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    Advertising Gives Up

    Hugo Chavez Is Not A Fan Of Coke Zero
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    Image of Mad Due to No More Bonnets Mad Due to No More Bonnets
    11/02/09

    In reply to Advertising Gives Up
    Somebody alert Daniel Johnston! #advertising
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/02/09

    In reply to Advertising Gives Up
    This is not a brand, it's little dusty sign that's fallen to the floor and's been kicked to a corner. RED BULL... now that's a brand.

    RED BULL

    RED BULL

    RED BULL ON GAWKER

    RED BULL

    Red... heats the blood...

    Bull... SEX. SEX RED BULL SEX GAWKER

    This has been a public service announcement from your local ad council. (What *is* a local ad council?)
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    Image of goetz goetz
    11/02/09

    In reply to Advertising Gives Up
    Well, if I've learned one thing from crowd-sourcing it's that everything it accomplishes is of unimpeachable quality. #advertising
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/02/09

    In reply to Advertising Gives Up
    Urgh, Moutain Dew is just nasty.

    Couldn't the ad campaign be something like, "Liquid iridescent antifreeze that works like cocaine, but without the whoring and nosebleeds, maybe...we're actually not sure what this nuclear waste of a lighter-fluid tasting product is made of, so drink responsibly, or never." #advertising
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    11/02/09

    @Spirit Fingers: I'll give up my diet mt. dew when you pry it from my toothless, green mouth. #advertising
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/02/09

    @friendlynerd: Wow. There's like a study about what this crap does to kids living in the Appalachians. Seriously. Nothing the color of algae piss can be good for you. Nothing at all.

    And:

    @ManchuCandidate: I'll pretend "Crab Juice" doesn't exist in any lexicon. Right there with the nonexistent "Yoo-Hoo." #advertising
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    11/02/09

    @Spirit Fingers: I've seen that actually. They're not drinking diet, but the acid can't be good for the teeth either. #advertising
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    11/02/09

    In reply to Advertising Gives Up
    ...all in the name of connecting the consumer public with the brand image interactivity category extension dialogue Twitter Facebook engagement crowd-sourcing.

    This is the greatest single sentence fragment about modern advertisting strategy.

    #timeforanewcareerDraper
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    11/02/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: It's value added! #advertising
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/02/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: Two-way unmediated conversations #advertising
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/02/09

    In reply to Advertising Gives Up
    Hello to Patio-o--oooo! #advertising
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    06/11/09

    In reply to Hugo Chavez Is Not A Fan Of Coke Zero
    You know where Pepsi sell the most Mountain Dew? Appalachia. Apparently, they main line the shit -- "I need my DEW"! -- it's normal for one person to rip through 2 liters day. Along with the other various health problems such a habit causes, the Dew literally rots their teeth right out of their mouths.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    06/11/09

    @resipsaloquacious:

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    06/11/09

    @BookishLookish:


    Talk about target specific marketing.

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    06/11/09

    @resipsaloquacious: Those evil Mad Men sure were smooth.
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    06/11/09

    @resipsaloquacious: Diane Sawyer did a special on that area a while back and a portion of the special was on the Mountain Dew addiction people have there, It was extremely disturbing.
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    Image of MsMuffinMcGuffin MsMuffinMcGuffin
    06/11/09

    In reply to Hugo Chavez Is Not A Fan Of Coke Zero
    Cajun, you need to meet my man sometime. He lives for Diet Mountain Dew, our fridge is filled with the stuff.


    Better him than me ;-)

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    Image of suckonthat suckonthat
    06/11/09

    @MsMuffinMcGuffin: A friend of mine who drinks Diet Mountain Dew like water recently had her dentist accuse her of bulimia. After about 5 minutes of swearing up and down that she wasn't, she mentioned her beverage of choice and the dentist recoiled and literally yelled at her to stop, as it is apparently acidic enough to eat through enamel.


    And yes, this is diet and not the Appalachia style full sugar. Sorry to rain on MrMuffinMcGuffin's parade of urine colored soda!

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    Image of MsMuffinMcGuffin MsMuffinMcGuffin
    06/11/09

    @suckonthat: Yikes! Thanks for the heads up, dear, I really appreciate the info.


    MrMuffinMcGuffin will get a stern talking to tonight!

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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    06/11/09

    In reply to Hugo Chavez Is Not A Fan Of Coke Zero
    Since some of us are reminiscing about sodas of yore, can I get a shout out for Cactus Cooler?
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    Image of sparklyharempants sparklyharempants
    06/11/09

    @iplaudius: What about New York Seltzers? Holla!
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    06/11/09

    @sparklylegwarmers: Oh my, I had completely forgotten about those. So good (link). Didn’t they used to sell those at Subway? I can’t remember where we’d get them.
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    Image of yourfriendandneighbor yourfriendandneighbor
    06/11/09

    In reply to Hugo Chavez Is Not A Fan Of Coke Zero
    OMG--12 pack of Fresca. In my fridge. Right now.
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    Image of mfnher mfnher
    06/11/09

    @yourfriendandneighbor: Original or Black Cherry?
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    06/11/09

    @mfnher: I'm an "original" kind of guy, so I'm hoping that's the case.
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    Image of Trixie from Toronto Trixie from Toronto
    06/11/09

    @The Cajun Boy: I am hooked on Coke Zero and it doesn't give me gas. What does this say about me? Am I going to die?
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    06/11/09

    @Trixie from Toronto: Well, you're Canadian, so you have healthcare, which will definitely help you.
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    06/10/09

    In reply to Hugo Chavez Is Not A Fan Of Coke Zero
    By the look of him, he’s not a fan of diet anything.


    He’s got his branding down, however: Coke Zero is not the right image for Venezuela today. Tab, for example, would be far more in keeping with his regressive Bolshevik programme.

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    06/10/09

    In reply to Hugo Chavez Is Not A Fan Of Coke Zero
    Anyone down to make a few grand by helping me smuggle a truck filled with Coke Zero into Venezuela?
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    06/11/09

    @putyohoodup: Please do not forget to take Levi's and Elton John cassettes.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    06/10/09

    In reply to Hugo Chavez Is Not A Fan Of Coke Zero
    It's South America. Coke Zero is anathema.
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    06/10/09

    In reply to Hugo Chavez Is Not A Fan Of Coke Zero
    Those "taste-infringement" douchebags finally got to someone, huh.
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