The Brief: A recent viral video on Twitter has prompted snack fans and celebrities to rank (and fight over) their favorite Lays chip flavors.
DEEP DIVE
The latest Civil War has begun, and ironically, we all have Captain America to blame.
On Sunday March 10th, stand-up comic and actor, Kevin Fredericks shared a video via Twitter in which he and group of friends verbally dissected a variety pack of Lays Chips and ordered the six chip flavors, favorite to least favorite.
The chip choices include Original Lays, Nacho Cheese Doritos, Cheetos, Fritos, BBQ Lays, and Cool Ranch Doritos.
What is the correct way to rank these chips? pic.twitter.com/NYktna1HJo
— Kevín (@KevOnStage) March 10, 2019
Fredericks posed the question to Twitter and needless to say, shade was thrown.
Doritos
Cheetos
Cool Ranch
Plain Lays
Barbecue
That's It. PERIODT.
"I just move the fritos so I can throw away the box." https://t.co/FILSIS8EAI— Faithful & Black (@Black_Esquire) March 11, 2019
No. No. No. No! The correct ranking is:
1. Doritos
2. Doritos
3. Lays BBQ
4. Fritos – but only if you put them on your tuna fish sandwich (immediately prior to eating otherwise they get soggy) or piled on top of a bowl of chili.
5. Regular Lays100.
700th: Cheetos (gross!)
— Ellen Taussig Conaty (@Ellen_DTC) March 11, 2019
It seems snack fans get very salty (pun intended) when it comes to chips.
Yesterday, The Avengers’ Chris Evans shared his picks, prompting celebrities all over to clapback.
The correct answer is:
1. Cool ranch
2. Cheetos
3. Nacho cheese Doritos
4. Fritos
5. BBQ lays
6. Original laysI will not be taking questions. https://t.co/keSJ23IhRN
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) March 11, 2019
Classic Lays
Doritos
Cheetos
BBQ Lays
Fritos
Cool RanchFight me 😤 https://t.co/KwwxaasKMX
— |L I Z Z O| (@lizzo) March 11, 2019
Actress Octavia Spencer dissed Chris Evans for his choices, passionately claiming that Cheetos deserved the top spot. Shots fired, Chris!
@chrisevans dude? seriously?????? Now you know cheetos is top dawg!!!! https://t.co/xdTlsugG9H
— octavia spencer (@octaviaspencer) March 12, 2019
Perhaps the most heated discussion to come from the viral post, is the argument about where Fritos land on the list. Some people are very much in favor of the Frito…
No sir.
1)Fritos 👑 🏆…
Then all the rest just doesn’t even matter…
2)Nacho Cheese
3)BBQ
4)Cheetos
5)Lays
6)Cool Ranch, i.e. Stank Breath
😁😂 https://t.co/ZcRLBxhz7w— ✭b✭ (@belindabrown_) March 12, 2019
While others vehemently disagree.
Fritos above BBQ Lay’s? Fritos above anything is just plain wrong pic.twitter.com/zTXLeeKA6b
— Saint 🕊 (@BeyNavi) March 11, 2019
Simple.
1. Cool Ranch Doritos
2. Nacho Cheese Doritos
3. Classic Lay'sThe remaining varieties are destined for the trashcan. 🚮
And anyone who ranks #Fritos # 1 is in need of a psych eval. https://t.co/35Z91MZw1E— Elgin Charles (@ElginCharles) March 11, 2019
Another point of contention has been the fight between Red (Nacho Cheese) and Blue (Cool Ranch) Doritos.
i KNEW u were a cool ranch guy i KNEW IT pic.twitter.com/s4D0MrZuMF
— maria (@evansdoritos) March 11, 2019
Husband: Cap is right.
Me: Nacho Cheese are the best Doritos. No question. pic.twitter.com/20xtnrrsnW
— Katie Sherman (@LaughSoIDontCry) March 12, 2019
It’s clear that this debacle has caused division within the office and workplace for many. Thanks a lot, Cap!