Outback Steakhouse is known for several things: a place to gather with your friends, pretty delicious meals, and the infamous Bloomin' Onion — just to name a few. But according to some people on social media, the popular chain might also be at the center of a conspiracy theory. (Hey, if there's one thing the internet loves more than fried onions, it's conspiracy theories, am I right?)
It all started when Twitter user @eatmyaesthetics noticed something strange about the positioning of several Outback restaurants on Google Maps. If you connect the dots between the locations, you'll end up drawing a star. It didn't just happen once, but rather, several times, making people wonder: What is Outback up to?!?!
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Others quickly began to catch on, finding even more stars of their own within the maps. Some people even printed out screenshots — to make a conspiracy board wall, perhaps? Soon, the mystery became just too much for people to handle. What did it all mean?!
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But before the theories could snowball too much, the restaurant itself jumped in to clear things up. The official Outback Twitter shared a map with a Bloomin' Onion photoshopped over the locations, writing: "Plot twist. If the Bloomin' Onion is evil then we don't want to be nice." TBH, they have a point — where the Bloomin' Onion leads, we will follow. Well played, Outback, well played.
