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Average southerner (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago by [M] to c/2northamerican4you@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Lived in FL for 10 years. It’s true, the only thing scarier than a Waffle House that’s open is one that isn’t.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Scary - Waffle House has reduced menu

    Terrifying - Waffle House has reduced hours

    Make peace with your god - Waffle House is closed

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    So they’re open 24/7? Like, it’s that urgent to have eat waffles that they have to be open around the clock, or…?

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    For me, Waffle House is a beacon in the night during long roadtrips, crazy nights out, or I just couldn’t go back to sleep. I work the night shift from time to time and It’s hot fresh food. Not everyone lives on your schedule.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    TBH, the "Waffle House is dangerous" thing is way overblown. My elderly white suburbanite parents are scared of my diverse urban neighborhood, but they're perfectly happy to take my kids to Waffle House. Granted, it'd happen in the morning rather than the middle of the night, but still...!

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    • [–] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    Non-American here actually not quite understanding the picture:
    What is the looming grey thing above the house?
    Tornado?
    Suspecting an inside joke I miss...

    [Edit]
    Pieced it together myself based on the other comments:
    Apparently Waffle House never closes except during near-world-ending events, like dangerous hurricans about to hit.
    So seeing a closed one would actually be scary as hell.

    That was a good one, really too American for me!

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) referred to “The Waffle House Index” in one of their preparedness reports, citing what you’ve already gleaned from other comments… a closed Waffle House means you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time. I think FEMA also did a report on how to survive a zombie attack.

    These aren’t meant to be “real” preparedness reports, it’s meant to drive awareness to having a disaster kit ready at all times.

    Random fact no one asked for: Waffle House has employees that travel to yellow zones to keep the stores running or shut them down if they go red. That way, the local employees can tend to their family and property while the store maintains its operational status.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    While I'm not from a tornado prone region, I don't think that's a tornado.

    It might even be an edited image that's been compressed many times? The grey thing seems to cut into the top of the building in some areas. As if they took a photo of a closed waffle house and edited it to look scary for the joke. Or something on the window/foreground

    Or it is indeed a very scary cloud and I'm glad I don't have to deal with that regularly

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Looking closely, it rather does look like it's edited. The lines between the dark and light of the sky are quite abrupt, for example.

    But at first glance, I had no trouble believing that to be a tornado. They come in MANY shapes and sizes.

    Never seen one in person, but living in tornado alley all my life, I've seen more than enough pics and footage.

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    • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index

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    [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Waffle House: When the fighting stops, shit's about to hit the fan!

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    [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    As a northerner I have never seen a waffle house and only saw and went to a jack in the box once. Was that where they were eating in better off dead?

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    • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Do US people just live in restaurants?

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