What the actual fuck?
Yes, it’s an article in the WSJ about the difficulties of being, and of finding, a $400k-per-year personal assistant.
As a vegetarian, I find this both sad and amusing. People are such idiots.
On Monday, the chain posted on Facebook about a plant-based sausage made by Impossible Foods that’ Cracker Barrel had added to breakfast menus earlier this summer. The post sparked strong reactions from its followers, with many complaining that Cracker Barrel should not be offering the meat alternative.
“I just lost respect for a once great Tennessee company,” one person commented. Another comment said: “Not going to happen! Cracker Barrel used to be so good, we looked forward to eating in them but not anymore,” while another person wrote “bad choice.” Others expressed skepticism that the product would taste good. Several commenters decried the “woke” addition to the menu.
Why does anyone care what someone else might order? That’s weird.
It’s the internet. You can find a few hundred nutjobs to complain about ANYTHING. This is just slow-news-day filler article since CNN isn’t reporting on anything but facebook/instagram comments here. There’s no boycotts, no sign that business is down, etc.
Cracker Barrel serves alcohol now. You’d think that would make things square lol.
They see this is an invasion of “woke veganism” in their sacred family restaurant chain. It’s not they care what anyone else orders just that they see this is an attack on their carnivorous way of life.
It’s dumb.
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It stems from the same place that Gamergate and their ilk did. A sad subset of people who feel that since they were the audience before, that they ‘own’ the company. That if the company makes something that doesn’t appeal to their sensibilities, that it is taking something away from them.
Its why things like Gone Home inspired so much heat from sad little incels. A walking simulator about a lesbian teenage girl romance? Eww, this isn’t for me therefore it must be destroyed.
A bunch of pathetic losers who can’t stand the thought of someone catering to an audience that isn’t them.
This is basically social conservatism: I don’t approve of personal behavior X, therefore nobody else should do X; ultimately X ought to be illegal!
Which I would argue shares a ton of DNA with particularly American Protestant fundamentalism and evangelical Christianity as routinely (mis)practiced here. Just substitute “God doesn’t approve” for “I don’t approve” and voila.
Yes, agree, and the actual overlap of practitioners is pretty broad.
The existence of vegetarians threatens insecure people. The vegetarians I know always claim they do it for health reasons. This is because if you mention moral issues people become hostile because they feel you’re lording it over them by being more virtuous
Apparently hosts can also get offended if you offer someone a drink and the guest declines
In other meat related news:
We should probably start the Meat News (That is Interesting) thread.
It’s probably a miss steak. I’m chorizo good guy.
I think this is true of almost any strongly held belief, the diference being politics is more universal and religion is more tolerated, and both are more established as creeds in our culture, I think.
I trend towards the carnivore side of things, some keto, indulge in fat, yet I think the most I have discussed this is on this forum.
It does not make for a fun conversation in general!
But it is so blatantly a saucisson! :S
