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Cowslips Warren posted:I wonder if there is some "CRAZY TRICK AMERICANS DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW!" dietary poo poo ISIS tells its followers to use on the US. Like, wrap your bullets in lettuce overnight so they can't go to Infidel Heaven.
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The Jolly Rancher tweet was deleted. Anyone got a screenshot or explanation?
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Jan 30, 2017 18:33
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Mustached5thGrader posted:The Jolly Rancher tweet was deleted. Anyone got a screenshot or explanation? Essentially? It was a jolly rancher candy in prison threatening to kill the reader if the reader didn't suck his dick. edit: #keeponsucking
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Jan 30, 2017 18:36
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It said, "get to suckin' or get to dyin'" or something to that effect.
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Jan 30, 2017 18:37
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lovely poker hand posted:It said, "get busy suckin' or get busy dyin'" or something to that effect. Because it was a shawshank reference with one word changed and people took it to mean jail rape.
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Mustached5thGrader posted:The Jolly Rancher tweet was deleted. Anyone got a screenshot or explanation?  Text was: “Delicious blue razz flavor that's criminally bold! #KeepOnSucking”
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Len posted:Because it was a shawshank reference with one word changed and people took it to mean jail rape. its important to note that they changed the word to "sucking" as in "sucking on a dick, in prison", so idk if its a case of the idiot hoi polloi failing to remember a movie quote from twenty years ago
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Peanut Butler posted:its important to note that they changed the word to "sucking" as in "sucking on a dick, in prison", so idk if its a case of the idiot hoi polloi failing to remember a movie quote from twenty years ago Pretty sure any setting where they changed the quote to that would have had people going "RAPE!!!1" I dunno I'm probably in the minority because I didn't snap immediately to rape
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Cowslips Warren posted:I wonder if there is some "CRAZY TRICK AMERICANS DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW!" dietary poo poo ISIS tells its followers to use on the US. Like, wrap your bullets in lettuce overnight so they can't go to Infidel Heaven. IIRC women soldiers has had some kind of tangible effect on the morale of ISIS because they're fine with dying for the cause but they really, really don't want it done by a woman. The idea of some random hick ever needing to use his gun at all, much less to protect the USA from dem terrorists, is ridiculous, though. It's like they think the plot of Die Hard is gonna break out in the middle of their hoedown. That's wrong, of course, they don't actually believe that, it just makes them feel nice and smug to imagine their penis enhancer is specially designed to take down Muslims.
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Jan 30, 2017 18:58
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Len posted:Pretty sure any setting where they changed the quote to that would have had people going "RAPE!!!1" "Get busy sucking or get busy dying" is basically the rapiest thing I can think of off of the top of my head
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Jan 30, 2017 19:00
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Len posted:Pretty sure any setting where they changed the quote to that would have had people going "RAPE!!!1" Might wanna examine that blind spot you have for some reason
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Jan 30, 2017 19:11
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Peanut Butler posted:Might wanna examine that blind spot you have for some reason I went to Shawshank Redemption instead of prison rape my bad? That was also my senior class quote for some reason
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Jan 30, 2017 19:28
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The Door Frame posted:"Get busy sucking or get busy dying" is basically the rapiest thing I can think of off of the top of my head The Grapist. Comes with a free grape whistle.
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He grapes the kids! He grapes them in the mouth! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow7pwIDhl5c
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Len posted:I went to Shawshank Redemption instead of prison rape my bad? There was also prison rape in the Shawshank Redemption.
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Jan 30, 2017 21:25
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WickedHate posted:That's wrong, of course, they don't actually believe that, it just makes them feel nice and smug to imagine their penis enhancer is specially designed to take down Muslims. They probably don't even get that much out of it. They buy it (or receive it as a gift) for the novelty factor the same way Zombie ammunition and weaponry was a big thing for awhile. It probably goes on the shelf next to the neon green zombie ammo, the silver (plated) werewolf ammo, and the garlic filled hollowpoint vampire ammo.
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GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:There was also prison rape in the Shawshank Redemption. Yeah, and not the good kind like that happens to child molesters. The bad kind because it happened to a protagonist.
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Jan 30, 2017 21:56
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I actually forgot it was a shawshank redemption quote. I recognized the quote but thought it was weird the ad was supposed to be a guy breaking out of prison. I didn't even think rape until this thread started bellowing about it.
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Jan 30, 2017 22:00
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Croccers posted:Do what Australia does and just eat your national animals, duh. So spiders and snakes?
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Jan 30, 2017 22:01
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Agent355 posted:I actually forgot it was a shawshank redemption quote. I recognized the quote but thought it was weird the ad was supposed to be a guy breaking out of prison. I didn't even think rape until this thread started bellowing about it. I didn't even see it until the thread started in on it, since I don't use Twitter and don't go out of my way to read corporate Twitter feeds. So I'm going to guess that they knew exactly what the gently caress they were doing with it.
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Jan 30, 2017 22:14
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I didn't recognize the quote at all and it all I saw a very blatant oral rape joke. I hope they meant to pay homage to the movie cause that would make the whole thing pretty funny.
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Jan 30, 2017 22:53
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It's one of the most famous lines from the movie they are definitely referencing it.
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Mu Zeta posted:It's one of the most famous lines from the movie they are definitely referencing it. A 22 year old movie. How many people (kids) will have never seen it? How many people wouldn't remember the line? It was a dumb move, but funny for how dumb it is.
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Just because it’s a movie reference doesn’t mean it can’t also have unfortunate implications re prison rape.
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Platystemon posted:Just because it’s a movie reference doesn’t mean it can’t also have unfortunate implications re prison rape. This is the correct answer ed: I was going to post something else but this sint' the same thing as the "companies that are cirlcing the draine" thread.
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The real question here is, why the hell would Jolly Rancher choose to pay homage to Shawshank Redemption of all things?
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Rough Lobster posted:The real question here is, why the hell would Jolly Rancher choose to pay homage to Shawshank Redemption of all things? Because nobody wants their terrible candy and they're desperately looking for any kind of relevance? I guarantee that slogan was approved specifically to generate controversy and get people talking about their brand;
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plainswalker75 posted:Because nobody wants their terrible candy and they're desperately looking for any kind of relevance? I guarantee that slogan was approved specifically to generate controversy and get people talking about their brand; Not so, lots of people buy Jolly Ranchers to drop into cheap vodka to make cheap fruity liqueur:
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food court bailiff posted:I didn't even see it until the thread started in on it, since I don't use Twitter and don't go out of my way to read corporate Twitter feeds. So I'm going to guess that they knew exactly what the gently caress they were doing with it. plainswalker75 posted:I guarantee that slogan was approved specifically to generate controversy and get people talking about their brand; gosh guys, this sure is really dumb marketing that we've been talking about and reposting for a page and a half, lol, do they realize how dumb they look right now? hahaha what a mistake, amirite?!
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I unironically wanted to buy some jolly ranchers so I guess it worked on me.
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food court bailiff posted:gosh guys, this sure is really dumb marketing that we've been talking about and reposting for a page and a half, lol, do they realize how dumb they look right now? hahaha what a mistake, amirite?! Truly, real bad marketing will never end up in this thread because discussing it automatically makes it good. I don't even know if I'm being sarcastic right now.
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Chitin posted:Truly, real bad marketing will never end up in this thread because discussing it automatically makes it good. There's some bad marketing that is unintentional, and there is some bad marketing that is designed explicitly to get a bajillion clicks on a corporate Twitter feed that nobody would ever, EVER look at otherwise. Now, sometimes it can be hard to tell, but in this case - where a giant corporation made a joke about prison rape, complete with a cartoon illustration, to advertise their hard candy, and then left it online for DAYS after it was pointed out how creepy it was - what do you think the intention was? Rockman Reserve has a new favorite as of 19:07 on Jan 31, 2017 |
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food court bailiff posted:gosh guys, this sure is really dumb marketing that we've been talking about and reposting for a page and a half, lol, do they realize how dumb they look right now? hahaha what a mistake, amirite?! The puppetmaster defense, but for advertising "Hahaha I made this ad bad intentionally, you idiots, and now you're talking about it! No way I hosed up a joke and accidentally did something offensive or anything!"
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:The puppetmaster defense, but for advertising Again, it looks like that tweet was up for three days. There was nothing accidental about it, it's foolish to think otherwise. "Y'know I really like American Idol, but it's so UNPROFESSIONAL how they have those Pepsi cups out on their desk all the time! Don't they know how silly that looks? Unrelated, I'm kinda thirsty!"
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The only bad ad is one you talk about, but can't remember the company name. By that logic 'get sucking or get dying' is a great ad. But the iconic commercials where a gorilla beats up suitcases, terrible.
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What are some ads that actively drove consumers away the product? On a personal level, I can think of two ads that caused me to switch away to another brand, although they were both for successful products.
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Jaguars! posted:What are some ads that actively drove consumers away the product? On a personal level, I can think of two ads that caused me to switch away to another brand, although they were both for successful products. General Motors does this on the regular but as a child of the midwest in the 80s and 90s like hell I'm going to buy one of those loving cars are you kidding me
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Jaguars! posted:What are some ads that actively drove consumers away the product? On a personal level, I can think of two ads that caused me to switch away to another brand, although they were both for successful products. Nationwide's "Boy" Superbowl ad was such a whiplash of bummer that I distinctly remember people tweeting about how they were switching off their service.
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