Closing Remarks: Twix

There were many suggestions made in application of the Twix Theory. The following items were mentioned: Home Improvement, bowling, VW Jetta, Jude Law, mac and cheese, potato salad, PB&J, sliced ham or turkey, oatmeal cream pies, red apples, cheerios, apple juice, vanilla ice cream, Doritos and mention of a mayonnaise intolerance which I’m not sure applies or exist.

Many of these suggestions were appropriately followed by dissents and some received affirmation of Twix status. I will outline a few of the notables here with some of my thoughts included. Potato salad earned the highest quantity of dissents with 3. The most significant dissents involved apple juice and Doritos. Eddie and Amy had a serious discussion about Doritos that seemed to almost come to tears and Laurie dissented on apple juice. Although she does not mention it at length here she does in fact love apple juice and drink it daily! To support my claim I will loosely quote her husband Andrew in a conversation I had with him previously. “If she (Laurie) had to choose between me and apple juice I would be worried about her decision.” Point being, she loves it; not that she doesn’t also love Andrew. The most significant evidence and affirmation for a suggestion involved mac and cheese. Eddie did provide numbered reasons/evidence for mac and cheese being “Twix” and Amy and Birdman agreed.

Looking at this, it is my opinion that mac and cheese, Home Improvement, and bowling are categorically Twix for the majority of the general population. Certainly there are more out there but these are the ones specifically discussed here. I appreciate the input, and feel free to disagree with my final comments on these three selections.

In the interest of completeness please review the revision in regard to Twix People posted in “Twix ReMix”.
“So for application to people maybe the Twix Theory is regional. I think that we have established that in NC, Twix is not anyone’s favorite candy bar (unless you prove me wrong). But maybe the great people over in LA think Twix is the best thing since Chad Hines. This is an explanation that would serve to clear up bad feelings about one person being a Twix to all people. To be clear, each region that feels differently about Twix represents a different group of friends that may see you as fitting in their life as a NC Twix (non-favorite, but good) or a LA Twix (baller rockstar candybar). So you might be a NC Twix to me but someone else might think you are the Twix of the west coast.”

What I do want to discuss is a final addendum of sorts that I feel makes the Twix Theory more understood and accepted. It addresses the comment below.
“People and things aren't categorically Twix -- for some people they are and for some they are favorites.” -Laurie Beck Hogan

Addendum: Previous insinuation and terminology that suggested that the Twix Theory was an absolute should be dismissed and replaced with the following thoughts. The Twix Theory is claiming that for most people in the general population an item is acceptable and good but not their favorite. The key concept here is that the majority of people feel this way. There of course will be outliers and exceptions to the rule. For example, clearly at least one person has an undying obsession and love for Home Improvement. Although these people exist it can still be true that greater than 90% of people don’t have these kinds of fanatical feelings about the show but would still happily watch an episode on TV if the timing was right. With this clarification I would suggest that categorizing an item as a Twix would take extensive research and polling to confirm. Although this extensive work would be needed to define an item as so, it is still fun to think critically and debate how the population perceives actors, food, and so much more.

I intend to continue to bring back food theories as a regular theme on Discourse and Jargon. Please continue to post. I have enjoyed this week. Email me if you have theories running around in your brain and we will get you scheduled in. Brian Hollingsworth is already scheduled for an April date, when will yours be?

Please help me welcome our next theorist, John Veazey. His work will be released Sunday, March 8.