Questions are being asked of CNN after the network used the creepy dystopian phrase “Before Times” to describe a time pre-COVID when grocery shelves weren’t empty.
The phrase appears in a report about how grocery shelves “are not going back to normal this year” as a result of labour shortages and transportation restrictions.
“If you hoped grocery stores this fall and winter would look like they did in the Before Times, with limitless options stretching out before you in the snack, drink, candy and frozen foods aisles, get ready for some disappointing news,” states the article.
They're grooming you to accept this as normal.