US hot-sauce brand Tapatio sold to private equity.

[Knuckledragger]

This is my personal apocalypse. 

I don't drink booze, I don't smoke or vape.  Weed makes me paranoid and miserable (edibles make me trip balls in addition to being paranoid and miserable.)  I sure as fuck don't mess with any powder or pill drugs.  While I am a believer and advocate of the use of natural psychedelics for purposes of therapy and personal growth, I'd never do them recreationally.  Tapatio is my one drug. 

Long term listeners may recall when I told the tale of driving to a Walmart Black Citadel Super Center in W.Mass to buy them out of Tapatio.  I've done that two other time, but not photographed it.  I did the math once and I went through ten 32oz bottles in 2 1/2 years, or about four per year.  I've had dozens of other brands of hot sauces.  Many are weak, some are insanely spicy (extracts are just dumb), and most taste rather bad.  Tapatio isn't the hottest of the widely available brands, but it's the best balance of heat and flavor.

Vulture capital is the ruiner of all things good. I fully expect Tapatio to turn into something on par with Frank's Red Hot in the next six months.  I posted in the hot sauce subreddit and already people are panic buying.  I'm seriously considering buying a box of four one-gallon jugs and a pump (usually sold to the restaurant market.)  This is a nightmare.