KFC roasted for assuming its customers know the ritual of eating ortolan
dreamwieber · x · 2026-09-26
A viral quip about a KFC ad whose premise assumes the average customer is familiar with the elaborate French ritual of eating ortolan bunting. The mocking replies—"It's to mask the shame, Greg"—turned it into an AI-marketing-circle laugh about brand strategy gone absurd.
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