GeorgiAg said:

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Why don't companies just focus on their product?

What moron at these companies is like, "we need to turn our product political."

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Disney executives say "hold my beer"

CDUB98 said:

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Kansas Kid said:

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waitwhat? said:

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Go woke, go broke.

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Sorry, but taking go go boots off the green candy and giving her tennis shoes in my mind isn't going woke. It is just reflecting the times as those were outdated by style.

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That's not what got people pissy. You're either willfully ignorant, or trolling. Pick one.

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Guess you will deem me ignorant as well, but who in the heck is Maya Rudolph? (It is merely a rhetorical question. )

A&W counters:

A message from A&W. pic.twitter.com/WGdF12TSyg

— A&W Restaurants (@awrestaurants) January 24, 2023

Woke vs Anti woke

At first i thought this was an issue because some of the spokecandies have nuts.

I know 0 people who are talking or think about M&Ms outside this thread. Sales must be down though.

Someone grabbed a pic of one of Tucker Carlson's prized shirts

Iowaggie said:

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A&W counters:

A message from A&W. pic.twitter.com/WGdF12TSyg

— A&W Restaurants (@awrestaurants) January 24, 2023

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This is the first time I have ever seen an A&W mascot so kudos to them for getting their name out there

Next up Pooh bear, Yogi bear and Boo-Boo bear.

Sam and Dean said:

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CDUB98 said:

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Kansas Kid said:

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waitwhat? said:

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Go woke, go broke.

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Sorry, but taking go go boots off the green candy and giving her tennis shoes in my mind isn't going woke. It is just reflecting the times as those were outdated by style.

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That's not what got people pissy. You're either willfully ignorant, or trolling. Pick one.

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Guess you will deem me ignorant as well, but who in the heck is Maya Rudolph? (It is merely a rhetorical question. )

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The hooker from "Idiocracy"

Seems appropriate

Texker said:

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Next up Pooh bear, Yogi bear and Boo-Boo bear.

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Where are the bottomless female bear mascots???

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annie88 said:

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Pookers said:

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The candy is worse than the politics. Stop eating this poison. There's lots of good chocolate out there but M&Ms aint it.

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Peanut M&Ms rock. You don't know what the hell you're talking about.

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M&Ms killed more Americans than covid.

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But less than diet drinks.

It all evens out.

M&M corp should have to pay an extra health tax for the harm they have done to people of color's health

cajunaggie08 said:

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Someone grabbed a pic of one of Tucker Carlson's prized shirts

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What is the candy equivalent of a furry

This is every commercial or product. How many married couple are mixed vs. the representation on tv? There are more mixed, gay couples on tv then the norm. It's rediculous

This whole thing turned out to be a PR stunt. They aren't changing their mascots. They will continue.

It's a cringey troll for a brand

Kind of wondering what nut job made that decision

She's not replacing the mascots.. it's a PR stunt and you fell for it

CDUB98 said:

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Kansas Kid said:

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waitwhat? said:

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Go woke, go broke.

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Sorry, but taking go go boots off the green candy and giving her tennis shoes in my mind isn't going woke. It is just reflecting the times as those were outdated by style.

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That's not what got people pissy. You're either willfully ignorant, or trolling. Pick one.

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It's all a PR stunt. The mascots are staying. No Maya. People are making mountains out of nothing

Bro this is an odd flex

Yes a prank, and I completely fell for it. It seems there is going to be a giant return of the "spokecandies" during the Super Bowl

Years ago I recall reading about the family behind the M&M Mars company... extremely private, running their world-wide empire out of a relatively small, non-de script building.

Guess the notion of private, conservative (?) has changed over the years with today's family that's calling the shots... more liberal than dad.

"Meet the Mars family, the 'notoriously private' billionaire heirs to the Snickers and M&Ms candy empire: how America's third-richest family made its US$94 billion fortune"

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3140034/meet-mars-family-notoriously-private-billionaire-heirs

KingMidas said:

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This whole thing turned out to be a PR stunt. They aren't changing their mascots. They will continue.

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Well hooray for this! Order has been restored and now I can go forward with my (mostly) M&M-free life choices!

It turns out the last three years have been a prank too. But I think y'all already knew that.

torrid said:

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It turns out the last three years have been a prank too. But I think y'all already knew that.

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You misspelled "coup".

You were so upset about it you had to make a sock and then dredge up a 10-year old thread to say how ugly Maya Rudolph is?

I just kept wondering how they were going to incorporate a deceased famous track star in their marketing campaign.

Trajan88 said:

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Years ago I recall reading about the family behind the M&M Mars company... extremely private, running their world-wide empire out of a relatively small, non-de script building.

Guess the notion of private, conservative (?) has changed over the years with today's family that's calling the shots... more liberal than dad.

"Meet the Mars family, the 'notoriously private' billionaire heirs to the Snickers and M&Ms candy empire: how America's third-richest family made its US$94 billion fortune"

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3140034/meet-mars-family-notoriously-private-billionaire-heirs

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I'm acquainted with several members of the Mars family. They live a private life but are friendly. They are not as involved in the nuts and bolts of their company's operations as you'd think

Candies are back y'all got troilled

wessimo said:

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Candies are back y'all got troilled

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That was a great troll job by M&M Mars.

wessimo said:

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Candies are back y'all got troilled

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Nah

They put a candy in sneakers instead of pumps to help women's rights….

M&m trolled themselves

Stay woke though, everyone thinks you're doing great!

Green was still in heels

Are you that attached to the green M&M's go-go boots?

Spokescandies? More like wokescandies… gnome sayan?