I remember going to a Maryland CB that was starting to update its decor with local historic images. Our table was near an image of an all black National Guard "ranger" unit (iirc the label mentioned the term was for modern understanding) who had to take over a lot of local disaster prep and park patrols during WW1 when the white guys were shipped out. All in uniform.
I mildly wondered how man people got bitchy about it, recalling the "handful of vegan menu options" outrage.
We all know that conservatives are a bunch of self-pitying crybabies who cling to their persecution complexes even if they have to make up all the ways they're oppressed...
That having been said, I've noticed that people *everywhere* have a problem adjusting to *anything* that doesn't go on forever, and they usually manage to work in a phrase like "Just another way that [place name] is RUINED!!"
"They closed Hank's Sandwiches!"
"Yeah, but if you go there all the time, you knew they were closing, right?"
"No, I don't go in there all the time, though, but I was in there about six years ago**."
There was a family-owned place, right here in lefty Portland, who closed their doors because the couple who founded it retired. They were in their 60s, and had been working in food service* for FORTY years, and when they finally retired, the whining was deafening. People wanted them to keep the place going until they DIED.
*As anyone who has ever worked in food service knows, it is hard, dirty work, and people treat you like shit. Also, as a good friend of mine who has worked in hospitality her whole life says, if you own a restaurant, you never go home AND you never make any money, either.
This is why the divine Marshall Field's closed/was eaten by Federated (Macy's, *SPITTING*) All the assholes 'just loved it' and they never, ever went there, much less bought anything. "I was in there six years ago" was exactly it.
A few years back, on a road trip, we stopped in a middle of nowhere diner/luncheonette, and on the whiteboard, someone had written:
LEMON MERJIN PIE [crossed out]
LEMON MANGO PIE [crossed out]
LEMON PIE WITH FLUFFY WHITE STUFF ON TOP.
`
While I'll grant that they are probably less common than they used to be, I find it VERY hard to believe that someone who wants an old-fashioned country-style "Mom and Pop" eatery for their chicken fried steak (or their barbecue sandwich or their "meat and three"), cannot find one.
Easy Googled it. Cracker Barrel is not ACTUALLY an old-timey country store. Cracker Barrel is a corporate restaurant chain which was started in 1969. That's what they're getting worked up about.
"They want people to look back at that time and think 'Wow, I wish things were that way now!' and to forget all of the bad that came with it."
I don't think they want people to forget all the bad that came with it; I think they want people to revel in it. They don't really believe their Confederate flag bumper stickers are displaying "their heritage," they slap them on their trucks to signal their belief in their own racial superiority.
But but but, y'all don't UNDERSTAND! The last time Cracker Barrel.was at the center of a national outcry, it was because they were being racist AF to their employees. And the right didn't stand up for them! LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!
Seriously, Cracker Barrel is a garbage corporation built around garbage Mayberry nostalgia to sell starchy poverty food at premium prices. If they wanna rebrand, they ought to call it Uncle Herschell's Pellegra Palace, which will really bring the downhome Depression South traditions they're selling. I personally find it hilarious how much they're angering the only people who willingly eat there. Karma is real, bitches.
This country has lost its shit. Who the hell cares if a restaurant changes its name and decor? Did they cry when Kentucky Fried Chicken became KFC? It's the same food.
Makes me think of the manufactured anxiety over "Reputation Scores." Most of the people inventing "social media" seen to have all the issues of autistics, without the self- awareness. Reputation scores, FFS. Even Jr. High school didn't suck this badly.
Woke is always going to win in the end - right now it's keeping score on the deficit - I'm planning on living a long life to dance on the graves of the idiots.
I remember going to a Maryland CB that was starting to update its decor with local historic images. Our table was near an image of an all black National Guard "ranger" unit (iirc the label mentioned the term was for modern understanding) who had to take over a lot of local disaster prep and park patrols during WW1 when the white guys were shipped out. All in uniform.
I mildly wondered how man people got bitchy about it, recalling the "handful of vegan menu options" outrage.
We all know that conservatives are a bunch of self-pitying crybabies who cling to their persecution complexes even if they have to make up all the ways they're oppressed...
That having been said, I've noticed that people *everywhere* have a problem adjusting to *anything* that doesn't go on forever, and they usually manage to work in a phrase like "Just another way that [place name] is RUINED!!"
"They closed Hank's Sandwiches!"
"Yeah, but if you go there all the time, you knew they were closing, right?"
"No, I don't go in there all the time, though, but I was in there about six years ago**."
There was a family-owned place, right here in lefty Portland, who closed their doors because the couple who founded it retired. They were in their 60s, and had been working in food service* for FORTY years, and when they finally retired, the whining was deafening. People wanted them to keep the place going until they DIED.
*As anyone who has ever worked in food service knows, it is hard, dirty work, and people treat you like shit. Also, as a good friend of mine who has worked in hospitality her whole life says, if you own a restaurant, you never go home AND you never make any money, either.
**Fifteen years ago.
This is why the divine Marshall Field's closed/was eaten by Federated (Macy's, *SPITTING*) All the assholes 'just loved it' and they never, ever went there, much less bought anything. "I was in there six years ago" was exactly it.
Everything you said here, Tessie. THANK YOU.
A few years back, on a road trip, we stopped in a middle of nowhere diner/luncheonette, and on the whiteboard, someone had written:
LEMON MERJIN PIE [crossed out]
LEMON MANGO PIE [crossed out]
LEMON PIE WITH FLUFFY WHITE STUFF ON TOP.
`
While I'll grant that they are probably less common than they used to be, I find it VERY hard to believe that someone who wants an old-fashioned country-style "Mom and Pop" eatery for their chicken fried steak (or their barbecue sandwich or their "meat and three"), cannot find one.
"I have HAD it with these m@#$f%&ckin' crackers in this m@#$f%&ckin' barrel!!" -- Samuel L. Jackson, possibly
Is "gave my life to Christ in the parking lot" a euphemism for "blew the youth pastor"?
Well, they did 'see gawud' when they came....
*Company takes POC off of syrup label*
These guys: WOKE!!
*Company takes old white guy off of restaurant logo*
These guys: WOKE!!
I mean, could they at least pick a lane?
How pathetic does one have to be to worship corporate logos?
Granted, but it's not even INTERNALLY consistent.
Easy Googled it. Cracker Barrel is not ACTUALLY an old-timey country store. Cracker Barrel is a corporate restaurant chain which was started in 1969. That's what they're getting worked up about.
"They want people to look back at that time and think 'Wow, I wish things were that way now!' and to forget all of the bad that came with it."
I don't think they want people to forget all the bad that came with it; I think they want people to revel in it. They don't really believe their Confederate flag bumper stickers are displaying "their heritage," they slap them on their trucks to signal their belief in their own racial superiority.
But but but, y'all don't UNDERSTAND! The last time Cracker Barrel.was at the center of a national outcry, it was because they were being racist AF to their employees. And the right didn't stand up for them! LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!
Seriously, Cracker Barrel is a garbage corporation built around garbage Mayberry nostalgia to sell starchy poverty food at premium prices. If they wanna rebrand, they ought to call it Uncle Herschell's Pellegra Palace, which will really bring the downhome Depression South traditions they're selling. I personally find it hilarious how much they're angering the only people who willingly eat there. Karma is real, bitches.
Love the Pellagra Palace.
Remember how we all got pissed off about "Good Genes" on our side a little while ago and how that all really happened?
This country has lost its shit. Who the hell cares if a restaurant changes its name and decor? Did they cry when Kentucky Fried Chicken became KFC? It's the same food.
Its White Gravy Replacement Theory!!
Social Credit Score sounds like a thing made up by someone who knows their score will always be zero no matter the calculus.
Makes me think of the manufactured anxiety over "Reputation Scores." Most of the people inventing "social media" seen to have all the issues of autistics, without the self- awareness. Reputation scores, FFS. Even Jr. High school didn't suck this badly.
That entire paragraph describes perfectly any church you'd care to name.
Woke is always going to win in the end - right now it's keeping score on the deficit - I'm planning on living a long life to dance on the graves of the idiots.
Somebody on Reddit commented that they planned to "put up a flagpole for the specific purpose of NOT flying the flag at half-mast".
That is a level of pettiness I can only dream of achieving.
I had to change a tire on my vehicle because the old one was “woke”.
New slogan: "Hi, I'm Larry. This is my Cracker Barrel, and this is my other Cracker Barrel."
That would make me want to go to Cracker Barrel! 😂