M&Ms characters to become more inclusive
 

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-kno...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.”

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.

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?

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.

Absolute lunacy. They should just quit using the animated characters altogether.

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.



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.

Wasn't the green M & M always gay or am I misremembering?

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:

The yellow one is still the only M with a nut.... :tlol:

Sadly it is still relevant in a modern ****ing world:

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!

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.

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..

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.

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.

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.

Godwin's Law at it's finest. I've always felt cries, "You're a Nazi!" was a sign of a lost argument.

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/antifastone...oss_is_a_nazi/

Democrats are nazis.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

I'm still pissed I can't get the Land O'Lakes squaw on the butter package to whip her tits out anymore.

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.

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/63/0...ck.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.

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?

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.

Considering what the Starbucks mermaid is doing by spreading both fish tails, do you think that anyone would catch on to that too?

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.

Please do so! :tlol:

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.

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.

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.

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.

Well I was gonna treat you to a frozen cappuccino, but now I'm not gonna.