The new logo did not go over well in some spheres, and on social media, conservative critics accused the restaurant chain of abandoning its traditional values or of being “woke.”
When someone uses the word ‘woke’ as an unironic insult, I’ll probably think it’s stupid, but at least I understand what they’re saying. Until now, that is. What the fuck is “woke” supposed to mean in this context? What makes this bland logo change “woke”?
Fortunately, I’ve got a few good diners to choose from
Just from a design perspective, there was too much wasted space
Had a friend who was hired by a temp agency to reprogram outdated mainframes in an ancient programming language. He was paid for training. There were ARMIES of people like him doing last-minute fixes. Y2K would have been a tremendous disaster if people had just ignored it.
See also: the environment, but without armies of people working on fixes.
As an American, I’m astonished to see how reliant upon us foreign governments had allowed themselves to become. Nobody noticed that this constituted a major security threat? I’m very sorry that current American regime is what it took, but at least it’s not all bad. This is a wake-up call for the U.K. and all of Europe.
Besides the good news in the story, can we just take a moment to appreciate the absurdity of the title itself? I love it