What is Britain’s favourite crisp brand? Question sparks heated Twitter debate
‘Squares and Nik Naks at the bottom? This is why we couldn't trust the voting public’
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Your support makes all the difference.Life is full of big, earth-shattering questions. Do humans truly have free will? How was the universe created? Is there life after death?
But the one that sent Twitter into a tizzy last night concerns a topic close to the hearts of many - what is Britain's favourite crisp brand.
On Sunday evening, Channel 5 aired a documentary called Britain's Favourite Crisps.
After conducting a two-hour investigation into the conundrum, the programme concluded that Britain's favourite crisps, as chosen by the public, included Doritos, Pringles and Walkers at the top of the list.
Meanwhile, Jacob's Mini Cheddars, Walkers Salt 'n' Shake, Nik Naks and Walkers Squares were placed at the bottom.
Channel 5 shared these findings in a pyramid format on Twitter, sparking a subsequent outbreak of fury.
"That is all kinds wrong! Squares on the bottom... it's a travesty," one Twitter user wrote.
"I've lost faith in the British public after this travesty, no wonder the country is falling apart if people think Pringles are god tier while Wotsits and Quavers are only mid tier," another remarked.
Several people compared the ranking of the crisps to the result of the 2016 Brexit referendum.
"Squares and Nik Naks at the bottom? This is why we couldn't trust the voting public," one person commented.
"Mini Cheddars deserve better than this. Further proof that the British public need classes on voting for things," someone else quipped.
However, not all were opposed to the crisp ranking.
One person tweeted that aside from the placement of Mini Cheddars on the bottom tier, the pyramid is the "closest" depiction of his crisp preferences.
Nonetheless, the general consensus was that the ranking shared by Channel 5 was sorely mistaken.
"Wrong," one person succinctly summarised.
Avengers: Endgame star Chris Evans recently stirred a similar debate when he revealed his favourite crisp brands on Twitter.
The actor debated his choices with Oscar-winning actor Octavia Spencer and MCU co-star Don Cheadle.
"This hurts me deeply," Spencer tweeted with regards to Evans' decision not to place Cheetos at the top of his list.
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