that news article describes a help line for vegans tempted by Arby's sugar encrusted bacon.
I find that to be a bit funny more than a horrible troll to "own the vegans" or "own the libs".
a silly joke, but only that.
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I find that to be a bit funny more than a horrible troll to "own the vegans" or "own the libs".
a silly joke, but only that.
Because we live in a reality where people who refer to themselves as vegans are tempted by Arby's sugar encrusted bacon.
Let's not be obtuse.
It's trolling, needless and petty and motivated by the usual anti-lib nonsense.
vegetarians have written about their exception for bacon. Bacon memes talk about how it is powerful enough to convert non meat eaters.
I don't actually think they were seriously trying to support tempted vegans, just crafting the joke.
i disagree, but that's cool.
Vegan =/= Vegetarian, with the former choosing to prioritize animal cruelty and suffering as a part of their dietary decisions.
Arby is being a dick about the fact that the chain is unwilling to add meatless options, and has done so for years. "crafting a joke" in the form of needless trolling that the chain has been criticized about before.
Simply put, it isn't that serious and the only party who is taking it too seriously is Arby for creating marketing campaigns around their unwillingness to add other options. No one is protesting outside of Arby's to add meatless options.
Hey look, if I was going to trust a company to make the most insane food monstrosities, it would be the fast food business.
Edit: It doesn't crunch? Do better mad scientists!
Edit: It doesn't crunch? Do better mad scientists!
Options? It's a fucking turkey sausage lol they probably have one that isn't orange already on the menu
well from my perspective as a meat eater : "Lol, this is the dumbest shit in the world. hahaha a vegetable made out of meat!"
I guess I do not read into all the other things that people are getting from this. If people think Arbys feels threatened by Beyond Meat and is trying to stop the meatless movement by stirring shit versus just making a harmless gag, that is fair. I just don't agree.
Eh there's an element to this certainly of "Look what a fun corporation we are!" but there's also a bit of a subversive message (particularly given Arby's stated objective to never offer veggie options) of "Fuck people trying to reduce meat consumption for environmental reasons"
So the whole "fun at parties" meme isn't really applicable here - it's just kind of shitty position to be taking. Like, just offer your meat and say nothing?
Wait, why does a hotdog with a leaf crammed in the end need support?
Literally something that is a waste of time, money and will never be sold in their restaurants so it's really kinda hard to look at this as something that isn't a petty retort to the meatless wave.
Should have called it karrot, not marrot. Japan gave us krab with a k. Arby's gave us karrot with a k.
It's a marketing gimmick based off of hate-fueled clickbait that they know will rile people up and spread it virally far more than it should because people have an unfortunate widely shared trait of taking people they don't like at face value even when they shouldn't.
But why?
I mean if it is equivalent of a vegetable product but made of meat why don't use the real thing which is probably cheaper to produce. Not to mention that the trending is to substitute animal based meals for vegetables ones, not the opposite. Who is the target market for this? Vegetable haters?
I mean if it is equivalent of a vegetable product but made of meat why don't use the real thing which is probably cheaper to produce. Not to mention that the trending is to substitute animal based meals for vegetables ones, not the opposite. Who is the target market for this? Vegetable haters?
I've been a vegetarian for over a year and ironically it's the garbage meat I actually miss the most
Hot dogs, imitation crab and McNuggets
If I never ate "good" meat again, I probably wouldn't care
Finally, guilt-free vegetables. I can finally get my vitamin A without feeling about about all those, uh, seeds being, um... buried alive?
I think they said that because their stubborn refusal to add an impossible meat product to their menu makes absolutely no sense. It goes with that same mentality that Trump supporters have, "This is how things should be! Fuck change!"
Looks gross.
Hilarious though.
This boards head would explode at Sega and Sony and the truck companies just blatantly shitting on the competition.
Hilarious though.
This boards head would explode at Sega and Sony and the truck companies just blatantly shitting on the competition.
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I think they do it at their own peril. I have like 7 friends total and all of them have been vegetarian at one time, 3 of them are actively vegetarian and one is a vegan. They want fast food sometimes, too.
And, you're right. This feels somewhat mean-spirited, which is harder to shrug off in this 'own-the-libs' T_D environment.
Is the texture actually crunchy like a carrot, or is it fragile like the average F-150 driver's ego.
I dunno, man, the politics of buying a playstation are different
This thread reminded me I haven't been to Arby's in a while, so I went there for lunch today and got a delicious chicken sandwich.
This is dumb though.
This is dumb though.
If you never had a good pate, I can't describe to you what you're missing.
Meat Fruit, the Hester Blumenthal version, pairs it with the citrus shell. It's so good.
The product for people who complain about vegans every day even though they've met like two in their entire lives.