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40 Times Companies Got Roasted With Such Witty Comebacks On Social Media, This Twitter Page Just Had To Share Them (New Pics)
Brands and corporations around the world have embraced social media as a tool to communicate directly with their current and potential customers, but the public hasn’t always embraced them back. There are lots of reasons why a brand’s social media communications might fail, but when they do, accounts like Brands Owned on Twitter are always there to take pictures and appreciate the damage.
Some of these burns might be cheap shots or just innocent witty banter, but in some cases, internet commentators take the opportunity to highlight very real issues with these brands’ and corporations’ operations.
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Chihuahua Mama 2 years ago
Always kills me when big companies try to pin climate change on the regular individual
Mr Red 2 years ago
I do not fully agree, it is the many individuals not changing their consumption that allow these big companies to act this way. It is very much a shared responsibility.
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TomCat 2 years ago
Oh God, I can still see the underwear camera of the oil spewing out in the Gulf.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
The audacity of these huge corporations asking us to calculate our carbon footprint. It's not us. It's you creeps.
Valek Fermiga 2 years ago
It's the mega rich that also hold a lot of responsibility- private jets, high fuel consumption cars. Multimillion pound companies need to be held to account as well. For the time being, the " average " individual is just doing the best they can....
NetworkNate 2 years ago
it is our jobs as consumers to reduce the influence we bring into these big corporate giants.
Peter Ledoux 2 years ago
Lets see, I'm confined to an electric wheelchair. Beat that you limo riding jet flying ?/? for a carbon imprint.
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
I saw a job ad for a Sustainable Procurement Lead for of these oil and gas companies … all I could think was how absolutely thankless and soulless that role would be.
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Chihuahua Mama 2 years ago
Probably not given that it's on the BP article about brand fails
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PurplePringle 2 years ago
I'm not sure why you got a downvote so here's an upvote to at least make it not negative
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Susan Robinson 2 years ago
The ONLY way I can see this as being responsible in any way is it the tennis court was made of a material that would biodegrade into something useful: food for fish, something to assist the growth of the coral reefs, etc. I have actually seen where people will submerge a vehicle (for example) that helps the coral by giving them something to grow on.
Susan Robinson 2 years ago
BTW, did you know there are people in the world who don’t know that coral reefs are a living ecosystem? I live in the USA but am very concerned about our coral reefs, as they show the health, or lack thereof, of our oceans ☹️ I wish there was more that I could do 😢
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 2 years ago
No one, more trash in the ocean. Great idea Adidas /s
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Ken Beattie 2 years ago
This is an interesting one. It's a promo stunt obviously but it's set up to draw attention to recycling. On one hand it's good that it's getting discussed and highlighting the issue of plastic waste in the oceans. On the other it seems pretty hypocritical making a big chunk of floating plastic and putting it in the ocean. Cynical me sees it as mostly virtue signalling from Adidas, and an attempt to lure environmentally conscious customers. But I can't see that actually working.
Valek Fermiga 2 years ago
Well done, you've dumped a huge bit of recycled bits shaped like a rectangle in one of tne most naturally beautiful areas in the world. Greta Thunberg is 100% going to be endorsing your products from now on....
#3
keepgoing 2 years ago
Elon Musk should definitely do something about the racism going on in his company. Please, however, do not put all South Africans in one basket. The ironic thing is that most people are unaware of the racism against white people in SA, the corrupt government who even ENCOURAGE "kill the whites" etc. The country has gone down the drain with corrupt people in charge. Stop blaming the whites, the uselessness of the country it its own doing with incompetent idiots running the show.
Min 2 years ago
I'm guessing either you're too young to remember apartheid or maybe you didn't think it was such a bad idea. Really hoping it's the former and not the latter.
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Valek Fermiga 2 years ago
Racism is unacceptable behaviour ANYWHERE in the world in the 21st Century, it's as simple as that, doesn't matter if it's next door or the President, it simply shouldn't happen....
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Bit of devils advocacy here, I wonder if this is not deliberate racism so much as systemic. By this I mean they're not actively saying "You're black so you work in sector D". Rather it might be "You have this education level, so you work in sector D". It's not overt racism but it effectively creates the same result. As for the slurs, that needs clarification. Who is using them? Supervisors, coworkers? What race are the people using them?
Michelle Reynolds 2 years ago
Everyone loved Elon until he wasn't quite the liberal darling they all thought he was.
K W 2 years ago
Many of us never liked Elon because we could see he was an egotistical jerk but at least he appeared to be a somewhat competent jerk. The change in public opinion now is related to the curtain being pulled back to reveal not only is he not the genius a lot of people said he was but he is actually a giant idiot. And regardless of politics, he's gotten stupidly petty in the last couple of years.
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LizzieBoredom 2 years ago (edited)
It would be great if he goes to Mars, but bad if the first Earthling Martians meet is Elon.
Admiralu 2 years ago
Several lawsuits because of it. They don't need to explain things to you
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 2 years ago (edited)
Elon Musk is actually heir to a politician who was anti-Apartheid when being anti-Apartheid was not socially acceptable. His estranged father's share in an emerald "fortune" cost $40,000, although it proved VERY profitable. Elon's wealth, however, was created by writing a travel-software product, Zip2, with the help of angel investors who invested a total of $3 million, including eventually his Dad, who invested $20,000. (As Chief Technology Officer and co-founder, Musk made $22 million when their product was sold for $350 million.) With the money he made from that, he became fabulously wealthy by co-creating X.com, which eventually merged with other on-line banking tools to become Paypal.
Russell Tilling 2 years ago
Well-researched and thank you Bruno! Nice to get some *actual facts* in contrast to the puerile, judgemental name-callers who are no better than kindergarteners!
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MaximumKarmaSaint 2 years ago
I honestly hope that was the topic and he sends it to them in a pdf!
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Ivo H 2 years ago (edited)
McDonalds should probably start selling aloe vera to have plenty of it at hand to treat this burn
Biana Weatherford 2 years ago
The McD's in my town starts employees at $14 an hour. And pays up to $22. I have a degree and work for the university here. I make $23. (but I don't smell like fries at the end of the day)
David H 2 years ago
you do know that corporate doesn't set the wages, the local franchisees do? with the exception at the handful of stores owned by corporate.
Tamra 2 years ago
Corporate could, however, mandate a decent franchise-wide minimum wage to be paid, just as they mandate all other major aspects of the franchises.
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
In case anyone wonders how this turned out: Kellogg's did NOT fire anyone. They did, however, THREATEN to replace workers who continued to strike after Kellogg's gave into the union's initial demands. The union agreed to the contract.
Chloe Patt 2 years ago
3c raise per person that's $42 per month or $504 per year for the 1,400 people fired. Somehow I'm skeptical about the claim that the CEO picked $42 over 1,400 people. Maybe he poster meant 3% raise..? Now that would be more believable - ive worked in multiple corporates and 3% raise is defo the upper range so that's nothing to sniff at. Unless these 1,400 people were used to bigger % raise which I would understand.
Nona Wolf 2 years ago
You are correct - Kelloggs offered a 3 PERCENT raise... not 3 cents. BP is entertaining another fake outrage story. Here is a link, if anyone cares to see the story https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/07/kellogg-strike-workers-pay
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Antoinette Maldari 2 years ago
Store brand cereal is just as good and way cheaper. Easy to boycott Kellogg's.
This approach to corporate/brand social media communication is a relatively recent phenomenon with a few different names, including brand humanization, personification, and anthropomorphism. In a practical sense, each of these practices seek a similar goal: making a brand, product or corporation seem like it has an individual character/personality.
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Hphizzle 2 years ago
Weren’t they just complaining 2 minutes ago that everything is going to c**p because of over population?? Make up your mind major news outlets.
Gin 2 years ago
Hah - how else would they create news? Though in fairness it might be slowing down but we're still growing and it is still a problem!
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ColorEd 2 years ago
How about we started thinking a bit more about the people that ARE around?
Dodo 2 years ago
But that would require businesses to actually do something.
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Sean 2 years ago
who cares about people that dont exist? you gonna start collecting your left over cum so you dont commit genocide?
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 2 years ago
Every sperm is sacred... 🎶🎵 PS: from Monty Python's Meaning of Life
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Scott Riley 2 years ago
People who are never born will NEVER be missed as they do not exist. They will be spared a terrible life of Global Warming, dwindling resources, and the dying off of most of the life on our planet due to the people who were born.
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Zedrapazia 2 years ago
What even is the concurrence? Apple is overpriced büllshit and Linux just exists without anyone ever giving it attention. It's Windows or nothing at this point
The Scout 2 years ago
The problem is that windows still has a kind of monopole although even Microsoft already admitted Linux is the technically superior system. Unfortunately it is also coming from the non-profit noosphere, and is thus uninteresting to software companies, so they do not develop for it. In short: Linux does not pay, so it is marginalized. There is a reason it is preferred by lots of IT specialists and computer nerds.
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Joe Average 2 years ago
Yep. Give Kubuntu a ride too. That's my favorite.
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The Blue Spirit 2 years ago
A big clap for the red lines and circles. I don't know what I would do without them /s
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
I can see this question being omitted very soon as MS continues it's move to a subscription style OS. I made the move to Mint and (for me) it's a steep hill to climb, but this is from an an old guy who started with 3.1. But thus far it seems far superior to Win10. MS, I believe, is overplaying it's hand. With cellular devices (including tablets, etc) becoming the preferred device for nearly everything, computers will probably go back to being a device for business use only aside from folks who own a laptop for those pesky websites that refuse to optimize for mobiles. Gamers will continue to be held by "the short and curlies" by MS until there is a Linux distribution available for them. As a company, MS has/will become a victim of their own arrogance, and it's about damned time.
Joe Average 2 years ago
Steam supports a lot of games that work great on Linux.
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Mir Adwari 2 years ago
I'm sorry, but I honestly don't know if that's a compliment or an insult. Is it a good or bad thing to suck balls?
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Colin Matthews 2 years ago
I’m the same. I always mark these as zero. Who talks about this stuff? Why do the companies ask dumbass questions like that
Aggressive Butterfly 2 years ago
"Beautiful day today isn't it? Have you ever considered using Windows 10?" -a perfectly normal greeting
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Jonny Man 2 years ago
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Social media isn’t the first or even the most culturally prevalent way in which companies have tried to achieve this. In the past (and to this day, some companies relied on charismatic or influential leaders to give them a human face. Consider Steve Jobs at Apple or Elon Musk at Tesla. Other companies have opted for mascots, like Mr. Clean, most child-oriented breakfast cereals, or the M&Ms mascots.
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Seabeast 2 years ago
Yeah, he really looks like he's suffering in that photo. Poor fellow, I bet that's last season's suit he's wearing. /s
Joey Marlin 2 years ago
Aw, but he's probably so very worried about how he's going to buy yet more property so that he can fleece his tenants with exorbitant rent! How is he ever going to compete at the 'who has the biggest yacht' parties?
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
I don't have a problem with the 2020 loan; I have a problem with forgiving 101% of it in 2021.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Sadly it was the "mom and pop" landlords that suffered during Covid not the big ones like this guy. I know of one (owns two properties that he's still paying off to the bank) and one of the tenants wasn't paying because "can't work during covid". There was a govt plan to cover rent for people left jobless by covid but the tenant had to apply for it, the landlord couldn't. The tenant refused to do so, and the landlord couldn't kick him out because "no evictions during covid". So effectively the landlord was paying for the guy to live in his house because the tenant was to lazy to submit a form.
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jiajun xiao 2 years ago
I would recommend all movie studio executive to stop making/remaking sequels/remakes. Ars gratia artis, art for art's sake, and not 'art' for money's sake. :(
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I'd start by looking at what makes an IP (story/character) popular before turning it into a movie. I'd hire creatives who shared that vision then trust them to execute it rather than interfering. So for example, start by not turning Superman into an angsty, red and blue version of Batman. And yes I know Superman is Warner not Universal, it's just an example :P
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Ren Karlej 2 years ago
I do love seeing this one again and again on BP... there are no official government or council-level rules on parent and child parking in the same way you’d get for disabled parking spaces. Parking in a supermarket car park is managed and enforced by the supermarket itself, or by a private parking management company. That means it’s not illegal to park in a parent and child space without a child. But you could get a Parking Charge Notice (PCN), the same as you would if you overstayed in a car park. Who knows why they parked there - car park could have been full when they arrived in an emergency or they could be totoal kn0bheads...
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
The car park looks pretty empty to me. I used to be a police officer in a very busy city, and if it was an emergency, you’d definitely just park anywhere, and as close to where said emergency is. So maybe they had to run in quickly for a violent shoplifter? I don’t know. Might explain their wonky parking!
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I’mSoEmotional 2 years ago
So you call for police to come to your emergency where your child is being assaulted. Do you want the police to drive around until they find a “legal” parking place and likely taking minutes off of their response to you or are you okay with them parking “illegally” while they rush to get to you? This happens a lot to officers with people also complaining about cops speeding. The officers are rushing to a 911 call but observers don’t know that so they call to complain. Should they slow down and take extra time to get to you or should they hurry?
Stephen Smith 2 years ago
I think a better photo would have been them coming back to the car with their sandwiches.
Niall Mac Iomera 2 years ago
The police are not necessarily subject to the law in the way citizens are. If they were responding to a situation, this is perfectly fine.
What’s different about the social media trend is that it’s happening in a space where the public is being engaged. Brands are inviting people to respond to their questions, but some of them aren’t getting the responses they were hoping for! The creation of a brand identity that people can engage with and talk to opens a whole new can of worms in terms of brand communication.
#13
Krakr 2 years ago
And whoever made an animal crossing live stream as welll
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Thom Serveaux 2 years ago
I've always loved how my husband smells. A few dates in he told me he uses the chocolate axe body spray. I love him just as much but my respect for myself has taken a hit.
Nikole 2 years ago
Chocolate?? I’ve seen that in women’s body sprays but didn’t realize Axe had that scent option. Sounds lovely! Are you in the U.S.?
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RosenCranzLives 2 years ago
I once, long ago, knew a girl who smelled like a good leather jacket and apple cinnamon pie. It's been 40 years and she's still the best smelling human I've ever hugged.
Tuesday's child 2 years ago
What's axe? Is that a hardware company? How would some hardware company attract anyone?
#15
Pamela24 2 years ago
Breaking a wheelchair is literally like breaking someone's limb. Hope she got her money back to be able to get a new one.
Jaya 2 years ago
And a lot of extra money to compensate for the horrible experience. Not only does she have to get a new one (or get it repared), she might also be unable to do anything until she gets the new one, so if she was on the way to her vacation, she's likely to be unable to do anything during her vacation at all.
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Wheelchair athlete 2 years ago
Every single day 63+ wheelchairs are broken by airlines in America. It is unacceptable. It strips us or our autonomy and dignity. It is a fight to get compensated for the damage, but even if I got my money back 100% of the time, it would still be a massive violation to my body and ability to live freely. Airlines need to do better. This is such a fear for me that I havent flown since becoming a wheelchair user because I cannot risk it. Insurance won't cover a new wheelchair of the same quality as my current one, so if my chair were to be damaged it may ruin me
Wandy101 2 years ago
I'm so sorry that this is happening!! I assumed that ALL airlines would treat a person's wheelchair with great respect and care. There is no excuse for this destruction, and it has far reaching impacts on peoples quality of life.
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I can't believe this sort of thing happens, people in wheelchairs should be able to go on holiday without fear of their mode of transport being broken - that's a disgusting fact which I never knew....
Alexandra Davis 2 years ago
And Sophie Morgan (tv presenter in the UK) has too. I've had my chair damaged by delta too and my shoulder dislocated by an American airport worker getting me on a plane (even after I warned him to be careful!) I'm flying in august and already panicking about my chair as it's the only time it's not either next to me or I'm in it. Though I've heard easyJet are good, so I'm hoping they prove that right. Flying as wheelchair user is so anxiety inducing
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I've heard about these wheelchair damages far more than I should have. How incompetent or uncaring can people be at airlines?
Cathy Homan 2 years ago
As a mobile device user I'm actually afraid to fly for the first time in 42 years
Peter Ledoux 2 years ago
Money back in weeks? I live in one too. Someone would find my a*s a seat right quick.
These entities, at their core, are powerful profit-oriented enterprises. Naturally, this means they can make ethical missteps that the public will disapprove of, and when they try to later represent themselves as affable individuals, the public can still remember and address their past injustices.
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frederick clause 2 years ago
Where I am there are so many great independent coffee shops that I think the only reason anyone still goes to Starbucks is that is another illusionary status symbol.
xolitaire 2 years ago
I remember a youtube short of a college kid working at Starbucks crying and shaking in the bathroom because he had been working double shifts for weeks with only one other coworker there to help out. He explained that he had barely slept, balancing full college days and taking over all the shifts and how there was no one to talk to about this since there was no union and he couldn't afford to lose the job. The best part: people in the comments called him a weak snowflake who would never survive in the "real world"
Laurora Borealis 2 years ago
I worked for Starbucks in 2006, and for standing on my feet for 8 hours straight, forcing on my smile for s**t customers, and being abused by the manager, I got a whole $7/hour. I mixed things up and experimented with discovering the inner workings of this magical place
Yali-girl with weird name 2 years ago
Dont know why you were downvoted for sharing your experience, but your daughter is lucky to have found a nice job :)
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Bored Trash Panda 2 years ago
Starbucks coffee is expensive sugary nastiness. I'll take local coffee shops over that bs any day.
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Susan Robinson 2 years ago
Yeah, except they raise the prices and then say, “with your Plus card, you could have saved 50 cents!”
Laurora Borealis 2 years ago
Walmarts low prices are direct cause of then paying their workers such a low wage, that most of them actually qualify for welfare
Megalodon Meg 2 years ago
I worked at Kroger and got 7 bucks an hour but also snagged a husband out of it so thanks for doing the bare minimum in 2010 I guess. Their generics do slap though.
Michelle Reynolds 2 years ago
Kroger is trying to buy Safeway/Albertson's in the US and if that happens, it will literally be a grocery monopoly here in my state. We will only have overpriced organic stores like Whole Foods.
Sven Grammersdorf 2 years ago
I was actually paid very well and got great benefits when I worked at Kroger, though that's probably due to the fact that we had a union
Phyllis Turbin 2 years ago
Well of course you have to jump through hoops for cheaper groceries (store card, downloading their app, clicking on the specials, etc.)
RoseAnne Hutchence 2 years ago
Pay more when you go grocery shopping = a greater percentage of profit for the company = higher wages for employees. You choose.
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Ren Karlej 2 years ago
Well, the CEOs do need their massive bonuses and gargantuan salaries... how on earth could they buy a bigger yacht than their neighbour otherwise? Would be terrible for them.
Rainwing_Demigod 2 years ago
Ah yes. The poor, suffering CEOs. I don't know how they live in such horrible conditions. *clears throat*
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Jennifer Clark 2 years ago
Lots of popular shows get canceled after 2 seasons because that's when they have to pay the actors a lot more.
Majungasaurus 2 years ago
No, it’s actually due to Netflix’s goal of attracting new subscribers. They don’t care how many current subscribers enjoy the show - if it doesn’t bring in new business, it gets cancelled.
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detective miller's hat 2 years ago
I was annoyed for a bit when I heard Netflix was starting to crack down on people sharing accounts, but then I realised I haven't actually watched anything on Netflix in ages because there is in fact noting decent to watch.
Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
I'm still mourning and am in denial of Mindhunters. I keep hoping I'll see news of a season 3 though it's officially been years since season 2 was released.
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BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
Yes!! That was such a good show. I'm sooo tired of getting a really good premise set up then axed
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Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
Still grieving The Society, it was the show that made me give up on watching new netflix series
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
This is a terrible argument. They *need* to keep making shows because other companies are creating their own platforms and pulling content. And you can't magically know a show will be a hit. I do however, wish they'd give shows longer to find their legs instead of cancelling them after one or two seasons.
Michelle Reynolds 2 years ago
Cutting of sharing subs has sure worked out for them. Subscriptions are way up! X(
DetongLhamo 2 years ago
Stop sucking up to Z list former actresses and their useless husbands and instead produce content made with intelligent people in mind.
Despite these risks, there is research out there indicating that this strategy can provide positive results. According to a study republished on Science Direct, “The results indicate that brand anthropomorphism is a valid predictor of outcomes such as brand trust and brand commitment. Finally, in support of incremental validity, it is identified that the [brand anthropomorphism scale] explains variance in brand trust and brand commitment above and beyond the measure of brand anthropomorphism commonly employed in the literature.”
#19
Carl Roberts 2 years ago
I blocked Penguin Random House when they announced they would be censoring/ altering 100 year old books.
Lauren Wilder 2 years ago
PEN America and publisher Penguin Random House filed suit against Escambia County School District over its removal and restriction of books from school libraries following a wave of book bans backed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
justmemorticia 2 years ago
I need a bleach for my eyes. Such heresy! Whoever did this deserves to step on a lego.
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Hphizzle 2 years ago
“Is your lemonade made with real lemons?” “ Are your Girl Scout cookies made from real Girl Scouts?” Addams Family.
Bored&InSchool 2 years ago
"made from real girl scouts" is the only kind of cookies I want :)
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Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I like Taco Bell, partly because I think of it in its own genre and not real Tex-Mex. But their fire sauce is a complete joke. It's not even low-burner hot.
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
Well if you're talking about spices that exist in the world for a long time then I think it can be
okpkpkp 2 years ago
As a teenager when I knew I'd be away from home for a few days (don't ask) I'd put three shirts on and dowse my armpits with my dad's Old Spice Cologne. A girl I got close to said I smelled great. This was the late 60s or early 70s, so Old Spice has been around for decades, lol.
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Mario Strada 2 years ago
"A study shows..." is code for "what you are about to read we made up whole cloth"
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Give me a break, Forbes. Like this wasn't happening on company property/time before WFH became a must. You've just outed yourselves as naïve nitwits.
Jane No Dough 2 years ago
Employers stealing or employees stealing, both are messed up. What I want to know is which MegaCorps are financing these Sus AF "studies"?
Budcot 2 years ago
And companies are devastated to learn that people actually don't work for the love of the company. If productivity is down that much then they would fire the individuals, but as they can't identify them it seems they are making mountains out of molehills. Honestly, the amount of money companies waste on pulling, gathering, interpreting and presenting statistics is insane, the only purpose is to watch employees and if, with all that data they can't tell someone is slacking off then why does it matter if someone is squeezing some joy out of life?
Load More Replies...What all of this means is that IF a brand manages to successfully create a friendly or otherwise memorable and pleasant public-facing personality, they can count on that impression to influence consumers’ decisions when they decide how to spend their money. This is a goal that many brands hope for but, as we can see in this list, few actually achieve!
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Ren Karlej 2 years ago
The person next to it looks to be altering the position.
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Sum Guy 2 years ago
Looks like 2 flags on one pole the one in the reflection is the one at the top
Krásnoočko Zelené 2 years ago
That might actually be the case, thanks for pointing it out!
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Rahul Pawa 2 years ago
If that's edited, they did an amazing job. You can see the window lines through the flag. I think more likely the reflection is a separate flag pole. The IKEA here has three flag poles out front.
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
I'd say this isn't edited, actually. The pride flag is lower on the mast, the Romanian flag is at the top of the mast, and that is what is being reflected. If you look at the reflection, you can't see any more flagpole above the Romanian flag, whereas, above the pride flag, there is plenty more pole that should be reflected too. So it's just a matter of angle/perspective.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Too many corporations are cowardly backing away from their support. Perhaps we should back away with our money. Looking at you Target.
Seán Hannan 2 years ago
Looks to me like they have a Romanian flag at the top of the pole and they've affixed the Pride flag half-way up it.
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starsailor (they/he) 2 years ago
yeah. if i order the tomato soup and my tablemate orders a lobster and 2 pound steak, that's not fair.
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Majungasaurus 2 years ago (edited)
If i’m splitting a bill, I just pay for my own meal :p servers can give you a split bill like that if you ask (although please let them know before you order because it’s a pain in the butt to split seats up at the end of a service)
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Riley Quinn 2 years ago
That doesn't even make sense in this context, Google. It's like comparing apples with Lego blocks.
AwesomeLeoWife 2 years ago
Wealth/wages should be proportional to the amount of risk/investment into the company. Low level employees get paid the least, though they work hard, because they are not responsible for major decisions and have the ability to just walk away at no risk or loss.
Majungasaurus 2 years ago
I mean sure but…..they’re still doing all the work. Those responsible for big decisions and risks should absolutely be compensated fairly, (though often they’re being overpaid to make uneducated decisions that heavily impact the workers despite not even knowing what the workers do for them) but…..the workers are the ones doing the work and creating all the value, and absolutely need to be paid more. We need to stop paying suits so much to have meetings and stroke each others egos and give each other raises, and pay the people who are actually doing the work that keeps the company afloat. I think that was the point :) correct me if you disagree
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Suna Amun 2 years ago
You seem to be really angry about not just one thing, but everything. You just as everyone else are allowed to go where your views are honored and if you think where you live is communist, then you should move to a place that is staunchly republican. I don't understand how posting inane messages on BP is going to help you do that, it just makes other people think you either need medication, or haven't been taking your prescription.
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MushroomHead22 2 years ago
but can they tell us what's the harm in sucking cow ti*ties? i mean they need to let that milk go or the cow will be in massive pain... once the milk is out what they want to do with it? throw it out? i mean at that point it's something that was naturally produced, which what they're all about.
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
Unless it's pasteurized, cow milk isn't safe for humans to drink.
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Jonathan MacFarlane 2 years ago
I've never drank milk once in my life, and I'm seriously starting to consider doing it right next to PETA just to drive them insane.
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
No, PETA does this. Hypocrites of the first order. Terrible people. And it's an udder, not a 'boob.' I hate that word.
Cat lover 2 years ago
What happen to this peta thing? Does someone can give me brief and objective explanation?
Biscuitbot 2 years ago
I interned with PETA UK and they were just a group of super compassionate people trying to bring awareness of suffering. Also worked closely with PETA India and had the same experience. There's been smear campaigns against them for decades now though
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago (edited)
This might sound weird from someone who is white af, but I am SO happy to see Asian representation in Hollywood finally. A24 does fabulous work, and I'm so glad that Everything Everywhere All at Once took Best Picture in this year's Oscars and that Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Daniel Kwan also took Best in their respective categories. (I'm not a huge fan of the Oscars, I'm kind of against them, but still am happy to finally see Asian actors/directors get the acknowledgement they deserve!) Simu Liu is a great actor and Shang-Chi is a pretty entertaining movie, even if you don't like superhero films!
InfiniteZeek 2 years ago
It is not weird that you are white af. You do not need to be Asian, Latin American, or of any minority to see and recognize discrimination; you just need to be a decent human being which I believe you to be from your comment.
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Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
I LOVED him when one of his first roles was Kim's Convenience. I'm so happy he's getting better roles now. And of course that stock photo company is trying to step in and be like, "oh we discovered him first!"
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Hmm, did he sign a contract agreeing to the payment or did they scam him out of payment? Because if it's the former that's on him.
Frank Ropen 2 years ago
How much did he get payed for acting in a Marvel film compared to the VFX teams?
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MushroomHead22 2 years ago
For great liquid cooling, try iced water. Coffee will just make you thirstier.
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
From Harvard's School of Public Health: "While water is always the best choice for quenching your thirst, coffee can count towards your daily fluid goals. Although caffeine has a mild diuretic effect, it is offset by the total amount of fluid from the coffee."— https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/food-features/coffee/
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Laurora Borealis 2 years ago
Keep in mind that the iced versions of drinks are literally half the amount of the drink, so the ice can fill the rest of the space. But costs the same. Quite a racket they got going on there
Cory Kent 2 years ago
I'm not sure how much Dell is an issue now, but about a decade and a half ago I bought a Dell desktop. In the process of adding something to my machine a single pin on one of the connectors (those old 16 pin or whatever number it was) got bent. I contacted them and they emailed me a return shipping label, and said to put it in a box and mail it back to them (no charge to me), and the next day a new tower as delivered. Would companies do that today?
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I never had a problem with Dell Support. Had an issue with a monitor, contacted them, got a prompt reply. After a bit of back and forth problem solved. That said, I never had to return it under warranty for repair.
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NetworkNate 2 years ago
mcd I worked at years ago, cleaned it every 2 weeks - twice a month, and half decent or hardly much at all.
Leigh Hogan 2 years ago
Then they're afraid it'll break if they clean it. [Or I'm just a paranoid when it comes to undertrained people staffing restaurants of any variety. Seems so very ... salmonella-y.]
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Ethan Shotts 2 years ago
Yeah, sometimes the ice cream's machines do break but most of the time it's just defrosting and if you want your ice cream it'll be literally a liquid so we just say it's broken so people don't get super mad at us but then they do because nobody wants a "broken" ice cream machine, but now I just say it's defrosting
Leigh Hogan 2 years ago
Well done, my friend, well done. I would be far more willing to try again later if the machine isn't chronically broken but being maintained.
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Suna Amun 2 years ago
What corporation is paying you to liken fair wages to communism? Because if the answer is none, I honestly don't get how you feel this helps you personally. At least in communism, when the people suffer, so do corporations. I'm sure you conveniently leave that out. I don't know why you'd like to live in a capitalist place where the only goal is to squeeze as much money as they can manage until you die, but you are desperately alone in that want. That's why you have to come here and canvas your opinions, I guess.
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Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
You don't sit and wait, it's not a bleeding land line! - you put it on speaker and charge and get on with your day.
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Wheelchair athlete 2 years ago
Getting me out safely? Tell that the the hundreds of wheelchair users you've fų€ked over by destroying their wheelchairs (in essence their LEGS)
Show thyself 2 years ago
5h - impressive! My current record is round about 3h - then the voice switched from "please wait" to "you're calling outside of our opening hours"
Author SJ Baily 2 years ago
"Safely out in it"?!?! Is that the best verbiage they could come up with?
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Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
Does anyone else remember those bizarre BK ads from the early 00s that said "wake up to the King" and literally had an average single dude fully expecting to be alone find a guy in this creepy costume next to him in his bed? I was around 12 when I saw them, and I thought is was the weirdest marketing choice I had seen in my life at that point. That is not the right way to promote a new breakfast menu, Burger King!
Caroline Driver 2 years ago
We dont' have Wendy's in the UK any more, but when we did, I liked their burgers, and their cloudy lemonade
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Seabeast 2 years ago
Well sure, they use slaves, but they inclusively use trans slaves, so it's all good!
Anna Ekberg 2 years ago
Mondelez are being boycotted here in Sweden. They are still doing buissness with Russia i think.
Remi (He/Him) 2 years ago
The boycott is starting to spread to Finland as well. They're paying nice big tax rubles to the Russian gov and thus indirectly financing the war. Plus as we all know the Russia is basically the opposite of anything 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ inclusive.
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Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Nestlé, Cargill, Barry Callebaut, Mars, Olam, Hershey and Mondelēz [Nabisco’s parent company] have been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed in Washington DC by the human rights firm International Rights Advocates (IRA), on behalf of eight former child slaves who say they were forced to work without pay on cocoa plantations in the west African country. ---https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-people-exist-oreo-cookie-virtue-signals-while-parent-company-faces-child-slave-labor-lawsuit
Wheelchair athlete 2 years ago
Trans-inclusive radical slavery (TIRS), a better way to enslave
Robert Miller 2 years ago
They closed the American plant that made Oreos for decades and moved it to Mexico .
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Regulus Black 2 years ago
I heard they were making a live action of Angry Birds movie, the villain does look scary
two-sided llama 2 years ago (edited)
dont worry garibaldo will take you to his "safety basement" and he will "take care" of you
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zak 2 years ago
Is that the grandma who texted the young guy by mistake about Thanksgiving, and then ended up inviting him to dinner, and they've made it a yearly tradition? That's a nice story
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Yeah it is, but I can't imagine turning it into a movie/show. Unless they're adding artificial drama to it.
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Kitten Fenerty 2 years ago
Yes Zak. It is a nice story. Now we all know it by reading your sentence. Why the hell does Netflix think we need to watch that for 2 hours lol
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Lana Lana Banana 2 years ago
Then, they're sweet. They'll get back together.
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Tiny3000 2 years ago
Short term memory loss, I think she had it since she was a child
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PlatinumTheCat 2 years ago
How dare you, both moon pies and candy corn are delicious
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April Pickett 2 years ago
You can declare anything anything all you want. It doesn't mean it's happening.
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Anon822209 2 years ago
Eddie/Suzy Izzard has been one of my favorite comedians for decades. She's hilarious and smart and was wearing heels on stage way back in the 90s.
starsailor (they/he) 2 years ago
idk any trans comedians (pls give recs), but i like john mulaney and jim gaffigan
CP 2 years ago
Eddie/Suzy Izzard. She goes by both names. Her dress to kill special is hilarious.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
...uh... Dave Chappelle is... definitely not trans.
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Screaming Pumpkin guts 2 years ago (edited)
Why do people keep hating on oatmeal raisin! Its just a freaking cookie
TeenieMeanie 2 years ago
Because they look like chocolate chip cookies to me. Instead it’s just sweet disappointment.
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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
In case you didn't know, you can make oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips. And they're awesome.
Boatswain Bill 2 years ago
Ever hear of "oatmeal raisin?" One of the best cookie recipes in the free world.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago (edited)
Raisins are disgusting in general and are a sin when placed in cookies. They are tiny wrinkled sacks of vaguely chewy cloying grossness. I'll die on this hill.
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Makayla VerMulm 2 years ago
Why would anyone eat DRIED grapes when you can eat JUICY, FRESH ones!!
marianne eliza 2 years ago
Our family cookie is oatmeal chocolate chip. Been eating/making them for 63 years. They go fast around here. Use Quaker recipe, omit cinnamon and nutmeg, add more oats, and semisweet chocolate chips. Refrigerate at least an hour to allow oats to soak up liquids.
The Bearded Viking 2 years ago (edited)
Ok...this will be controversial and no doubt garner haters galore, but out of all the cookies available at that place being alluded to here...Oat Raisin is my equal favorite. I don't know how so many, mainly Americans and Brits, don't like them. Where I'm from, when I order them with a delivery meal, often some have been changed to others because they run out of oat raisin! I Love your roasts, Wendy's, but this time, the raisins have left you holding your own plums 🫐
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Sum Guy 2 years ago
Seems like someone "built their own pizza" and didn't include anything but the topping
Upstaged75 2 years ago (edited)
*None pizza, left beef. :) (I'm not crazy, this is a meme. Just google it. Very funny.)
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Dirk Daring 2 years ago
If you've never seen the saga of "None Pizza with Left Beef" you are missing out on a good laugh.
Jane No Dough 2 years ago
A Domino's delivery driver killed my great uncle and paralyzed my granddad in a head-on collision. Pizza delivery policy was delivered in 20 minutes or delivery guy got stuck with the bill.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
Yeah, back in the 90's they had to get rid of the "30 minutes or less or it's free" guarantee because drivers were causing accidents trying to make it on time. Drivers would get their pay docked every time a pizza ended up being free. One of the dumbest marketing strategies ever!
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René Sauer 2 years ago
*lol* I watched both dominoes and papa johns fail in my city. And Pizza hut doesn´t exist here, either.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
There's a message there, no? Their pizzas aren't fit to eat.
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I've never understood the appeal. I guess I've lived in too many cities with real pizza that I've never had to stoop this low.
Libstak 2 years ago
Been thru it too many times. Latest was their $8.95 pepperoni with promise of 100 pieces of their already ultra thin slices. Counted 28 on mine. It doesn't matter what they promote their franchisees never honour it. Same happened with their supposedly ultra thick shakes a few years ago. Got one about as watery a fat free flavoured milk and so little flavouring I got the barest hint of strawberry every few gulps. They are going down, clearly they are too expensive to buy into and manage and their quality oversight is non existent.
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Majungasaurus 2 years ago (edited)
Honestly. Don’t hate me. But I truly love me an Angry Whopper. (I live in the middle of nowhere, even the nearest traffic light is 2.5 hours away - I love fast food so much and I’m not ashamed lmao, I get it like 2-3 times a year. Would kill for a Big Mac right now.)
Earthquake903 2 years ago
Every single time I give Burger King a try, I am always disappointed. Burgers are either cold or just taste off.
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Sabrina Longo 2 years ago
I think it might be Rowlings very anti-trans stance that makes this a cringe.
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oddly_informed_raven 2 years ago
saying that trans women aren't women is very much transphobic, also what erasure of the word 'woman'?
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Wilf 2 years ago
Disagreeing, in itself, is not a phobia. But when you use a very public platform to attempt to restrict the rights and protections of another group based on the completely spurious logic that giving that group those rights somehow takes them from another (cis women), well then, it becomes a phobia.
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Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Is that truly how health plans work? Noone under 40hrs a week is eligible?
wowbagger 2 years ago
In the U.S., the federal government requires companies above a certain size to provide benefits to all employees who work full time. (And that was considered a huge step forward when it passed!) Many companies keep employees just below that number of hours so they don't have to provide benefits.
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HolyDiver 2 years ago
Walmart's business strategy is to pay a low enough wage for the employees to qualify for state/federal aid. They profit and the government subsidizes their employees wage. NAFTA was passed under Bill Clinton the former governor of Arkansas which is Walmart's home. After NAFTA, Walmart switched from US products to Chinese. They purchased more products than the entire GDP of Germany. Hillary Clinton was on the Walmart board of directors prior to this. Follow the money...
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 2 years ago
Kinda related because pokemon and walmart- I got these super cool vans-looking shoes from Walmart with a Pikachu pattern on them, they're my favorite shoes
zovjraar me 2 years ago
from what i remember, working at Target, you had to hit a certain number of total hours worked in a year to qualify for insurance. i think it worked out to 36 hrs/week. and in 2000, when i worked there, you couldn't qualify for insurance until you hit your 1 year mark.
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DE Ray 2 years ago
It's Hot and it's Ready. Nobody claimed it was good. (But seriously, Little Caesars is still better than Sbarro.)
Em 2 years ago
What on earth? Sbarro's is great if you can still find one. Little Caesar's tastes like someone baked some cheese on cardboard.
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Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
I love Little Caesar’s! Much prefer it over a couple of the other big chains
ADHD McChick 2 years ago
I actually love Little Caesars. Much better than Papa John's or Domino's. It's my second favorite, right behind pizza hut. Plus their Crazy Bread is absolute FIRE.
DisguisedDragon 2 years ago
Ngl I have a weird love for Little Caesers 😅 well actually it’s prob cuz I only had papa johns for YEARS and I now hate it
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Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
I'm kinda imagining an actual fist fight between stick KFC guy and cartoon's popeye and it's not looking very good for kfc
Boatswain Bill 2 years ago
Nope. Popeyes owns you, KFC.. So hard that I've seen you be run out of town.
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starsailor (they/he) 2 years ago (edited)
lets give each other soprano nicknames >:D mine would be Finger Guns Charlie because my name is charlie and i like making finger guns
LovelyLittleLesbian 2 years ago
I love the name Charlie! And finger guns! You seem awesome ❤️
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𝖊𝖜𝖔𝛋 2 years ago
I might sound ignorant asking this, but how does making a bunch of logos rainbow-coloured and posting pictures of products with rainbows actually help people in the LGBTQ+ community? The standard response is it raises awareness, but does anyone think this actually helps change anything? Genuinely curious, I see it as an opportunity for companies to get some good PR, but i’m not a member of the community and i don’t know if I should have an opinion on this or not! I should have asked this in the “ask” post the other day
starsailor (they/he) 2 years ago
most of the time it's just gimmicky rainbow capitalism.
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Junebugjump! 2 years ago
I can’t wait for Musk to return to whatever slimy sludge pond he emerged from. He is disgusting.
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Susan Robinson 2 years ago
I WISH I had 4 dentists as friends…although if they saw my teeth, we wouldn’t be friends any longer ☹️ Not being able to afford dental care in the US is a huge problem. And no, I have never smoked meth
Majungasaurus 2 years ago
Hello from Canada, we get free healthcare unless it’s eyeballs or teeth :( I’m a recovering alcoholic so I have some dental problems, I’ve been saving up for the $7000 surgery I need. So angry I have to pay for something so basic and vital - now I get how Americans feel (not bashing you guys, just sympathizing ❤️)
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Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
The great irony is, a lot of retailers have discontinued selling the refills.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Wouldn't making a concentrate to be mixed on demand in a reusable spray bottle be the optimal solution?
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Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Welcome to the world of the oldsters! When we subscribed to cable lo those many years ago, we did it because it was commercial free programming. Well, guess what?
Em 2 years ago
I mostly did it because it's where the interesting shows were. Still don't get the big deal about ads, tbh.
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John L 2 years ago (edited)
In case anyone is interested, I had this question as well. They don't have ads....for their own content (if you pay for no ads). The ads you are seeing is content that they host from other channels. Like NBC's Law and Order. Hulu shows it, but they essentially lease the content, so they show ads as part of that deal. Unfortunately for me, most of the content on Hulu that I watch, isn't Hulu's content.
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Susan Robinson 2 years ago
Anyone want to explain what this means? Or am I in the minority that just don’t get it
Dodo 2 years ago
The person doing the Chipotle social media is using it to stay anonymous while stalking their ex. Meanwhile, workers who actually worked hard haven't been paid.
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whatever 2 years ago
Stop with the downvotes you insecure a-holes ! My hatred of Bud-Light has nothing to do with "what-the-f*k-ever", it just taste like watered down p**s.
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Rob Miles 2 years ago
I mean, good on Budweiser for the inclusivity (I mean that sincerely), but it still amazes me that the only reason Conservatives stopped drinking that swill is because of a face on a can that they never even saw in person!
Owen 2 years ago
But after the backlash, they almost immediately stopped the campaign. Not really being inclusive, just trying to make money.
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M O'Connell 2 years ago
Has Arby's changed at all? I haven't eaten there in a decade because I could get a higher quality roast beef sandwich literally anywhere else.
ADHD McChick 2 years ago
I think they've gotten worse, tbh. Seems like every time I go now, there's huge globs of jelly-like fat in my sandwich. The meat itself is still delicious. But those fat globs just gag me, and instantly put me off my meal. After the last time it happened, I haven't been back in a while. They must be using cheaper beef. And that's really saying something...
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Lana Lana Banana 2 years ago
Arby's is F*****G DISGUSTING. F is For Family got that s**t right 💯
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Stardust she/her 2 years ago
There’s a Youtuber named Jarvis Johnson and he’s made a few videos looking at brand on social media and they’re funny. You should go watch the videos
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Susan Robinson 2 years ago
If you want to bring your own snacks to the theater, then by all means…but clean up after yourself!
Ryan Winters 2 years ago
I saw a family with a full Popeyes meal in the theater, and yes I was jealous and amazed.
Cammy Mack 2 years ago
Movie theatres - give it up. We're going to bring our snacks in whether you want it or not. Switch to selling hot food with popcorn as a side.
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Hannah Marshall 2 years ago
I still use Lynx (UK version of Axe) cos it's cheap and I wanna smell like "an angsty teenage boy" (that and I don't like the smell of most other sprays. Women's ones are the worst, which is why I use men's.
Ducklord88 2 years ago
Just want yall axe haters to know in avengers endgame ant man asks tony stark if he is wearing axe body spray and tony says yes sooo if iron man is wearing axe i think i might wear it too lolol
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Wintermute 2 years ago
They're like this because you retweet it, and now I'm aware of something called Dude Wipes. F**k you Rob.
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Susan Robinson 2 years ago
What does wetin dey happn mean? I am 47 and obviously clueless 🤷🏻♀️ Wow, that was hard to type without autocorrect zapping me!
Some black giirrrrllll 2 years ago
I think it's pidgin English and it means what's happening
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Nona Wolf 2 years ago
Kellogs offered a 3% raise - not a 3 cent raise. Save your outrage until you can do basic math.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
While you are correct that it was 3% and not 3 cents, do you understand how little 3% actually is? Let's say you're making minimum wage in my state, which is $15.50. 3% of that is 47 cents. 47 cents more per hour. That's a whopping $3.76 more per 8-hour shift. That is NOT a livable wage increase at all.
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