Did the Pepsi commercial actually.. Work?

[littlepotter 75,130]

We all know about the infamous Pepsi commercial that took the Internet (a.k.a Tumblr) by storm because... Well people were offended (shocker!)

It quickly turned into a meme where people would joke about 'offering' Pepsi to someone when they're having any problem to instantly solve it.

Interestingly, that was the first of quite a few scandals that happened these two weeks. Trump sent missiles to Syria, Spicer had no idea Hitler gassed the jews, Burger King literally triggered people('s Google devices), and of course there was that minor incident involving a plane, a doctor, a literal DRAG and lots of blood.

In comparison, the Pepsi 'scandal' started looking more and more tame, and people started using it as the punchline to many jokes involving these incidents. Missiles dropped on Syria? Just send a plane full of Pepsi cans to ISIS and end the whole war! Innocent passenger beaten on his flight? Get Kendall to give him a can of Pepsi and problem solved!

I've started seeing the Pepsi jokes everywhere on the internet. Like literally under *every* youtube video. People seemed to have forgotten the controversy and only remember the joke.

Doesn't this achieve the exact goal of the ad? It turned into a meme, and that's the biggest achievement an ad can do these days. More people are talking about it, often not in a negative sense, and that's just loads of promo!

What do you think about how things turned out?

[Ricardo 7,819]

it might have worked for them in the end but that doesn't mean it was planned this way all along 

[Cailleach 2,974]

Just because people are talking about it doesn't mean they are going to buy it and drink it 

[littlepotter 75,130]

2 minutes ago, Cailleach said:

Just because people are talking about it doesn't mean they are going to buy it and drink it 

'Just because people see an ad on TV doesn't mean they're gonna buy the product '

We all think that, yet companies still spend MILLIONS on ads. Clearly creating buzz works. That argument is not ours to discuss.

[benKo 3,359]

I felt really sorry for Pepsi to receive this huge ****-hurricane for something like this and now I have another confirmation for how fast people forget about such things. It's all right as long as people can rage about simplicities... 

[cryingrainbow 1,136]

I think you have a lot of free time, sweetie.

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No warning points for this gay pls 

 

[Gaga Monster 13,001]

7 minutes ago, Cailleach said:

Just because people are talking about it doesn't mean they are going to buy it and drink it 

Its actually the exact opposite. Companies spend tens of millions of dollars for stupid commercials just so people would talk about them which leads to people buying their stuff.

[Dayman 6,174]

I mean like. I did end up buying Pepsi over Coke - that never happens. So, maybe? Idk, I don't know when I'm being manipulated by advertising tbh

[Creyk 17,805]

16 minutes ago, Cailleach said:

Just because people are talking about it doesn't mean they are going to buy it and drink it 

It's pepsi. Of course they will.

[littlepotter 75,130]

10 minutes ago, cryingrainbow said:

I think you have a lot of free time, sweetie.

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No warning points for this gay pls 

 

Um... yes I do, I'm on spring break? And apparently you do too since you're on this site?  like what's the point of this comment 

[cryingrainbow 1,136]

15 minutes ago, littlepotter said:

Um... yes I do, I'm on spring break? And apparently you do too since you're on this site?  like what's the point of this comment 

i was kidding 

[Panchecco 17,626]

a true reverse pepsi kardashian expedition 

[StrawberryBlond 14,830]

I only just saw that ad today. The outrage over it is so predictable and overblown. It's really telling how some people tried to claim it was co-opting the BLM movement for commercial reasons. That tells you what these so-called SJW's really think about social justice. They think it's mostly all tied to people of colour. Why protest over anything other than black empowerment? As we all know, there's no other issues worth protesting about! /sarcasm

The ad was a bit ludicrous, of course, as are a lot of ads from big name brands but to act as if it was trying to whitewash BLM or co-opt their movement is ridiculous. There's all different reasons to protest and the ad went for the most universal one - general world peace. That way, it connects everyone, which is one of the main goals of Pepsi. Absolutely nothing wrong with inclusion, it should be encouraged, actually. For BLM supporters to be so self-centered to make this all about them once again paints a really bad picture of their cause and only turns more people against them. For all that whites are constantly being told that they try to make everything about themselves and only care when something affects them personally, BLM is sure making a case for that themselves. They see a protest and assume it's for something they believe in and when it's not, they're outraged that someone's protesting about something other than what they want? WTF?

But I will say, that I've never been tempted to buy Pepsi. It tastes like watered-down Coke. I only drink it when Coke isn't available, as do many others. Asking for a Coke in a restaurant and the response "Is a Pepsi ok?" is heard pretty frequently around me when I go out. When there's both options available and people still drink Pepsi, I'm like, why are people drinking the inferior Pepsi when there's perfectly good Coke sitting there?

[littlepotter 75,130]

1 hour ago, StrawberryBlond said:

The ad was a bit ludicrous, of course, as are a lot of ads from big name brands but to act as if it was trying to whitewash BLM or co-opt their movement is ridiculous. There's all different reasons to protest and the ad went for the most universal one - general world peace. That way, it connects everyone, which is one of the main goals of Pepsi. Absolutely nothing wrong with inclusion, it should be encouraged, actually. For BLM supporters to be so self-centered to make this all about them once again paints a really bad picture of their cause and only turns more people against them. For all that whites are constantly being told that they try to make everything about themselves and only care when something affects them personally, BLM is sure making a case for that themselves. They see a protest and assume it's for something they believe in and when it's not, they're outraged that someone's protesting about something other than what they want? WTF?

I agree but I don't wanna elaborate bc god forbid someone decides to quote me I'm on vacation no time for debates

1 hour ago, StrawberryBlond said:

But I will say, that I've never been tempted to buy Pepsi. It tastes like watered-down Coke. I only drink it when Coke isn't available, as do many others. Asking for a Coke in a restaurant and the response "Is a Pepsi ok?" is heard pretty frequently around me when I go out. When there's both options available and people still drink Pepsi, I'm like, why are people drinking the inferior Pepsi when there's perfectly good Coke sitting there?

Am I the only one who literally doesn't know the difference? they're both the same to me. Plus I'd never voluntarily drink caramel soda over orange or lemon soda

[StrawberryBlond 14,830]

7 minutes ago, littlepotter said:

I agree but I don't wanna elaborate bc god forbid someone decides to quote me I'm on vacation no time for debates

Am I the only one who literally doesn't know the difference? they're both the same to me. Plus I'd never voluntarily drink caramel soda over orange or lemon soda

Well, thanks for agreeing. I run into a lot of bother when I post this kinda thing, generally. Anything that goes against what you're told to believe and the generally accepted wisdom is frowned upon. As a liberal, I can't stand this blanket thinking that has covered this political stance. Liberals used to be about free thought and finding out the reality of a situation instead of just automatically believing what you're told. Not anymore. Just because someone's from an oppressed group doesn't mean that they're always right or have done their research or have more than their own interests at heart. I'm a female feminist and even I don't go around acting like every woman is virtuous and is automatically right because we're not!

As for the difference between Coke and Pepsi, Coke is definitely a sweeter, stronger taste. I've heard this quite often from Pepsi fans - they think Coke is too harsh of a taste, they prefer the more toned down taste of Pepsi. And I'm all like: "Lightweight!" That's not all, though. Some people must have different taste buds because I've got a friend who genuinely can't tell the difference between Coke and Diet Coke. Now, I hate diet fizzy drinks, I think they're tasteless, but given the choice, Coke is the only one that has a halfway decent diet variety. But it's still nowhere as good as the sugar variety. No amount of sweeteners can replace the great taste of genuine sugar in drinks. Bad for you and all, but tasty. The only reason people (mostly women) drink diet drinks must be because they want to skip the calories, I don't get why someone genuinely prefers a watered-down taste. It's like, why are you punishing yourself? Honestly, some diet varieties are so tasteless, I'd rather drink fizzy water. I swear it has more taste.