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Has there ever been a more idiotic move than the one Bud Light's marketing team pulled recently?


Seeing an opportunity, someone has jumped right on it.

I’ve lost track of who’s complaining about what when it comes to corporate decisions. This may have contributed to my confusion:

https://www.foxnews.com/americatogether/lgbtq-pride/

Hawk wrote: ↑

April 13th 2023, 2:53pm

I’ve lost track of who’s complaining about what when it comes to corporate decisions. This may have contributed to my confusion:

https://www.foxnews.com/americatogether/lgbtq-pride/

I went to the main site: https://www.foxnews.com/americatogether/

It seems they celebrate everybody. Covering their derrieres, I guess.

bbattle wrote: ↑

April 13th 2023, 3:23pm

Hawk wrote: ↑

April 13th 2023, 2:53pm

I’ve lost track of who’s complaining about what when it comes to corporate decisions. This may have contributed to my confusion:

https://www.foxnews.com/americatogether/lgbtq-pride/

It seems they celebrate everybody. Covering their derrieres, I guess.

As do corporations and media outlets all - money talks... so what.

Money also walks, as in all the former Bud Light drinkers switching to whatever diet swill there is out there. Budweiser has lost billions because of this.

Seems there are a lot of awesome beer commercials out there

I’ll say this: I don’t recognize the world anymore. I remember a few years ago I saw an Audi ad during the Super Bowl that essentially called me a misogynist. Here I was, getting lectured by the former Auto Union. Thing is, that was subtle compared to what I see now. I have an Uber woke friend who thinks it’s gone too far, but thinks it’s cyclical. I’m not so sure. I’m thinking somewhere Khrushchev is smiling and thinking “See? We buried you!”

DoctorIvey wrote: ↑

April 13th 2023, 4:59pm

I’ll say this: I don’t recognize the world anymore. I remember a few years ago I saw an Audi ad during the Super Bowl that essentially called me a misogynist. Here I was, getting lectured by the former Auto Union. Thing is, that was subtle compared to what I see now. I have an Uber woke friend who thinks it’s gone too far, but thinks it’s cyclical. I’m not so sure. I’m thinking somewhere Khrushchev is smiling and thinking “See? We buried you!”

Yeah, it's really hard when the worm turns. We can only but remember with nostalgia times when the white straight majority were the ones dishing the shit out rather than receiving it. The good ol days!!

bbattle wrote: ↑

April 13th 2023, 4:33pm

Money also walks, as in all the former Bud Light drinkers switching to whatever diet swill there is out there. Budweiser has lost billions because of this.

To what? Coors as a prominent talking head recently suggested? They also contribute to LGBTQ organizations and lobbying groups. Corona, Heineken, Miller — all. Nowhere to go — ...it's a brand new day.

bbattle wrote: ↑

April 13th 2023, 4:33pm

Money also walks, as in all the former Bud Light drinkers switching to whatever diet swill there is out there. Budweiser has lost billions because of this.

I keep hearing that but it doesn’t exactly line up with stock prices. It’s down from a recent high but still up from the first of the year and pretty close to its 52 week high.

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/bud

Methinks the tales of stock drops are being very careful with the range they’re reporting. And I would bet the rent that they’ll never even notice some self-proclaimed culture warrior managing to offload a few cases of rebadged mystery beer.

Hell, they might be breaking even just selling beer to nitwits that shoot it or hit it with a bat.

Culture warriors always overestimate their impact.

But in a comparison Fox’s stock is also holding pretty steady despite 2/3 of America and 90% of the world believing they’re in the middle of the media scandal of the decade.

When it comes to the actual exchange of money and market cap it just doesn’t amount to a pisshole in a snowdrift. My guess is that the 5% that are rooting them on are countered by the 5% that are offended while 90% just don’t give a shit.

The nitwit with the mystery brand rebranded beer might move a couple dozen cases before he moves onto plastic potatos with dicks. Performative dumbfuckery with the probable success of Billy Beer (ask your parents)

Nobody really cares according to USSE. Bud is close to their 52 week high even now.

I wouldn’t know about beer but my Japanese single malt is getting rare and priced disagreeably. They don’t even have a dog in fight. I suspect the damn yuppies have discovered it

The Pub subforum is about one thing--the celebration of booze and drinking so much that you get jaked and blow chow.

It is not about politics. Politics will be only be tolerated in the politics subforum. Please abide by this, as I do not want to lose any more valued members due to the discussion of this rather absurd subject.

Thank you, and drink your fill!

bedlam wrote: ↑

April 13th 2023, 5:24pm

DoctorIvey wrote: ↑

April 13th 2023, 4:59pm

I’ll say this: I don’t recognize the world anymore. I remember a few years ago I saw an Audi ad during the Super Bowl that essentially called me a misogynist. Here I was, getting lectured by the former Auto Union. Thing is, that was subtle compared to what I see now. I have an Uber woke friend who thinks it’s gone too far, but thinks it’s cyclical. I’m not so sure. I’m thinking somewhere Khrushchev is smiling and thinking “See? We buried you!”

Yeah, it's really hard when the worm turns. We can only but remember with nostalgia times when the white straight majority were the ones dishing the shit out rather than receiving it. The good ol days!!

Sure. If by “dishing out shit” you mean taking a backwoods colony and turning it into the world’s lone superpower with the highest standard of living.

DoctorIvey wrote: ↑

April 14th 2023, 4:17am

bedlam wrote: ↑

April 13th 2023, 5:24pm

DoctorIvey wrote: ↑

April 13th 2023, 4:59pm

I’ll say this: I don’t recognize the world anymore. I remember a few years ago I saw an Audi ad during the Super Bowl that essentially called me a misogynist. Here I was, getting lectured by the former Auto Union. Thing is, that was subtle compared to what I see now. I have an Uber woke friend who thinks it’s gone too far, but thinks it’s cyclical. I’m not so sure. I’m thinking somewhere Khrushchev is smiling and thinking “See? We buried you!”

Yeah, it's really hard when the worm turns. We can only but remember with nostalgia times when the white straight majority were the ones dishing the shit out rather than receiving it. The good ol days!!

Sure. If by “dishing out shit” you mean taking a backwoods colony and turning it into the world’s lone superpower with the highest standard of living.

I'll leave the politics as per the above request.

Aside from that though, Doc, the US isn't in the top 10 for living standards. It comes in at 17th.

Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/count ... by-country

I really like this local microbrew called Monkeynaut made by Straight to Ale.

Able and Baker, the two monkeys that we sent to space were trained here at MSFC. Baker is buried here, sometimes people leave bananas at her grave.
https://www.space.com/able-baker-monkey ... rsary.html

Maybe it will turn out well for Bud. There's a lot of LGTBIQA people out there, maybe Bud will become a preferred beer for some of them. There's a lot of progressive people and people who want to be perceived as progressive even if they aren't progressive, maybe they'll buy more Bud. There's a lot of people who don't really care one way or the other about trans and ltbgiqa stuff who if they drink Bud already will continue to drink Bud. There possibly aren't that many current or potential Bud drinkers genuinely offended enough to now never buy Bud, and a lot of those in that category would be poor, so does Bud really care anyway?

I need to admit, last time I had a Bud light must have been close to 30 years ago. But I somehow have my doubts that the taste has improved in any way since. Its all horse piss to me. So. Meh.
But thanks for sharing the video links. Had no time yet but hope some are good for a chuckle.

bbattle wrote: ↑

April 14th 2023, 1:51pm

I really like this local microbrew called Monkeynaut made by Straight to Ale.

Able and Baker, the two monkeys that we sent to space were trained here at MSFC. Baker is buried here, sometimes people leave bananas at her grave.
https://www.space.com/able-baker-monkey ... rsary.html

There are some microbrews around here that are pretty good but at least one put a dose of orange in it. Nasty stuff was the liquid equivalent of pineapple pizza.

I like Chimay when it’s available but it works like an overdose of Ambien - I wake up in places I don’t recognize with no clue how I got there. I suspect those Trappist Monks are augmenting the alcohol in ways I don’t need to know.

As just seen on facebook...

The only micro I ever tried that was ok was a Stone IPA - not a fan of any of it.