# Starbucks isn't worth it any more (and the company is getting \[already?\] evil) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [June 3, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-isnt-worth-it-any-more-and-the-company-is-getting-already-evil/965645 "2022-06-03T20:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 108
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-isnt-worth-it-any-more-and-the-company-is-getting-already-evil/965645/108 "2022-06-10T03:37:08Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > And their Rewards™ program gives you freebies on your birthday, at no obvious cost. Oh, there is a cost. When you join a cult, there is always a price to be paid: your sanity, your self-respect, your ‘soul’, your first-born, your everlasting allegiance to an implacable and existential horror. There is always a cost. [![](https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.975675541.8541/st,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.u1.jpg) ](https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.975675541.8541/st,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.u1.jpg) Stranger --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-isnt-worth-it-any-more-and-the-company-is-getting-already-evil/965645)._