The country-themed restaurant chain reversed itself a day after it tried to reassure customers that its values didn't change in the branding decision.
  • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    3 months ago

    I wish these people cared as much about the president being a pedophile as they do about this mid-ass restaurant changing its logo.

    • LoafedBurrito@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      They need these distractions, otherwise they start to actually think. Their leaders can’t have that happening.

        • Blooper@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          I mean, this was obviously a manufactured distraction. something the conservative media riled up their knuckle dragging viewers to be upset about so they don’t have up talk about Epstein files or the fascist takeover of government by the Republican party. They’ll find another shiny thing for their base to jerk off to every week if that’s what it takes to fill air time to avoid the absolute train wreck shit show that is America right now.

    • Lukaro@piefed.zipEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      If it encourages them to eat there, is it really such a bad thing, I mean t a diet heavy in the types of food Cracker Barrel sells can’t be good for you and republicans hate healthcare. Seems like it might be a self-solving problem.

  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    631·
    3 months ago

    Its not even political at all. It was just dumb corporate blandness that defeats the purpose of the restsurant’s image. Conservatives made it political because their CEO happens to be a woman.

      • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        What happened to McDonald’s? Apart from maybe a slight font change, it’s the exact same thing from 70 years ago.

        Also, Burger King is an example of ditching a trendy look and going back to an older, more timeless logo.

        • f314@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          3 months ago

          I think they’re talking about the restaurants themselves. McDonald’s used to have some wild interiors!

    • Revan343@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I’m pretty sure conservative media made it political to rile up their base and distract from anything important; ditto the Sydney Sweeny fuckaround

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    582·
    3 months ago

    Step 1: Get a terrible rebranding done

    Step 2: Wag the dog with fake/paid outrage

    Step 3: Reverse the decision letting people think they’ve won

    Step 4: Profit

    It’s New Coke all over again.

  • 0ndead@infosec.pubEnglish
    43·
    3 months ago

    Conservatives are fucking dumb

    EDIT: this stinks of Fox News outrage. Goes to show how their viewer are so easily led.

    • QuankyDanks@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      24·
      3 months ago

      I have moments where I think I’m surprised that something stupid matters to people, then I remember how stupid some people are. Thank goodness conservatives are such active participants in the things that matter most

      • Sundray@lemmus.orgEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        how stupid

        There’s that, and there is also a massive ecosystem of griftfluencers endlessly manufacturing outrage and pumping it straight into millions of anger addicts, every hour of every day, from Fox News at the top, all the way down to Uncle Jeff on Facebook. The need to get high short-circuits intelligence every time.

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    3 months ago

    Conservatives are calling this a win? Really???

    Cracker Barrel: Changes logo.

    Me: Didn’t even know this happened months ago. Thats how little I care.

    Conservatives: WE WILL FIGHT FOR A FICTIONAL OLD WHITE MAN’S RIGHT TO EXIST IN A LOGO!!!

    Me: Still doesn’t give a shit.

    Cracker Barrel: Changes logo back.

    Me: Still doesn’t give a shit.

    Conservatives: WE WON!!!

    Me: STILL doesn’t give a shit. You’re the winner of a game that no one wants to play.

    • Sundray@lemmus.orgEnglish
      22·
      3 months ago

      When you own all three branches of the government, have deported thousands of innocent, disenfranchised people, and you’ve got civil liberties and democracy on the ropes, but your whole shtick is grievance and vengeance, you get nonsense like this. They need more to things to get mad at to feed the monkey on their back.

    • Lembot_0004@discuss.onlineEnglish
      311·
      3 months ago

      They are the winners of a game YOU don’t want to play. And they don’t give a shit about you.

      You went from “I don’t” to “no one wants” in a most logically crazy way.

    • rozodru@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      it’s been a spell since I’ve been to the US but the only thing I remember about Cracker Barrel is the triangle/golf tee game they had at the tables. The food? I don’t remember anything about the food or what I even ate. but that game? I was all over it.

      I actually preferred Bob Evans breakfasts. I remember as a kid whenever my family visited the states I would insist we go to Bob Evans for breakfast.

    • Sundray@lemmus.orgEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Are there people who would be likely to go to Cracker Barrel out there who didn’t know about Cracker Barrel already?