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I’m supposed to know everything about Saline County, right? That’s what people tell me, but well I just don’t. Case in point:
I don’t know why Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Benton has “George Orwell 1984” on its LED sign.
I’d like to believe that it’s something important to the community, like a book that kids are supposed to read over the summer. But is it something else? Something political? Something futuristic or prophetic?
Yes, I googled it. I didn’t see anything glaring at me in the top ten results. Can anyone enlighten me?
I’ll be honest, I have covid and a sore throat right now, so I’m not calling the store. Covid brain is probably why I’m even interested in this.
So here’s the video… What’s your right answer? Or for more fun, give us the wrong one too.
@arkansasshelli I’m supposed to know everything about Saline County, right? But I don’t know why @kentuckyfriedchicken in #BentonArkansas has #GeorgeOrwell1984 on its LED sign. Anyone? #mysaline ♬ The Chicken Wing Beat – Ricky Desktop
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Orwell’s 1984 is still making waves over sixty years after its publication. Surely the programmer is a free-thinking supporter who has enjoyed reading the book and sees the parallels to today’s political and social climate. Thinkspeak, banned words, “Two Minutes of Hate,” and the rewriting and manipulation of history are all too real today.
I love that KFC hires employees of such caliber that they would dare to challenge passers-by with just the author and title of such an important book.
I’m not sure of the intent behind it, but I said years ago that current events favored those in 1984. I hope we never see that type of way of life, but I do fear of things don’t change we’ll be there soon.
Smile to pay at Moscow’s KFC in 2020
https://findbiometrics.com/moscows-new-kfc-future-uses-contactless-biometric-tech-062308/
Yum! Brands, the parent company of fried chicken chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), as well as McDonald’s, have announced the suspension of operations in Russia.
https://www.poultryworld.net/the-industrymarkets/market-trends-analysis-the-industrymarkets-2/kfc-and-mcdonalds-halt-operations-in-russia/#:~:text=Yum!,suspension%20of%20operations%20in%20Russia.
Naked Pay in China at Kiosks
https://findbiometrics.com/china-kfc-worlds-biggest-naked-payments-deployment-511142/
Alipay’s facial recognition payment system, Smile to Pay, is seeing its first extension beyond the smartphone in a new restaurant in Hangzhou, China.
Alipay Enables Naked Payments at Upscale New KFC Restaurant
A customer paying using Alipay’s new “Smile to Pay” facial recognition payment solution in KPRO, Hangzhou (PRNewsfoto/Yum China Holdings, Inc)
Called KPRO by KFC, it’s a kind of technologically advanced, upscale version of one of the fast food chain’s restaurants.
https://findbiometrics.com/alipay-naked-payments-kfc-409011/
KFC has a track record of pioneering the use of facial recognition technology in China – earlier this year it hit the headlines when it teamed up with search engine company Baidu to develop facial-recognition technology that can be used to predict a customer’s orders.
https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/digital-identity-and-security/banking-payment/magazine/kfc-use-facial-recognition-payment-china#:~:text=KFC%20has%20a%20track%20record,to%20predict%20a%20customer's%20orders.
Probably the sign programmer wants people to at least take a look or actually read George Orwell’s novel “1984”.
Winston, the main character of the novel, lives in a country where individual thought is banned, where only the leader, Big Brother, is allowed to reason and to decide. In his quest for freedom of thought, he realizes no one else cares and eventually becomes another unthinking cog in the machine himself.
It is simply a statement of what could or may already be happening to people the world over in regards to free thinking and other liberties.
It’s definitely political. From Google: The primary theme of 1984 by George Orwell is to warn readers of the dangers of totalitarianism. The central focus of the book is to convey the extreme level of control and power possible under a truly totalitarian regime. It explores how such a governmental system would impact society and the people who live in it.
isn’t 1984 a book written by Orwell?