Northernlion and the impending death of Subway

[@NolenJacobson]

Subway used to be the slop trough you could go to for your $5 footling. How the mighty have fallen.

[@WaningLoon]

the subway has fallen. billions must buy mr sub

[@uiron5755]

Phrasing

[@TheWheatless]

$5 Footlong was the worst marketing decision they could have made. Now I think about how I can’t even get a 6-inch for $5 every time I go there.

[@Se7enRemain]

@@TheWheatless They give you 5 dollars of steak on one sub alone, not even accounting for labor, bread, vegetables, or cheese. They really thought they were gonna make it back on drinks and chips.

[@JrIcify]

@@Se7enRemain Oh so that's why subway has those special bags of chips nobody buys that are both smaller and more expensive than they should be. Maybe they'll remember to put that back to normal now that the loss leading program is over. It's only been 12 years.

[@jeriji6592]

NL eats subway like league players play league

[@ytjho]

+2

[@IBQ1]

"sorry one moment I'm just deciding" would fix so many of NLs problems

[@darty4654]

italian herbs and cheese ? i never knew her

[@Phoenix0F8]

I love all the chatters coping about using the app and minmaxing with coupons BITCH I DON'T WANT TO PLAY A DAVE THE DIVER MINIGAME, I JUST WANT TO EAT A FUCKING SANDWICH AT A REASONABLE PRICE

[@r1n488]

Reminded me of Chiblee's gacha phone data plan

[@nothankyou7729]

every couple of weeks I wake up in a cold sweat in line at subway and order a footlong italian herb and cheese with cold cut, cheese and toasted with lettuce, tomato, both olives, pickles, mayo and sub sauce. i don't drink alcohol, smoke or have any vices except that something in my monkey brain makes me crave a subway sandwich like no other food that i have as yet tasted. this is my curse, and mine alone.

[@hydra5758]

Bro same

[@tabula_rosa]

brother do yourself a favor some time. sit down & make yourself a whole, fully-loaded sandwich. im not talking two slices of ham & cheese. i mean get a cutting board, slice some onions & tomatoes, mayo on bottom bread, use two different types of meat folded in half so they have more surface area, onions and whatever other chopped greens (lettuce is good) on meat, pour some vinegary sauce over the onions so it bleeds the bite of the onions into the meat, tomato slices that we've salt & peppered, two slices of cheese, & mustard on the top slice of bread. if you wanna go crazy wrap it tightly in paper bag with one end open and pop it in the oven for a bit subway does not deserve to profit off of our need for a good sandwich. its actually way easier to make a bomb sandwich than it is to be having fugue states in the mausoleum to the $5 footlong every month

[@gavo7911]

@@kyleyjs The way to beat the cravings is to just go to any other sandwich place

[@RetroCandyArt]

id love a segment where egg just browses r/subway for 2 hours, imagine if that became the new react court

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

that's what im saying, i love watching him react to anything

[@pile_of_kyle]

Me, praying that today is the day he reads subway reviews on Google

[@RetroCandyArt]

@@pile_of_kyle real af honestly

[@ZiggyBonham]

I have a few top posts there, look out for them 👋

[@Drekromancer]

huge

[@TheWheatless]

Weirdest thing about the new menu is that you can just order a sandwich with the same ingredients without asking for it by name, and it’ll be cheaper. For now at least.

[@Drekromancer]

"I need to see how insane you go on your Subway order before I give you the right to vote" is honestly one of the best takes I've heard in a long time.

[@zankaa8031]

apparently they're adding deli slicers to freshly slice the meat like Jersey Mike's which sounds like a disaster

[@BlueCrashFigurineHoldingWumpa]

human casualties, 100%

[@invention64]

Yum, love minimum wage fingertips on my sub.

[@MalcontentFlower]

​@@invention64Bezos' alt.

[@erfaniom9576]

NONE of those words are in the bible

[@auctoritate8254]

@@invention64 Frankly brother, if you don't like hands touching your food while it's being made then you just shouldn't eat out ever. It is simply not realistic to expect it to not be.

[@kelpsie]

I love how he just turns into Louis CK for a second when he has to describe the Kickin' Chicken. 2:58

[@drflaggstaff9008]

I knew that rang a bell +2

[@lukaf5]

Ohoho, the last guy doesn't even know how lucky he was, I could feel the NL rant against people who like only three veggies coming strong.

[@Nikowo1610]

I hate that I'm one of those people, god knew I would be too powerful if my body actually liked vegetables

[@WouldyouKaindly]

@@Nikowo1610 You were DENIED the title of God's Strongest Warrior.

[@enider]

I have “all the greens except the pickled ones” imprinted into my brain at this point

[@enotsnavdier6867]

​@@Nikowo1610I would be literally unstoppable if I wasn't a picky eater

[@BloodoftheLotus13]

Bro if they put carrots, broccoli or cauliflower on sandwiches I would get that shit all the time. Unfortunately they don’t, so it’s just lettuce for me.

[@ZiggyBonham]

HOLY SHIT, thats my post on the bottom at 9:52, it was just one loaf that was cracked in the freezer and i decided to make baby bread

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

🫡 thank you for your service

[@bagelsman160]

Adding salt to a cured meat sandwich is insane

[@Salt-dispenser]

If by "insane" you mean completely normal and fine in moderation then yeah you're totally right.

[@andrwarrior]

seeing other people's abomination chits for subway orders is the best part of this. 4 SAUCES? bro i didn't even know that was a thing, what are you doing?! Trying to eat a soup and sandwich in one wrapper?

[@Drekromancer]

6:13 We need to talk about the chatter that said "The spectre of Jared looms." That shit sent me REELING and I STILL haven't recovered.

[@tassmh7080]

Throwback to the time that Subway offered to sponsor him and he roasted them for it

[@DisheveledHuman]

I used to get 2 stacked footlong meatball subs for $16 cdn now it cost over $16 for 1. Before the select menu it was $11 for 1 which was boarderline acceptable now its like forget it I would rather eat prepared sandwiches at the deli in my groccery store.

[@Saltmydishbartender]

this has caused me to go to Subway, what’s his affiliate code

[@lulzIridetheshortbus]

Same

[@renegadeprism42]

I dunno about u guys, but subways in my area still allow me to put any ingredients on, I choose my 1 meat/veg cutlet, toast with cheese, put any vegetable on and i put everything except tomatoes, I am allowed to put ALL sauces and i put 6 sauces with extra barbecue and i gobble that slop DOWN. The best part, it costs 4 dollars(converting the currency)

[@renegadeprism42]

6$ including delivery for a footlong

[@Wolfgang_von_Caelid]

6 sauces? Keep yourself safe.

[@renegadeprism42]

@@Wolfgang_von_Caelid I eat it once a month, I want it to feel like something special. It's not a sandwich, it's a subway

[@CoolHandLuke196]

subway has always been a half star restaurant

[@Drekromancer]

The musical outros actually go insane

[@TheNetherlandDwarf]

UK so maybe ours is different in quality and taste. But here Subway is the only fast food place I can find that still gives NHS discounts, making it actually affordable so I'll happily eat there. Everyone banged their pots and masturbated furiously over ads about the workers during and after covid, but as soon as wages or discounts were brought up none of the companies wanted to be involved.

[@Kilborns]

I've been a ride or die for Mr. Sub my whole life, glad to see others joining the cause.

[@EA28Official]

European Subway is great since we have more laws requiring produce to be fresh here. Had it in a few countries and I've always been told only by North Americans that it sucks. I do agree that it's usually way too expensive and they need to stop changing the menu tho

[@150booyadragon]

It's the same in Canada but we get punished by even higher prices and less quantities. The bread isn't paper here at least.

[@AuthenticGadzooks]

I've only had Subway in Europe and I agree. Their sandwiches are somewhat expensive, but I've never been disappointed. They're at least better than what I can make in the kitchen (or I just can't be bothered). The unfortunate part is that we had quite a few Subway stores in my country for a few years, but I guess they didn't catch on because they all closed down like a year ago.

[@gavinferguson2938]

Goddamn Subway in Ireland slaps, too bad they are nearly extinct over here. There are only a handful left around the country which is upsetting bcus I love that shit.

[@EphemeralDust]

One of the biggest things I hate about tipping is when I am out with friends and I pay last after watching all my friends tipping at a place that you don't typically tip at. Now I feel compelled to not be the guy who breaks that chain.

[@renegadeprism42]

If 4 guys go, you all tip??

[@MrGameNuke]

Never seen Reservoir Dogs huh? It's not uncommon for a group of people to all chip in for the tip

[@chrysanthes8751]

Sad to hear about his divorce.

[@AzureFlash]

NOBODY IN THE HISTORY COULD'VE EVER THOUGHT THIS CHAIN WOULD EVER END. BUT GUESS WHAT? IT'S. NOT. GONNA. END. EAT FRESH!!! WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SUBWAYS ANYMORE, BECAUSE WE WENT!!!

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

+2

[@GodChaos333]

The new menu is legit gonna kill subway. This shit just came to my local one. And made ordering a nightmare. I'm not going back unless I hear that shit is gone.

[@Suprapika]

Random anecdote: Near my parents house, there's this Subway that me and my brother went to all the time, like we've been going there on-and-off for the past decade or so. We saw in real time the prices getting higher and higher, but we were avid coupon abusers for $6 footlongs and BOGO deals, so it didn't effect us. Every 2-3 months there would always be a new set of workers there, and every single one always told us how shit the job was and how terrible the managers were. It was in a really hard-to-access area, and they were always trying to add in weird shit that didn't make any sense, so we were convinced that that place was gonna shut down like 5 years ago. Well, it finally shut down a week ago. Godspeed, my town can finally stop sacrificing poor high school graduates to suffer for half a year to the Subway Demons.

[@fjmoneybagz]

How NL continued to give subway his business all these years boggles my mind. Idk maybe yoga mat bread and 30% real meat meat just hits different over there or maybe he’s actually addicted.

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

he's actually an addict, he'll shit talk and still keep going lmao

[@kithanakodah]

Subway slapped about 10 years ago, REALLY fell of about 5 years ago, now its just lost.

[@PinHeadSupliciumwtf]

Dunno about north America but it has been alright the list time I've been. In Germany that is.

[@cansky1109]

In Germany subway is actually quite decent, around 8-10 euros for a footlong I believe. So that would make it about half the price, and quality wasn’t bad if you don’t mind some of the food waiting and being reheated I suppose Wouldn’t pay 15 for it though.

[@allypearlman5569]

Different places have wildy varied qualities of fast food, subway In the UK was pretty good as little as a few years back (though it seems like it's losing some steam).

[@spookingtontheskeleton6288]

why is this titled like an Indiana Jones movie

[@Vasciras]

A good outlook for Mr. Sub

[@brown_note4710]

I’ve gone like 2 times in the last 2 years and both times there was one person working and no other customers and they were pulling a double shift

[@zbrodie]

I am eating Subway while watching this

[@WheelDragon]

The rumors of Subway's demise has been greatly underexaggerated

[@pruwyben]

I keep getting Subway coupons in the mail every month, and every Subway in my area has stopped accepting them.

[@AsixSuffuri]

Back a hundred years ago I remember an individual ordered a double meat meatball on Flatbread, and then complained that it was a mess. My guy, there's not even room for regular meat meatballs on Flatbread, what do you want me to do about it?

[@andros1486]

Reading some of these receipts I noticed people ordering 4+ sauces on their subs. NA residents truly are built different. Edit: the big man saw that shit too at 14:08 hahaha

[@eugenesis8188]

I just realized NL is literally just bill burr if he was canadian.

[@ericjolie6858]

*note to self, possible metal lyric… cut in half with clean knife

[@origamista1]

Does anyone remember why NL was jokingly boycotting subway in the NLSS era? Sorry if is in the video(my internet is so bad is not letting me right now...) I remember there was a story and he said he would never forgive subway

[@jrruizsainz]

It wasn’t a joke. He was boycotting because they sued the cbc for their story about the chicken being mostly soy. The cbc is funded by the government, so subway suing the cbc affected NL directly since he pays taxes that go to funding the cbc.

[@смрш]

Going to subway like "I want a BLT" and the dude asks me what I want in it, I say "nothing else" and we were both really confused until I realized he didn't know what BLT stood for

[@neilthornton3544]

Subway bread is classified as cake in Europe due to sugar content level.

[@joshuuabstract]

Jersey Mike's clears

[@nnm711]

The Subway arc is going strong. Very entertaining to me.

[@DarklySparklyy]

Not the Simon and milo/Prozak outro😂😂😂

[@scottclowe]

They wrap your sandwich in carcinogenic PFOA-coated grease-proof paper too.

[@readmore5888]

Clip so nice had to post it twice

[@WikiED]

8:34 what lighting does to a man, completely different person.

[@trulythedude]

hey know your place, librarian

[@bbh565]

Got a footlong chicken with chips and drink yesterday, $15.36

[@ruok6506]

Ive never had a bad subway experience, make yourself a better sandwich

[@LeahQ_O]

I feel like im watching the same thing over and over again

[@tomg3872]

14:15 peep show reference pog

[@exactinmidget92]

Drive through subway? Is that a thing?

[@ArkonArchive]

Best part is Subway Franchise owners don't even pay $10/hr it's as close to minimum wage as they can get it, $8/hr if you're lucky. Oh and I know it's a volunteer job and you "don't have to work there". But c'mon, I can do an UNO reverse and say "the owner doesn't have to be a greedy fuck". I love the USA and the Free Market but sometime I be like: 🤷🏽

[@CPUGaming]

Jersey Mike's sends its regards

[@Sk8GamerJord]

I have a vague recollection that he boycotted Subway years ago.

[@Romanticoutlaw]

my big issue has been the price hike. Footlong, chips, and a drink is friggin $15

[@matd2892]

I always got the spice Italian, the second cheapest sub besides veggies. Now it's some hot shot Italiano and it's $13. Insane. Doubled the price for the same exact sub. Nothing different!

[@Furiac.]

Big dub for mr sub

[@Ihasnotomato]

For years I never touched subway. Just never interested me. But one day a few years back I decided to give it a go but had literally no idea what to order/ make. I just picked a bunch of random things that sounded kinda nice while the server gave me weird looks. Possibly to nobodies surprise, the sandwich kinda sucked. Haven't had it since, and now I can't even if I wanted to (celiac). That's all of my subway interactions for ya.

[@TheFreeBro]

Why is chat yelling “you make the sandwich” is twitch chat THAT stupid to ignore the quality or is it just to repeat someone else’s joke a million times

[@TowelGard]

With inflation $5 in 2010 is only $7.31 today. The foot longs have gotten worse, not better. Where did the value go?

[@Tom_Schuster]

Subway in Australia is so good

[@nothanks5531]

it has been alleged that subway knew jared fogle was a pedophile but they covered it up because he was the lifeblood of the franchise

[@andrewpollard9295]

Maybe it's different over here, but being able to get a plant patty wrap with a fuck ton of veg for £4.85 is one of the better vegan food deals out there

[@Spplaart]

This is Jersey Mikes country from now until forever baby 💪

[@gingershrimp4024]

Subway cookies are great. I go to subway a few times a week and just order a cookie or 2.

[@NinesTempest]

I literally haven't been to subway since like, pre-covid, and uh, sounds like they responded real bad to the world changing around them lmao cause I would never pay more than like 9 bucks for their sandwiches ever

[@Otiomz]

mr librarian i just noticed in your outro you have an ethoslab meme in your background

[@Zabbs69]

Fast food used to be bad for you but cheap and you knew what you were in for. Now its just plain bad, bad for you and expensive.

[@superduper4696]

Mod pizza supremacy

[@Kopekemaster]

I used to be able to go down to my nearby subway, get a footlong veggie delite and a 23 oz Arizona for $6.30 or something like that. This was like six years ago, not that long ago. I went to subway for the last time a couple months back when I went down there and the same sandwich and Arizona came up to like $12-13 (no tips). I decided to never go back there again after that. Fucking insane. And this was before whatever rebranding bullshit NL was talking about. Meanwhile you can get a basic cheese pizza from Little Caesars for $7, a relatively minor increase of $2 from what it used to be. Probably literal poison for me at this point though, my stomach is a lot more finicky than it was six years ago and I'm pretty sure Little Caesars would instantly fill my stomach with bile.

[@Empolo18]

Time to cut the cord with Subway. Jimmy John's got free smells, and extra veggies are free. Get a 8" sub for less than 10$US

[@the-scarlet-queen]

Isn't the whole point of Subway that it sucks ass but at least you get to choose exactly what you want on your sandwich? Makes no sense to change it

[@ljlk8583]

italian bmt on 9-grain honey oat with all vegetables except olives trust me it's good

[@MetroAndroid]

Meanwhile my vegetarian ass has been lovin' Subway for years. Idk where else you can go to customize a sandwich like you can there. Every other place has one single veggie sandwich which definitely tastes better but is even saltier than and loaded up with more sauce than Subway. It's nice to go to a place where I can get a nice dry veggie sandwich and if I don't want cheese that day or I want multi-grain or flatbread or a veggie patty or a lil' bit a' parmigiana sprinkled on top, I can make a few changes to my sandwich without the feeling that I'm annoying the cashier by requesting several changes to their one-size-fits-all sandwich. Not to mention veggie subs are half the price of everything else & you can add as much as you want. That's all I'm sayin'!

[@harperwin3553]

This is what I'm saying! They constantly give out those buy one get one coupons and the vegetarian pattys are pretty good when they have them.

[@DaglessMc]

Mr sub

[@MetroAndroid]

@@DaglessMc I've never heard of that establishment in my life. I didn't even realize it was a restaurant until I saw another comment about it.

[@athiedoll]

Ordered a sub 5 mins into the video 😥

[@dogonit1936]

i bought a subway sandwich last week and it was 18$

[@tim..indeed]

Meanwhile I've been to Subway yesterday, got a delicious, fresh 800cal footlong sandwich and paid $8. I actually fucking love Subway.

[@archon_maenad]

not me eating a subway sandwich while scrolling through my feed and seeing this

[@algordon9387]

Prozzak 😳

[@Efexpe]

My subway has pizza and theyre pretty good for 6 bucks.

[@pigmentpeddler5811]

marinara my footlong

[@synthiandrakon]

I actually really enjoyed a subway. Is it the best sandwich out there? Nah but I love in a small town and I think it tastes pretty good, I don't touch the weird shit, I get cold cuts on my sandwich and I like it. But the one in my town shut down

[@pasty609]

it's been like 5 years since i went to a subway so maybe i'm forgetting but why does he even need a menu? isn't the whole point that you just tell them what to put in the sandwich?

[@ThatCatholicGamerDude]

I still love the Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki but yes it's not worth the price now. Was barely worth the price before. It's insane now.

[@Gandhi_Physique]

If you spend $20 at Subway for a sandwich, wth did you buy? Huh, I guess different places have different prices. I can walk away with a sandwich for $8 USD

[@NsABullitzZ]

Subway in the UK is terrible too, expensive for what it is and just plain worse then other fast foods

[@EpicDiscovery]

Hey Library! Do you have any intention of doing that D4 game he did during the end of his Sunday stream era? It was short lived but I feel like you could make some gold from it!

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

its on my radar like many things but im working on a somewhat long term project so i doubt a D4 cut would come anytime soon

[@brancracker]

I’d join in on the Subway hate, but I’d feel a bit hypocritical since I’ll drop $18 at Thai Express without issue. At least it tastes good every time

[@Loopygamer2000]

Hey Librarian, just curious do you work for egg or is this just a hobby?

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

its just a hobby that takes up as much time as a real job

[@oncerain]

subway slaps. havent had it in 4+ years tho

[@equilibrium5280]

Then it slapped 4 years ago, subway is ass now

[@CPUGaming]

@@equilibrium5280 It sucked then too

[@lillpluten]

What do you mean you could not find your sub on the menu, just say what ingredients you want, that is what the store was made for.

[@gungrave1051]

I am Eating Subway Right now Brach UAE Abu Dhabi Price 47 AED in USD 13 Peri Peri Footlong with Cheese and Mayo Pepsi Zero Sugar Thank you NL and LOL

[@user-uv2cp1qd1j]

With *only* cheese and mayo?

[@gungrave1051]

@@user-uv2cp1qd1j Chicken Peri Peri I forgot to mention that I type Peri Peri without the Chicken 🍗🤣

[@zombie_dinosaur96]

I like subway 😢

[@tonygerera5704]

Whats the butter burger from?

[@crimzy8853]

butter burger restrauunt

[@daviseaken5789]

The mans batching about his subway order when he the one who picked all the things on it seems like the person to blame is the one ordering

[@Starcutter]

The new menu has specific toppings on the sandwiches, it's whack