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  • 69 points TotalInstruction

    I think it’s a joke. He likes to bake and spent more money and time than intended.

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    21 points ComparisonOk8602

    It's a joke, but it's also a humble brag.

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    10 points Most_Researcher_2648

    I didnt pick up humble anywhere. Just a shitty joke about his strange looking cookies to insert his hourly rate in a post.

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    3 points HambugerLips

    If you look at those cookies, you'll realize it's not a brag 😄

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    1 points mazzicc

    Yeah, but it also seems like a really bad joke that is probably the kind his coworkers already hate.

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  • 246 points anthematcurfew

    These are the least appealing cookies I have ever seen in my life

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    75 points Bokononfoma

    And pine nuts are expensive as hell. I'd probably prefer these with just a single pecan or almond and a sugar coating.

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    17 points BadMuthaSchmucka

    Pine nuts are amazing though, they probably taste good

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    7 points gimmethelulz

    They are one of my all time favorite Italian cookies. So good with a cup of coffee.

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    5 points Dawnspark

    Yeah, they just don't look all that fancy.

    You either do it like this if you have the money for a lot of nuts, or like how my broke ass family always made them, with just a few on top of each cookie to stretch what we pine nuts we bought.

    They're quite nice, just a chewy almond cookie.

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    39 points Dense-Winter-1803

    That’s anti-Italian discrimination.

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    4 points neil060606

    In this house Frank Vitolo is a hero. End of story.

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    8 points TheDeHymenizer

    Again, with the rape of the culture?

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    7 points wrldwdeu4ria

    They look disgusting and the lunatic just broadcasted to the working world that he is cheap.

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    3 points TotalInstruction

    How many cheap bastards you know making $7 Christmas cookies for coworkers?

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    3 points lobsterman2112

    I'm sorry, but there is no way in hell the ingredients for each of those cookies is $7.

    With markup? Sure. I guess.

    Unless they are bigger than they seem. Is there a banana for scale? /s

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    3 points TotalInstruction

    That’s why I think it’s a joke.

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    1 points lobsterman2112

    Okay. Sorry. I misunderstood.

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    2 points MaybeMaybeNot94

    Markup is the ONLY way they each cost 7 bucks. See Crumbl

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    1 points freakbutters

    There's the 77,50 in labor costs.

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    1 points wrldwdeu4ria

    Exactly...and limiting it to one cookie per co-worker is cheap.

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    1 points verash

    Probably not $7, but pignoli are expensive. Something like $40/pound.

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    1 points BasvanS

    I have no idea how someone can spend $7 per cookie on ingredients. Not even with corner shop prices.

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    1 points Prinngolount

    That’s fair, but my wallet still can’t afford one

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    -1 points Small-Help-8382

    Right? I have never wanted to unsee a cookie before.

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    -2 points Magus44

    I thought they were like peanuts initially and went oh nice that could be delicious.
    But pine nuts? Foul. Shove your cookies up your ass Frank.

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    0 points scratchy_mcballsy

    Maybe they’re pot cookies based on his profile

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  • 20 points GlorifiedNewb

    People really strive for attention on LinkedIn. I don't get it.

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    6 points buffer_flush

    It’s just posting on reddit but with far less anonymity.

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    2 points GlempyLempist

    And really fucking boring and devoid of soul or personality or sincerity

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    1 points paragon60

    people strive for attention on social media. getting it hinges on an understanding of the human condition

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  • 33 points Small-Policy-3859

    I love me some baked teeth

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    10 points wrldwdeu4ria

    Me too!

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    10 points AndykinSkywalker

    Really not a fan of all that

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    4 points IconoclastExplosive

    Hey boss, what's it gonna take for you to never post that again?

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    1 points wrldwdeu4ria

    Exactly tree fitty!

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    1 points Still_Breadfruit_732

    Teeth cookies, my favourite…

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  • 9 points Pitbullfriend

    The cookies look fine to me but I’m used to Italian cookies. If it’s such a financial struggle for this doofus, though, why doesn’t he just skip it?

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  • 20 points endless_bloom

    to the people calling these gross in the comments: you're so wrong. pignoli nut cookies are absolutely stellar. they are made with almond flour and are very soft on the inside, with a slightly crispy outside. these are best consumed like 4 at a time, but yes, they are very expensive to make. however, CEO of cheapskates needs to learn to share his cookies.

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    8 points MissSuzysRevenge

    I am frankly shocked seeing people dissing pignoli cookies! I’m offended lol

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  • 5 points KingOfTheLisp

    This could’ve been an email

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  • 3 points Subject_Stand_7901

    Real Estate | Litigation | Cannabis.

    Can't wait for this Breaking Bad rip-off.

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    1 points Cornflakes_91

    for now its just baking bad(ly)

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  • 2 points takesthebiscuit

    These take the fucking biscuits

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  • 2 points AureliasTenant

    he's nuts

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  • 2 points johnlewisdesign

    Frank Vitolo just cannot resist showing everyone his nuts

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  • 2 points stampeding_salmon

    Probably charges his kids hourly rates for "fatherly advice" too

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  • 2 points jmlipper99

    Is no one going to discuss his rate? That’s per cookie… how long did these cookies take to make, and how much does this guy fucking make

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  • 5 points ReflectionCapable165

    They’re getting ready to sue him for breaking their teeth

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    16 points Sufficient-Lunch3774

    They’re soft. They’re ground up for use as an ingredient in pesto which definitely isn’t crunchy. Basil, pignoli (pine nuts), Parmesan cheese, and olive oil. Who’d have thought it’d be so good just from that

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    7 points tigm2161130

    They’re implying the cookie looks dry and hard, I doubt they don’t know what a pine nut is.

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    2 points BeltEmbarrassed2566

    Eh pignoli kinda look like that. They're almost certainly softer than you'd expect, that's more or less what the almond paste is in there for - crispy exterior fluffy/chewy interior.

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  • 4 points darcerin

    I'll pass on your cookies, thanks! 🤮

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  • 2 points Spinoza42

    Is chintz a slur? Sure sounds like one...

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    14 points kelpieconundrum

    It’s a light cotton fabric that got so overused in furnishings etc that it ended up being considered incredibly tacky (something “chintzy” is cheap and lowvalue). Usually in verb form it’s “chintz out” not just “chintz” though, which really does sound like a slur

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    5 points learngladly

    My mother, born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., before World War II, used the word "chintzy" virtually every day as a put-down for anything (room decor, clothing, social-event arrangements, budgets, food portions, etc.) -- usually correctly -- poor and inadequate, not because of real poverty but because of the offender's bad taste and stinginess/cheapness. "The furniture in their house is so chintzy I could hardly sit down in there." "So they had the office party anyway but the whole thing was so chintzy everyone had a horrible time."

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    9 points RosalieTheDog

    Who up chintzing their nuts

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    6 points canteen_boy

    I’ve heard it used in a derogatory manner, but usually to mean tacky or tasteless

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    0 points Otherwise-Relief2248

    No. It means termite eggs. Used in a sentence. “Fuck me, the boss put chintz all over those disgusting cookies!”

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  • 2 points Servile-PastaLover

    well paid asshole lawyer enjoys being asshole for free.

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  • 2 points RunInRunOn

    NGL I might actually put up with his bullshit if it means I get to try one of those cookies

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  • 1 points Standard-Mechanic101

    Shittin’ bricks

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  • 1 points surnamefirstname99

    As the cookie said .. “Bite me !”

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  • 1 points AndykinSkywalker

    Thought those were bean piles for a hot second

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  • 1 points mishma2005

    Then why bother?

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  • 1 points Leonarr

    Real estate

    Litigation

    Cannabis

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  • 1 points buffer_flush

    Ahhh capitalism. Where your value in society is driven by your bank account.

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  • 1 points hotyogadude17

    Looks like he’s in the cannabis industry. I better get wasted off of that cookie.

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  • 1 points Hemeietinorej

    Looks like you found the world’s most expensive cookie

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  • 1 points RanDumbPlay

    Frank, have deez nuts!

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  • 1 points PolarRegion907

    I make cookie boxes every year for my coworkers. I think it cost me around $300 for 20 cookie boxes, fully stuffed and with more cookies left over that I pawned off to my husband’s office. Of course silly me I should have factored in my hourly rate. I guess no cookies next year guys just too expensive in this economy.

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  • 1 points RedItOr010

    Does not chintz on the nutz.

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  • 1 points Caveworker

    Now lawyers are supposed to be good at math?

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  • 1 points GroundbreakingTalk73

    The math isn’t mathing

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  • 1 points emccm

    To be fair those pine nuts are proudly expensive these days.

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  • 1 points nurdmann

    Larvae, or pupa.

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  • 1 points MaxPower836

    Who shat these out

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  • 1 points ordle

    Those cookies look like they have insect larvae pods attached.

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  • 1 points TheSakari

    These look like full ticks

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  • 0 points Tall-Payment-8015

    Everything about this is gross including the cookies.

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  • 0 points Professional_Echo907

    Those cookies look like some kind of nests.

    I’ll stick to chocolate chip, thanks. 👀

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  • 0 points MaybeMaybeNot94

    Those cookies literally look like undigested beans pulled from some poor shmuck's digestive tract.

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  • 0 points KittyQueen_Tengu

    pine nuts on cookies? i can’t imagine that tasting very good, especially if there's that many

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  • 0 points phil0phil

    Low tolerance here, will I be ok with half a cookie?

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  • -1 points abe_bmx_jp

    Yeah, no thanks on the cookies…

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