How does begin to one answer the question: who is Rafa? Well, to start, he’s trailblazing the way for a new form of cinema: long form memes. But he’s also an enigmatic & hilarious living meme himself who is best understood by the distinct style of his IG captions & stories, his iconic full-page ad in the Drunken Canal, his katana that was eventually sold to Azealia Banks, or most recently his Andrew Yang takedown subway posters. Rafa also happens to have great taste and lucky for us, he’s here to talk about what he’s been into.
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Listen, I love food, right? You know what I don’t love though? Paying a lot of money for it and waiting 45 minutes for it to be cooked. Why do people obsess over restaurants? Why pay $200 tabs for food you could get for $10 next to your apartment in New York and have it ready within 5 minutes? I simply don’t understand this phenomenon. Is it to reaffirm your social status and financial comfort to those around you? I don’t know, I won’t do personal attacks, but listen, next time you have to wait an hour just to be seated at a restaurant? Just remember who told you about the Bodega meta, an extremely viable and cost effective way of eating.
May 18, 2021
