Popeye's

[Gina Szanboti]

I can't use my computer during heat waves, so I end up watching a lot of tv.  Seeing tons of weirdly named new drugs (Mavyret? Does that sound like a cure for HepC to anyone?) and Popeye's ads, where the supposedly Cajun woman responsible pops a sample piece into her mouth and reacts with the most "meh, that'll do, box it" face I've ever seen.  I've never eaten there, since there aren't any close to me.  Is it any good?

But what I really want to know is this:  what kind a sadist creates a "2 can eat for $10" box with 2 sides, 2 biscuits, and five pieces of chicken?  I mean, you know this is going to end in bloodshed, right?

[Poof]

Popeyes is my fav chicken hut

[André Toulon]

You.....You are either trollin' or you seriously finally got internet, and came directly to this page without seeing anything else.....Because Popeye's is doing some way more gangsta shit than that right now.

[Poof]

2 minutes ago, Sho Minamimoto said:

You.....You are either trollin' or you seriously finally got internet, and came directly to this page without seeing anything else.....Because Popeye's is doing some way more gangsta shit than that right now.

Can you explain what all happened?

[André Toulon]

14 minutes ago, Poof said:

Can you explain what all happened?

.......No

[Gina Szanboti]

Are you talking about their chicken sandwich fight with Chik-fil-A?  There have literally been zero tv ads about it here, which is what I was posting about, and I've seen 1 meme about it, which was so obtuse I didn't know what it was even about until now.  It is not the first thing that comes up on a google search, and I don't have any reason to be googling Popeye's normally anyway, so why would I even know about this?

If you meant something else, I have even less reason to know about it.

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

I have no idea why Popeye's is so popular. Everyone, literally fucking EVERYONE in old IB said Popeye's is so much better than KFC. Well I decide to try Popeye's once, and once was enough. That was the fucking driest chicken I've ever eaten. Their biscuits weren't very good either.

However, I will say that Popeye's gravy is great, and is better than KFC's (and I already like KFC's quite a bit), but that's it.

[André Toulon]

7 minutes ago, Gina Szanboti said:

 It is not the first thing that comes up on a google search,

Now, now now.....I'm gonna call bullshit on this....Unless you are literally using AOL....No way in fuck.

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

And in gina's defense, the only reason I knew about the Popeye's vs Chik Fil A chicken sandwich brew-ha-ha is because of UEMB. I didn't see anything about it in my facebook feed until this morning.

[CutieQuesadilla]

I like their tenders but their sides is kinda spicy for me.

[André Toulon]

6 minutes ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

And in gina's defense, the only reason I knew about the Popeye's vs Chik Fil A chicken sandwich brew-ha-ha is because of UEMB. I didn't see anything about it in my facebook feed until this morning.

That's not what she said

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

3 minutes ago, Sho Minamimoto said:

That's not what she said

I'm referring to what you said here:

45 minutes ago, Sho Minamimoto said:

You.....You are either trollin' or you seriously finally got internet, and came directly to this page without seeing anything else.....Because Popeye's is doing some way more gangsta shit than that right now.

I'm assuming that was what you were referring to. If it wasn't, guess I'm out of the loop too.

[fuggstop]

13 minutes ago, Sho Minamimoto said:

Now, now now.....I'm gonna call bullshit on this....Unless you are literally using AOL....No way in fuck.

Wow. U start fights with everyone over nothing. 

[Naraku4656]

Bojangles is better

[fuggstop]

I hate the long wait. Never go. I don't have the temperament but they didn't seem all that great.

[fuggstop]

Just now, Naraku4656 said:

Bojangles is better

Churches is my fav but the ones in my city are craptastic.

[Mix]

1 hour ago, Gina Szanboti said:

I can't use my computer during heat waves, so I end up watching a lot of tv.  Seeing tons of weirdly named new drugs (Mavyret? Does that sound like a cure for HepC to anyone?) and Popeye's ads, where the supposedly Cajun woman responsible pops a sample piece into her mouth and reacts with the most "meh, that'll do, box it" face I've ever seen.  I've never eaten there, since there aren't any close to me.  Is it any good?

But what I really want to know is this:  what kind a sadist creates a "2 can eat for $10" box with 2 sides, 2 biscuits, and five pieces of chicken?  I mean, you know this is going to end in bloodshed, right?

 

 

[Gina Szanboti]

15 minutes ago, Sho Minamimoto said:

Now, now now.....I'm gonna call bullshit on this....Unless you are literally using AOL....No way in fuck.

Admittedly, part of this has to do with my needing to have the font zoomed, so I don't see whole headlines.  But until almost the bottom of the page, there's nothing there to indicate a battle worth looking into, unless I'm deliberately looking into it.  The Vice video is the exception, but that wasn't there when I posted (I had done a search during the first post to see what else was in the $10 box).  Probably because I specifically searched the box deal. 

And dude, you think a box deal or a chicken sandwich is "gangsta"?    I was expecting to find some running gun battles in the bayou over chicken recipes or strong-arming franchisees or some serious shit like that, not a fucking Twitter war.

[André Toulon]

FOX news just picked next year's championship meal

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/teen-register-popeyes-election

[André Toulon]

2 minutes ago, Gina Szanboti said:

 

And dude, you think a box deal or a chicken sandwich is "gangsta"?    I was expecting to find some running gun battles in the bayou over chicken recipes or strong-arming franchisees or some serious shit like that, not a fucking Twitter war.

Uuuuum, I guess I'll help you out on this one.....Give me a minute or two....

[NaBarney]

[André Toulon]

Start at the 12 minute mark....This was the fastest one I can find, But I can get 1st account videos from FB in a few....But you don't have a FB.....But you can find more than one result....

 

[Poof]

1 hour ago, Sho Minamimoto said:

.......No

Fuck you

[André Toulon]

2 minutes ago, Poof said:

Fuck you

Welp....I must say...I'm confused.

But, I'm also rather indifferent since I don't know why this happened.

 

[André Toulon]

OK well I lied about the indifference.....I think by saying no, you think I was being a dick, but the reality is....I couldn't explain further.  If you just wanted to see people fight over chicken, I would have understood that....I thought you wanted a real answer.....Which I'm just as lost as you.....

Bibliography thread: I hate my stupid FB friends. "Rants"

[DragonSinger]

1 hour ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

I have no idea why Popeye's is so popular. Everyone, literally fucking EVERYONE in old IB said Popeye's is so much better than KFC. Well I decide to try Popeye's once, and once was enough. That was the fucking driest chicken I've ever eaten. Their biscuits weren't very good either.

However, I will say that Popeye's gravy is great, and is better than KFC's (and I already like KFC's quite a bit), but that's it.

It sounds like your chicken sat out for a while. A delicious Popeyes experience is at a busy store(not the current level of crazy ass busy) where you can get their chicken with steam coming off those suckers. I don't even know why I'm posting this and making myself salivate knowing I probably can't eat Popeyes for weeks because of these motherfuckers. Oh and always check your bag before leaving. They're as bad as Taco Bell when it comes to messing orders up.

[Gina Szanboti]

Yeah, ok, but that's not Popeye's being gangsta, that's Popeye's planning poorly and being sold out, and hangry fools acting like fools.  Not really on my radar of most interesting things. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  Maybe if they'd been running news teasers during commercial breaks 40 times an hour like the box ads, it would've been.  But that's the only reason I was thinking about Popeye's at all, since I can't go eat there anyway.

Nevertheless, this doesn't surprise me, since these are the same people who thought it was a good idea to put 5 fucking pieces of chicken in a box intended for 2 people.  They're probably just promoting it for 2 though, as cover for people who are going to eat the whole box themselves.

 

Btw, I kept forgetting to reply to this: "came directly to this page without seeing anything else."  UEB wasn't the first site I came to when it got cool enough to log on, but do you normally hit up google first thing?  I have a handful of pages I cruise through to see what's up, but search engines are none of them. 

[TrigunBebop]

I half expected this thread to be about how there's a strip club in Dallas that was giving away free Popeye's chicken sandwiches to their patrons.

[scoobdog]

2 hours ago, Gina Szanboti said:

Yeah, ok, but that's not Popeye's being gangsta, that's Popeye's planning poorly and being sold out, and hangry fools acting like fools.  Not really on my radar of most interesting things. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  Maybe if they'd been running news teasers during commercial breaks 40 times an hour like the box ads, it would've been.  But that's the only reason I was thinking about Popeye's at all, since I can't go eat there anyway.

Nevertheless, this doesn't surprise me, since these are the same people who thought it was a good idea to put 5 fucking pieces of chicken in a box intended for 2 people.  They're probably just promoting it for 2 though, as cover for people who are going to eat the whole box themselves.

 

Btw, I kept forgetting to reply to this: "came directly to this page without seeing anything else."  UEB wasn't the first site I came to when it got cool enough to log on, but do you normally hit up google first thing?  I have a handful of pages I cruise through to see what's up, but search engines are none of them. 

Popeyes is gangsta here in Cali - unlike other places, you're not likely to see a Popeyes outside of the 'hood. 

[stilgar]

Every time I have Popeyes it makes me feel like shit.

[tsar4]

6 hours ago, Gina Szanboti said:

I can't use my computer during heat waves, so I end up watching a lot of tv.  Seeing tons of weirdly named new drugs (Mavyret? Does that sound like a cure for HepC to anyone?) and Popeye's ads, where the supposedly Cajun woman responsible pops a sample piece into her mouth and reacts with the most "meh, that'll do, box it" face I've ever seen.  I've never eaten there, since there aren't any close to me.  Is it any good?

But what I really want to know is this:  what kind a sadist creates a "2 can eat for $10" box with 2 sides, 2 biscuits, and five pieces of chicken?  I mean, you know this is going to end in bloodshed, right?

Depends on the franchise owner/location mgr.  I've only gotten food from the one nearest me twice.  Both times, the oil had been scorched and the chicken tasted of it.  The one nearest a friend wasn't too bad, but they needed to let the chicken drain a bit longer - pretty oily.

As for bloodshed, make sure what the other person likes (light or dark meat) and request that 3 of the pieces are not their choice.

Edited August 27, 2019 by tsar4

[DragonSinger]

😂😩 I only got to eat one sandwich over a month ago.

 

[Shiina]

Back in feudal japan when this happens we usually challenge each other to a katana fight to the death. 

Obviously I didn't get to eat that night... which is basically why I ended up in the afterlife school. 

[Distortedreasoning]

i saw lines last week at popeyes! finally found out through fb. 

[Gina Szanboti]

9 hours ago, scoobdog said:

Popeyes is gangsta here in Cali - unlike other places, you're not likely to see a Popeyes outside of the 'hood. 

Maybe in SoCal. 

 

Oh ffs, Skyrizi?  Are you kidding me?  That's stupider than Mavyret.  And its generic name is even worse: "risankizumab-rzaa."  Do they have a panel of Klingons naming drugs now?  Also, why is Humira pronounced "hyoo-mair-uh" when it's spelled with an 'i'?  Shouldn't it be "hyoo-meer-uh"?

[Seight]

11 hours ago, SorceressPol said:

😂😩 I only got to eat one sandwich over a month ago.

 

I actually saw a story last night that Popeyes had a supply that they thought would last for 7 weeks.

They ran out in 2 weeks 😆

[DragonSinger]

24 minutes ago, Seight said:

I actually saw a story last night that Popeyes had a supply that they thought would last for 7 weeks.

They ran out in 2 weeks 😆

This was bad planning on their part, but it is hard to know when something will go viral. There's been smacktalk among fast food chains through social media before, but maybe this was one of the few times there was a new mainstream product that was actually good to go along with it. Most new products are the same stuff, mediocre as fuck, throwbacks to earlier menus, sometimes good but for more adventurous tastebuds, or too expensive to try. Throw in that humans can just be fucking weird sometimes too.

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

16 hours ago, scoobdog said:

Popeyes is gangsta here in Cali - unlike other places, you're not likely to see a Popeyes outside of the 'hood. 

lol, what? Apparently I've been in the hood in 2 different cities I've lived in and didn't even know it?

The Jack in the Box I used to stop at in Hollywood when I'd take a shopping trip to Amoeba Music is infinitely more hood than the Popeye's I went to in Irvine. I've never actually stopped at the Popeye's in Fresno but I've driven past it a gillion times and never got a sense I was in the hood. 

Also, oddly enough, when I first took that trip to Amoeba Music in Hollywood I tried to go to where my GPS said was a Burger King, but actually it was a Chik Fil A.

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

19 hours ago, SorceressPol said:

It sounds like your chicken sat out for a while. A delicious Popeyes experience is at a busy store(not the current level of crazy ass busy) where you can get their chicken with steam coming off those suckers. I don't even know why I'm posting this and making myself salivate knowing I probably can't eat Popeyes for weeks because of these motherfuckers. Oh and always check your bag before leaving. They're as bad as Taco Bell when it comes to messing orders up.

I don't at all recall how busy it was or wasn't. But I ate in the restaurant right after receiving my meal.

[scoobdog]

9 hours ago, Gina Szanboti said:

Maybe in SoCal. 

Tongue in cheek.  In general, though, Popeyes traditionally was in places that are food deserts.  At some point in the past five years, they've streamlined their operations; before that, they tended to go into neighborhoods that didn't have a steady representation from other fast food outlets.

[cyberbully]

23 hours ago, Gina Szanboti said:

Yeah, ok, but that's not Popeye's being gangsta, 

That was a full Heisenberg. Chick had that dope but popeye's put some shit out that got people lining up for blocks and fighting....they got that dope.