Last week, the combined codependent dysfunctional threesome that is the political sphere, the media apparatus, and the not-so-real world of social media found the source of its latest orgy of outrage content: Cracker Barrel.
Yes, Cracker Barrel, the family restaurant that day or night, will provide you with homemade-ish meals, the triangle game, and a year-round opportunity to buy Christmas ornaments. How did it cause an uproar? By refreshing its menu, redecorating a few stores that, as CBS News put it, “eschew the 55-year-old chain’s old-timey approach,” and, worst of all, changing its logo. Gone was the old man, barrel, and whip emanating from the restaurant’s K, replaced by modern and admittedly heartless “Cracker Barrel” text against a gold background.
