darkSpyro

i guess

lemme ask you this: what DOESN'T piss people off these days?

i could go for a crystal pepsi rn

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i could go for a crystal pepsi rn

radical

just hearing the word pepsi.....


TRIGGERS. ME.

This does come off as pretentious and very "We...are Millennials....and we're gonna change the world."

JOIN THE MOVEMENT
PEPSI™ IS DIVERSITY
PEPSI™ IS SUBVERSIVE
PEPSI™ IS FREEDOM
CONSUME PEPSI™

drink pepsi to immediately stop all the world's problems

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This does come off as pretentious and very "We...are Millennials....and we're gonna change the world."

no, the problem is that kylie jenner gives the cop a pepsi, it's saying that cops are terrible people, but you can still make peace with them.

if millennials want to make "peace" so badly, then they should take their politics where it's actually needed, like it third world countries. for example, help actually oppressed women get into schools and learn to become doctors or scientist. The US, while not perfect, is a lot better than say...the 1960's, where blacks couldn't go into the same buildings as whites. We've reached a point where gays have equal rights. Perhaps its time for social change in places where it isn't as accepted? hmm?


sorry about ranting, it's just how i feel.

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Did they just make the video private?

looks like

here's another link for those that missed it. also includes a response form pepsi

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i could go for a crystal pepsi rn

and i could go for a crystal pepsi in my ass right about now but we dont all get what we want now do we

RIGHT NOW!!!

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Quote: HeyitsHotDog

This does come off as pretentious and very "We...are Millennials....and we're gonna change the world."

no, the problem is that kylie jenner gives the cop a pepsi, it's saying that cops are terrible people, but you can still make peace with them.

if millennials want to make "peace" so badly, then they should take their politics where it's actually needed, like it third world countries. for example, help actually oppressed women get into schools and learn to become doctors or scientist. The US, while not perfect, is a lot better than say...the 1960's, where blacks couldn't go into the same buildings as whites. We've reached a point where gays have equal rights. Perhaps its time for social change in places where it isn't as accepted? hmm?


sorry about ranting, it's just how i feel.

Nah, you make a good point.

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Sounds more like a Propaganda Ad.

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Did they just make the video private?

ive heard rumors that black lives matter got mad, so pepsi took it down.

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This is a far cry from the Pepsiman of old.

Pepsiman Propaganda > BLM Propaganda.
Just sayin

pepsiman dismantles the entire BLM organization and saves the world

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This is a far cry from the Pepsiman of old.

Pepsiman Propaganda > BLM Propaganda.
Just sayin

Exactly.

blm is a stupid movement, we didnt protest zookeepers when they shot harambe

Although, to be fair, it's not like there were any more Harambes left for zookeepers to shoot.

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Although, to be fair, it's not like there were any more Harambes left for zookeepers to shoot.

there's a little bit of harambe in all of us

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lemme ask you this: what DOESN'T piss people off these days?

^This.

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Quote: TheJMAN184

Pepsiman Propaganda > BLM Propaganda.
Just sayin

Exactly.

blm is a stupid movement, we didnt protest zookeepers when they shot harambe

pepsiman save us

The last time I had a drink of any soda, it was 2014. <.<

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Pepsiman Propaganda > BLM Propaganda.
Just sayin

Exactly.

blm is a stupid movement, we didnt protest zookeepers when they shot harambe

we should though

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Exactly.

blm is a stupid movement, we didnt protest zookeepers when they shot harambe

we should though

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we gotta kill this bastard

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we gotta kill this bastard

can u not be mean to kevin james

Maybe we could hire Mall Cop Kevin James to shoot Zookeeper Kevin James.

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I don't see why anyone is mad. Fastest ad ever.

I'm genuinely confused as to why people are pissed off at this. It's relatively harmless. Or am I just going crazy?

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I'm genuinely confused as to why people are pissed off at this. It's relatively harmless. Or am I just going crazy?

I think people are seeing it as making a mockery of the issues currently going on. There are people protesting a number of things lately (not to say they don't have a good reason). Then Pepsi comes along using these serious issues affecting people right now and uses them in an ad where a cop is given a Pepsi which seems to magically make everything better, which overly simplifies the issues and the solutions that people are trying to fight for. It is probably making people feel like Pepsi is trying to make a joke of their suffering while also trying to profit off of it.

Though what do I know, I just read the article. I didn't watch the thing.

I guess it's not really about the marketing person being out of touch of reality, but companies trying to profit off of social issues always rubs people the wrong way. For the former there are MANY examples out there of trying to get on with the times and failing, but this one takes a step ahead and tries to make it a cool thing that everyone can totally socialize over.

Or, as put by sonic_hedgehog:

It's weird how Open Your Heart automatically starts playing in my head whenever I look at that image.

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I'm genuinely confused as to why people are pissed off at this. It's relatively harmless. Or am I just going crazy?

I think people are seeing it as making a mockery of the issues currently going on. There are people protesting a number of things lately (not to say they don't have a good reason). Then Pepsi comes along using these serious issues affecting people right now and uses them in an ad where a cop is given a Pepsi which seems to magically make everything better, which overly simplifies the issues and the solutions that people are trying to fight for. It is probably making people feel like Pepsi is trying to make a joke of their suffering while also trying to profit off of it.

Though what do I know, I just read the article. I didn't watch the thing.

BLM is pissed off because pepsi portrays cops as good guys

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Although, to be fair, it's not like there were any more Harambes left for zookeepers to shoot.

there's a little bit of harambe in all of us

No

WE ARE HARAMBE

nah just kiddin

the only one who can save us

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the only one who can save us

PEP FIZZ

The best definition of privilege is when you don't think something's a problem because it's not a problem to you.

If you diss BLM, other movements, and the general populace for being "offended" by this "harmless" ad, then congratulations. You just proved their point.

Finally saw the ad and yeah I absolutely get why people would be bothered by it.

It's kinda making light and a mockery of actual social issues in the name of advertising a product that does more harm than good on the whole. It doesn't have the world's worst intentions (just off the top of my head, the Super Bowl commercial for the petroleum industry is pretty malicious) but it wasn't a smart move at all.