealander living in Texas for 6-7 years that's exactly how it is. hahah

Soljah · 2012-11-18T17:45:49+00:00

prepare for the hate kiwi. America can dish it out, but they can't handle it :P

RoostasTowel · 2012-11-18T23:55:58+00:00

I'm from north america.

I have been traveling for a while and was in New Zealand yesterday when I heard about the twinkie thing.

I went to a convenience store to see if I could find any twinkies.

Not a chance.

Galahad4615 · 2012-11-18T17:26:09+00:00

Not far from the truth OP.

vidal66 · 2012-11-18T18:07:55+00:00

and this is how America is.

moosejuice69 · 2012-11-18T18:59:22+00:00

As an American...thats about right

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