The back and forth between Chick Fil-A and The Jim Henson Company continues this week, after Henson CEO Lisa Henson announced she was pulling Muppets toys from Chick Fil-A in response to Chick Fil-A President Dan Cathy’s comments in support of “the biblical definition of the family unit,” and Chick Fil-A’s continued support of anti-gay marriage organizations. Chick Fil-A’s response was to claim the toys had actually been removed “because of a safety issue.” That’s all pretty dry, but things took a turn for the humorous when Chick-Fil-A apparently started creating profiles of fake teenagers to defend them from mean comments on their Facebook page, like “Abby Farle” here:
Wow, a stock photo, really? Couldn’t even find a photo of a real teenager? It might be a violation of my parole to say this, but there are a lot of photos of teen girls freely available on the internet. The “derr” was a nice touch though. “Sir? Our focus-group data tells us teenagers often respond to each other with sarcastic gibberish words. …For the life of me, I don’t understand it either, but our research department has never been wrong.”
You can tell Abby Farle was a conservative mouthpiece because she used “derr.” If you’ve seen any Aaron Sorkin shows, you know that when liberal mouthpieces need sarcasm-drenched rejoinders, they use “ya think?!”
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Oh God. You mean that girl I’ve been sexting on Myspace is just a tool of Chick-fil-A!?
Are you sure “derr” isn’t shorthand for John 3:16? Or would that be hurr durr?
Wait, you all don’t pay for stock photos as avatars? You wouldn’t believe what Richard Simmons made me do for this avatar!
We don’t want to know.
Speak for yourself, Eddie.
you know you were going to do it anyway ;)
The Derr is why I agree with the assessment of 2/10.
I don’t understand this sign. Is Chick-fil-A asking for the toys that they have already given out to be returned? If the company isn’t giving out toys anymore, it could just state the promotion is over.
Yeah, but that wouldn’t be nearly passive-aggressive enough for the kind of A-holes that close their restaurants on Sundays because you know, Jesus.
Ugh, Chick-fil-A, stop being awful, so I can eat your sandwiches again.
Did it really take them this long to realize they handed out a toy that encouraged you to shove a finger inside of it?
I love the people saying the facebook accounts aren’t Chick-fil-A’s doing. Because if something like this happened to something we support, we’d all ignore our own facebook profiles to create entirely new ones using stock photos of random people. That’s standing tall!
They likely are Chick-Fil-A’s doing, but there’s no actual proof. Until there is, it’s kinda irresponsible to report definitively that CFA made them.
Because normal teenage girls join Facebook at 15 and like using stock photos as profile pics.
Corporations are people too, just like us! They do dumb stuff and troll the Internet just like me.
This is totally how I run my christian-affiliated business. It’s right outta the handbook.
Pfft. It’s not like there’s anything against lying in the Bible.
While Chick-Fil-A has pretty much always been available to me, I’ve never once tried it. How’s the food?
It tastes like fried chicken. I’m not entirely sure why people lose their collective shit over it.
As far as fast food goes, excellent. If you like chicken, i would reccommend it. The only thing i lose my sh*t over there is their bananna pudding milkshake, which sadly is only a spring to early summer milkshake, and has now given way to the peach milkshake. It may be the greatest thing ever
Try Zaxby’s.
It’s similar and as far as I know they only hate your arteries.
I live days away from a Zaxby’s. I’ve actually bothered to look at the Chick-Fil-A web menu. Am I correct in concluding that they don’t actually sell fried chicken (as in breasts, thighs, wings, legs, etc.) but only sell sandwiches and strips? I need to know because if I’m going to not eat there, I need to know what I’m missing.
They sell sandwiches and strips and pickles.
I think that is about it.
Just things you’re allowed to eat based on the old testament.
Delicious
It tastes a little queer, honestly.
I don;t live anywhere near a Chic fil A. I’ve always assumed they were a southern thing…..like “Cracker Barrel.”
Zaxby’s tastes nothing like Chick-Fil-A.
I’d find this more funny if I didn’t know some real teenagers that are already lauding Chick-fil-a for their brave stance. Seriously, there are already plenty of teenaged bigots out there Chick-fil-a could hire to defend them. Chick-fil-a probably wouldn’t even have to pay them in nuggets; they’d do it for free, content in the knowledge that they’re protecting America.
Has Chick-fil-a thought about passing out Jack Chick-fil-a tracts as replacement toys? Kids love those.
It’s got to be a slow news day when someone on the internet not using their own picture for their profile is news.
So the reason you’re continuing to follow this story is because of the Muppets movie?
This never would have happened if Robert R. had been allowed to carry a concealed weapon.
Jesus H. Christ Chick-Fil-A.
Bunch of hillbillies think they smarter than city folk.
MOVIE NEWS!!
I don’t give a shit when my food takes a political or religious stance. Especially when its my fav place around. Chick-Fil-A, I’d love you even if you made your chicken patties into little breaded crucifixes and told me I was going to hell for beating off to We Live Together porn nightly.
The most sacrilegious thing about them is that they still refuse to open on Sundays.
I volunteer to defend Chick-Fil-A for a nominal fee.
“Guys, C to the Fil to the A totes stopped carrying those toys like forever ago. I know because my friend definitely went there to get her grub on and she didn’t get one. Duh-doi! Also, gays are super gross, right? I mean butt sex? Ew. Jesus 256:15.” [stock photo of kitten]
I don’t know about John 3:16, but porky 3:16 says KFC or GTFO.
Oh great, more inane political commentary with virtually no connection to this site’s editorial mission! When did Filmdrunk turn in to Pajiba?
You’re welcome to ask for your money back.
Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
And there it is. Perfect.
They should just change their name to KKKFC and be done with it.
Vince, please let the lesser Uproxx bloggers have this political shit. Filmdrunk (and KSK during NFL season) is in a class all its own.
As Jesus once said to a violent oppressor “That’s just like, your opinion, man”.
Also, you just wrote a post about a random troll. Absurd to think that was actually “Chick Fil-A”. If that Facebook profile owner was “Chick Fil-A”, then I’m Led Zeppelin. And Beck.
Play “Stairway to Heaven” dude
Kermit has responded to this nonsense. Here’s the video. [thecomedycouple.com]
Kermit has responded to this nonsense. Here’s the video. [www.youtube.com]
Sorry about the double-post. I got an error message the first time. Yikes. This is awkward.
Dustin Rowles is just the worst.
Best gay porn name ever.
Kristen Stewart has boobs?
Oh man, talk about desperately trying to stay relevant and important to a crumbling customer base. Chick-Fil-A has defintely shot themselves in the foot with this one. I mean, the profile thing is just them reaching out for last breaths before they finally kick the bucket and people will have to get fried chicken from somewhere else. KFC, you guys better be firing up those grills!
i am confused. chicken girl filled out a fake profile? this seems like not so bad of crime. she should get more harassment for posing for stock photos, no?
At least they’re not anti-black. That would just be bad business.
This morning, the account belonged to Abby Ferle. Now, it belongs to Dave Dauphinais. I have screenshots of both. Awfully suspicious…
Her name was Abby Ferle. Her name was Abby Ferle.