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    • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPMEnglish
      4·
      6 hours ago

      Waffle House is a restaurant chain mostly available in southern US states that has a bit of a reputation. They’re generally open 24/7, so drunks more commonly wander in and get into fights with each other and the staff. It’s not like you’ll go to one and suddenly enter into a street fighting tournament, but it’s definitely a place where you’re more likely to see shit.

      It’s also famous for being equipped to stay open during extreme weather because it operates in the most hurricane prone states in country, as well as a fun area called Tornado Alley. This led to the development of the Waffle House Index, where the severity of a disaster can be determined by how much of the menu is available. If the full menu is available, the damage isn’t critical. If the menu is limited, you have serious problems. If the Waffle House is closed, the situation is likely apocalyptic.

      • Aralakh@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        Thank you! Huh… it seems reminiscent of a local restaurant in my city, though without the tornadoes. Sounds like a good time lol

  • NannerBanner@literature.cafeEnglish
    7·
    11 hours ago

    The worst part about this is that they reversed the reading order. Goddamnit, if we’re talking anime, then we’re talking manga, and that shit gets read right-to-left!

  • Worstdriver@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 hours ago

    I live on Vancouver Island. I got to eat at a Waffle House for the first time last summer. One of the ones on Cocoa Beach FL. It was glorious.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
      48·
      2 days ago

      Oh, wait I bet we can write a decent anime plot around this…

      See there’s this thing called the Waffle House Index:

      The measure is based on Waffle House’s reputation for staying open during extreme weather and for reopening quickly, albeit sometimes with a limited menu, after very severe weather events such as tornadoes or hurricanes. The chain’s disaster preparedness measures include assembling and training “Waffle House jump teams” to facilitate fast reopening after disasters.

      Our hero is having a normal day working the griddle, when suddenly a kaiju destroys half the town. The hero works hard to get the restaurant open, making good use of the disaster recovery planning, and helps feed people whose homes have been destroyed, as well as the emergency response workers that come to town.

      Their work is noticed, and they are recruited to join the Waffle House Jump Team as a specialist on responding to kaiju incidents. From there it’s like Evangelion, but instead of fighting and killing the monsters, the hero learns about different types through experience and develops (increasingly extreme and improbable) ways to prepare the Waffle House to survive kaiju incidents and reopen quickly, eventually leading to Waffle House creating a mech to defend and repair its locations. (End Season 1)

      The reveal of the prototype mech provides the hook for Season 2.

      • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        7·
        2 days ago

        “Deploy the yellow smoke for the waffle-copter supply drop!”

        “Man, this deployment in [southeast state] is really testing my grits…”

        • fartographer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          7 hours ago

          “Waffle-coptor” is going to live in my brain for the rest of my life, long after the context of its origins has been forgotten. Sometimes I’ll giggle, sometimes I’ll wonder where the hell that came from. But the worst occasions will be when I try looking up waffle-coptor memes to refresh my memory, and walk away feeling completely insane because I found nothing and no one else believes me that it was a thing.

  • chirospasm@lemmy.mlEnglish
    46·
    2 days ago

    I wish, in the real world, Waffle House didn’t sack this lady for catching the chair

  • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    2 days ago

    There’s a story I heard once about how fans kept telling the creator of Street Fighter that they should create a level at a Waffle House or maybe in the parking lot. And how the Creator didn’t get it cuz you know he’s from Japan and he’d only been to the West Coast of America. So people were falling over themselves to explain the Horrors and wonders of Waffle House to this bewildered game developer.