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[Razorskin]

It's not sugar water.



It's a lifestyle product.

 

[Ros8105]

So powerful

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

What do their ads look like in the south?

on literally every piece of Pepsi advertisement on tv, gas stations, grocery stores, their trucks, multiple times in a single radio spot...

Desperate and pathetic.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

That's one long-ass ad.

 

[teh_pwn]

Soft drink ads tend to be horrible. Like that coke ad in theaters where a bunch of fit young people are singing like a glee club with troughs of food and sugar water. Those people don't eat that shit.

 

[Username1198]

Man that's bad. Cringe myself to sleep it is

 

[Maxey]

Was this ad made by robots? Holy shit.

 

[brianmcdoogle]

from twitter.

 

[ZeoVGM]

WHAT.

 

[Calm Mind]

How is this bad exactly? Seems like a perfectly harmless ad.

^^ Oh I get it. NeoGAF is out of touch. *insert Skinner.gif*

 

[Fat4all]

.

 

[Knightmarre]

You guys are laughing now but just wait till you find out a can of Pepsi was the key to peace on Earth.

 

[Aselith]

Hey we get it, guys. There are important social issues going on right now ill bet all that revolution works up quite a thirst though, huh?

 

[Confidence Man]

Need a gif of the cop doing the smirk at the end

 

[Rogan]

That was just stupid

 

[Boem]

So I'm out of the loop here a bit, judging by the reactions and the youtube comments. Who in the world is this Kendal and why am I supposed to hate her?

This ad though: yeah, it's a lot of very beautiful people happily protesting...a lack of pepsi among police officers? At the very least I like that it's a diverse cast, but man, yeah, a big soda corporation trying to make these protests sexy when there are actually giant real life things happening now...that's weird. Definitely bad taste, or at the very least a major misjudgment.

But I still feel like there's something I'm missing.

 

[Schlorgan]

I'm so confused...

Edit: by the ad, not the reaction.

 

[Stereogatari]

Every stream was main.

 

[NateDrake]

So a Pepsi will bring peace and end all social and political conflict? Or is the enjoyment of Pepsi something all people have in common? What is the ad trying to say?

 

[Fat4all]

stupid sexy protest

are they protesting coke?

 

[ZeoVGM]

How is this bad exactly? Seems like a perfectly harmless ad.

^^ Oh I get it. NeoGAF is out of touch.

It doesn't sound like you get it actually.

 

[Corpekata]

Is Pepsi ok?

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

*considers seriously never drinking soda again*

 

[HStallion]

I can't wait for the Under Armor commercial where the KKK guy needs something to whick away the sweat under his robes and hood while he burns crosses.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

So I'm out of the loop here a bit, judging by the reactions and the youtube comments. Who in the world is this Kendal and why am I supposed to hate her?

Kim Kardashian's half-sister

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

.

lmfao

 

[Camjo-Z]

I actually laughed out loud.

 

[Boem]

*considers seriously never drinking soda again*

That's a good thing. Join us healthy people. There's room for everyone. Soda does you no good in the end. Treat it as something for kids and you'll be better off.

Maybe not those kids you're giving all your soda to but screw em.

Kim Kardashian's half-sister

Ah, right. Huh.

This shit gets weirder all the time.

 

[El Topo]

stupid sexy protest

are they protesting coke?

Haven't you taken a look at their signs? They're protesting for love and want others to "Join the conversation".

 

[Kayhan]

Pepsi: "hello, fellow rebels against the capitalist system"

 

[Aquavelvaman]

As a millennial, I love connecting with brands online!

 

[BY2K]

Huh, am I missing something?

What's wrong with the ad?

 

[brianmcdoogle]

 

[newtypepilot]

"this protest brought to you by diabetes"

LOL

WTF were they smoking? How fucking out of touch and tone deaf do you have to be to approve this ad?

 

[Blood Diamonds]

holy fucking shit

 

[TheOctodad]

I watched the long one first and the first bit I was like, "this isn't so bad." Then the end was a total "WTF!"

Then I watched the short one and it was just the end without any of the context - way worse.

 

[BlastProcessing]

The Revolution will be corporatized.

 

[Cat Party]

The fake protest signs are the highlight imo

 

[Corpekata]

Huh, am I missing something?

What's wrong with the ad?

I'm struggling to see how anyone can think this ad is remotely normal.

It at first glance looks like something the Onion would make to make fun of companies bogarting social ideas and real life problems to sell you crap.

 

[Zornack]

Huh, am I missing something?

What's wrong with the ad?

Protesters cheering at at a cop drinking a Pepsi offered to him by a model.

Tone deaf to the extreme.

 

[MisterNugNug]

Blue Cans Matter.

 

[dan2026]

Look at their fucking Space Marine armour.

Are they off to fight Tyranids and Orks after that photo?

 

[NullPointer]

It's not sugar water.

It's a lifestyle product.

Marketing/Advertising is fucking weird.

 

[Kinyou]

Co opting the image to sell soda is probably not the best idea...

Isn't it more like this one?

If only he had a pepsi

 

[louiedog]

edit: ^ heh

Co opting the image to sell soda is probably not the best idea...

I think the inspiration probably goes back to Vietnam protests.

 

[Firebrand]

"Ma'm, I'll have a Coke."
"Is Pepsi okay?"
*pepper spray*

 

[gerg]

In a capitalist system, corporations will co-opt social movements to sell product.

 

[besada]

The revolution will not only be televised, but tweeted, and reconstituted to sell you soda.

 

[Fat4all]

Isn't it more like this one?

If only he had a pepsi

I dunno if they'd appreciate having pepsi being poured down their gun barrels.

 

[Galang]

Mess at anyone missing what the outrage is for. You can make a bunch of cases against the commercial, but even ignoring those... the inclusion of the police at the end of this is fucked up. They really tried it