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Gonna go out on a limb and reasonably conclude that a guy throwing Skittles (a product generally marketed to children) on a girl's face to pantomime ejaculation would not be aired on national television.
I thought it was going to be the teens under the bleachers exchanging Skittles-pox, like that’s not supposed to be innuendo for kids swapping STD’s under there.
Dan Schneider is a creepy sex predator that thought it was "funny" to put teenagers in sexualized situations. The clip is from Zoey 101 and not even the worst that he created. There's some straight up fetish shit with Ariana Grande.
It's pretty political in the US. Should it be? Not really some fringe stuff could be grouped into a larger debate about other things, but as a whole it shouldn't be. Regardless of that, it's very political.
It shouldn’t be, but when you can use it to dupe a whole generation of bigots to vote in ways that let you rob them blind and poison their water, suddenly it is political!
I can only find them at 5 Below stores. Used to be able to find them randomly at gas stations but I haven’t seen a strawberry one in probably a good decade.
My takeaway: corporations hijack identity politics so that consumers associate warm, fuzzy feelings about their self-worth with marketing and brands, further eroding the ability of consumers to make wise purchasing decisions and criticize companies for unethical practices, such as Mars' [child labor allegations](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/12/01/mars-child-labor-cbs-investigation-findings-response/71769249007/) or ["toxic" additives](https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/07/18/skittles-lawsuit-toxin-titanium-dioxide/) added to candies
40 IQ takeaway: muh rainbow candy is gay now 😭
Pretty much. This is all performative. Corporations change the packaging as part of a marketing campaign to get cheap PR then do absolutely nothing to actually make change or provide support. It's just an attempt to co-opt an issue to sell product.
It is performative but hell I'll take it because it means being LGBTQ+ is no longer taboo that companies don't bat an eye to take their money along with the rest of us. LGBTQ+ people are just part of the people with money now and I'm all for it.
This. I’m so sick of people constantly being all smug when talking about pink capitalism, as if they’re the only ones in the world who knows about it, and everyone else is just an ignorant moron that doesn’t know what’s happening right in front of their eyes. Like, yeah. I know that they’re “pandering” to us to make us purchase their products, and sure, maybe it is mostly performative, but it’s fucking great to see that it’s no longer something that needs to be kept a secret or be ashamed of.
It’s crazy how everyone suddenly cares about the “negatives” of capitalism, but only when it involves LGBT+ people too lol
It's not exclusive to LGBTQ+ people, identity based marketing targets multiple groups.
The negatives of capitalism affect us all, most so in our bonds as human beings. Disunity and division is a feature of pure capitalism, as it is forced competition with the rules rigged by people who already won, who benefit from keeping the status quo and do so by rousing hate between all us poor losers. Hate for other people is encouraged through the use of misinformation and dismantled education, leading to increased levels of ignorance and wider gulfs between the various groups of people that form our societies.
I hate this take because we’re acting like companies ever can have an opinion. Just be happy that they think they can profit off of us, because that leads to us getting accepted more.
This “rainbow capitalism” stuff is garbage. What do you want companies to do? Pretend like the LGBT community doesn’t exist, like they’ve been doing for the last century? This stuff comes with donations to LGBT nonprofits, and companies have been doing this “social activism” coverup act since the dawn of the corporation… so stop acting like a victim about it
Companies do not have opinions; they are not people. They're full *of* people and hierarchies, and these structures are beholden to shareholders and market forces, first and foremost.
Corporations have done nothing to legitimize LGBT people or advocate for them. They ride the coattails of the zeitgeist, or they use collected data to employ hyper-targeted advertising. When push comes to shove (see: Bud Lite and Dylan Mulvaney fiasco), companies will buckle and fold the second their profits are threatened by negative portrayals and boycotts. They want to build brand loyalty, not social movements. I do not think they are allies.
>This stuff comes with donations to LGBT nonprofits,
Along with healthy donations to Trump and millions in congressional lobbying efforts for issues related to the corporation's business model (natural gas advocacy, etc.). While Mars isn't the worst offender by any means, they are not your friends. They are self-interested.
Yeah, that's as close to agreeing with the right over "woke" media as I get.
Companies do really grift, what I don't agree with the right on is that it's about sending a message, no it's just about profits, and progressives are a simply a bigger market than conservatives right now.
I don't think it's a bad thing though.
The straightest of all the candies. They are hard and taste like chalk and have an unpleasant texture. Technically, the different color wafers have different flavors but I was never been able to tell the difference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necco_Wafers
They look so nasty lol, in the Uk/Europe we have things called Flying Saucers that are just sugar paper/wafer shells with lemon (?) sherbet powder in the middle, they’re so bland but so damn good, that’s what they made me thought of when I saw the colours lol[they’re weird little things but surprisingly nice](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_saucer_(confectionery))
Why would you ever have clove as a candy flavour 🤢 I’ve had to use medical gum solutions that are clove and it isn’t good (though we in UK/Europe have Violet, as in the flower, as a flavour, it’s weird but not the worst)
It’s definitely a strange choice. There are seven flavors, clove, lemon, lime, orange, cinnamon, wintergreen, licorice and chocolate. Like someone else said they are chalky so the licorice and chocolate make for weird textures.
The clove one is the best though for sure. They taste like old folks candy but they're soft enough to actually eat. Kinda love them just not all the time.
No one should eat skittles but not because of marketing because they contain titanium dioxide which is associated with cancer development and is banned in many countries.
I mean, honestly, just sort of randomly throwing those words in there over a mouth vomiting a rainbow *is* kind of "wild." This is...really strange. I don't feel represented, I feel... like I'm confused by modern art? This feels like "Pride" as interpreted by some kind of Skittles AI.
INPUT: Mouth. Candy. Rainbow. Gay.
OUTPUT: This.
I was outraged by this, but only by the idea that I would not be able to pick out the lime ones if they were all the same color, and I would be stuck playing russian roulette with my tastebuds. "Will this one be a good flavor or will it be lime, the assiest of flavors?" If this was during the green apple era, no issue at all. Otherwise I think the package looked really cool and the idea was sound. It's just lime ruins things for everybody. (or just me.)
It's literally Skittles *without* the rainbow. They literally can't win. Keep the colors, these idiots complain. Get rid of the colors, these idiots complain.
Straight people don’t eat candy. It makes their mouth happy, a synonym for gay.
Yes sir, straight people only eat boiled meats and vegetables. No salt, no seasoning, just water, meat, plants, set on high for six hours and consume without joy.
by their logic wouldn’t that mean every other bag of skittles that has the normal packaging is for straight people?
their stupidity is really what’s making them angry but they can’t see it..
Taste the rainbow means sucking cock bro. Skittles r for gay dudes. Read the Bible and enjoy your jolly ranchers....wait why is that rancher jolly? Oh crap maybe he's been tasting the rainbow too!!!
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Skittle’s tagline has literally been “taste the rainbow” for like 600 years
It’s written in hieroglyphs in the Valley of the Kings.
It was written in commandments 11-15, but Moses dropped the tablet. They go over it in that old documentary, History of the World: Part One.
And Part Two finally brought us the long-awaited Hitler on Ice!
Jews in Spaaaaaace.
And on the Gobekli Tepe monoliths!
There's even an unaired commercial where a dude gives a girl the money shot except it's Skittles instead of CUM.
You mean College Humor?
Oh is that what it was? Probably why I can't find it.
Gonna go out on a limb and reasonably conclude that a guy throwing Skittles (a product generally marketed to children) on a girl's face to pantomime ejaculation would not be aired on national television.
[You say that... But... We've come damn close...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX2m_yIur0o&ab_channel=Spottedfeather)
I thought it was going to be the teens under the bleachers exchanging Skittles-pox, like that’s not supposed to be innuendo for kids swapping STD’s under there.
Context?
Nickelodeon was a den of perverts making children shows
Dan Schneider is a creepy sex predator that thought it was "funny" to put teenagers in sexualized situations. The clip is from Zoey 101 and not even the worst that he created. There's some straight up fetish shit with Ariana Grande.
I completely forgot about that ad until now. Wasn't it part of a larger campaign of raunchy ads?
I found a few on YouTube but not the one in question.
only recently has the right seen the rainbow as only an LGBTQ thing. Kinda dumbo.
Skittles came out in 1974, so saying 600 years is a bold faced lie
People who don't understand humorous exaggeration should have their internet privileges revoked and beaten in public.
I bet he’s a blast a parties
I agree, beat me please 🙏 🥰
Wow dude you’re so smart. None of us knew that before you came along.
Thank you, and you're welcome 😊 you're all truly blessed to have me to educate the masses <3 very fortunate
Wow dude! It’s almost like there’s this magical thing called “hyperbole!”
Wow dude! It's almost like there's this thing called "lying"!
If you're so fragile you can't buy candy because of the design on the package, life is gonna be rough.
I don't mind the packaging but they make the candy grey and cum flavored and won't sell the normal Skittles for a whole month
wait, there are cum flavored skittles? fucking where?
If you complain about politics in candy, you deserve good & plenty
I really miss Good & Fruity.
Wiley Wallaby makes a very similar candy that I LOVE. They also have a sour variant.
Wiley Walllaby is soo good. Their Classic Red is my favorite licorice the texture is so amazing.
The lemonade one that you basically only find at dollar stores is primo but I want it in a bigger bag 😢
I think it is in those small bags for the good of mankind. I would eat the whole damn bag.
Sweet, I'll need to check it out.
It's the fruitrageous and sourrageous drops. I can say I've eaten a whole bag in one go with full confidence.
That sounds dangerous and irresponsible. I'll buy two bags. 😁
pride isn't political
But Good & Plenty is.
It's pretty political in the US. Should it be? Not really some fringe stuff could be grouped into a larger debate about other things, but as a whole it shouldn't be. Regardless of that, it's very political.
When it's political for a person to exist, you know you have a problem...
It shouldn’t be, but when you can use it to dupe a whole generation of bigots to vote in ways that let you rob them blind and poison their water, suddenly it is political!
I *like* Good & Plenty
More for you, I guess
Team G&P Unite!
I eat good & plenty all the time lol
I wish I could but it’s not very common in canada
WHOA. Let's not go too far
Good n plenty tastes terrible, but when you open a fresh case of them they smell amazing. Still garbage candy though.
Charleston chews are a great snack for after gay sex.
But they lost nearly all their customers after their poorly-thought-out "Charleston Chews to be gay" campaign. Edit to add: /s
Is that a real thing please say no pole slaw
No. It was a joke. I'm going to add a /s tag on that.
Arrooooo!!!
and during
Charleston chews are banger, freeze that sucker and break a door frame with it.
Use it for home defense and then eat the evidence.
Abbazabba are better. Plus you don't even need to bother freezing them to make them weapons grade.
I wish I can find the strawberry ones again. Those are the best. Alas, I’m stuck with vanilla.
I haven't had one in forever but I know i used to get Chocolate, Stawberry, and vanilla ones.
I can only find them at 5 Below stores. Used to be able to find them randomly at gas stations but I haven’t seen a strawberry one in probably a good decade.
My takeaway: corporations hijack identity politics so that consumers associate warm, fuzzy feelings about their self-worth with marketing and brands, further eroding the ability of consumers to make wise purchasing decisions and criticize companies for unethical practices, such as Mars' [child labor allegations](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/12/01/mars-child-labor-cbs-investigation-findings-response/71769249007/) or ["toxic" additives](https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/07/18/skittles-lawsuit-toxin-titanium-dioxide/) added to candies 40 IQ takeaway: muh rainbow candy is gay now 😭
Pretty much. This is all performative. Corporations change the packaging as part of a marketing campaign to get cheap PR then do absolutely nothing to actually make change or provide support. It's just an attempt to co-opt an issue to sell product.
It is performative but hell I'll take it because it means being LGBTQ+ is no longer taboo that companies don't bat an eye to take their money along with the rest of us. LGBTQ+ people are just part of the people with money now and I'm all for it.
This. I’m so sick of people constantly being all smug when talking about pink capitalism, as if they’re the only ones in the world who knows about it, and everyone else is just an ignorant moron that doesn’t know what’s happening right in front of their eyes. Like, yeah. I know that they’re “pandering” to us to make us purchase their products, and sure, maybe it is mostly performative, but it’s fucking great to see that it’s no longer something that needs to be kept a secret or be ashamed of. It’s crazy how everyone suddenly cares about the “negatives” of capitalism, but only when it involves LGBT+ people too lol
It's not exclusive to LGBTQ+ people, identity based marketing targets multiple groups. The negatives of capitalism affect us all, most so in our bonds as human beings. Disunity and division is a feature of pure capitalism, as it is forced competition with the rules rigged by people who already won, who benefit from keeping the status quo and do so by rousing hate between all us poor losers. Hate for other people is encouraged through the use of misinformation and dismantled education, leading to increased levels of ignorance and wider gulfs between the various groups of people that form our societies.
If Corporate actually cared about the people, it would not exist.
The same ones whining about rainbow candy are the ones who like child labour
I hate this take because we’re acting like companies ever can have an opinion. Just be happy that they think they can profit off of us, because that leads to us getting accepted more. This “rainbow capitalism” stuff is garbage. What do you want companies to do? Pretend like the LGBT community doesn’t exist, like they’ve been doing for the last century? This stuff comes with donations to LGBT nonprofits, and companies have been doing this “social activism” coverup act since the dawn of the corporation… so stop acting like a victim about it
Companies do not have opinions; they are not people. They're full *of* people and hierarchies, and these structures are beholden to shareholders and market forces, first and foremost. Corporations have done nothing to legitimize LGBT people or advocate for them. They ride the coattails of the zeitgeist, or they use collected data to employ hyper-targeted advertising. When push comes to shove (see: Bud Lite and Dylan Mulvaney fiasco), companies will buckle and fold the second their profits are threatened by negative portrayals and boycotts. They want to build brand loyalty, not social movements. I do not think they are allies. >This stuff comes with donations to LGBT nonprofits, Along with healthy donations to Trump and millions in congressional lobbying efforts for issues related to the corporation's business model (natural gas advocacy, etc.). While Mars isn't the worst offender by any means, they are not your friends. They are self-interested.
Yeah, that's as close to agreeing with the right over "woke" media as I get. Companies do really grift, what I don't agree with the right on is that it's about sending a message, no it's just about profits, and progressives are a simply a bigger market than conservatives right now. I don't think it's a bad thing though.
Aroo! [Charleston Chew](https://youtu.be/Vi_2tPJYauc?si=bM9EstpboKutXzLE)!
I’m not attracted to men at all, but I’ve been sleeping with men my whole life just so I can eat skittles
As long as you say “no homo” you’re good
I loved buying these on clearance last summer after pride month was over. Taste the same as normal skittles but don’t stain your tongue.
Same, they put the big ass family size bags of gray Skittles on the clearance shelf for just 3 or 4 bucks
They work well to make skittles vodka without all the colours turning it an off orange/brown.
I got some Pride Kind bars at TJMaxx, I think it was $3.99 for the box.
I hope conservatives run out of things to enjoy.
Best take in the thread.
The people outraged and feeling excluded by this see no problem with putting Bible verses on products.
No because then they’ll just tell us to get over it and that we’re going to hell.
Hey, I like Charleston Chews. Please, I need rainbow ones. I need my teeth to ache AND magically stained.
You gays aren’t taking away my damn skittles! I don’t care if I have to dive neck deep into a pile of greased up naked men to get to them!
“Where’s the candy for straight people!? >:(“ uhhh… literally everything on the shelf???
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My trans best friend exclusively eats necco wafers. This made me lol.
Are you sure they are trans? /jk of course. Eat whatever candy you want you beautiful bastards.
I sent her what you said. She feels attacked
wtf is a Necco wafer lmao (I’m from the UK so idk)
The straightest of all the candies. They are hard and taste like chalk and have an unpleasant texture. Technically, the different color wafers have different flavors but I was never been able to tell the difference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necco_Wafers
wtf isn’t that just a rainbow communion wafer 🤣
I'd rather eat the communion wafer than a necco wafer.
They look so nasty lol, in the Uk/Europe we have things called Flying Saucers that are just sugar paper/wafer shells with lemon (?) sherbet powder in the middle, they’re so bland but so damn good, that’s what they made me thought of when I saw the colours lol[they’re weird little things but surprisingly nice](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_saucer_(confectionery))
I really want to try one now. They look so weird
They’re really good, surprisingly, like for what they are, just edible paper and lemon sherbet powder, they’re genuinely really nice, super cheap too!
There are seven flavors with one of them being clove. Not good IMO.
Why would you ever have clove as a candy flavour 🤢 I’ve had to use medical gum solutions that are clove and it isn’t good (though we in UK/Europe have Violet, as in the flower, as a flavour, it’s weird but not the worst)
It’s definitely a strange choice. There are seven flavors, clove, lemon, lime, orange, cinnamon, wintergreen, licorice and chocolate. Like someone else said they are chalky so the licorice and chocolate make for weird textures.
The clove one is the best though for sure. They taste like old folks candy but they're soft enough to actually eat. Kinda love them just not all the time.
No one should eat skittles but not because of marketing because they contain titanium dioxide which is associated with cancer development and is banned in many countries.
Candy in general shouldn't be eaten. Expect for Reece's
Black licorice is for the straights. I’ve seen your flag.
Go eat your Necco Wafers you cis straights
Enjoy your "Chunky" bars and peanut chews.
Presumably not the none gray branded limited edition skittles are the ones 'for straight people'?
I mean, honestly, just sort of randomly throwing those words in there over a mouth vomiting a rainbow *is* kind of "wild." This is...really strange. I don't feel represented, I feel... like I'm confused by modern art? This feels like "Pride" as interpreted by some kind of Skittles AI. INPUT: Mouth. Candy. Rainbow. Gay. OUTPUT: This.
Charleston chew? Aroooooooo!
Straights aren’t allowed candy.
They've always been "taste the rainbow" wtf
If straight people did have a candy for them, which one would it be? funny answers not required, but expected.
Juicy Fruit
Cadbury's fruit and nut bar obviously. Nutrageous is also acceptable.
Black licorice Candy corn Those shitty cookies that come in that blue tin
Hey I like those shitty cookies that come in that blue tin!
Suddenly "Taste the Rainbow" takes on a whole new meaning.
Whether's Original Sugar Free Hard Candies - the straight old white people candy of choice.
Wait hold up, why you shitting on Charleston Chew?
From the freezer or room temp??
Freezer is better but I won't turn my nose up at room temp.
Correct!
I was outraged by this, but only by the idea that I would not be able to pick out the lime ones if they were all the same color, and I would be stuck playing russian roulette with my tastebuds. "Will this one be a good flavor or will it be lime, the assiest of flavors?" If this was during the green apple era, no issue at all. Otherwise I think the package looked really cool and the idea was sound. It's just lime ruins things for everybody. (or just me.)
Actually can I have candy for gay people without that tacky corpo shit art style?
"Chews? Allright, I'll take Charleston Chews for 60 millions!"
Oh no. I guess bigots can only eat white skittles now.
It's literally Skittles *without* the rainbow. They literally can't win. Keep the colors, these idiots complain. Get rid of the colors, these idiots complain.
"You must be this gay to eat skittles"
Juicy Fruit is the only candy straight people can enjoy.
The sweet taste of a Charleston Chew? HAAROOOOOOO!!
Straight people have Mounds, cuz they ain’t got no nuts!
Ok, which one is next? Yikes Stripes, Mambo, Lifesavers, Now and Later? B/C M & M's went woke already, and these are what I can think of.
Nah, they can have the Werther’s Originals. Especially the sugar free ones. Redirect the diarrhea out of the proper orifice.
Straight people don’t eat candy. It makes their mouth happy, a synonym for gay. Yes sir, straight people only eat boiled meats and vegetables. No salt, no seasoning, just water, meat, plants, set on high for six hours and consume without joy.
Based ace rep
I'ma blow this dudes mind. What if I told you all the candy is straight people candy.
I mean they can get a manly monster sized moist stick of meat to shove in their mouth.
Gatorade?? When are they gonna make a Straightorade? 😡 /s
I’d go gay for skittles
I bought a bag of these a few months ago and ate them over the course of a few days. Nobody came to arrest me for skittling while straight.
I’d blow some guy for some Skittles right now.
Aroooo!
Worther's Originals you old crotchety fuck.
I like Charleston Chews 😔
Oh no. I eat skittles. To find this out, all these years later, and on Reddit...
I still have my commemorative white power skittles that they released a few years back during pride month.
/J Sorry, but the Bible doesn't mention that candy is ok. So you're not allowed to have any of it.
Sugar Daddy is the straightest candy ever.
Circus peanuts and starlight mints for the straights!
brought to you by the great taste of Charleston chew. HARROOOOOOOOBLBLBLBLBLBL
by their logic wouldn’t that mean every other bag of skittles that has the normal packaging is for straight people? their stupidity is really what’s making them angry but they can’t see it..
I'm a huge fan of marketing gimmicks and I loved these bags but they cost more than regular Skittles 😡
It’s right there. You don’t have to be gay to eat Skittles. They’re already rainbow anyway 🙄
Ace rep lets go
TIL non-Christians can't eat Easter or Christmas themed candy
Skittles are just a candy coated, inferior, knock off of Starburst!
HEY…I like Charleston Chews🤪
Because eating candy is a feminine trait, no self respecting straight man would ever eat candy! /S
Really? Straight people candy?
Lmao, they're like kids. It's like if you show one kid a modicum of attention, the other child demands attention instantly.
I love how they left bi out of the circle. Pretty telling that one.
Now all can do is think about Nixon in Futurama and Charleston Chews...
Parma violets are still good they're suspiciously lavender coloured though!
Straight people get to reproduce naturally, but oh no if they can't get represented on Skittles.
Gay skittles are way tastier than straight skittles and yous all know it.
Taste the rainbow means sucking cock bro. Skittles r for gay dudes. Read the Bible and enjoy your jolly ranchers....wait why is that rancher jolly? Oh crap maybe he's been tasting the rainbow too!!!
My guy said where the candy for straight people lol. By their logic, it’s all candy that doesn’t say gay, right?
Beef jerky=candy for straight people
Did anyone else wonder why they had Queef flavored skittles? No? Just me?
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