{"id":14520,"date":"2013-03-05T23:50:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=14520"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:25:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:25:50","slug":"announcement-new-reviewer-matt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/05\/announcement-new-reviewer-matt\/","title":{"rendered":"ANNOUNCEMENT: New Reviewer Matt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Helloooooo, nurse! My name is Matt, and I’ll be contributing the occasional food review to this here website. I hope you’re ready to impulsively buy all the delicious edibles that I will be impulsively eating. (Get it? Because the name of the website is…? Oh, nevermind.)<\/p>\n

I’m a proud resident of New Jersey and a student of Rutgers University. I’m currently studying computer science and mathematics, but food has always been a passion of mine. I enjoy the finer things in life, such as McRibs, fat sandwiches, and deep-fried Oreos. It’s a miracle that I don’t weigh three hundred pounds.<\/p>\n

My desire to write about food spawned from my unhealthy obsession with researching junk food more frequently than any sane person should. My friends became tired of hearing me rattle off the names of unusual Japanese Kit Kat flavors. I received strange looks when describing the effects of Twinkie Overdose Syndrome. My colleagues shunned me as I mourned the loss of the Nestl\u00e9 Wonder Ball. I hope I will be able to share this fervent food fascination with the community on The Impulsive Buy.<\/p>\n

One of my goals in life is to eat McSpaghetti, a dish found exclusively at McDonald’s restaurants located in the Philippines. And no, I’m afraid that Jollibee spaghetti is not going to cut it. I want the real deal.<\/p>\n

You can find my personal food website at Snacken.net<\/a>. I promise that the food reviews I post on The Impulsive Buy won’t be as strange as the ones found over there.<\/p>\n

Actually, I retract that promise. Got a problem?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Helloooooo, nurse! My name is Matt, and I’ll be contributing the occasional food review to this here website. I hope you’re ready to impulsively buy all the delicious edibles that I will be impulsively eating. (Get it? Because the name of the website is…? Oh, nevermind.) I’m a proud resident of New Jersey and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[276],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10258,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/22\/prize-drawing-because-i-impulsively-purchased-a-gift-card-while-waiting-in-a-slow-checkout-line\/","url_meta":{"origin":14520,"position":0},"title":"PRIZE DRAWING: Because I Impulsively Purchased A Gift Card While Waiting In A Slow Checkout Line","author":"Marvo","date":"September 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"While waiting in the checkout line, some people impulsively buy candy, gum, or a copy of the National Enquirer with an unflattering picture of some celebrity. 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