At some recent point, bacon became a meme. Bacon. The cured pork product that has been a staple food for hundreds of years was suddenly a fashion accessory for Internet style-mongers. There were odes and T-shirts and cartoons. People taped bacon to their cats and took photos. It was so ubiquitous that I started to hate bacon. No one should ever have to hate bacon
Spring cleaning — 12 things the world should toss out (washingtonpost.com)
From the editor of the Onion. I agree with his point in general, and this example specifically. Bacon is a great food, and it does make lots of things better. At this point though, I feel like people put it in things just to say it’s ++, gone to eleven, moar. Sigh.
