Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet - 353: Reviews of the Old Cracker Barrel Logo

Episode Date: September 3, 2025

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Welcome to Beach to Sandy Water to Wet, a podcast featuring real reviews written by people who just need the world to know what they think. Between you and me, I wanted to like this podcast, but I'd give it zero stars if I could. We're reporting to you live, breaking news from inside the Cracker Barrel on East 17th and Walnut. It's a morning of August 27th, 2025. The day everything changed. Everything has changed again. Again, cancel culture wins. Cancel culture wins again.

That's a big one for the conservatives. I'm super happy for them. They finally kind of got what they deserved, which was the old man back on the logo. Apparently, they caved, Cracker Barrel cave people. They cave. Wow. They folded. Did we even, we didn't even discuss whether.

Oh, yeah, sorry. Could I have a little extra cream, please? God, the people at this fucking store, Alexander, I'm going to leave a one store of you. Yeah, this is getting ridiculous. There's like no one else in here and no one's come up to. They didn't, they haven't even lit the fireplace behind me. That's ridiculous. Yeah.

They're, they, I see them taking things down. They're taking down all the moose heads. No. Right now. It's awful. Oh, wow. Is that what that coat of plaster coming off the walls is? And I, thank God they haven't removed the snow shoes that I used to use 200 years ago.

And my old tennis rackets from 1920. Yeah. So it really is like an institution. I'm so glad that, that the logo is being. saved. We're going to report on reactions and on the kind of general outlook at the public. Yes. Also, if you're just listening to this, which is the vast majority of you, the video users can see the proof that we're in Cracker Barrel. Oh, I'm sorry. I did forget that this was also not going to be video. Our background. The background as in like the real background behind us is Cracker Barrel. Right. And the reason it keeps glitching out is just because their stock is plummeting not because it's a green screen background.

They can't afford much real stuff anymore. It's a lot of virtual stuff here at the Cracker Barrel. Virtual Snow Shoes. Virtual 1920s tennis rackets. If you aren't caught up or didn't listen to our last episode. Oh, boy, you're confused. We just recorded it like 40, a little more than 48 hours ago. We recorded an episode about how Cracker Barrel changed their logo and people were freaking

out, as in conservatives, were freaking out because it went against their values and traditional values or something is woke is a bunch of bullshit. You'll go listen to the damn episode and you'll understand how unhinged it is. Yeah. And so then literally a day later, we get word that cracker barrel caved. Our manager. Our manager text us at like 10 p.m. and is like, did you hear? Well, it's not quite that late.

Oh, maybe she texts me about something else. It was pretty late. You're right. She texted me about something else at 10 p.m. So maybe I received a lot of breaking news. But yeah, she texted us and was like, FYI, have you seen this? And I was like, yeah, Maggie, it's. It's old news that they change it.

And out soon said, no, they changed it again. They changed it back. They changed the new one to go back to the old one. The old one with the barrel and the old timer that everyone thinks is Uncle Herschel, but it's not Uncle Herschel. But for some reason, the conservatives were like, how it's stopped canceling Uncle Herschel. It just kept saying bring back Uncle Herschel. It's never been Uncle Herschel.

That man has never been Uncle Herschel. You've never heard of Uncle Herschel in your life. And yet you freak out that he's removed when it's not even him. It's not even him. this food was never made by your real grandma. So shut up. It comes out of a box and a can. So can I just give a little update here just because I saved some.

I need of breath. I'm sorry. Factoids from last night when I caught wind of this tremendous breaking news. Last week, Cracker Bell received a barrage of criticism. Yeah, it unveiled its modernized logo. They made it all, quote unquote, sanitized. Everyone called it woke. And it had also something to do with the interior.

They were taking it down, making it look more kind of blah. and like a corporate restaurant, and people really lost it. And then here's where things really turned. Did you read about what the real pressure that was put on to the Cracker Barrel? The president of the free world decided to weigh in. The man who can do whatever he wants because he's the president of the United States. Because he's a big boss, baby. And he posted on truth social that Cracker Barrel should return to its previous logo.

And this is what he said, quote. cracker barrel should go back to the old logo admit a mistake based on customer response parentheses the ultimate poll that's boomer speak for for 500 Alex and that poll is capitalized and manage the company better than ever before and then when they reversed it Trump congratulated the company saying all of your fans very much appreciate it good luck into the future make lots of money and most importantly make your customers happy again and then a deputy white house Chief of Staff posted on X that Cracker Barrel called the White House to thank, quote, unquote, President Trump for weighing in on the issue and apparently shares within hours rose more than 3% after the announcement. And Trump had one more thing to say, which is they got a billion dollars, capital B, capital D, they got a billion dollars worth of free publicity if they play their cards right.

Very tricky to do, but a great opportunity. Have a major news conference today. Make Cracker Barrel a winner again. And it's like, roll grandpa back into the roll him back. Has that man ever been inside of a cracker barrel? He's really never heard of Cracker Barrel until he literally, he heard like Uncle Herschel and was like, ah, the poor people want me to weigh in. Is he white? Is that a white man? Is it a white man? Oh, they want to get rid of him? Let's fight. How could they? This is all about race all of a sudden. Yeah. No, that's so many people were like, oh, you're taking him out because he's a white man. People are mad.

I was like, no, what? Hello? So many people thought it was race related. Oh, yeah. wanted it to there because they're racist so yeah um anyway uh i i have actually a response a comment about all these comments that you just made great about with the trauma a rebuttal if you will a rebuttal of sorts uh by a commenter on uh people dot com oh a commenter just like a citizen a commenter yes and said this if customer response is the ultimate poll trump should maybe check his approval numbers again Wait, that's so good, Alexander.

I didn't even clock that. I was like, yeah, I guess that's true. Like, public opinion, court of public opinion. And then it's like, wait a minute. Who the fuck is throwing these big ass rocks around here? Buddy. Wow, that's good. And also, like, that's literally what they scream cancel culture is.

I know. To be clear, the idea of cancel culture is ridiculous. It's just accountability. That's what that means. But in this case, it's like, okay, yeah, people got mad because they're idiots. but like whatever let them be mad but so for it but for them to like get what they wanted for getting mad about something like it's exactly what they scream is it's all projection it's all projection it's sort of like funny because some people I felt I don't know tell me if it was

different because we we we split up our sources as all good journalists do and uh Alexander went to um to Facebook and I went to the Fox News article both I was going to say which one's worse I don't know they're both bad and more bad as it goes on um but was it your experience sandy that when people the conservatives who were the right wing were mad about this and they were commenting on the change i feel like there was a split where some people were still pissed and said like it's not about the logo you have to change everything back and you've already lost me it's too late okay and then the other people were like ha victory we fucking won um that i feel like those were the two kind of polar experiences i think another one was just

mocking cracker barrel for folding was another big one I got. Oh, and then they also wanted to get rid of that woke CEO, DEI hire woman that's in charge because how else could- Yeah, exactly, which is just. But she's white and I thought this was about race. So it feels like, what are we doing? Are we, we got to commit to it the bit. Apparently, the company she's CEO of has done some LGBTQ plus stuff so like pink washing or whatever it's called um they've done that so therefore she's kind of like the devil that's true and it's too late well she's not even the devil she just is like part of his like harem or something she doesn't have because she's a woman alexiner

that's like you got me there but she is doing his bidding at the very least uh then that's why there's alcohol again that's right for the first time they brought it in during covid which makes Plenty of people were still saying, I'm still not going until you get rid of alcohol. Really? Someone said like, oh, I didn't see a single of those. Someone said, I like beer, but it has no place in Cracker Barrel. Hello? Why?

Like, what? And I drink the beer all the time. I have the beer arrayed in my fridge right now. Huge fan. Huge fan. Big fan. We go way back. Wow.

Outz-Inner, this is just already getting. We haven't even gotten all the Facebook comments I found. There are some fucking crazy ones and some really funny ones. It was a really good mix, I think. Oh, good. I'm glad it was good for you. It was not a good mix for me. It was a bad, bad mix.

This one, I already read, or I already sort of summarized, but it says, victory. Now get rid of that woman's CEO. So that's cool. And then. It's like one battle is won, but we have a war to fight against the cracker barrel. That's kind of what I meant. Like, it was never about the logo. Like, no, like hold strong.

You know, it's like, what the fuck? They would never move the goalpost either. Yeah, get a hobby. So many, I will say, I looked at reviews. And yeah, it hasn't been long at all since they announced this. But I imagine there will be a lot fewer reviews saying, thank you for changing it back. Yeah, right. If you don't change it back, we're not coming again.

You're going to lose. You're going to go the way of bud like, they're going to move the goalpost. And they're like, well, yeah, they changed it back, but they didn't do X, Y, Z. That's why I think it was a, I think it was a mistake to change back. I mean, I think it's hilarious and I don't really give a shit. But I think it was a mistake because, like, now you just look weak. Oh, I think. Now you're just capitulating to President Trump, like, please, grow up.

It seemed to be a mistake the first time they did it based on what they, the financially. I guess financially they had to figure some shit out. I don't know. Yeah. It was, it was. The president is asking us to change our logo back is crazy. But like, I think it's even the fact they changed it back. And like, I wish I could say this was all like a publicity stunt, but there's no way at hell that this could have been like orchestrated so cleanly.

Unless it were the devil himself, in which case, brava, because like, good, Good work, my friends. I'll see you later tonight for drinks at happier. And I'm someone who's like, you know, this makes me not want to go to Cracker Barrel this whole thing. Yeah, it's like not appealing anymore. But it doesn't make me want to write a one-star review telling them that they'd better do something different because it's a fucking restaurant. Like, first of all, their food sucks. Yeah, it's not even good.

It's never, it hasn't been good. It's like, so. It's side of the highway. It's good. It's fine if you're like, want to sit down and eat some fucking gravy. Classic road trip. Like you want to have a seat somewhere instead of fast food for one. And pretend like you're at me ma'all, you're dead, me ma'amaw's house.

So what do you want to do next? Do you have anything? I think I did the get rid of the woman CEO. Do you want to read another one of yours? Yeah, I'll have something. Yeah. Let me see what I've got. So these Facebook comments were underneath the post by Cracker Barrel.

And where they announced that they're changing it back. I will say, though, they didn't change their Facebook profile picture. And there were so many people who were like, oh, yeah, well, you haven't changed your profile picture. So I don't believe you. You haven't even updated your relationship status. It still says casual. That's how it felt. Anyway, here is a comment.

It's not Facebook official. People need like, seriously, it's just, wow, it's pathetic. Okay, go on. Yeah. And I think one of the more fascinating parts was how many likes each thing got because some got a wild amount. The comments. So, yeah. So here's one, Millicent.

has this to say. I'm sure she does. Also, and by the way, his name isn't old timer. Clearly, you're still tone death. End of comment. Girl. Keith did have a response to Millicent.

Who the hell is Keith? He commented underneath. Oh, okay. You said, Keith did have a response. And I was like, is he the old timer? Okay.

So 1,000 people like Millison's comment about the incorrect statement about it being. They literally call it that. Like that's literally what who he is. It's called the old timer. They just came up with old timer. Like let's call him.

We can't say an old man. Let's call him an old time. What a weird thing to blame the news for saying or crack. And like also if they called him old timer instead of Uncle Herschel, it feels like it's even more familiar than Uncle Herschel. It's like, oh, it's the old timer. Like it's more folksy. Nobody knows who the fuck uncle.

That's why they did it. Exactly. They think they think Uncle Herschel was like, I assume was some like had the quote unquote morals and. Right, like traditional family values. He represents that. He represents that. Like white supremacy and things like that.

All the good families. So here's what Keith said to Millicent when she said his name's not old timer or whatever. Relax, old timer. Kind of comment. Relax already. That's a lot of buildup for that. But yeah. Millicent.

Melison. Yeah, old timer. I mean, with a name like Millicent, no wonder you're triggered by the word old timer. I saw that name. Gotcha. I was like, yeah. Girl, go by Millie. That's who I expected to see in the,

the comments of Cracker Barrel. Yeah, exactly. You're just like playing into the game. Yeah, I have one here called I thought Maga were against cancel culture with a lot of laughing emojis. We already kind of discussed that. And then I forgot to mention I also went on CNN because that's where our manager, Maggie said the news had broken and she received the update.

And so I went on there to read some comments. As I screenshot them and says 23 minutes ago, 26 minutes ago. So this was like really hot off the press. Like eight days ago, as you hear this. So this is by CNN user for Z, a bunch of letters. Who cares? I haven't eaten at a cracker barrel in over 20 years. Maybe a new logo would have made me come back.

Only place I know where I can buy razzles. The fuck is a razzle. Exactly on Tinder. You better go and find out. I think they are those candies that were in the 13 going on 30 movie. That's how I know about them, I think. That means nothing to. me. I'm sorry. Oh, razzle puzzle. What the fuck? No, razzle's candy. Oh. Oh, those look like something

I'd never eat. She gets them in the movie. And I watched them at VHS tape a lot as a young, as a preteen. Those look so gross to me. I don't know. Oh, I love Markerflow. Gum? Oh, first it's candy, then it's gum. Yeah, it's sort of like you chew it for a long time. Like gum. Like gum. Okay. Wow, good. I'm so glad cracker barrel still exists so I can get these I love that. He's like, I haven't been there in 20 years, but it's the only place I buy razzles. The last time I went, I bought 20 years worth, so it's time to restock. Yeah, the bunker.

Jesus. Or it just gets like delivery, you know, just like DoorDash. Oh, that's true, DoorDash. 10 bags of Razzles. I look, he's like, who cares? Although, this is really a specialty import store for me. For someone who doesn't care, you are commenting on a CNN article about it and calling out a reason why you would go there. Excellent.

here's a comment about the new logo or old whatever I don't know anymore I don't know what to even call this episode I don't either it feels last night yeah you were struggling to name the first episode and now it's like we have a pre because we want to make sure everybody knows we are already aware of the fact that they've oh see our our producer Zoe just responded to our breaking news about cracker roll everyone is hearing the news and I love to be in this power position of communicating it to everybody. Except we're releasing this a week after this happened. So by that point, who knows?

Nobody cares probably. So this is, like I said, the 27th a week from now, no. Or they went back or something. Or like the CEO was assassinated. Okay, I really hope not in that case because I think there are other CEOs that exist. I'm just going to say that. But anyway, why am I talking about killing the CEO again? I don't know.

I don't know what's going to happen a week from now. Okay. Hopefully not that. Anyway, I have a review comment here. The person who spent 30 minutes designing the new logo will be so disappointed. It took me a second. 30 minutes. I saw so many good ones like that.

It's like someone's like, oh, like whoever, like whoever designed this on Canva is going to like be really mad. That's so good. Like you can probably go into Canva and find it as like a template. You know how when you make something they like make it public to use? I feel like it's probably just in there as like a free template on canvas. Designer was like typed in barrel and was like, oh, this is kind of shaped like a barrel.

What if I just write cracker barrel on it? He just like stretched it out and put, yeah. And then like looked at fonts, old time font, perfect. Oh my God, perfect. Boom. Just like that old timer on the logo. Okay. So I like this one too.

This is by CNN user for Zs. The MAGA Slacksters, parentheses, opposite of woke. And I'm like, that. What? Doesn't quite work. Boomers will be boomers. Boomers are booming, you know what I mean? Yeah.

The Maga slacksters, opposite of woke, are so bored with all the winning and getting everything they want these days that they need to manufacture a ridiculous controversy and find something ridiculous and petty to beat up. What will be next? Going after the Ronald McDonald House because it's named after a cloud who wears makeup? Turning on their beloved chick filet because chick is sling for female and they can't stand women having any attention even if unintended. tearing down Wendy's for being two DEI being named after a girl. I wouldn't put it past Fox News to keep making up fake controversies to fool the ignorant rage machine because Fox and all right-wing podcasters only work if they have enemies to attack. Sick and twisted way of existing. End of review.

Wow. Sick and twisted. Yikes. Yeah. I should have kept my voice down inside this empty cracker barrel where things just echo off the walls. Yeah, I saw multiple people turn their heads at you. It would be like, what is she talking about? Yeah. And the outrage is kind of hilarious. But also I saw people who were saying like, oh, they're just distracting us before they like do something at Cracker Barrel is going to do something else. And this is just a distraction. It's like you're literally talking about what our president and the right has been doing for months and years. Yeah. You're projecting again, Karen. It's literally like, it's like what? They have this weird ulterior motive where they're going to like spring some sort of DEI. plot against you. It's a very Q and on vibe of like we need a controversy.

Yeah. Like it can't be my fault. So, I mean, someone's got to be blamed for ruining my life and making me miserable. Couldn't be me. It has to be the cracker burles. I'm going to ask Facebook instead of a licensed therapist. How about that?

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Promocode Beach to Sandy. Here's a comment. Goal to Carrie, who has her profile picture, she's like, see-through, and so is an American flag. There's like an American flag see-through over her, but she's also see-through. So it's just like really like. Transparent. It's kind of creepy. Yeah.

It's like. She did the thing on Canva with the opacity and drag. down but didn't realize she did it for both instead of yeah that's exactly what carrie did right after she finished making the new logo what a fucking third grade mistake yeah right after her logo oh my god imagine it the logo but just transparent like halfway opacity um i'm kind of into that just like you can see the like the the gray and black like checker pattern behind like a translucent sign yeah yeah yeah okay okay here's what carrie has to say there's so much you can do to embrace the original concept

of talking to people of all ages, taking time to stop and sit in a rocking chair. Make barrels cool as a conversation piece. Please. Remind.

What are you talking about, Carrie? Are you not taking notes? I hope someone is. Unfortunately, my brain is never going to forget this, so I don't have to write it down. Okay, good. Remind people, the barrel was filled with crackers. So much more depth

is there for the reaping. Removing Herschel and the barrel is like taking Mickey Mouse out of Disney. End of God. What? Removing Herschel and the barrel? Yeah, you know how when people walk around and say, hey, who's this picture of to like kids and they don't recognize Jesus?

But then they, this is unsupervised me. They recognize like Ronald McDonald or something or Mickey Mouse. And then you're like, who's this? And they're like, the old timer. No, that's Uncle Herschel. You ignorant fools. They don't teach the real history. You ignoramus.

You ignoramus. Wow. Good pulls, Andy, ignoramus. Thanks. I mean, I did see that word a lot. Oh. It was. It was.

They took it off. That's a big people were commenting about that. Oh, I didn't know. I feel like you're getting a different angle. And the peg game's not even at the tables anymore. I did know that. I did know that. It's ridiculous.

So I, so don't get me wrong, y'all. I think Cracker Barrel has been going downhill for a while. But the fact that there's outrage over this, come on. Or is your outrage when they supported a pride parade back in the day. Yeah. Amen. Idiots. Actually, some people did say it.

I actually, I love the hipster, hipster boomers who are saying, I shouldn't keep saying boomers. So hipster right wing wings who are like, oh, I stopped going there years ago. Like, okay, congratulations and why do you even care? Like, why are you in the comments? I'm not just racist. I'm homophobic too. Yeah, exactly.

They had rainbow flags. So I left years ago. And I, oh, actually, I have, why am I saying it like that instead of just reading it? Okay. Because you're speaking from your own heart, I thought. That's true. I am.

Yeah. Sometimes, like, my spirit just kind of takes over. Or I guess the Holy Ghost, it could be. this one is about boycotting places you know oh sorry the waiter bump it yeah because there are so many chotchkes around that like you can barely fit through the aisles it's just how me mom would have liked it dusty moose heads and all so this person says i don't drink bud i don't shop target and i won't eat CB you can't apologize for the evils these people have done.

And then this person responded, I'm going to tell you their username afterward. They responded, I will do all of those things. Politics doesn't rule my life. And, okay, their username is living, but I'm not even making this up. And every, it's one long word, but every individual word has a capital letter. Live in both the California and the American Dream is their username. Wow. And they said, I will do all those things.

politics doesn't rule my life. And it's like, who are you? Go away. Who are you? I think we know a lot about them. Is living the California dream commenting on CNN? Like, that's your, that's the, that's the American, I mean, that's what the mama's and the popas were singing all about.

That's so, they were California dreaming about commenting on CNN articles about Cracker Barrel's new logo. Yeah. Born in the USA. Probably. Well, that's spring spring spruenstein. Springsteen. He sings about shit like Cracker Barrel all the time. He wrote it on a Cracker Barrel napkin in New Jersey.

He wrote that song. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you know that actually the old timer was written on a napkin or drawn on a napkin? Oh, really? They said the designer drew it on a napkin. And I was like, that's his terrible because like the fact that everyone's like so distraught over like the sacredness of this character they've never thought about once until it disappeared. because you only know what you got till it's gone

another song about Cracker Paral I just feel that Is that by Uncle Cracker? Oh yeah Hey let's make barrels a conversation piece again I agree with that That's the one thing I think

Across the board We can reach across the aisle And agree on that Because like barrels are interesting And do you know what a name For a barrel maker is It's a cool thing A barreler

Cooper Cooper? Yeah They love that name I feel like the right, like, not everyone. I feel like more people like it. But that, it just gives me like a, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like a little like preppy white kid.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm pretty sure that has something to do with barrels. Let me make sure. Barrel maker, yes, okay. Oh, interesting. I had no idea. I think that's super cool because I just love the idea that there used to be a word for a barrel maker and like a hat maker. And now we just don't even realize those are words.

We just use them as names. And I love the concept of a barrel. And I feel like these right wing nutters are ruining it for me. They're ruining barrels for you. Yeah. You were really, I remember when you were like really excited about seeing that person go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Like you acted, remember that? And you were like, and we were, it was crazy.

And I'm like, you weren't there. This was a hundred years ago. And you were acting like you were there. Do you remember? I said they brought their cat and I was so upset. And you were like, when? You're like, I was so upset. I'm like, yeah, what?

Where were you? When this happened? And you were like, why are you acting like you were there? It felt like I was there. That's how well the Lord podcast told that story. Yeah. The, I don't even know anymore. Oh, barrels.

Burrels of fun. I think barrels are a fun concept. And I feel like everyone's ruining them for me. Because now it's like that's what you put in like a man cave. That's what you put back on the cracker barrel sign or so help you God. Uh, under the president's orders. I guess. Do you know what I mean?

Like as a table? Like, yeah, like your bourbon kind of barrel. Yeah. So, you know what's the funniest thing with the word barrel that ever happened to me? And then you can go. It wasn't that cat dying? That was the funniest for you, I know. But not for me.

Yeah, man, I was losing. The cat survived, by the way, which I almost thought was worse. I was like, honestly, this cat is probably so fucking traumatized. But I no longer thought it was funny once it's arrived. Yeah, that's true. That's why you like that. That's why you invented that exploding kittens game. under a false pseudonym.

Okay, anyway, let me get back to this. And people got the wrong idea. They're playing it way wrong. When I invented exploding kittens, it involved a lot more explosives. I've never played it. I thought it was about exploding kittens. I thought it was. It's like a card.

It's a card game. Oh. I know. It's terrible. It's not a bloodbath like I thought. Yeah, cause mayhem. It was a statement. It was a whole, I had a thing with a museum.

It was a whole thing. Just you keep going. Yeah. I went to the gallery opening and I left before anybody could spot me. It was just a little too embarrassing. Yeah. It was a bloody night. That's when Lady Kaga showed up.

No mind. Okay. I'm sorry. I thought you're going to say Lady Macbeth. I'm like, yes, she couldn't get that spot out. Okay, ignore me. Barrels. Oh, the funniest thing that ever happened to me with a barrel is the time that M was telling

a story on a necessary drink and said, oh, and her name was barrel. and I can't or maybe I said it one of us said the name was barrel and the other person kept going barrel and it's like yeah barrel like it reminds with like and we were like the other person kept going okay but like you're saying the word barrel right like are we not going to comment on that turns out it was spelled B-E-R-Y-L like Cheryl and like in one of our heads it was like barrel instead of Cheryl and we were like but you're saying the word barrel over and it makes sense weirdly but it doesn't I know and that happening it I'd be like yeah barrel blah blah blah and then I said it the other day and I went do you just call you just

call someone barrel and I went, wait, this has happened before. And anyway, I just, every time I think like barrel, I'm like, what a name, B-E-R-Y-L. But yeah, that's an old-timer name too. Millicent Barrel. Yeah, Millicent Barrel. Make Barrel's cool again. Oh, my gosh. Yeah.

Is it your turn or my turn? I'm sorry. I don't fucking know, actually. I just talk so much. Why don't you go? I'll just read something. Here's a comment. Your customers are the biggest babies on the planet.

Probably out shooting their rocking chairs right now. All those people are like shooting their bud light and stuff Now they're just taking their rocking chairs Guns to their rocking chairs They're putting Uncle Herschel in the Yeah they're putting razzles This is what you're doing to Uncle Herschel And then they yeah

Kill their uncles Yeah Kill some old timer they find This is by CNN user KJMS 76 I'm astonished this is a real topic Worthy of discussion The Woolful Ignorance of Maga is on full display. And then somebody responded a few minutes later. I'm astonished that a sitting US

president actually felt he needed to weigh in on a logo change. We must be the laughing stock of the world. Then to have a company believe they needed to thank him? Over at Fox, they are crediting Trump for fixing the problem despite they made the insane problem in the first place. This should be a fun one for S&L and South Park. Trump and his followers whine about being the brunt of jokes, but They just keep feeding them the material with completely insane behavior. Another one said 100% correct. And then another CNN user said, the world loves Trump. Pay attention.

And then CNN user, a totally different person, respond and said, ha, ha, ha. The world can't wait for him to waddle off to never, never land. And neither can I. And that was the end of that exchange. Waddle, waddle. Yeah, wow. Like, one of the dumbest things you can do,

is argue on like news article comments. Agreed. Like who gives a shit? That's why a lot of them have disabled comments because it's just not useful. It's not helpful. It just degenerates into chaos. The ones of quality, I believe, have them disabled. And I think the ones who want the engagement, the engagement stirring people up, they have comments on because they want that.

Fox business is all business. So I wouldn't think that they would. They must have them on by accident. They must have forgotten to turn it up. Just like how they forgot to make Facebook official. The profile pic. Yeah, so true. Here's a comment.

Okay. Now you're going to get it twice as bad for flinching. Okay. Like, it does sound like you have a gun and that's so scary. But also, like, that's exactly it. Like, they just fucked up, I think, because they're going to look like weaklings now. That's like, yeah. They flinch and then it's like, oh.

Hey. And now Trump is like, look what I did. He's like writing in his journal like, it's pathetic. 12 year old me would be so proud. I could change the Cracker Barrel logo. It doesn't surprise me, but it's still pathetic. Like, it's, this is so ridiculous.

And the fact that we're talking about this is a sign that it's so ridiculous. Yeah. We don't touch on like actual real shit that goes on because we're a comedy podcast. Because there is real shit going on. And so much. That's for someone else to handle, right? So, yeah. We're here for this.

this bullshit that's how you know it's not of the import that people make it to be exactly exactly we're not equipped for real serious life yeah you know fixing any real life things so we'll just talk about this on yeah we're not even going to fix this honestly we're just going to shit on everyone i at least feel i'm qualified enough to speak on it publicly without um yeah causing more damage because i don't think we even have a place here um let's see we have a place a cracker barrel Look at us. Look at a piece of folks. I think we're literally sitting in them right now.

There's nobody else here. I'm pretty sure you turned the lights on and broken and let me in. And we haven't even been served. You're in this the same one as me? Oh my God. Hi. I'm sorry. I thought you were.

I thought you worked here. I kept asking you for creamer and you wouldn't bring me any. And I thought what's service? Here, I'll sit with you. I kept popping dumplings in my mouth after between each sentence. I wasn't paying attention. Where did you get those dumplings? This place is not open.

This place hasn't been open for hundreds of years. They were just. They were sitting there when I got here. What was the thing that the guy said in the episode we recorded 48 hours ago where he was like, it's been this way for hundreds of years? No, they said they were, it was something that's, oh, what did they say? It was something like that. Maybe it was hundreds of years. Yeah, you're right.

I did see someone else say, oh my God, they said, I don't know if this was last night or they said get. Get bent. they said this it looks like from the 1900s get into the 20th century and I was like are you fucking kidding me this is so that's so stupid and it's like I don't even have the energy to just like fuck you yeah I was at the the Mets game last night and I was just on my phone and like read like once Maggie texted us I just was like I got a check and I was on Google Maps going to all these different cracker barrels, and I'm sure people behind me saw that I was doing this. And I was just like going through and reading only negative reviews of all these

cracker barrels. And I was like, wait, I wonder what people behind me think. And the only reason, like it wouldn't bother me, but I was watching what other people were doing ahead of me on their phones, like the whole game. So I'm like, someone must see what I'm doing. Because it's so easy to glance up and see someone getting the wordle on the sixth try with some terrible guesses, I got to say. And I didn't even, I don't do the.

world anymore but like that guy sucked yeah that's too bad I uh anyway so someone watched me do that and I was kind of felt weird about it but yeah I would so weird about it but what's your I mean and like maybe that doing wordle badly was that guy's job so it's like you shouldn't go into it with judgment on that front because like maybe that's what he's doing for work and you know um and like most people you work from the MG the Mets game um I think that's a New York thing um yeah MG yeah Yeah, totally. Working from, instead of working from home, working from the WFMG. Yeah.

Let's see. Okay, wait, I had one that I forgot I brought that reminded me of your comment saying like 20, whoever spent 20 minutes on this logo or a hot hour on this logo. This person said, these snowflakes enraged over a logo change will be studied in graphic design courses for years. And I was like, it really will. Like I promise you, because now people are starting to post comparison. photos of like logo changes over the years and how like now everyone you know when everyone took the

fucking vowels out of words and then everybody yeah yeah yeah yeah like simple um it's the way that these and even like icons like on your iPhone whatever the way those icons have gotten like slowly like flatter and slowly less like interesting like more minimal um but I was on a graphic design forum talking about the change no sorry reading it's sorry I was like why forum that was talking, where people were talking about the change. So you really are invested in this. It was not a part of the conversation. Sorry.

But I was reading it. And people were like, these graphic designers were like, yeah, like the saying the negative space. And they like were creating similar ones like with their new, of their new logo. And they're like, oh, yeah, like I like this. I like the way they blah, blah, blah. And I was like, oh, yeah. Like it kind of grew on me.

I was like, oh, I see it. It's a lot of negative space. So someone created one that looked more like a barrel. Yeah. and like with bigger text and I was like okay like I see it I don't I don't hate it um but yeah and then like someone commented like the article that they changed it back and it was like before and then the threat ended and I think important context also is like they spent hundreds of allegedly 750 million of comments and some poster to be believed like hundreds of almost a billion dollars not almost a billion dollars but more than half a billion dollars on this logo like that also gives context of like but the thing is like Like, I wonder. On the logo. On the rebrand. Yeah, on the rebrand.

I am curious how much of that is like just normal people they'd be paying no matter what, like of like salaries of whatever. Like, I don't know. But still, if it's hundreds of millions of dollars, that's a fuck ton of money. But I guess they don't have to spend it on changing the signs. I don't know. If someone paid me a million dollars to make that Cracker Bar logo, I would have made it so good. And they didn't even ask. Yeah.

I mean, it's probably a whole team of people. That's what's so crazy, you know? And it's like, it is because I'm like, how are you so? This should have been expected this response. I got it. Considering the climate, considering. Is there not one person in the room who's allowed to be like, oh, guys? I think it's so dumb.

And then the fact that they went back on it, like they couldn't even own up to it. Like the CEO tried and I assume it was not up to her decision in the end. Like the board, I assume was like, we're hundreds of millions of dollars we've spent. And now our stock is crashing. And now the president is involved, who we all love so much. And we rely on to get our, to keep our money. Let's make him happy for financial reasons. Yeah.

It's this fucking shit show. I think it's pathetic, honestly, on both sides, as in Cracker Barrel and its base. Cracker Barrel bait, does it have a base? I don't know if that makes sense. I'm going to read a comment. Okay, go ahead. This comment is the one that I agree with the most. Okay.

I need a shirt that says Uncle Herschel pegged me at Cracker Barrel. Yes. I was like thinking earlier we never even talked much about what we did in the last one. But yesterday, as I was cleaning, my office, I found my porch pegging bracelet that somebody made me ages ago was stuck under a box. And I was like, this is meant to be. And then Leona broke it. So, but it was fun while at last. And guess what?

That was also meant to be. I think so. why you know why because now i have so leona no leona when she found out about the logo chain she was she did hulk out she was like i'm done with them i'm done with porch pegging for good her eye started twitching she's like don't tell me they didn't get rid of uncle herschel did they and they're like oh god i can't do it i can't break the news um yeah yeah it was upset there was basically a death in the family yeah that's what it felt like um so here is one uh i said she i said he's dead and uh Apparently, that was not the thing to say.

They killed him for being white. Yeah, they more. Leona, that's what you need to remember. It's fucking crazy, dude. Let's see. This one says, well, gee, it doesn't seem the liberals are flocking to patronize at least six spaces between each sentence. I just, like, at least between every single period and like the next letter. Six, seven.

Well, gee, it doesn't seem the liberals are flocking to patronize. DUR. As it turns out, Dems also don't like it. BTW. L.O.L. Get woke. Lose millions of dollars. They didn't learn from Bud Light, eh? Raffle. And then, um, Jesus. Credo responded, right? The woke folk go to brunch places they can't afford for the experience. Spelled in alternating caps like SpongeBob. So, um, I guess that's kind of the point we're missing. is that we're actually the joke here. But I thought everyone's mad because Cracker Barrel is ruining the traditional experience of eating there. Right, exactly. So why are you going to Cracker Barrel? Because it's certainly not for the microwave food. No.

It's to avoid your Bima. And it's certainly not for the logo, right? It's for the razzles, admit it. Like what are you going there for if not for the experience of it being a crap? That's the only thing it has going for it, which is why I think it's ridiculous that they are changing it. but um yeah i think they're so fucking stupid everyone before you speak you know just like especially if you're typing man you can you you had 11 spaces to think through the next sentence i was gonna say there's a lot of time to think between those sentences yes the raffle like

imagine how many times you hit space before you typed raffle like jesus yeah that's the words mean something interesting so true i was thinking that too um here's a great comment here we go When you put the old man back in your logo, make sure he's hunched over because clearly nobody at your company has a spine. See, it's double bad now. Now you look weak to them. Because people on both sides are like, you're weak for paving. It's pathetic that you cave to Donald Trump, please. I mean, that is, it is.

Anyone, all of you who do. I mean, like, Crackerbell is the least surprising, as Andy said, but still, yeah, exactly. I'm surprised that they even, like, did this to begin with. Right. I mean, for all we know, Donald Trump said, put it this way. And then he's like, never mind. Everyone's mad. It's not. You know, like, who the fuck knows? Before he commented on it, the moment, like I heard it, I was like, well, this is going to go to Trump. Yeah. It was odd. It was like, this is, this is his base is going to like freak out enough where he's going to rile people up. Remember how we said that we were equipped to converse, converse about this? He's maybe equipped to state his opinion about a logo. I think that's about like his comfort zone as far as like, you know, levels. of any sort of intelligence creativity.

Like Cracker Barrel. No, just like the concept of like, oh, finally, something I can handle myself as a big boy yelling at the restaurant for changing a logo. And it's like... A restaurant he's never heard of. Yeah. So it's like, you know, he finally found something that he felt like he could own. Like sometimes I tell Leona like, this is your window to clean.

And she doesn't actually clean it, but it's like she feels like she has, is playing a part. So I think maybe it has more to do with that. Yeah. That's cute. So maybe this whole thing was just to give. him a little boost. Cracker barrel was like, okay, yeah, let's do this. And then we'll give him a little win, you know?

Yeah, I think it's like, I honestly think it might be Montessori style teaching. I'm not sure because we only did that for like a couple years. But it does feel that way. Like let him learn to tie his shoes on his own at his own pace, right? Makes sense. Yeah. And like forget Canva, right? Like he's not going to figure that out.

So like at least let him talk on Twitter for a minute. I mean, I can't imagine him having an actual creative bone in his body. Yeah, which wouldn't that be funny That's why I kind of thought to myself Maybe he made the logo, you know I don't know I like it wouldn't even be that good Number one that he

His team made that like I mean they did a lot of AI But that weird AI where he was like There were like Trump statues with like crowns And like this is like what are you doing You just type this in on it Anyway

It's so bad dude What's how the fuck is going on Here is a comment from Jen Ann. This title is so dumb and misleading. Okay, the title, by the way, of the CNN article was, after right-wing backlash, Cracker Barrel says it will get rid of its new logo. I mean, I don't find that particularly untrue or exaggerated.

No, because, like, the ones where it was like, Trump does this. Right. Okay, like, that's stupid. That was the White House press release. Literally. Literally. Like, yeah, yeah. So I'm like, but this article title is like, okay.

Yeah, that you can't really deny that one, right? That's like what the right or even said, whatever. So the, anyway, she says it doesn't even say because of. I mean, it kind of implies it, but it just says after, right? Yeah, yes. So then Jen, Ann is really pissed. She says, this title is so dumb and misleading and just goes to show that the media is part of the problem these days, stoking division and the idea that we think so differently about everything. No one on either side of the political spectrum thought that redesign was a good idea.

It wasn't the right pushing back. It was anyone with any sort of taste on either side. Good Lord. Don't blame political ideology for the decisions of soulless corporations. And it's like, man, you really are missing it, huh? You're missing the point. Yeah, you're really missing it, dude. Come on.

Somebody responded, and I love it. Good Lord. People are losing their health care. Snap that feeds hungry children and seniors has been cut, a president who's using the U.S. military to intimidate citizens and one is worried about a logo. Rational people could care less about a company changing its logo. The right wing made this a story. They turned it into politics, with Fox running a story on it daily,

featuring the talking points of right-wing activists. Calling it woke and blaming it on DEI, it was insane. CNN wasn't being misleading. They were reporting on a story factually. Seriously, a president thinks he need to weigh in on a logo change because it upsets his fan base? There are two wars raging, and this is all the buffoon has to do. Get a grip, Jen! End of comment.

Dang. I mean, Jen does need to get a grip. and that was expertly done, I think. Thank you. I think the Holy Ghost absolutely took over on that one. Yeah, I mean, wow. Or whatever the satanic version of that is. Maybe Balthazar or something.

Oh, that's why I felt it. Yeah. Okay, that explains a lot. Yeah, the sulfur smells. We go way back. Yeah. Yeah, I thought that was just the eggs. Oh, then I remember they got rid of the egg basket.

Sorry, I don't know what that is, but so many people commented that. Bring back the egg basket. I thought, I just had like a weird flashback because you said egg basket and I'm like, surely he's making that up, but I think I feel like I know what that is. And then you said it's a real thing, but I feel like I remember. What is an egg basket? I don't know. There are so many Facebook comments. People were like bring back this, bring back in that.

Maybe it's like where you have like cooked eggs and you pull them out of a basket like like a fucking weird old like hour. A basket of eggs literally used to have a basket of eggs. Yeah. Like on the table. Yeah. Like bring your own basket of eggs. you fucking weirdo. Yeah, yeah.

Put them in a pot. They, like, it's literally bizarre that you want to share eggs with the rest of the restaurant. It's fucking weird. Like, it's really fucking weird and just like, admit it. And then I, I will say, like, all this shit. And then the fact anyone is screaming about woke and fucking DEI, it's fucking cracker barrel, everybody.

Somebody said, like, I thought we were against cancel. I thought MAGA was against cancel. cancel culture and somebody said, now you know how it feels. And it was like, what? None of us are really concerned. You're the only ones who are crying. I don't know. Like, it's on the one side, it's like, yeah, people are against target for rolling back DEI initiatives because that has a really harmful impact on people, really harmful. Like, that is so bad. And then the other side is like, oh you're canceling target for that and then now they're like the logo my cracker barrel values like if you go to cracker barrel it'll be the fucking same but uglier like whatever what's it

what's it going to do to you there's no egg basket also i just looked at you'll spend less time a cracker barrel that's a good thing it's they're doing you a favor people why are you getting so mad. Exxander, they don't want to be at home with their loved ones. Yeah. God, with the old ball and chain. Exactly. There was so many common things. She can't cook worth of shit. Exactly. That's why I go get microwave food at Cracker Barrel. That's why I get eggs in a basket. No, I looked up in what that was. My wife never puts her eggs in the basket. She puts all her eggs in the basket. Oh, she put all her eggs in my basket, if you know what I'm saying. That was a mistake. Apparently it's not what I said it was. That was just a thing our grandparents probably should.

You thought it was a basket of eggs that you passed around the restaurant? Yeah, or just like a, like a collection at church. Like a public egg basket. It's like pass it along the pews and you just take an egg and pass it along. It's just an egg basket. Stop making it sound so weird. You take the two baskets. The first one has eggs.

The second one is where you put the money in. It's honor system. And when there's one set of footprints, it was because the guy over there ate all the eggs. Okay. Look, I think they mean egg in a basket like the food. What is that? Is that a food? Yeah, it's where you put.

Egg, you cut a hole in. Don't say in a basket, I sort of God. If you say you put egg in a basket in the screen. You literally put a hole in a piece of toast and you fry the egg on the bread, like in the bread. Oh, it's like egg. They got rid of that? Why? Some people got egg in a hole.

Call it a what? Egg in a hole. Oh, egg in a hole. That is not any better. I like that one. That's something my wife also does. Egg in a hole. That's a game.

That's a game we play. So that's cool. Stop saying your wife. I don't like this conversation. Every time you say your wife, it makes me like something, you say something else bad and I don't like it. Do you have a problem with my wife? Yeah, I do.

What? Okay. Honey? Is she a cracker barrel? Yeah, she's doing it again. She's at the, that bitch ate all the eggs in the egg basket. I see that bitch.

She works here at Cracker Barrel. Yeah, she's not supposed to be eating. I pay her living wage. You do. You're right. I pay her the minimum wage. it's working here and the tip, which is a few... Here in Arkansas, where it's $10 an hour.

Just like how grandma used to do. Just give them a nickel. You gave my wife a nickel for an egg, for one of her eggs. Dumb bitch. She stops eating those eggs. I had to give her a ring to get one of those. I've had enough of my talk. I'm serious. It's really actually going to piss me off. I think it already has. I love that. Do you want you want another thing?

The outrage. The leftist outrage. about your wife. Do you want another one? Yes. Look, traditional family values. Sue me, okay? I might, honestly. That's what Al has to say.

Now, let me smoke Marlboro Reds at my table while I wait for my dumplings to come out. People are like, you give a mouse a cookie. Yeah, exactly. You give a cracker barrel, uh, enthusiast. Well, out center, here's a logo. They literally capitulated already. All Donald Trump has to say is let that, let the woman smoke barbara reds at her table. And all of a sudden, we'll, we'll be back.

We'll be back to the fucking smoke. And fine. I could absolutely see this administration rolling back some sort of tobacco law, like nicotine things. I mean, for the right amount of money. And that's what, who do you think has all the fucking money, the fucking tobacco? Anyway. That cowboy on Uncle Hershow. Or uncle, whoever that uncle is on the Marlborough pet.

Herschel. Whichever uncle that one is. That's Cowboy Herschel. Oh, they're all Herschel. Got it. Yeah. Okay, that's really horrible. Here's another one.

This is by Ms. Blather 544, who is like, Alexander, I can't believe I'm laughing because she's really going through it. It feels like when a loved one stabs you in the back. You might forgive, but you'll never. forget and things are never as they were. Five people liked this comment and nobody disliked it. That's not okay. You might forgive, but you'll never forget.

What in the actual hell? Like, I'm trying to relate. I am too. You know, like, in some way, I'm trying to think of like, what in my, in my world would make me feel that way? And like, honestly, if all these people were going to Cracker Barrel as often as they claim, this company would not be fucking in the pits financially already before their logo like they're

they were already in fucking financial trouble so obviously y'all are not giving them as much fucking business as you claim to be yeah and like clearly you have more issues than just the logo but for some reason this is just your way to scream out against uh cancel culture wokeness I don't know whatever fucking free Herschel

like if any logo changes in my world like if if my favorite restaurant does some stupid shit. Let's do a real life example. I'm going to think. That would like triangulate me. What if it were like a chain? I don't have any chains.

Okay, but I do. Okay, I could sort of see like, like I was very pretty bummed out about the Target thing. And like obviously Target is a giant corporation and I, yeah, we all knew that. But it was sort of like, well, fuck you now. Like, damn. There is something kind of like a slap in the face of like, well, cool. Like you're alienating your, your, your. the people who spend money there. So I can understand it. I do understand that concept, but like, like, everyone's saying it's not about. Kind of like, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Like making it that

serious and that deep. And it's also like, I was mad at Target because they did something cruel. Not because they like just changed the way something looked, right? And it's like, I get getting mad because you think like, but nothing like their values. Nothing actually did anything. Like they just changed the picture and took out all the old stuff. But that's what scary is people actually see it as if Cracker Barrel is like going woke and is anti-white. It's crazy. And like we're not exaggerating.

We have read so many things. Like that is what people are saying. Yeah. Like these are real people complaining about this. I don't know. Like they just glommed onto this as like the example of how. It's fascinating. It is fascinating and horrible.

I mean, it's going to be studied in graphic design courses. It's going to be studied in anthropology course. It's going to be studied in like alien. About when our history, once we have, people are going to study us. Alien history books in the history books one day. I don't think there are going to talk about this moment. But maybe somewhere on a different planet. Wow.

You think we're what? They're going to shoot our podcast into space and some other planet's going to be like these people. We're going to write them in our history books. What are you talking about? Where did you get that from? That is literally not what I'm going to be. books once were history? What are you talking about? I'm saying I fear that in the far history of our beautiful world, earth and our beautiful dying mother Gaia, there would

probably be no books left because this planet is burning them. And you're saying we can't be history until that point? That's what I'm saying. I said, what the fuck are you talking about? I'm just saying. I said they're going to write about us in history books and you're like, they're not going to be books anymore. I said and then, but I had already said alien history books. I said, well, alien in history books because there probably won't be any books left on this planet by the time our generation is history like it probably won't exist the planet i mean oh once we're gone no alexander not you just said once our generation like when the future fuck off i'm not trying to be difficult it's just like the time i talked about Hillary Clinton

and one person said wouldn't you like to know Yeah. No, what I'm saying. This is not the first time you've sat in a cracker barrel ranting about Hillary Clinton. I've just going to, I got to say. Alexander, that's just how I get the special discount they reserve. You have to say, but the emails. And then they get you a free egg in a basket.

It's their secret menu. It's a secret menu item. Okay, by the way, the guy that they interviewed on Fox News, who was like a Fox business, who was like, yeah, I worked there and Target actually. and like they were like former employee speaks out and it's like okay a former employee of cracker barrels anyway they use this guy as like a primary source and I cannot wait for them to interview him again to be like now tell us like tell us the inside scoop and it's like who is this random 35 year old man like the thing is it's if it's not about outrage it's going to be about

praising Trump so like I feel like it's going to be now that they praised him then they're going to be like, but there are still issues. We still should be outraged because of blah, blah, blah, because they're still doing this as this cracker barrel and shit. Like, it's just so ridiculous. So this guy, that guy, they're going to use him for something good, I bet, for their purposes. Yeah. He's going to be like, it's so great they changed it, but they still use microwaves for their food.

And it's harming our brains. And that's why autism exists. No, no, no, no. That's way too. No, he has to go, he wants to talk about how it was a great institution and everything is perfect. I don't think they're going to talk about the microwave food because everyone seems to love the food. Okay. No, that's not what I'm reading, but sure.

Yeah. Sure. Here is another comment. Put all the knickknacks back while you're at it. I need a rusty handsaw and or a heritage cast iron skillet perched precariously above my head. when I eat my dumplings. For legal reasons, this is not a joke. But seriously, though, like, look around us right now.

I mean, this is clearly just random pictures, but, like, there's shit everywhere. And there's no way in hell that they're dusting all that crap every day. Yeah. There's no way the staff is tipped enough to care. And, like, my God. I feel like most issues, this is not a very hot take. but like all these kinds of issues of like the food all this stuff it's staffing instead they don't pay enough they don't have enough employees it's all about greed and that's why it's going downhill but then these people are so excited to point out woke shit that doesn't even exist instead of being like let's pay the employees their traditional values alexander it's insane employees have blue hair Alexander you can't pay a woman with blue hair what the fuck oh no you can't by the way i had a thought last night when i was

awake at 2 a.m having a mental breakdown and i thought to myself it was not about cracker barrel but this thought decided to intrude during my my thought session um and the cracker barrel thought was hang on all these people keep saying oh it's it's the left they want to sanitize everything take away personality make everything look the same and gray and blah and then i'm like and then you're like shit a nose ring and purple hair that fucking crazy bitch put on a dress and And it's like, yo, like, make up your mind. Cover those tattoos. Get rid of the alcohol.

Like, control everything. And my, one of my favorite sentences ever is that millennial gray is a trauma response because like, because of this fucking cracker barrel shit and doors falling on Alexander and, you know, all sorts of stuff. But like, you know what? Just fuck off. Like, you can't win. It's like, oh, they're too aesthetically blue, blah, blah.

And then it's like, but they better put on. they better cover up the tattoos and wrists and ankles and fuck you oh fuck you I'm done by the way okay I might read one more um I like this one oh no who's going to verbally abuse the waitresses and not leave a tip after going to church now they are going to sorely miss you seven down votes that one was on Fox business um I did see a lot of things about like, oh, yeah, grandma can go again after church on Sundays.

Like, there's so many things like that. And just like abuse the waitstaff and not. Yeah. Yeah. And I imagine the after church rush is one of the worst times to be a server at any place, let alone Cracker Barrel. Let's see. This person says, first of all, their username is Wile E. coli.

That's questionable. This is from Fox Business. They said, good on them. But I don't go to restaurants. because of their logo my favorite also there's a lot of me i my like who cares i literally don't give too why does anybody why would anybody care about this random man and what he eats but i'm glad because then it gives us content and we can talk about how we feel it's a double-edged sword i guess good on them but i don't go to restaurants because of their logo my favorite places to eat are pretty run down

homey places i think this is a little silly if they want to demolish their own brand i say let them do it and then eddie 57 responded no That's it No Okay I will not stand for this Don't you say that They might listen to you

I know it was like oh shit And then wildly coli responded Or you could get Ben out of shape For nothing I guess So I feel like that's a good ending point Yeah Ben out of shape over nothing It's all about projection

I'm gonna keep this background up I think Oh the what background I mean I mean, I'm going to stay in the cracker barrel. In front of the fireplace. Yeah. Okay, good. The fact we've never done this with our background before.

Insane. We might have to do this a lot more unless our video patrons are like, please stop. Half of your face keeps disappearing. Yeah. And I'm way too twitchy to keep part of me from not disappearing every second or two. And I do. Yeah, too twitchy. But honestly, there are times when I look and I'm like,

looks pretty good. It looks pretty good. Looks like you're there. I feel and I feel less because sometimes I'm like looking at what's in my background. Like, I don't know. This I just feel like I don't even have to worry. You literally looked over your shoulder to see if the things that are not behind you or behind you. No, I meant like if the background weren't on.

I feel like I'm more self-aware of like what is in frame or what has. have you or what I'm covering. That makes a lot of sense. Me too. I just get hyper aware of it. I feel like this way I'm like, I don't have anything to worry about. It's just a musket. They're just,

they're just weaponry. I have like, dusty weaponry on a flimsy nail. Oh, what's that? Camel flower. Oh, that painting is insane. It's haunted. Whoa, it's just like blurred. Obviously, it's the background.

But when the painting like just blurred and then came back, it was really creepy. Is that? Yeah. Herschel? Pee Pah Herschel? Great Pee Pah Herschel. That's great.

That's Uncle Herschel's uncle. Wait. Yeah. Wait. The white man? He was a white man. Because they took that down. They took that picture down.

Are you fucking kidding me? Yeah. So I know you see it right now, but it's down now. Oh, no wonder it blurred. It blurred because it's like, it's like back to the future. It's like disappearing. Oh, I thought it was censored now on the internet. No, I don't know what I'm saying.

I think I've lost this thing. Pictures of white people on the internet. Oh, cancel culture, y'all. Thanks for listening. I don't know why we do this, but we are, this is, these emergency episodes are very important. It's a great about it. We needed this. This wasn't for you all.

This was for us. I know. You can tell, I'm sure. We needed to process some things in our own way via CNN. comments and you know presumably we'll be back on track uh next week but if not you know what comment about it fox business when they write an article about it we might as well use your content it'll just like keep us the cycle going if you if you don't mind just post it on our podcast because i feel like we could use the engagement also like even if you're just like fuck this that's fine

just put it there at this point i'm at this point i might type it I don't know.