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KFC only follows 11 people on Twitter and they’re all herbs or spices

KFC pulled off the subtlest of all Twitter jokes.

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David Britton

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When it comes to humor, the internet is good at a lot of things, but subtlety isn’t usually one of them.

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This is the kind of “joke” you’re likely to run into online

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So you’ve gotta give props to KFC for creating the subtlest of Twitter jokes and patiently waiting for someone to discover it.

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While most fast food chains follow a fairly large mix of other corporate accounts and celebrities (probably hoping for those sweet, sweet mentions) KFC only follows 11 people.

Here they are.

KFC follow list 1
Screengrab via KFC/Twitter
KFC follow list 2
screengrab via KFC/Twitter
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That’s right, all five Spice Girls and six guys named Herb. Eleven herbs and spices.

There the joke sat, waiting to be discovered, which it finally was by a guy named Mike Edgette.

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Obviously, people lost their goddamn minds about it.

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Although Wendy’s seemed a bit hurt.

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What did you expect Wendy’s? They aren’t even following Taco Bell and those guys are roommates.

The only thing that would be better than this is if Chick-Fil-A only followed God.

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But they don’t. Turns out, oddly enough, they only seem to follow themselves.

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screengrab via chick-fil-a/twitter

There’s probably a metaphor in there somewhere.

 
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