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Just because it's the only way to be sure.

but then the FDA will take over for Homeland Security

You can have my Double Down when you pry it from my cold, dead hand...

Which won't be too long according to my cardiologist.

klew said:

but then the FDA will take over for Homeland Security

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And then Brawno can buy the FDA and the FTC... and hilarity (and/or Idiocracy) can result.

Not the Wendy's Spicy! Nooooooo!

--Patrick

Chicken sandwiches have literally never done anything productive in human history. All they do is create fat people with their empty, greasy calories.

David said:

Chicken sandwiches have literally never done anything productive in human history. All they do is create fat people with their empty, greasy calories.

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I do eat them for fat practice.

On a related note Chick-fil-a consistently has the most friendly, polite staff and quality service of any fast food restaurant. I'm amazed at how their employees don't have the typical "I'm dead inside, and fuck off" look that makes me long for the day they're replaced by a machine. Plus I can order through the drive through and not have my order fucked up. Who'd a thought being closed on Sunday would make that big a deal.

Covar said:

Who'd a thought being closed on Sunday would make that big a deal.

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OOH oooh oooh! Me.

When I started working all businesses in Texas had to be closed at least one day a week. It is so nice for a minimum wage worker to count on one paticular day a week off.

I read this somewhere.

"The price of your belief in basic human rights is a fucking fast food chicken sandwich, and you're proud of that? Fuck off and die."

Wasn't there a story a while back that figured out that the price of most people's personal privacy online was like 50 cents or something? It was if they gave you stuff averaged at about that price, you'd give all your information away.

KFC SNACKAAAAA

Covar said:

I do eat them for fat practice.

On a related note Chick-fil-a consistently has the most friendly, polite staff and quality service of any fast food restaurant. I'm amazed at how their employees don't have the typical "I'm dead inside, and fuck off" look that makes me long for the day they're replaced by a machine. Plus I can order through the drive through and not have my order fucked up. Who'd a thought being closed on Sunday would make that big a deal.

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The staff even seems to be able to handle heckling from the drive thru:


The guy who made and posted the video has since been fired. Apparently, his employer did not appreciate one of its corporate officers drawing them into this issue.

Here is his follow up statement:

wow, what a douche.

Covar said:

wow, what a douche.

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He had a good message, and had he just ordered his free water, that would have been the end. But he decided to make a scene on camera, vented his frustrations on entirely the wrong person, and I'm the end made someone who has nothing to do with the corporations policy feel terrible.

At least he apologized, and got that, good for him.

He got fired, of course he apologized. He acted like a complete self-righteous asshole who harassed and personally insulted a (presumably) minimum wage employee just trying to do her job and serve him despite the fact that he's not even bothering to have paid for anything. On top of that he was an executive at a company so he certainly should have known better, but hey he's a "nice guy" really.

"I wanted to apologize to her the moment I spoke the words."

Still posts video on youtube

Covar said:

He got fired, of course he apologized. He acted like a complete self-righteous asshole who harassed and personally insulted a (presumably) minimum wage employee just trying to do her job and serve him despite the fact that he's not even bothering to have paid for anything. On top of that he was an executive at a company so he certainly should have known better, but hey he's a "nice guy" really.

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Kudos to her, though. She handled his bullshit like a champ.

I don't feel an ounce of sympathy for that jackass.

You never fuck with anyone that handles your food.

sixpackshaker said:

You never fuck with anyone that handles your food.

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...at least not until they've handed you your food...

stienman said:

...at least not until they've handed you your food...

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Then don't try to be a steady customer.

BURN EVERY CHEERIO



I believe I speak for everyone previously unaware of the flammability of Honey Nut Cheerios when I say, "Holy shit, dude."

Sigh...

This country is really just too stupid to live anymore.

Again, why would they post that on youtube?

blotsfan said:

Again, why would they post that on youtube?

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Pink shirt, prominent lisp and other suspect speech mannerisms... mmmmmmaybe a false flag op?

GasBandit said:

Pink shirt, prominent lisp and other suspect speech mannerisms... mmmmmmaybe a false flag op?

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not with that beer belly.

sixpackshaker said:

not with that beer belly.

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broken linky[DOUBLEPOST=1344363108][/DOUBLEPOST]But if he's "false flag" due to stereotypes, he is strait due to stereotypes too.

Frank said:

I read this somewhere.

"The price of your belief in basic human rights is a fucking fast food chicken sandwich, and you're proud of that? Fuck off and die."

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard that all this started when the Chick-Fil-A owners answered a question by reporters about whether they support the traditional definition of a family or whatnot.

They answered in the affirmative. They didn't say anything specifically about gay marriage, or go on any rants, or anything like that. They just said that this was their view, and everyone pro-LGBT starts rallying in against them (to the extent of the Chicago Mayor denying them the right to open more stores in the city due to their stated views, which is blatantly illegal).

In response to that, all the hateful anti-LGBT people started rallying in their favor.

Meanwhile all Chick-fil-a did was answer a reporter's question and leave it like that.

So if you want to not go to Chick-Fil-A for that, that's within your rights. But unless I'm missing something, Chick-Fil-A hadn't exactly been actively promoting hatred, or even been a symbol of it until everyone reacted to a simple answer to a question during an interview.

Here's my basic take on it

1) Chick Fil A is a franchise. Therefore the views of the individual franchisee are what matter. There was a franchisee recently who donated a ton of sandwiches to an LGBT parade.

2) What Micheal Jackson, Phil Spector, Roman Polanski, Billy Bob Thornton, OJ Simpson, Garry Glitter, Ty Cobb, or Micheal Vicks did were considerably worse than what's been done here, and I have a hard time believing that anyone has stopped listening to MJ music or watching movies with RP or BBT in them, or completely stopped watching professional sports. Do you still listen to Let it Be? Because the royalties for that pay for a murderers defence lawyer. And I watched the Naked Gun recently, and you know what, I laughed.

Or, how about all the companies that refuse to honor domestic partners in their health insurance policies? That's basically the same thing, except instead of just saying something they are actually hurting people.

3) I like their sandwiches.

Edit: More fun people to look into:

Mark Wahlberg - Committed a hate crime, almost killed someone.

Principle from Ferris Buellers day off (Jeffrey Jones) - bad stuff with kids (look it up)

I continually boo Michael Vick when ever I see him on the field, but I'm a Giants fan and would do that if McNabb still played for Philadelphia.

I'm just saying that this is just a bandwaggon issue. If we applied these moral standards everywhere we would have to boycott just about EVERYTHING. So, instead of being fair and consistent, we simply allow ourselves to be led to specific targets of opportunity.

Necronic said:

Or, how about all the companies that refuse to honor domestic partners in their health insurance policies? That's basically the same thing, except instead of just saying something they are actually hurting people.

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I've never even thought about that. That is something worth protesting. Heck, I even know people who are against gay marriage that would get behind a protest against that.[DOUBLEPOST=1344366165][/DOUBLEPOST]

Necronic said:

I'm just saying that this is just a bandwaggon issue. If we applied these moral standards everywhere we would have to boycott just about EVERYTHING. So, instead of being fair and consistent, we simply allow ourselves to be led to specific targets of opportunity.

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Case in point: Have you eaten at Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, or KFC recently? Then you've supported candidates that are against gay marriage.

I'm sure that other companies everyone uses all the time are the exact same way.

Again, none of this is news. I've avoided chik fil-a for years because they directly funded several "defense of family values" organizations that I didn't agree with. I didn't like the idea of my dollars going to those groups, so I got my chicken sandwiches somewhere else.

It seems only recent that it's come into the spotlight.

OK, what did Billy Bob and Ty Cobb do?

Ty Cobb went into the stands and attacked a guy with only one hand.

http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014142.html

Also, there are a lot of claims that he was a racist.

Ty Cobb was a huge openly racist asshole.

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How mean was Ty Cobb? On May 15, 1912, the Tigers were in New York to play the Yankees. A fan named Claude Lueker, who had lost one hand and three fingers on the other in a printing press accident, was heckling Cobb. The two traded insults for a couple of innings. After one exchange, teammate Sam Crawford asked Cobb if he was going to take that. Cobb charged into the grandstand and proceeded to beat and stomp Lueker. When somebody said he has no hands, Cobb shouted, "I don't care if he has no feet."

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Link

Necronic said:

Here's my basic take on it

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Pointing out that there are other greater injustices in the world one might let slide does not indicate that one should give up protesting a lessor injustice. Belittling people because of their hypocrisy is rather shortsighted.

That is just Tosh .0 all over again.

And so what about him being a racist or an asshole. He hated everybody. Then opened charity hospitals and took care of old ball players that were stupid with their money.

Soliloquy said:

Case in point: Have you eaten at Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, or KFC recently? Then you've supported candidates that are against gay marriage.

I'm sure that other companies everyone uses all the time are the exact same way.

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If Taco Bell is in there, so is everything owned by Pepsi AND Frito-Lay, which also includes Subway. It's surprising how far this rabbit hole goes.

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I've never even thought about that. That is something worth protesting. Heck, I even know people who are against gay marriage that would get behind a protest against that.[DOUBLEPOST=1344366165][/DOUBLEPOST]

Case in point: Have you eaten at Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, or KFC recently? Then you've supported candidates that are against gay marriage.

I'm sure that other companies everyone uses all the time are the exact same way.

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That's not a terribly compelling argument. There are lots of reason to support a candidate, and looking at that list, none of them are aimed specifically against gay marriage. You're also overlooking the fact that YUMS! has given money directly to politicians with a pro-gay rights voting record. You just linked to PAC/party donations.

The owner for Chick fil-a, however, has donated millions specifically aimed at that cause.

Ugh, looking through the list he's also donated to the Exodus Foundation, which is one of those "we can rehabilitate the gays" groups.

stienman said:

Pointing out that there are other greater injustices in the world one might let slide does not indicate that one should give up protesting a lessor injustice. Belittling people because of their hypocrisy is rather shortsighted.

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The difference is... this is the same injustice he's talking about, but a more blatantly harmful form than a company owner supporting his beliefs. This bandwagon bashing has accomplished little (and in many ways backfired, since many free speech advocates are taking the side of Chick-fil-a and showing it support)

drifter said:

That's not a terribly compelling argument. There are lots of reason to support a candidate, and looking at that list, none of them are aimed specifically against gay marriage. You're also overlooking the fact that YUMS! has given money directly to politicians with a pro-gay rights voting record. You just linked to PAC/party donations.

The owner for Chick fil-a, however, has donated millions specifically aimed at that cause.

Ugh, looking through the list he's also donated to the Exodus Foundation, which is one of those "we can rehabilitate the gays" groups.

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Yeah, looking into it I guess you're right. Chick fil-a is a bit more egregious in its donations.

Soliloquy said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard that all this started when the Chick-Fil-A owners answered a question by reporters about whether they support the traditional definition of a family or whatnot.

They answered in the affirmative. They didn't say anything specifically about gay marriage, or go on any rants, or anything like that. They just said that this was their view, and everyone pro-LGBT starts rallying in against them (to the extent of the Chicago Mayor denying them the right to open more stores in the city due to their stated views, which is blatantly illegal).

In response to that, all the hateful anti-LGBT people started rallying in their favor.

Meanwhile all Chick-fil-a did was answer a reporter's question and leave it like that.

So if you want to not go to Chick-Fil-A for that, that's within your rights. But unless I'm missing something, Chick-Fil-A hadn't exactly been actively promoting hatred, or even been a symbol of it until everyone reacted to a simple answer to a question during an interview.

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I think the comment has more to do with the multitudes of morons that came out of the woodwork during it basically saying, "I don't care if Chick-Fil-A hates gays, love that chicken!" and the like.

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Seriously, this works, and works well (look at how the music industry is scrambling right now).
The only trouble is getting enough people to go along.

--Patrick

BAN ALL THE BANS

GasBandit said:

BAN ALL THE BEANS

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Ftfy

PatrThom said:

Seriously, this works, and works well (look at how the music industry is scrambling right now).
The only trouble is getting enough people to go along.

--Patrick

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I wouldn't call it a boycott, I'd call it more "people always would rather have something for free than pay for it."

stienman said:

Ftfy

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NOOOOO!

So the guy who set fire to the cheerios on General Mills' lawn has been fired and is under criminal investigation.

GasBandit said:

So the guy who set fire to the cheerios on General Mills' lawn has been fired and is under criminal investigation.

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Probably a good thing. Anyone stupid enough to film themselves starting a fire on the lawn of a major corporate headquarters and then running is probably not someone you want on the payroll.

I am waiting for that guy to make a freedom of speech argument against his employer.

If he was on public property, and performed the burn in a safe, controlled manner it wouldn't have been any different than protesters burning the flag, and thus still a statement protectd by free speech.

However he was on private property, performed the burn in an unsafe manner, and at minimum damaged the landscaping with the fire. Further he left the scene of the fire he started without attempting to alert authorities. It's possible he could be charged with arson.

sixpackshaker said:

I am waiting for that guy to make a freedom of speech argument against his employer.

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Every person who tries crying "freedom of speech" against private companies neds to be beaten for an hour with a copy of the first amendment...

...wrapped around a baseball bat.