Austin McConnell made a video about 4 years ago on the decline of KFC[0] and just made a follow up last night[1] about how they've gotten a lot worse in a bunch of metrics but are still for some reason blowing budget on stupid marketing.<p>On a more personal note, my mom grew up down the street from Sanders and it's always left a really bad taste in my mouth what they've done with his image. It's not like he was some made up character made to encapsulate the feel of a old-timey southern gentleman or whatever, he was a real guy they turned into a caricature to try to catch the "ironic" wave with the youths<p>[0]:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1eaQrxA6ZE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1eaQrxA6ZE</a><p>[1]:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np5tFlmRUIc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np5tFlmRUIc</a>
Years ago I had a genius idea of making a USB-powered mini shawarma machine that you could have on your desk, and shave off bits of meat during the day. Sometimes I still lay awake at night, wondering if that would have worked.
Honestly this seems like an efficient use of waste-heat generated by the computer -- use it to keep you meal warm!<p>Maybe in the future recipes will come with cryptographic hashes you need to crack in order to warm your processors to the appropriate level and length for cooking
KFC has had some absurd marketing in the past few years. Another example is the anime dating sim game they released, "I Love You, Colonel Sanders!" Personally I am a fan, I love the creativity.<p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121910/I_Love_You_Colonel_Sanders_A_Finger_Lickin_Good_Dating_Simulator/" rel="nofollow">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121910/I_Love_You_Colone...</a>
KFC has the most confusing marketing direction ever.<p>I remember months ago when they were going all out on having a female Colonel Sanders.<p>Now this?<p>I'd love to be a fly on the wall during their "Mad Men meetings" for their direction.<p>Their product has definitely gone downhill though. That's for sure.
Is KFC marketing team trying to compete with RAX?<p>The Commercial that Killed a Fast Food Chain <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEcz8I64Mz0" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEcz8I64Mz0</a>
At least its not a nuclear weapon kept warm by a chicken:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peacock" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peacock</a>