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The Deadman
01-20-2022, 05:43 PM
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/590560-mms-characters-to-become-more-inclusive
Candy is about to get more “inclusive,” with the maker of M&M’s announcing its famed characters are getting modern makeovers and will have more “nuanced personalities.”
Mars, Incorporated, the company behind the colorful, candy-coated chocolates, announced Thursday a “global commitment to creating a world where everyone feels they belong and society is inclusive.”
As part of the new mission to increase the “sense of belonging for 10 million people around the world by 2025,” Mars said the M&M’s characters — who serve as mascots of sorts for the brand — would be receiving fresh, new looks.
The green M&M, previously seen in ads posing seductively and strutting her stuff in white go-go boots, will now sport a pair of sneakers. A description for the green candy on the M&M’s website says she enjoys “being a hypewoman for my friends.”
“I think we all win when we see more women in leading roles, so I’m happy to take on the part of supportive friend when they succeed,” the green M&M said on the promotional site.
Another character, the brown M&M, described her motto as, “Not bossy. Just the boss.”
Mars said in announcing the refresh that M&M’s — which were first released in 1941 — will have “an updated tone of voice that is more inclusive, welcoming, and unifying, while remaining rooted in our signature jester, wit and humor.”
AquaParade
01-20-2022, 05:49 PM
It doesn't matter whether you like this direction or not. The point is you are posting the links and discussing it with your friends. People are talking about m&m and that makes it relevant. The angrier you get, the more you share the article, the more they sell.
IndigoErth
01-20-2022, 06:46 PM
Okay.
While I always sort of mentally rolled my eyes at the usual thing of the girls being the outnumbered token characters along with the weirdness of adding sex appeal to M&M candy pieces, I never paid it that much mind.
I'd have simply appreciated an additional female character that wasn't a piece of family friendly junk food weirdly designed as if expected to turn men on... Though some men will no doubt weirdly get upset over the candy with faces. (No really, unless an animated piece of candy is your favorite thing to get off to, just chill.)
Brands have gone through redesigns for ages. They just didn't usually tell us why before.
But really... I'm more concerned about the fact that they've never thought if doing a bag of assorted flavors that match the colors. You know... the orange one is orange chocolate, the red has a nice hint of cherry, blue has blueberry, etc. The brown is the classic regular chocolate of course.
Come on, where is THAT instead?
Coola Yagami
01-20-2022, 06:55 PM
I like how they say all the guys will have makeovers and blah blah and quickly jump to tell us ALL about the 2 female characters.... and not mentioning for example, what they plan to do to update Red and Peanut. The two women are guest characters at best, Red and Peanut are the main stars of their commercials (especially since they replay the older Christmas ads and whatnot despite only showing those two since they were made before they started throwing females in there).
While I don't care about Green M&M, the removal of her uhh.... sexiness is still playing along with this bizzare plan to cover up or change or flat out remove sexiness in women in general.
The funny part of all this is, no matter how much the blue haired feminist whales bitch about either hating all men or women sexualizing themselves because they will never look like that, they still somehow expect men to line up and **** them. And not just men, but rich fit 6-pack men. It's insanity.
mrmaczaps
01-20-2022, 06:59 PM
Absolute lunacy. They should just quit using the animated characters altogether.
IndigoErth
01-20-2022, 07:16 PM
Should they also be all red?
I like how they say all the guys will have makeovers and blah blah and quickly jump to tell us ALL about the 2 female characters....
It looks like the only real change to the male characters is the color of the arms and legs and likewise some got a new shoe design.
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/3_YIg46nZrMkJi0MIpVdGQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/1YBu5vt1G4A9SeiseXY7Vw--~B/aD0xMDAwO3c9MTUwMDthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/people_218/c5853d86bbf78ef8fd447b43b8d97efb
or flat out remove sexiness in women in general.
I think the problem is more-so that sexiness is not a male only POV thing. But male perceptive is always treated as the default, as if women's perspective of male characters doesn't exist and the one-sidedness is weird... just as weird as trying to make candy "sexy" to begin with.
CyberCubed
01-20-2022, 07:34 PM
Wasn't the green M & M always gay or am I misremembering?
Coola Yagami
01-20-2022, 07:54 PM
Should they also be all red?
It looks like the only real change to the male characters is the color of the arms and legs and likewise some got a new shoe design.
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/3_YIg46nZrMkJi0MIpVdGQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/1YBu5vt1G4A9SeiseXY7Vw--~B/aD0xMDAwO3c9MTUwMDthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/people_218/c5853d86bbf78ef8fd447b43b8d97efb
I think the problem is more-so that sexiness is not a male only POV thing. But male perceptive is always treated as the default, as if women's perspective of male characters doesn't exist and the one-sidedness is weird... just as weird as trying to make candy "sexy" to begin with.
Wow. There is barely any change in design. I wouldn't call Green and Brown sexy but I don't see any real change to them. I guess the bigger change is they'll probably all be woke now and at least one of them will be trans or something. *shrugs* Maybe Green was originally created as a male M&M, idk.
M&M's do not represent "everyone". They are candy.
This is a marketing stunt and it's also woke $#!(. Every sucker who feels progressive and stunning over this should actually be insulted for being called an idiot who Mars believes will respond with joy by handing over the cash for more candy.
Go get 'em sheeple. "Diverse M&M's". :lol::lol:
mrmaczaps
01-20-2022, 09:03 PM
The yellow one is still the only M with a nut.... :tlol:
Sumac
01-21-2022, 01:04 AM
Sadly it is still relevant in a modern ****ing world:
http://img2.joyreactor.cc/pics/post/full/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D 0%B4%D0%B0-5041920.png
DarkFell
01-22-2022, 04:02 AM
Just bring back the peanut butter and crispy M&M's already. No need to diversify candy that is suppose to come in different varieties!
IndigoErth
01-22-2022, 01:36 PM
Only if they also bring back the Chili Nut as well, or the similar Jalapeno. I STILL check for them now and then.
Stop being prejudiced against spicy M&Ms as a limited time new flavor competition when most other new flavors just get to happen.
vicsavage
01-24-2022, 04:15 PM
Sadly it is still relevant in a modern ****ing world:
http://img2.joyreactor.cc/pics/post/full/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D 0%B4%D0%B0-5041920.png
Nazi using a Nazi comic to prove his point. What a shock.
Anyway, this is pretty funny because Tucker Carlson is angry he can't jerk off to M&Ms anymore.
Nazi using a Nazi comic to prove his point. What a shock.
Anyway, this is pretty funny because Tucker Carlson is angry he can't jerk off to M&Ms anymore.
Sumac has original thoughts and opinions. Nazi's were sheeple who projected life-anger or pretended to project it out of fear of the loudmouthed group around them. Like today's left in the U.S..
Sumac
01-24-2022, 09:55 PM
Nazi using a Nazi comic to prove his point. What a shock.
Communist trash calls me a Nazi, because, he doesn't have anything else to offer.
How original, smart and enlightened.
Also, let me give your liquid brain a logic task: all modern technology was based on those made by Nazi scientists, before, during or after WW2. So by your own logic, you should immediately stop using most of the modern appliances, including PC and Internet and rid Internet from your presence. Something tells the world will benefit from it.
Powder
01-24-2022, 11:28 PM
Nazi using a Nazi comic to prove his point. What a shock.
Calling someone a nazi because they shared a meme that mocks corporate marketing is a huge insult to those who suffered or perished under the regime of the actual nazis.
oldmanwinters
01-24-2022, 11:32 PM
I’ve always thought the “sexy” look for Green calls back to the vintage Midway arcade cabinet art for Ms Pac Man... which is a game that has become scarce over the past decade due to Namco being too cheap to pay a royalty fee.
Jester
01-25-2022, 03:22 PM
Calling someone a nazi because they shared a meme that mocks corporate marketing is a huge insult to those who suffered or perished under the regime of the actual nazis.
Godwin's Law at it's finest. I've always felt cries, "You're a Nazi!" was a sign of a lost argument.
vicsavage
02-01-2022, 11:42 AM
I mean, you could prevent people from calling oneself a Nazi by simply not using Nazi comics to make a point. And Stonetoss is a Nazi comic.
https://www.reddit.com/r/antifastonetoss/comments/fcck5a/the_definitive_guide_to_why_stonetoss_is_a_nazi/
mrmaczaps
02-01-2022, 01:57 PM
I mean, you could prevent people from calling oneself a Nazi by simply not using Nazi comics to make a point. And Stonetoss is a Nazi comic.
https://www.reddit.com/r/antifastonetoss/comments/fcck5a/the_definitive_guide_to_why_stonetoss_is_a_nazi/
Democrats are nazis.
Sumac
02-01-2022, 05:43 PM
I mean, you could prevent people from calling oneself a Nazi by simply not using Nazi comics to make a point. And Stonetoss is a Nazi comic.
https://www.reddit.com/r/antifastonetoss/comments/fcck5a/the_definitive_guide_to_why_stonetoss_is_a_nazi/
All my beliefs are defined solely, because, I posted comic from some guy with bad beliefs.
Sure, mate.
I guess, if I post some relevant quote from Nazi or Commie leaders you immediately write me down as a member of KKK, Gestapo and Red Khmers (depending on your education or lack of thereof).
Of course, there is another idea: maybe you should grow up and stop being brainwashed NPC and stop judge people by every single think they do? Especially on Internet? I mean, of course, it breaks your infantile picture of the world divided into black and white, but, well, if you won't grow up, you might get stomped and used by others.
Coola Yagami
02-01-2022, 06:21 PM
It's the black and white thinking that always gets me.
If you're vaccinated you're automatically a leftie..... even though there are a lot of vaccinated Republicans out there
If you're unvaccinated, naturally you're on the right, even though there are a lot of unvaccinated Democrats out there
If you like Biden you must surely be on the left, even though a lot of Democrats hate him too.
If you hate Biden surely you must be Republican even though again, a lot of Democrats hate him too.
It's like the color grey doesn't exist for these people.
Godwin's Law at it's finest. I've always felt cries, "You're a Nazi!" was a sign of a lost argument.
This. Quoted for truth. But the problem is that on an intellectual level you are right, but on a practical level it doesn't matter because of the left's onboarding and group think.
See, it used to be that the better part of the population lived and let lived and you'd let someone to their opinions. Everyone would turn out and vote and even if someone ran their mouth (i.e. "Nazi!") most people knew it was ridiculous. You could just remain silent on the nutjobs and get on with your life.
But it's different now. Someone screams "Nazi" and the like-minded, life-angry come crawling out of the woodwork and manage to ruin your job, life, etc through social pressure of all things.
So basically, I agree with you, but it doesn't matter because knowing this intellectually doesn't stop the actual action these people are now taking. At this point some amount of active conflict is fully warranted or you could be overrun by a literal hoard of leftist-zombies.
Coola Yagami
02-01-2022, 08:35 PM
This. Quoted for truth. But the problem is that on an intellectual level you are right, but on a practical level it doesn't matter because of the left's onboarding and group think.
See, it used to be that the better part of the population lived and let lived and you'd let someone to their opinions. Everyone would turn out and vote and even if someone ran their mouth (i.e. "Nazi!") most people knew it was ridiculous. You could just remain silent on the nutjobs and get on with your life.
But it's different now. Someone screams "Nazi" and the like-minded, life-angry come crawling out of the woodwork and manage to ruin your job, life, etc through social pressure of all things.
So basically, I agree with you, but it doesn't matter because knowing this intellectually doesn't stop the actual action these people are now taking. At this point some amount of active conflict is fully warranted or you could be overrun by a literal hoard of leftist-zombies.
That's true. Call people whatever you want, that's fine, but then having a hate mob actively try to ruin your actual life, as in offline, your actual job, death threats to your family, doxxing, etc. That's just going too far and something must be done about this.
If I ever had the power to do so, I'd shut down Twitter, no matter how many would cry that its unconstitutional and whatever else. It's gone.
Leo656
02-01-2022, 08:44 PM
The fact that someone in a board room decided to throw themselves a parade and tout that "We made the Green M&M about 7% less-slutty!" is, in a small way, indicative of Every Single Thing Wrong with the times we live in.
IndigoErth
03-11-2022, 05:31 PM
Came across this image and it reminded me of the M&Ms design upset.
Wonder if people freaked out in the periods he lost muscle definition and/or became less sexy (or not at all) or when they dared to cover more skin with shoes and pulled his leaves up higher over his right pec.
(Also, what is 1948 even doing?)
https://i.imgur.com/4AI4K6Y.jpg
Companies commonly update their mascot designs though...
Imagine what we'd be stuck with if they didn't -- the Ronald McDonald of our nightmares.
https://i.imgur.com/o6OCnLs.jpg?1
Sumac
03-12-2022, 03:04 AM
Its not about redesign themselves, but narrative about them.
Why candy mascot need to be "inclusive"? What the **** does it mean when it comes to animated candy characters? What does it change? What does it achieve?
Leo656
03-12-2022, 03:36 AM
I'm still pissed I can't get the Land O'Lakes squaw on the butter package to whip her tits out anymore.
DarkFell
03-12-2022, 04:05 AM
Leave it to Leo to find the things that most of us miss in plain sight. :trazz:
Also, our societies are wierd and the internet does confuse and / or corrupt.
Give it another few years. People will find something even more nonsensical to whine about.
Leo656
03-12-2022, 04:26 AM
You never knew about the Land O'Lakes butter lady?
Jesus, who raised you people?
So okay, TECHNICALLY they're her knees. You cut out the stick of butter she's holding up, fold the box a certain way so her knees are in the little hole, about where her chest would be, and it looks like she's happily presenting her bare tits for you. It was wonderful.
Then too many people started talking about it on the internet and the f*cking company changed the F*CKING packaging so you can't do it anymore. :tgrumble:
Still... took a few decades before they got wise and ruined everyone's fun. Before that it was like a middle school rite of passage. "You hear how to make the butter lady show you her tits...?"
I swear everyone knew this stuff. There is no way it was just a NJ thing.
https://img.wonderhowto.com/img/63/04/63448650746144/0/do-land-olakes-indian-butter-boob-trick.300x140.jpg
Isn't that awesome? C'mooooon. That's awesome.
The coincidentally-unfortunate shading on the knees, making them vaguely resemble her nipples, just puts it way over the top. But even without that... still pretty awesome.
*mumble grumble* Y'want some butter, huh 'Pocahontas'? Yeah... BET you do... *mumble grumble* Yeah, I know where you want that butter, you little c*ckteaser...
:fshifty: ...........I will revisit this conversation at a later date.
IndigoErth
03-12-2022, 11:55 AM
Why candy mascot need to be "inclusive"?
So changing your shoes is "inclusive" now...
Used to be pushing to be "inclusive" would have had them adding yet another character to the lineup. Odd.
Coola Yagami
03-12-2022, 01:20 PM
So changing your shoes is "inclusive" now...
Used to be pushing to be "inclusive" would have had them adding yet another character to the lineup. Odd.
I guess there wasn't that much they could do. They already had a brown M&M, they don't have a white M&M to vilify, they already have 2 female M&M. So I guess... shoes it is?
IndigoErth
03-12-2022, 03:40 PM
Or... stay with me on this... that M&M believes in exercise and also owns a pair of running shoes because women are "complicated" like that.
edit: Come to think of it, I don't think she represents any particular M&M variety of her own. So if the brand made a "healthier" sugar free bag, in competition with Russell Stover's sugar free version (that my mom says are quite good), the Ms Green in running shoes would be a good fit.
DarkFell
03-12-2022, 09:40 PM
Still... took a few decades before they got wise and ruined everyone's fun. Before that it was like a middle school rite of passage. "You hear how to make the butter lady show you her tits...?"
Considering what the Starbucks mermaid is doing by spreading both fish tails, do you think that anyone would catch on to that too?
I swear everyone knew this stuff. There is no way it was just a NJ thing.
I sure as hell didn't. Most of the kids that I knew were about as sharp as a baseball bat. They probably didn't know the Land-O-Lakes trick either.
:fshifty: ...........I will revisit this conversation at a later date.
Please do so! :tlol:
Leo656
03-12-2022, 10:07 PM
Considering what the Starbucks mermaid is doing by spreading both fish tails, do you think that anyone would catch on to that too?
Trivia Fact: Whereas most mermaids smell like fish but taste like chicken, Starbucks Mermaids both smell and taste like six-dollar vanilla lattes. And it gets stronger the farther south you explore.
Isn't that neat? I think it's neat.
DarkFell
03-12-2022, 11:06 PM
I dunno, that area would probably taste like clam meat more than anything.
I do love me a cup of joe. However, I would rather buy me a 12 oz bag of grounded joe for about $6 than buy a Tall for $6. Coffee beans are bliss too and respect to those that ground their beans.
Also, Starbucks is okay, but it doesn't much outside of okay for me.
Leo656
03-13-2022, 01:23 AM
If I've ever had a Starbucks coffee, I certainly don't remember it and definitely did not pay for it.
There is a chance someone bought me one once upon a time on a move job but I doubt it. I sincerely think that I've never had a Starbucks coffee.
Furthermore, I kinda think that anyone who'd willingly pay $4 or more for a cup of coffee should probably be shot in the goddamn face.
Prowler
03-13-2022, 03:12 AM
Starbucks is overrated as hell. Not to mention overpriced.
They started to open here around 15 years ago and the very few times I went into one, 90% of the customers were foreign tourists. Mostly from Asian countries. That should tell you how Portuguese people feel about Starbucks in general.
We don't like stupid fancy names for coffees. There aren't 50 different types of coffee. Ask for coffee in any regular cafe or restaurant here and they give you an espresso shot. That's coffee for us. We also recognise the existence of decaf, cappuccino and a couple of others whose names in English I don't know. But the fancy mumbo jumbo name coffee Starbucks sells isn't coffee. It's just overpriced juice with sugar and a tiny bit of caffeine in it. Might as well just buy Coca-Cola or Pepsi if you want that. Not to mention it's more affordable.
However, I don't mean to be 100% negative. Starbucks is indeed a clean and quiet place despite being rather crowded. You could very well do your homework or study there. But for that you'd need to drink their overpriced mediocre coffee and drinks or eat one of their overpriced mediocre sandwiches.
Here in the Old World we like small and family owned cafés in general. Big coffee chains like Starbucks that you have in USA, aren't much to our liking. It's a difference in philosophy and outlook in life between us. Not saying it's right or wrong. Just saying both places have different outlooks and preferences.
Perhaps some big coffee chains in USA are much better than Starbucks, but they don't seem to expand to Europe.
McDonald's and Bürger King have been a staple in European countries for a long time now and we've accepted them fine. It's not like we didn't have hamburgers and fries before. But the difference is, they're affordable places. They're not wannabe hipster fancy places for upper middle class snobs and 20 year old intellectual girls. They never tried to be the Apple of hamburgers and fries. They just straight up assume they're fast food. Starbucks thinks it's a lot cooler and better than it is. It's not.
Coola Yagami
03-13-2022, 04:07 AM
If I've ever had a Starbucks coffee, I certainly don't remember it and definitely did not pay for it.
There is a chance someone bought me one once upon a time on a move job but I doubt it. I sincerely think that I've never had a Starbucks coffee.
Furthermore, I kinda think that anyone who'd willingly pay $4 or more for a cup of coffee should probably be shot in the goddamn face.
Well I was gonna treat you to a frozen cappuccino, but now I'm not gonna.
Leo656
03-13-2022, 11:11 AM
Cold coffee is for limp-wristed Swishmeisters, Nancy.
Prowler
03-13-2022, 09:35 PM
Cold coffee makes zero sense. That's like drinking hot beer or something.
The only thing close to cold coffee I can tolerate is coffee ice cream.
DarkFell
03-14-2022, 02:57 AM
Had a cold brew coffee once. I think I cheated and added some creamer and Splenda to it because it was so bitter. You know of the saying "Once bitten, twice shy."
oldmanwinters
01-23-2023, 06:13 PM
So, M&Ms is apparently walking back their whole campaign by suspending all candy mascots and replacing them with Maya Rudolph. Huh?
AquaParade
01-23-2023, 06:15 PM
So they get two news articles instead of one.
Coola Yagami
01-23-2023, 07:18 PM
So, M&Ms is apparently walking back their whole campaign by suspending all candy mascots and replacing them with Maya Rudolph. Huh?
"If we can't have the woke ones, then no one is gonna have ANY of them!!!!"
I wonder what they'll do over the holidays, that one where Santa and the M&Ms see each other and pass out saying 'he/they does/do exist' in an annual classic.
Coola Yagami
01-23-2023, 07:21 PM
Absolute lunacy. They should just quit using the animated characters altogether.
I mean, it sounds like they just might do that.
Anarchistguy
01-23-2023, 07:28 PM
Why the hell would candy of all things need to be inclusive?Must they sh*t on EVERYTHING???
Cowabung-Gal
01-23-2023, 07:46 PM
Why the hell would candy of all things need to be inclusive?Must they sh*t on EVERYTHING???
“What are you, a right-winger? Shut up and buy our products!”
Anarchistguy
01-23-2023, 08:05 PM
“What are you, a right-winger? Shut up and buy our products!”
https://media.tenor.com/x8e_ocO55ZQAAAAC/no-way-dude-no.gif
ChosenOne
01-24-2023, 10:26 AM
You guys over in America probably get the same commercial for the M&Ms chocolate bar that we get over here on TV, with the yellow M&M in therapy for hearing voices, right? In retrospect, it makes a lot of sense. Woke people are either intimately acquainted with psychotherapy, or they very much should be to save us all this kind of nonsense grief.
Sumac
01-24-2023, 04:19 PM
Clown****ingworld.
IndigoErth
01-26-2023, 03:02 PM
I vaguely recall a chocolate bar ad for the brand, but that was probably a few years ago, not seen it in ages and don't think anyone read anything into it over here.
Sometimes it isn't just "woke" people who should get acquainted with therapy, but also people who hunt candy commercials for "political" stuff to get mad about.
Saw suggestions that the mascots thing could simply be a publicity stunt in time for the Superbowl ads. After all, what better way to catch attention then to threaten a big change to the face of its branding.
Andrew NDB
01-26-2023, 03:12 PM
So, M&Ms is apparently walking back their whole campaign by suspending all candy mascots and replacing them with Maya Rudolph. Huh?
It may or may not be true. It may be a ruse. Like Maya will come on a Superbowl commercial and maybe the new extra diverse M&Ms burst through the wall and cart her away, and that's the shtick.
oldmanwinters
01-26-2023, 03:16 PM
It may or may not be true. It may be a ruse. Like Maya will come on a Superbowl commercial and maybe the new extra diverse M&Ms burst through the wall and cart her away, and that's the shtick.
Heh, seems more likely than not at this point:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mms-maya-rudolph-spokescandies-super-bowl-145727629.html
Andrew NDB
01-26-2023, 03:21 PM
Yeah. Fairly effective marketing idea. Get everyone on the right riled up because M&Ms are allegedly becoming super diverse and extra LGBTQ, then more publicity on the right when M&Ms allegedly walks the whole thing back (lots of blurbs have been popping up by commentators on the right basically going, "LOL!! M&Ms had to walk it back!!" but I've been suspicious the whole time). Now everybody's talking about M&Ms -- mission accomplished.
Only question is if when the smoke clears on this charade the M&M characters will be the super diverse/LGBTQ gang they teased initially or it'll just be the normal, classic M&Ms back. I guess they kind of have to commit to the super diverse/LGBTQ gang since if they do backpedal then that's be them basically admitting they used the LGBTQ "community" to execute a marketing stunt. Or maybe the super diverse/LGBTQ gang will be the mascots for a new brand of M&Ms they're launching.
IndigoErth
01-26-2023, 03:47 PM
Although how can they be any sexuality anyhow, they're talking pieces of candy, they don't really possess the ability to bang each other. Best they can do is either just stand in the right sequence to look somewhat rainbow-ish or have stereotyped personalities that prove nothing.
Cowabung-Gal
01-26-2023, 04:34 PM
Remember these commercials?
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The green M&M was every boy’s crush during the early 2000s.
Coola Yagami
01-26-2023, 04:38 PM
Remember these commercials?
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The green M&M was every boy’s crush during the early 2000s.
Um... No? I really damn hope not.
oldmanwinters
01-26-2023, 04:39 PM
Remember these commercials?
This might just be what started the problem, even though I did find the whole "Sexy Green" candy campaign amusing. I actually bought several large bags showcasing the feminine green design when they were on huge clearance at Kroger last year, since I figured that would be the last time M&Ms would ever green-light that particular look for her... er, it?
ChosenOne
01-26-2023, 05:38 PM
Sometimes it isn't just "woke" people who should get acquainted with therapy, but also people who hunt candy commercials for "political" stuff to get mad about.
Mad? Who's mad? The only feeling this whole thing invokes is pity. Nice of you to admit wokeness is about politics rather than any genuine desire to do good. Read the thread title. It's hardly hunting for it when they literally shove the ideology down one's throat.
Although how can they be any sexuality anyhow, they're talking pieces of candy, they don't really possess the ability to bang each other.
Hmm... Remarkably like children, yes? And yet...
IndigoErth
01-26-2023, 05:42 PM
Vaguely recall the second video, but laughed out loud.
Just the allure of green characters, something this fandom would understand. :tlol:
Hmm... Remarkably like children, yes? And yet...
Remarkably like you being so interested in the subject of kids that you awkwardly ram that subject into others that don't pertain to them nor child abuse. But thanks for the daily awkward subject-crossing cringe.
ChosenOne
01-26-2023, 06:03 PM
Remarkably like you being so interested in the subject of kids that you awkwardly ram that subject into others that don't pertain to them nor child abuse. But thanks for the daily awkward subject-crossing cringe.
Nice deflection, does your sword arm hurt right now? I will assume you understood how I was pointing out the blatant contradiction between someone dismissing the sexualization of candy while siding with those who sexualize children, groom them and even talk them into life-changing treatments before they can understand what the heck is going on, yet you chose a weak attempt at trolling instead. If by interest in kids you mean lamenting and abhoring what leftists put them through, then yes, I very much am interested in kids.
And please, none of that "ram into others" imagery... This isn't a gay pride parade. You're all the cringe I can take.
IndigoErth
01-31-2023, 04:37 PM
You truly are very warped, politically obsessed, and extremely black and white thinking, aren't ya. "Liberal" automatically equals all the craziest fringe bulls*** you believe it does so you throw labels around without even taking into account actual history of an individual and force narratives on them that isn't even true. You couldn't pick me out of a crowd because you'd be looking for something that only lives in your head rent free and isn't real. :roll:
Anyhow. Just wanted to mention I saw a/the tv ad for this a couple days ago. Included some claim to also be renaming M&Ms to something reflecting her name, too, so it's definitely a thing, but definitely also just a gimmick. But they sure got attention for it, as surely intended.
ChosenOne
01-31-2023, 04:54 PM
You truly are very warped, politically obsessed, and extremely black and white thinking, aren't ya. (...) automatically equals all the craziest fringe bulls*** you believe it does so you throw labels around without even taking into account actual history of an individual and force narratives on them that isn't even true. You couldn't pick me out of a crowd because you'd be looking for something that only lives in your head rent free and isn't real. :roll:
This is too damn funny, considering the source. :lol:
IndigoErth
02-09-2023, 01:24 PM
Here you go boys. And I do mean boys, unless you're a lady into other women.
Have a NSFW green M&M lady disturbingly made of flesh: https://i.redd.it/156wzwot53ha1.jpg
If I had to be scarred for life (thanks to the Bad Women's Anatomy Reddit sub), now you can be as well! If you dare. Though maybe some here would be into that. Or the already seen it??
In most cases I'd roll my eyes at things rarely ever going both ways, but you know... you can have this one, I can do without any more M&Ms made of flesh and human bits. Sweet dreams, fellas.
Cowabung-Gal
02-09-2023, 01:38 PM
Here you go boys. And I do mean boys, unless you're a lady into other women.
Have a NSFW green M&M lady disturbingly made of flesh: https://i.redd.it/156wzwot53ha1.jpg
If I had to be scarred for life (thanks to the Bad Women's Anatomy Reddit sub), now you can be as well! If you dare. Though maybe some here would be into that. Or the already seen it??
In most cases I'd roll my eyes at things rarely ever going both ways, but you know... you can have this one, I can do without any more M&Ms made of flesh and human bits. Sweet dreams, fellas.
:o
Even if I was a lesbian, I wouldn’t tap that. :sick:
But I’ve seen worse.
ChosenOne
02-09-2023, 04:12 PM
Here you go boys. And I do mean boys, unless you're a lady into other women.
Have a NSFW green M&M lady disturbingly made of flesh: https://i.redd.it/156wzwot53ha1.jpg
If I had to be scarred for life (thanks to the Bad Women's Anatomy Reddit sub), now you can be as well! If you dare. Though maybe some here would be into that. Or the already seen it??
In most cases I'd roll my eyes at things rarely ever going both ways, but you know... you can have this one, I can do without any more M&Ms made of flesh and human bits. Sweet dreams, fellas.
Is it me or does this look like an underage girl? Hard pass.
Coola Yagami
02-09-2023, 08:28 PM
Is it me or does this look like an underage girl? Hard pass.
An underage M&M?
Cowabung-Gal
02-09-2023, 08:31 PM
An underage M&M?
So wait, does that make mini M&Ms babies?
https://y.yarn.co/26d3cfa0-b53b-4520-b8ce-6dd384ab8be5_text.gif
IndigoErth
02-10-2023, 04:34 PM
Exactly, where did anyone think the mini ones come from?
Apparently. :teek:
oldmanwinters
02-12-2023, 09:29 PM
Seems like there was supposed to be a bigger M&Ms commercial bridging the Maya to spokescandies return.
M&Ms/Ma&Yas Twitter account plugs the first commercial.
Maya does a long awkward initial spot in Q2.
Twitter account puts up the No Signal graphic around halftime.
Spokescandies announce their return, with Purple getting last word, after game is over.
Twitter account change name back to M&Ms.
Maybe they ran out of money?
Edit: looks like they spread that cash around getting other company social accounts to make up stupid responses to their anti-climatically resolved campaign:
https://twitter.com/mmschocolate/status/1624964746934988801
IndigoErth
02-14-2023, 12:16 PM
Didn't catch any Super Bowl ad, but on a muted tv at a restaurant I did see a brief glimpse of another female character (new?) alongside the rest, a peanut M&M kind of a pinky-purple color and the words to the effect of the M&Ms being back. Was that from Sunday?
oldmanwinters
02-14-2023, 01:22 PM
Didn't catch any Super Bowl ad, but on a muted tv at a restaurant I did see a brief glimpse of another female character (new?) alongside the rest, a peanut M&M kind of a pinky-purple color and the words to the effect of the M&Ms being back. Was that from Sunday?
Yeah, must be this spot that aired soon after the game ended:
https://twitter.com/mmschocolate/status/1624973244464877570
Jester
02-14-2023, 03:53 PM
Well I for one feel cheated. Where are my clam flavored Ma&Ya's...
The nerve.
IndigoErth
02-14-2023, 04:02 PM
Cocoa Clam Nut, a next limited edition flavor pitted against two others to become permanent.
Maybe if one of the spicy flavors came back it might actually win that time. (I still sometimes check for those Chili and/or Jalapeno flavors to return... *sad face*)
edit: Although I have to say, if a purple M&M will be added to the regular bags then finally my seeing them as TMNT colors will no longer be missing one. :D
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