The last time we heard from Lefty author Joyce Carol Oates, she was warning that universities hiring conservative professors would backfire ... on conservatives.

Because reasons.

Now she's back, at least in screenshot form, as Jarvis shares Oates' discovering what 'Cracker Barrel' really means.

Enjoy:

Hahahahaha.

We like that idea.

Good Lord, that woman.

With thoughts as deep as a kiddie pool.

LMAO.

That's not the title of the movie.

Heh.

This writer laughed out loud, because you're probably right.

Oh. Oh no.

We don't claim this one.

Hang it in the Louvre.

It's fascinating to watch.

Probably.

Bet it cured insomnia, though.