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drakken_dude t1_ixqps91 wrote

While I know this is a joke about how waffle houses never close except in extreme scenarios, they are actually quite well known for having one of the best disaster recovery teams in the world. They are more often then not one of the quickest organizations to recover from any kind of disaster and really are a great indication of just how bad a scenario is likely to be. If the waffle house closes, GTFO.

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Nuada-Argetlam t1_ixp93if wrote

what's a waffle house?

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SauceMemer t1_ixpc4qt wrote

A waffle restaurant. Generally lower quality, obtained only on road trips where the options are thin. There's a common joke in the southeastern USA: a hurricane is only bad if the Waffle House is closed. Because Waffle Houses NEVER close if they can help it.

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LadderChemical7937 t1_ixpti3d wrote

It's a restaurant chain across southern USA. FEMA uses a scale called "Waffle House Index" to know how much damage a hurricane has caused to an area.

Waffle House Index has 3 categories, Green(normal), Yellow (limited menu) and Red(closed).

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animewhitewolf t1_ixpaf82 wrote

I don't mean this in a bad way, but do you live out of the United States?

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Nuada-Argetlam t1_ixpaowz wrote

yes. like 95% of the human population, I am in a country other than the states.

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animewhitewolf t1_ixqtdge wrote

Learning about Waffle House is kinda like being surprise attacked by American Culture. lol

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Fullspectrum84 t1_ixpcmwi wrote

But the majority of Reddit users are in fact from the states. It’s like half of all Reddit users.

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Nuada-Argetlam t1_ixpd1op wrote

where are you getting that statistic from?

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Fullspectrum84 t1_ixpexmc wrote

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/reddit-users-by-country

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Nuada-Argetlam t1_ixpfjse wrote

huh, who knew?

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MinnieShoof t1_ixrst3o wrote

u/Fullspectrum84 did. And you doubted them.

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Nuada-Argetlam t1_ixsjhl4 wrote

that's not normally what "who knew" means, but yes. you're correct.

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MinnieShoof t1_ixsyv9b wrote

The question is usually asked when there is no answer. It's not rhetorical by design.

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Nuada-Argetlam t1_ixsz3t1 wrote

we must have different dialects. to me it just means "huh. neat!"

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TheWordThat t1_ixrun57 wrote

I mean I live in the states and have never seen or heard another person talk about waffle house outside of the internet

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