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Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say (gizmodo.com)
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[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yea a lot of people didn't like the new bland logo, but conservatives were going on about how it's an attack on their culture and heritage. To go that far about a truck stop restaurant was not an organic happening. This is why it doesn't matter that Charlie Kirk was shot. If it wasn't that, the outrage machine would have turned to something else.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I thought it was a stupid and pointless business move or potentially a publicity stunt. And I’ll admit I’d be slightly bummed to walk into Cracker Barrel sit down and not see the peg game or all the weird old country store bullshit because nostalgias a bitch. But like it’s not even good southern cooking, the only things good there were fried chicken livers and breakfast food. The former can be found in any southern town with much higher quality and Waffle House exists and is generally really close to most Cracker Barrel’s for the latter.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cracker Barrel was usually cleaner than Waffle House, though, if that’s important to you while on road trips

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Where is that true, before Covid I could get out of waho for under 13 no problem with a drink? Crackers Barrerl was always at least 20