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Brigitte seems like the kind of girl who speaks about her cats as if they’re people

Bonus:

Waffle House is one of the few chains in America that’s open 24/7/365, and where you can get both breakfast and lunch/dinner options at any time (I have had so many Breakfast Cheeseburgers at Waffle Houses). The food is really good, and people eat there at all times of the day or night, but it’s particularly popular as a late-night post-drinking spot because it’s all that’s open and it’s the kind of food that tastes especially good when you’re hammered.

Part of Waffle House Protocol is that all the servers and cooks greet every single customer as they come through the door. It sounds lame, but I’ve never been to a Waffle House where that greeting didn’t feel completely heartfelt. My mom is a health nut who could barely find anything on the menu she was willing to eat and yet she describes the Christmas Day lunch we had there one year as one of the nicest meals she’s ever had because everyone was so warm and welcoming. That sense of camaraderie gets turned up to 11, of course, at 2 a.m. when everyone’s shitfaced.

The jukeboxes have Waffle-House-themed songs on them (once you have heard “Raisins in my Toast” you will be earwormed forever) and there is an arcane system of hash brown ordering: scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, topped, diced, peppered, and/or capped. The hot sauce bottles say “Casa de Waffle.” 

Once, in Oxford (UK), my husband and I walked past a kebab van very late one night and he said “why do I smell Waffle House”

The location of most Waffle Houses means there’s some… classism that tends to get tied up with Anti-Waffle House Discourse, which is probably lending itself, in part, to this being such a fraught topic. (I’m looking at a map and apparently I was born and raised right in the middle of the Peak Waffle House Density Zone)

SO, what can we do?

CALL YOU CONGRESSPEOPLE!  This website will help you find out who you need to call. Start with your Senators, they will need to do something first and right now there appears to be 50 votes for stopping the full rescinding of Net Neutrality so we currently only need to flip one more to get that started. If you have a Senator or Rep who has already committed to voting for legislation to reinstate NN, still call or email and thank them for their support. This helps keep them aware of what their constituents actually want. 

If you need a good script, help finding out who to call, or just more information in general, 5 Calls is a great site where everything is coordinated together with who call and what to say. They currently have scripts up for a number of different issues on-going in Congress and it sounds like they’re prepping scripts for NN for tomorrow.

Can’t do phone calls? I understand, here’s an article that outlines how to fax and write letters to your Congress member through your text app. I know this route is tempting for all, but know that phone calls have been shown to be the single best option for change, so if you are able, please call first!

Find out if your state is among those that are planning to file suit against the FCC to try to get the ruling overturned. These states will have to refile within 10 days of the rescinding (What’s suppose to happen Thursday) so keep an eye on it. Call you AG’s office and either ask them if they plan to support the suit OR thank them for supporting it and encourage them to continue working for Neutrality.

The pain piles on in Civil War, sadly.

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