Don't boycott, boycott but don't call it that. : facepalm

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 201 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

One correction for Sorbo: People weren't boycotting Chik-fil-a for "being christian". There are tens of thousands of businesses that are "christian". It was Chik-fil-a's large donations to homophobic groups and the president of the company at the time Dan Cathy (and current Chairman of the Board) making public homophobic statements.

Be whatever religion you want, but when you use your money and power to repress other people, that's where you earn a boycott.

[-] cowfodder@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago

To morons like Sorbo homophobia=Christianity.

[+] softcat@lemmy.ca 82 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago

I mean, this is a really old tweet. He's tweeted a lot of stupid shit, because he's a moron, but who knows if he's still tweeting self-owns? How would one even find out?

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 months ago

I presume the same way we found out about this one - finding a screenshot randomly reposted on social media.

[-] officermike@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Still posting a lot of stupid shit. Didn't scroll far enough to get to any self-owns.

https://nitter.net/ksorbs

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Jesus that guy is a bigger piece of shit than I thought.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Sheesh

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[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Is this someone I should know for some reason?

[-] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 58 points 2 months ago

MRW I hear Kevin Sorbo speak or write anything since 1999 when Hercules wrapped.

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

He's a gold mine for God Awful Movies. As is Kirk Cameron and David A. R. White.

[-] Salamanderwizard92@lemm.ee 45 points 2 months ago

I don't think Satan ever donated to organizations that support anti-lgbt groups.

[-] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Satan's too busy running United Health.

Well, except for that one time he got sent home.

[-] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 months ago

Damn this guy is so stupid I had to look up "Satan Shoes" because I was sure he meant Satin Shoes...

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

WTF makes shoes out of satin?

[-] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago

Well if you don't like them, don't buy them

[-] CulturedLout@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Shoes for bridesmaids are often satin because they're easy to dye

[-] entwine413@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

People who sell shoes to those with more money than sense

[-] Enkrod@feddit.org 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Steve Hofstetter is a great comedian and has the best comebacks. He is wasted on this "explaining words to Kevin Sorbo"-series, there's no character growth, no shred of understanding, no positive character arc, Kevin just keeps mouth-shitting bullpucky every week and Steve or Lucy Lawless or a five year old have to explain to him that he's saying dumb shit.

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

The Systems Commonwealth truly has fallen.

[-] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

No wonder Sorbo posts so much, it's the only place he has an audience.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

(Context: Kratos is beating Hercules' face in and he was voice by Sorbo)

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, I thought it was that calling out Kevin Sorbo as an idiot was like beating a dead horse.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Nah, can never bash Kevin Sorbo enough.

[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

This is partially my fault. When people started to boycott chick fillet I misheard their call to action and enacted a blockade upon their establishments. He must have seen one of the frigates I had patrolling in the parking lot and mistaken boycott for blockade.

[-] TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago

Kevin Sorbo was never intelligent to begin with

[-] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Is it true his surname is really Sorbeaux but he kept misspelling it?

[-] TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Not really. Dude is supposedly of Norwegian descent and not French descent. Would have been funny though.

[-] deltapi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The brain damage didn't help. It was after that when he went full red-hat

[-] TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Dude was already like that. Remember the crappy, dumb Christian films he's been apart of such as "God is not Dead" which completely misses the point of Nietzsche's statement.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago

I'd like to say I boycott chick-fil-A because of the anti gay thing but its because I actually tried it awhile back and was like meh. Certainly not worth the price and that was way before the recent inflation times. Its the same with walmart. Wish it was prinicple but man even the parking lot triggers me. Actually being in the store is just hell.

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

I never got the whole Chick-fil-A thing. It's just a fast food chicken sandwich. It's good, as far as fast food chicken sandwiches go, but that's it. It's definitely not the orgasmically awesome food experience some people make it out to be.

[-] moakley@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

It's consistently good, and the service is second to none. Every other fast food place has some bad locations, or you show up at the wrong time and it's not fresh, the service is terrible, or the people working there are clearly just not trying.

Chick-Fil-A maintains consistency by limiting their hours and treating their employees better. Their ingredients are also top notch for fast food. Good salads.

And good soda fountains. Chick-Fil-A and Whataburger are the only two places left with good fountain Coke.

I still hate their politics, but there's a reason they've always got a line around the block at lunchtime, and it's not because the service is slow (because it isn't).

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago

I mean I have popeyes around here and no chain holds a candle to their offerings.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Not all of us have decent fast food chicken chains; out on the West Coast I had 4 Chick-fil-A within easy driving distance before I had one Raising Cane's or Popeye's within an hour of my house.

Plus, Chick-fil-A is almost more about the sauce than the chicken. The chicken is ok, but the sauce is chef's kiss

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago

Honestly that is just sad to me. Unless its something like pizza or pasta a place should not be riding on the quality of its sauce.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm not sure I agree; think about barbeque, Mexican food, Chinese food, curry, salad dressing... Hell, eggs benedict. Ask any chef if sauce is important, and they'll tell you that there's traditionally an entire position in high-end kitchens dedicated almost exclusively to sauces (saucier). Since a sauce can be as much an integral part of a meal as the breading on the chicken, I tend to disagree.

Your preferred style of fried chicken sandwich may not heavily feature sauce, but other styles do.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Im not saying sauce isn't important but if its all you bring to the table its not going to be enough. Especially the main ingredient like chicken in a chicken sandwich. I mean its great if the sauce is great but if the thing minus sauce not good or even meh then even the best will not save it.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Fair. I'm still of the opinion that a good sauce can save a mediocre meal and that's not necessarily a problem, but I respect your opinion as well

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

And that is fair as well. Its actually sorta funny because I will get popeyes strips with their blackened ranch sauce but I eat the strips straight up and use the sauce for that exact reason. To improve lesser fare

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Chick-fil-A creeps me out, because people are i n s a n e for it. Like, cars lined up around the block.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah my wife and I drove down to virginia and there was one across from where we were staying and I could not believe the line. Its like if it were cheap with no line I might buy their faire. And I mean I will shell out and wait for quality. There is a non chain burger place by me that has really limited hours run by some brothers. It opens for lunch and then just late enough so folks can pick something up on the way home from work so like 6pm or something. Always has a line and man it is worth it.

[-] korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 2 months ago

I'm confident that it's part of their marketing. Every store near me has a drive-thru line that impedes traffic and/or crosses over itself. I think this is so that you drive past one and cant help but go 'oh! look at how much demand they have,' as you are stuck the the line to get into their line.

[-] UpperBroccoli 7 points 2 months ago

Oh, peanut.

[-] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Now I want Satan Shoes!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satan_Shoes

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Because of him I can't get into watching Andromeda. Is it even a good show?

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The first couple seasons were OK. You're not really missing anything.

[-] thejoker954@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I enjoyed it up till the last season. The last season was just dumb and kind of a temporary reset.

Basically Andromeda is 'we have Star Trek Discovery (in the 32nd century) at home.'

All the shit Discovery skipped rebuilding the Federation is basically in Andromeda.

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

If you can get past the pro religion undertones. But it was a ok show, kinda a cross between Farscape and Star Trek but the worst of both of them.

[-] boreengreen@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I enjoyed it. I have the ability to not care about the actors real life personality though. It's an alright show. If you like stargate, -trek and farscape type shows and can see past the actor, you'll probably enjoy it.

Facepalm