Altoids Vs. 'Nillas: The Choice Is Yours

Yesterday we polled you all on your picks for the new white racial slur, which will be expected to restore parity to our current racial insult imbalance. The runaway winner was "Altoids," with about 28% of the vote ("Osmonds" and "The Casians" finished second and third, respectively). But—there was a revolution in the…
Altoids' virtual gay pride advertisement
Exploiting two marketing trends in one go, Altoids, maker of curiously strong mints, is curiously sponsoring virtual gay pride month in Linden Lab's Second Life along with the obligatory parades and accoutrement. In an apparent attempt to one up Yahoo's gay avatars, the Altoid "parade" is more gay avatars (a pirate…
