By Popeyelar Demand

Soooo, now that the infamous Popeyes® sandwich is back on the market and the hype has died down, and lines have returned to their normal flow, I think it's time we took a critical look at "THE Sandwich".

**Side note: I am hysterically laughing internally as I write this. I don't know if it's more concerning that I don't take this seriously or that my laughter is completely contained inside of my body... but moving on...

We "all" know Popeyes® as a casual, more-than-fast-food-less-than-high-end chain restaurant. The commercials are soulful and the fried chicken and sides are flavorful and adequately seasoned (almost) to ancestral satisfaction (if you know, ya know). The food, of course can be hit-or-miss, as far as freshness and oil quality, BUT baby, you know when it's right, it. is. RIGHT! The service is hit-or-miss as well, depending on the shift you happen to catch. BUT, we're really here to talk about the chicken sandwich "craze", because you already know what it's like to go to Popeyes® and also because you can really just order your food from the drive-thru and eat in the ambiance of your car, or whatever.

So, as far as the sandwhich itself, it was cool... I'm not mad at it. It literally tastes like the breast from the regular chicken box, in between two soft, sweet, rolls (buns). I've had the sandwhich on like three differnt occasions and some occassions were better than others, honestly. The sauce on the sandwhich was cool, nothing mind-blowing, but I liked it! But what annoyed me, even more than the physical fights that have occured over this crisped poultry nestled between those toasty buns, is the food shaming that has been going on! I mean. first of all, I will never understand why people get so pressed about anything that other people engage in, that does not directly (or even indirectly affect them). I mean some of y'all try to pass it off as concern, but really, you could care less about other people beyond the scope of being able to utilize them for your downward comparisons. I said what I said! **NeNe Leaks voice**

Now, I'm not really sure if food shaming is actually a "thing", but let the record show that I have VERY LITTLE trust or patience for the lazy journalism that we accept as news and (other forms of) mass media. I for one, could care less about who got molly-whopped in the Popeyes® line. The fact that people are using this childish media fodder as blanket examples of how"we" as a people are epically failing as participants in society, is doubly annoying to me. But, who is I'm? Who am me? I mean, really woke ones, do you REAAALLLLLYYY think black people are the only ones fighting over stupid stuff? You can't be too woke if you haven't peeped how this media machine works to push certain stereotypes and agendas. I saw us saying that if they wanted to kill us off, it would've been easy to do with the chicken sandwich hype--- Newsflash loonies, if they put bombs in Apple products, poisoned the (weave) bundles, or the weed supply, or used the Fashion Nova address database to find you and kill you at your houses, you'd be dead too!

My point is, don't believe the hype and reserve your little sorry judgement for your own vices! We all have something we'd stand in line for, we all have days where "anyone can get it", we all have done things that show our trauma(s) and disenfranchisement LOUD (and freaking) CLEAR! It's time guys... We have to stop perpetuating this culture of "the good blacks" versus "the dirty blacks". If you want to keep the next generation of black people from looking stupid, take your extra woke behind down to your local Boys and Girls Club or Big Brother Big Sister Program (or whatever tickles your fancy) and inspire some youth to do and be "better"; because honestly, "we" don't give a damn what you think about us trying to snag our chicken sammiches. Period! Now Carry On.

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