I'm not stupid enough to pay for stuff I could easily see for free. I have no sympathy for the gullible simps who spend their money on that garbage.
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So if MEN didn’t keep making it profitable would they still keep putting up photos of themselves?
What a dumb business model...oh well, women just don’t understand bidness. 🙄
And I’m sure many of those are the exact same ones protesting beer ad sexism. I just saw some random claim that on a message board, so it’s gotta be legit.
Then why the complaining about "sexist beer ads" if the women involved participated under their own free will?? Can't have it both ways...Male nature is male nature. None of us would be here posting without it.
EXACTLY why A-B must be stopped before they start forcing Equus into grade school libraries and classrooms!
I’m pretty sure the references to sexist beer ads flew right over your head as you were too busy liking the super-convincing notion that the Dylan pushback is because it’s insulting to women.
Carry on.
The women in my life... including my wife...feel insulted by these cheap knockoffs. Perhaps they're anomalies.
You’re right.
But the little secret women know if their IQ is at least room temp is that men don’t think with their brain...that’s how they’re made.
To ensure the survival of the human species, of course. It’s been a spectacular success. 😉
Fortunately I attended Kate Sullivan Elementary in Tally, before teaching accurate history was banned, and we already learned that the urban legend about Catherine the Great’s death was and remains fabricated myth.
FACT CHECK: Was Catherine the Great Killed by a Horse?
Did Catherine the Great die attempting to engage in sexual intercourse with a horse?
www.snopes.com
It IS insulting to biological women.
The reason(s) are multiple and all are reasonably plausible.
Guess the men over the centuries who have used their big heads to build the society we all enjoy don't count. 😉
WB, Fair enough. These things don't really influence me all that much either, but that's you and me as individuals... obviously, as seen by Bud light, it can have a huge impact on general public. The question that I posed on the thread is: "What purpose does a business pushing any social or political agenda serve?" The primary goal of any business is make profits, pushing a social or political agenda places that primary goal at risk, and that makes on economic sense at all.
The purpose of advertising a product is to generate more sales. In that measure, Anheuser failed in a colossal way. Truthfully, the advertisement doesn't make me want to boycott Anhueser, but it doesn't make we want to buy their beer either.
If the owner CEO of Chik-fil-a, who definitely has conservative views, started including pro-life messages in his adverstisments, he would be putting his profits at severe risk. IMO, the blowback would be huge. Again it would not make economic sense.
On a side note: not a craft beer guy, but I actually love an ice cold Budweiser (not Bud Light) , I also love an ice cold Coors Banquet... I could go either way, depends on my mood, but that advertisement doesn't influence me to buy Budweiser.
Snopes? Really??Fortunately I attended Kate Sullivan Elementary in Tally, before teaching accurate history was banned, and we already learned that the urban legend about Catherine the Great’s death was and remains fabricated myth.
FACT CHECK: Was Catherine the Great Killed by a Horse?
Did Catherine the Great die attempting to engage in sexual intercourse with a horse?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I heard it was Queen Elizabeth 1.Fortunately I attended Kate Sullivan Elementary in Tally, before teaching accurate history was banned, and we already learned that the urban legend about Catherine the Great’s death was and remains fabricated myth.
FACT CHECK: Was Catherine the Great Killed by a Horse?
Did Catherine the Great die attempting to engage in sexual intercourse with a horse?
Maybe it’s because I went to Catholic school and she was one of those mean Protestants.
Hmmm we’ll never know because over the centuries women weren’t allowed to use THEIR big heads and in about half the world Neanderthal men still don’t allow them to.
Even more comedy, dude says they were learning about Catherine the Great's death and by consequence aspects of her sex life in elementary school.... yeah.... sure they did. LMFAO.
Nowadays it wouldn't be surprising.
Kate Sullivan was awesome! We also learned that later in life there might appear message boards where we’d encounter humans too clueless to decipher finely played humor.
The motto could be: "Give yourself a hand, you deserve it"
Finely played humor?
😂 now THAT part IS funny.
Why do I get the impression that you sat by yourself in the cafeteria more than once...
If so, I'm sure it wasn't his fault... all the other kids were meanies...
Careful there Mom, aren’t you She Who Protests Against Personal Insults, whenever you’re not throwing out “bait”?
lol
Back when I used to work at Publix, Kate Sullivan's teachers would occasionally bring their classes in for tours. I always felt sorry for the kids for their poor field trip budget.
I feel gypped. We almost burned down the school when I was 8 and they wouldn’t take us to the first Publix Grand Opening at the Northwood Mall, but the kid who was supposed to bring the gas used it all in his newfangled power mower. Loser.
I remember that Publix. I was a junior at FSU and my boyfriend (future hubby) and I did a publicity photo shoot where we posed as a happy young couple shopping in Tallahassee’s newest grocery store.
The fake smiles were something else. I think we made $25 each 😬
But on the other hand, think of the great knowledge they obtained as 8 year olds, being reflective about their gender and realizing they can be male, female or a little bit of both. These are all questions that 6-8 year olds should ponder to help guide them to a bright future.
Then throw in history lessons about Catherine the Great's love life, they could debunk the great myths that Catherine did not practice beastiality, but could focus on her sexuality and numerous sexual partners.
These youngsters were truly empowered. Imagine what "show and tell" was like in that class. LMFAO! Finely played humor, indeed. Pure comedy
The teachers probably take them to Hustler Hollywood nowadays.
Great indeed! Even before the debut of Red Dragon, our teachers warned us about the dangers of Hannibal Lecter loitering daily outside the fence at recess.
Prescient!
There is no doubt the advertising strategy failed. Funny you mention chik fil a. I lived in Washington state and in the Seattle area there was one chik fil a store located in Bellevue. The line to get in the parking lot was always ridiculously long. I asked around why they hadn’t developed more stores and was told it was because of the company’s views on same sex marriage and the thought was that people out there wouldn’t support such an organization.
Move ahead 5-7 years and there are 10 current stores with another dozen in the planning stages. The moral of the story is that most consumers have a very short memory. Especially if they like your chicken and waffle fries.
Bud Light and Tarjay will be fine if they stick to their base mission which is to sell their products. It’s just a matter of time and focus.
I had to go back and find the post, it is over a month old. In the month since my post, Bud Light sales have continued to fall so it appears that your question has already been answered. Additionally, the pushback from the LGBTQ community following BL's marketing "do over" seemingly indicates sales will not receive a bump from any new customers.
few questions for you based on your response:
1. Why do you feel the followers are primarily kids? I am not on TikTok or Instagram, so I have no reference point to base who follows whom on those platforms.
2. The campaign, similar to the rainbow cans, was done to "support" a segment of society. Why do you feel they are "very" different other than one was a group done in a national marketing campaign and the other was a singular person as part of an influencer post?
3. Of The 75% of your friends who refuse to purchase InBev products, was it the 2016 national ad when BL used a female to male transgender person or did they stop after they saw Dylan's Instagram post? Do they follow Dylan on social media or did they see the post somewhere else?
4. What is there a limit to? Influencers corporations should hire? Or the number of people we do not like?
No, corporations make political statements all the time. Sometimes with the products they make, sometimes with what they sell or won't sell, sometimes with their political lobbying. Generally, corporations try to stay within bounds of what is generally accepted by the majority of their potential customers as legitimate even if some customers have alternative viewpoints. Of late, a few have tried to purposely push the boundries for various reasons. And they have had pushback for doing that.
Folks on here are trying to make this something it is not. First, these examples are very specific to trans and what has been going on with children. It has nothing to do in general with gay people. And whoever thought up and green lighted these two small marketing plays were idiots and are probably fired as a result of their stupidity. Its great fodder for ideologues, but in the long run will just go down as stupid marketing decisions.
Gays were kept in the closet for most of history. There were and still are laws on the books against them. If they/we want to celebrate their newly won freedoms with parades and marketing campaigns, that seems to be a positive movement to me. As an aside, the more gays are allowed to be a normal part of society (gay rights, gay marriage) the lower their mental illness and suicide rates go.
More than a bit peculiar... you accuse me of stalking you, call me Hannibal, tell me to go away but then continually respond to my posts which are sent to other posters.... Its ok, I don't take offense because I know your commentary.
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Yeeesh...I vote we take it down a notch fellers...it’s a beautiful day and I am just exhaling and enjoying life. Doesn’t that sound like a plan?
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