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SomethingFishy

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33. Coke could have used a different message to sell their crap...

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 07:23 PM

Feb 2014

That they chose this is a sign of progress. I didn't watch the game but I saw some of the commercials and if you ask me it looks like advertisers were doing their best to slip in plenty of progressive/liberal ideas into their message. The Coke spot, the Axe "make love not war" ad, The Bob Dylan "made in America" ad, the Cheerios interracial ad...

It could have been way worse, Coke could have used "tits" to sell their product but they didn't.

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You might be a hopeless, hate-filled piece of shit IF... [View all] Barack_America Feb 2014 OP

What does patriotism have to do with selling sugar water? LeftyMom Feb 2014 #1

dunno, but the ironic thing is, to get coke like it used to be, you have to get the kind made in dionysus Feb 2014 #2

The product is one thing, the message is another. Barack_America Feb 2014 #4

It's a commercial. The message is "buy Coke." LeftyMom Feb 2014 #23

Coke could have used a different message to sell their crap... SomethingFishy Feb 2014 #33

The ad got a hell of a lot of notice and the whole country is talking about it. Kablooie Feb 2014 #25

That "Sugar Water" is America to a huge portion of the world OmahaBlueDog Feb 2014 #44

As Annette Bening said in the film "The American President" A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #3

Thus describing the limbaugh... MrMickeysMom Feb 2014 #43

Ummm...they've printed the labels in multiple languages many times OmahaBlueDog Feb 2014 #45

Arabic coke bottle; A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #46

Don't be fooled by a sweet commercial, it's manipulation. Whisp Feb 2014 #5

The commercial was sweet. I'm not going to buy more Coke products. Barack_America Feb 2014 #8

who me? I'm not spitting mad because of the different languages. Whisp Feb 2014 #10

Not you, "one". I misspoke. Barack_America Feb 2014 #16

I'll still enjoy my Coke Zero tonight and not lose a wink of sleep. nt TheMathieu Feb 2014 #19

We'd never buy Coca-cola but that was a great ad malaise Feb 2014 #31

They love America like OJ loved Nichole. JNelson6563 Feb 2014 #6

Indeed! FiveGoodMen Feb 2014 #29

What if a corporation was cunningly using diversity to sell you their stuff? Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #7

You think the people freaking out on twitter are pissed about the HFCS? Barack_America Feb 2014 #9

Uh-huh. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #11

Yep. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #13

While true, we're talking about htep eople punching htemselves in rage over the commercial mentioned Scootaloo Feb 2014 #20

That was really well put. GoneOffShore Feb 2014 #30

Inspired by at least three cats I have owned Scootaloo Feb 2014 #32

"Debbie downer bullshit" Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #36

Well, people do have the ability to choose whether to purchase a product or not. Skidmore Feb 2014 #35

Oh they want Coke to Cha Feb 2014 #12

Coca-Cola Inc's ONLY objective was to play both ends against the middle... cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #14

I loved Coke before the commercial. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #17

While exploiting workers and natural resources. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #41

Just because I like the commercial doesn't mean I'm going to become a zombie and liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #18

As always, there's an XKCD on that. jeff47 Feb 2014 #15

HA! IrishAle Feb 2014 #27

I read that one of the languages in the ad was a Native American language. Even better okaawhatever Feb 2014 #38

I drink Moxie, that singular tonic from New England, detested by millions. D-licious!! King_Klonopin Feb 2014 #21

Remember this . . . aggiesal Feb 2014 #22

Gotta be ignorant of American heritage to think those languages are "foreign" here. n/t Beartracks Feb 2014 #24

Nah, no one is truly hopeless. nt Deep13 Feb 2014 #26

Can someone please enlighten me? Soundman Feb 2014 #28

It's about the song "America the Beautiful" being sung in other languages, which brings up the okaawhatever Feb 2014 #40

Thanks, Soundman Feb 2014 #48

if you support union busting companies frwrfpos Feb 2014 #34

Well said indepat Feb 2014 #37

Americans sure love wallowing in melodrama 1000words Feb 2014 #39

Just a point of order, if you are a linguist nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #42

Thus began the great corporate soda wars. Rex Feb 2014 #47