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Did the Simpsons permanently damage Arby's brand image?

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I'm gonna go on their website, and post one thing from there that I think looks good, in this thread.

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Surprised at the lack of "I went to Arby's once and got food poisoning and died" stories. Fast food threads on GAF are usually good for one or two.
 
I've never associated Arby's with the Simpson, hehe. I don't remember the joke.

For me, I don't think Arbys is that bad. There are not alot of them around here (socal) and the price is a tad high, so I don't have a lot of convenient chances to go. Horsey sauce is pretty good.

I have a higher opinion of Arby's than taco Bell.
 
Arby's with the horsey sauce.. Fucking glorious


Arby's is my wife and I's goto fast food spot. It's always nearly empty.. And the people in there are old.
 
Told this story before.. but Arbys is considered a special treat in my town. There's no Arbys... but there is one on the 4 hour drive to Anchorage. So everyone always makes a big deal about going there. People will buy bags and bags of the stuff and bring it back from road trips. That arby's even has prepackaged deals for people from my city with the sandwhichs no assembled yet.

It baffles the shit outta me... cause Arby's is nasty as hell.
 
I think Arby's business model and unwillingness to change their menu due to changes in American dietary/healthy trends has had more of an impact than the negative pr from tv personalities or shows. Arby's has made some changes to their menu, but in many cases it is 2 years behind. I still love regular Arby's roast beef with Arby sauce. I always get extra Arby sauce to put on crackers.
 
The other day I went to the bank and saw there was an Arby's next door and thought about checking in on Facebook with the quote "I FUCKING LOVE ARBY'S!!" but refrained because of the one or two people who wouldn't get my joke.

I can't even sarcastically say I like Arby's...
 
I remember an old Halloween episode where Homer ate some blob thing and was having stomach issues because of it, he then says something along the lines of "If I can keep down Arbys, I can keep down you!"
 
The Roast Beef + cheese combo is definitely nasty as hell

But plain Roast beef + arby's sauce as said above is pretty fucking good

damn. now I kinda want to eat that shit
 
jadedm17 said:
Doubtful, I think you're over-thinking this.
Homer Simpson: Now, what do you have to wash that awful taste out of my mouth?
Khlav Kalesh Guy: Mountain Dew or Crab Juice.
Homer Simpson: Blecch! Ew! Sheesh! I'll take a crab juice.
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They're jokes.
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I think that because of Arby's weaker position relative to Mountain Dew, the joke stuck harder and did more damage.
 
Some posters' beliefs that everyone shares their pop culture attitudes (and the general promotion of Simpsons as if it was was still defining the culture in the late 90s) demonstrate a serious disconnect with reality.

It was barely relevant.
 
DeaconKnowledge said:
Their flagship sandwich tastes awful. Roast Beef and cheddar? Blech.
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Your take that back. Beef N Cheddar Curley Fries is the Bomb.

Anyway, I always took it as Arbys is "adult food" and kids wouldn't like it. Why eat a real sandwich when you can have pizza and chicken nuggets or whatever.

akira28 said:
Pretty much this.
Plus their curly fries suck now. They need to hire people who can follow instructions to cook food. Stop hiring high school kids you fucks.
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As someone who has worked in fast food, Age didn't really matter. What matters is if they have the "Give a fuck" gene. If the employee actually gave a crap and thought "Would I eat this?" before they made any serving decisions they were fine regardless of age. My biggest pet peeve is when fast food workers take the fries out of the fryer early. They are only in there for 2-3 minutes anyway, why are you taking them out 45 seconds early?
 
boutdown said:
I'm gonna go on their website, and post one thing from there that I think looks good, in this thread.

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You know, if they would offer just the fried onion straws, I'd order those. But they keep trying to attach them to shitty sandwiches, and it just doesn't work.
 
Reminds me of this quote, caught it on TV while at the gym yesterday:

Bart: Where we're going, Mom? Are we going to Black Angus?
Marge: Well, you might say, we're going to the best steakhouse in the whole universe.
Bart: So we're not going to Black Angus.
 
Tookay said:
Some posters' beliefs that everyone shares their pop culture attitudes (and the general promotion of Simpsons as if it was was still defining the culture in the late 90s) demonstrate a serious disconnect with reality.

It was barely relevant.
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"You have a serious disconnect with reality by believing everyone shares your pop culture attitudes. I support this statement by assuming everyone shares my pop culture attitudes!"
 
I love Arby's like I love those cheap "probably not meat" school lunch cheeseburgers. I don't know why, but something about the texture and taste appeals to me even through I know it should disgust me.
 
But the curly fries!!

Oh and they easily have some of the best fast food chicken tenders. I think it's at least partially due to the fact that it must not be a much-ordered item, so they have to cook it up fresh. Really good with the Arby's sauce. That's pretty much all I ever order.

Though you can get the curly fries in a freezer bag now from a supermarket.
 
Angry Grimace said:
Yeah but how can you beat these prices?!
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Until you unwrap the sandwiches and find out they collectively have about as much meat as ONE large roast beef which is $5.99...

Arby's is expensive as hell. But I never got the hate and have always liked their roast beef, when I can afford it.
 
Turbowaffles said:
Until you unwrap the sandwiches and find out they collectively have about as much meat as ONE large roast beef which is $5.99...

Arby's is expensive as hell. But I never got the hate and have always liked their roast beef, when I can afford it.
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Its not quite that big of a disparity, but I will shamefully admit I did this and pilled all of the roast beef onto one sandwich.
 
jadedm17 said:
Doubtful, I think you're over-thinking this.


They're jokes.
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Khlav Kalesh sales never quite recovered from that episode.

That aside, South Park did a whole episode on Chipotle and diarrhea and I doubt it really impacted them.
 
When I go back to visit the States I'll be going to Arby's to get them chicken cups filled to the brim with horse radish.
 
Oh come on, arbys get too much shit. It not that bad. Do you guys not eat other types of cold cut sandwiches?

Tacobell is still my go to fastfood, Black bean burritos are fucking awesome.
 
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