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    Why does food and consumables suddenly have to become political?

    When will my Steak have Trumps Face printed on it? Do my cornflakes need some jets and other kind of political messages on it? Fuck no.

    I just want to eat and drink. And the only thing I need to know from the packaging is what the product is about. Just stop making food political, what the hell is wrong with this world.

    Some stupid print on the package is not going to fix this world in any way.

    There is no driver of division to rival missionary behaviour.

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      Blame Republicans. They got upset bud light sent a personalized can or two to someone. At least with democrats and liberals when they say boycot someone it’s for a good reason. Like fuck nestle.

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      The only reason you know this exists is because you’re on social media reading about it. You’d probably never see this in a store, and if you did it’d be one whole six-pack next to the hundreds of others brands.

      I think you may be overreacting, but who knows maybe Gay Water is the next Coca-Cola.

      These kinds of products are made pretty much only for pictures to be posted on social media, so if it bothers you maybe don’t browse as much idk

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      I don’t really think this is fundamentally different from how it’s always been. Food and drink has always had branding, and I don’t see how gay water is truly that much different from any other branding. The only difference I see is that republicans won’t stop complaining about it

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        How would you react if someone prints Jesus Christ, hanging on the cross with bloody hands and feet onto your favourite beer. With a face of pure agony and some letters addressing charity?

        Or how would you react if some company prints advertisement of Scientology onto their products.

        The only thing that belongs onto a product is something to identify the brand, the expiry date, and what it actually contains.

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          I’d probably just buy a different beer and get on with my life. So long as they’re not using their product to actively promote bigotry in society, there’s no reason for me to care.

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          How would you react if someone prints Jesus Christ, hanging on the cross with bloody hands and feet onto your favourite beer. With a face of pure agony and some letters addressing charity?

          That sounds quite metal tbh for beer. I would give it a go.

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      “If it is stupid but it works, it isn’t stupid.” - Mercedes Lackey

      These companies do it to sell product, not because they actually do or don’t believe in some political agenda. If it works to sell more product, then they are going to do it regardless of how repulsive some niche group in a far corner of the internet finds it.

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        What for do you need representation? I don’t need it. I don’t even know what should or could represent me.

        I don’t identify with anything. I am just my self as I am. What use would it have to identify with something? None.

        It’s purely corporations trying to make capital gains off cultural phenomena (useless currents that will fizzle out just to get replaced with the next trend - LGB was followed by LGBT and was followed by LGBTQIA+++, it’s the endless progression of a subculture, something big corporation can milk like Star Wars or any other brandable shit), it’s like some Christian dumbass buying a beer because some tortured guy is printed on it.

        It has become so laughable nowadays, that Id imagine only some “woke” boomers would fall for it. But nope. Tons of stupid people from all age groups are celebrating their own belief of being rebellious and innovative, or shall I say the belief to improve the world. And big corporations love it. They love the drama and the attention they can generate with the trend hunters.

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      Its pretty recent that normal companies havs become explicitly poltical, because if they don’t partipate, they’re seen as part of the problem.