Cracker Barrel adds Impossible™ breakfast sausage to its menu and social media responds . . . well, pretty much exactly as you would expect. But is it a real story or just another “pseudo-event”?
Re "Imagine thinking every single Trump supporter is going to be exercised about a company changing its menu?"
I dunno. I'm a hell of a lot less of a Trump supporter these days than almost anyone else who's ever written for American Greatness, and I'M pretty upset to hear about this. If we have to accept all the vicious nonsense that Trumpism has degenerated into, at least I'd like to hope that it kept the damned vegans out of Cracker Barrel! A society with both the John Eastman memo and meatless sausage at Cracker Barrel is a worst-of-both-worlds dystopia.
First of all, Dennis, thank you for subscribing. Second, I think it's going to be alright. And by "alright," I mean "fine." And by "fine," I mean "freaked out, insecure, neurotic and emotional." And by "freaked out," I really mean fucked up. And by THAT, I would encourage you to watch this exchange between William F. Buckley, Jr., and Anthony Burgess, after minute 23:90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9yo0WS5t2c&t=2156s
After watching this a few times now, I'm more Team Burgess than Team Buckley. I suppose that's been the case for 30 years.
Great piece. I had Postman in my head from the start.
Honestly. Perhaps much of modern 'culture' really is just a storm in a teacup amongst people who have little better to do?
The question is: what do we, the exhausted people, do about it?
I always have Postman in mind. As to your question, that's ideal for exploration here . . . and at Oxford Sour!
Make Sardonicism Chic Again
Sardonicism is always chic.
Re "Imagine thinking every single Trump supporter is going to be exercised about a company changing its menu?"
I dunno. I'm a hell of a lot less of a Trump supporter these days than almost anyone else who's ever written for American Greatness, and I'M pretty upset to hear about this. If we have to accept all the vicious nonsense that Trumpism has degenerated into, at least I'd like to hope that it kept the damned vegans out of Cracker Barrel! A society with both the John Eastman memo and meatless sausage at Cracker Barrel is a worst-of-both-worlds dystopia.
First of all, Dennis, thank you for subscribing. Second, I think it's going to be alright. And by "alright," I mean "fine." And by "fine," I mean "freaked out, insecure, neurotic and emotional." And by "freaked out," I really mean fucked up. And by THAT, I would encourage you to watch this exchange between William F. Buckley, Jr., and Anthony Burgess, after minute 23:90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9yo0WS5t2c&t=2156s
After watching this a few times now, I'm more Team Burgess than Team Buckley. I suppose that's been the case for 30 years.
It's dietary narcissism. I cannot believe Lasch, Hitchens, Postman et al, aren't around to enjoy this mess.