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Advertising that you're not using preservatives with pictures of the reason people use preservatives in the first place is an odd choice
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Oh poo poo, I initially hadn't bothered to read the article and just assumed this was Burger King taking on the "No Artifical Preservatives" poo poo and saying "yeah, we use preservatives so this doesn't happen". But no, they're just advertising the removal by showing a whopper getting moldy. Great marketing guys.
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Feb 20, 2020 01:50
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Garrand posted:Oh poo poo, I initially hadn't bothered to read the article and just assumed this was Burger King taking on the "No Artifical Preservatives" poo poo and saying "yeah, we use preservatives so this doesn't happen". But no, they're just advertising the removal by showing a whopper getting moldy. Great marketing guys. Do they show only the mouldy Whopper? Coz that ad would be more effective if they showed a Whopper moulding alongside a Big Mac, (or different chains burger), staying the same, then getting some dude in a white coat to say "This one is still edible after a month because CHEMICALS!!!, but the Whopper was made with natural ingredients, so did what nature does and got mould. Buy our NATURAL burger, not their one which has icky chemicals in it."
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Feb 20, 2020 02:10
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The only dumber marketing move than showcasing a moldy burger is showcasing it next to your competitor's edible one.
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Feb 20, 2020 02:18
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I know I'll go to considerable lengths to avoid calling something a 'preservative' on the ingredients list even when its primary purpose in the food is to preserve it.
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Feb 20, 2020 02:51
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Not cool of Burger King to take pictures of the back of my fridge without asking.
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Feb 20, 2020 02:52
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BrigadierSensible posted:Do they show only the mouldy Whopper? eta: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2019/11/australia-sees-icelands-10-year-old-cheeseburger-raises-it-a-25-year-old-quarter-pounder/ Hirayuki has a new favorite as of 03:26 on Feb 20, 2020 |
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Feb 20, 2020 03:23
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Yeah, the marketing approach is simple to pinpoint as a call out based on the people who boggle at fast food not rotting like an old vegetable after a couple days. It's positively straightforward and incredibly lacking in the reptile brain bullshit that would tell you "please don't make customers brains light up mold and tasty burger at the same time I'm begging you"
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Feb 20, 2020 03:34
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a lot of fungiphobes itt kinda freaking me out
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Feb 20, 2020 03:40
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people are stupid. Also a recent post from the OSHA thread showed that some of those "negative ion" wellness products are actually trying to produce actual ions.
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Feb 20, 2020 03:50
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Plant MONSTER. posted:a lot of fungiphobes itt Confusing av text/post combo
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Feb 20, 2020 03:54
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Captain Hygiene posted:Confusing av text/post combo *slaps* FUNGI ARE NOT PLANTS
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Feb 20, 2020 05:56
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*slaps again* AND ARE RARELY MONSTERS
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Feb 20, 2020 05:56
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It could just be as simple as somebody in the Burger King organization getting legitimately pissed off that their burgers will get moldy and gross fast without the traditional preservatives and somebody else going "You know what, we could use that as a marketing thing"
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Feb 20, 2020 06:14
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:"You know what, we could use that as a marketing thing" Still more appetizing than Tim Hortons where the same company is pleading "we're Canadian, honest!" in their new ad blitz
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Feb 20, 2020 07:10
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They remembered the ad campaign for Earthbound and thought hell yeah let's do that
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Feb 20, 2020 07:14
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Platystemon posted:Adblock the image if it bothers you that much. Adblock isn't a thing in the mobile app.
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Feb 20, 2020 07:28
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https://twitter.com/_hrtechnologist/status/1230106237481537536?s=21
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PhazonLink posted:Also a recent post from the OSHA thread showed that some of those "negative ion" wellness products are actually trying to produce actual ions.
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Feb 20, 2020 13:29
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Wasn't there a video floating around for a while about a McDonald's hamburger being left out for like a month and it doesn't mold or anything it just kind of shrivels up because of the hydration?
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Feb 20, 2020 15:05
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Agrinja posted:Wasn't there a video floating around for a while about a McDonald's hamburger being left out for like a month and it doesn't mold or anything it just kind of shrivels up because of the hydration? I think there was also one which was forgotten in wrappers under the car seat for a better part of a decade and it just sort of shrank down but still looked more or less edible.
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Feb 20, 2020 15:15
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Those burgers are still edible for the same reason why honey doesn't ever go bad.
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Feb 20, 2020 15:52
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McDonald's burgers are made by bees? That doesn't seem right.
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Feb 20, 2020 15:53
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Many people don't know this, but to this day every patty is made from meat product regurgitated by Ronald Mcdonald himself.
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Feb 20, 2020 17:12
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McD’s burgers don’t go bad because it’s well cooked, heavily salted meat wrapped in plastic or a fairly tight cardboard box. We’ve been preserving meat with salt and low air flow for millennia.
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Feb 20, 2020 17:37
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The Lone Badger posted:I know I'll go to considerable lengths to avoid calling something a 'preservative' on the ingredients list even when its primary purpose in the food is to preserve it. I have a friend that goes out of her way to buy food with ingrediants she can pronouce. Like calling something "extract of rear end in a top hat" instead of assholiousphemoxide changes the makeup of the food. It's like when you see non-GMO salt or when high glutamate food like tomato soup boasts that it doesn't contain MSG. They're such buzzwords that no one even cares what they mean anymore.
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Feb 20, 2020 18:43
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Hirayuki posted:Various fast-food menu items have become as infamous as Twinkies in terms of their resistance to mold and rot. Think "McDonald's burger found in ancient couch cushions" and the like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvnOZiCXudk
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Feb 20, 2020 19:47
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hyperhazard posted:I have a friend that goes out of her way to buy food with ingrediants she can pronouce. Like calling something "extract of rear end in a top hat" instead of assholiousphemoxide changes the makeup of the food. Yeah. People are watching what they eat more than ever (good) but they're partly making those dietary choices based on complete nonsense or meaningless buzzwords/trends (bad)
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Feb 20, 2020 20:25
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I am very good at pronouncing words, so I can eat everything.
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Feb 20, 2020 20:52
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Phlegmish posted:Yeah. People are watching what they eat more than ever (good) but they're partly making those dietary choices based on complete nonsense or meaningless buzzwords/trends (bad) The other thing is that a lot of it is "the dose makes the poison" making something unhealthy. Eating too much salt is obviously bad for you but if you never consume salt or sodium at all that's...also very bad. Like yeah we eat way too much salt in America but people going "I will never eat any sodium ever for any reason" are taking it way too far.
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Feb 20, 2020 21:10
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Serious Eats did a good set of experiments about why some hamburgers don't rot. It has nothing to do with preservatives or salt content. It's all about moisture: McDonald's thin hamburgers dry out before mold starts growing. Once they're dessicated, it doesn't matter how long they sit out, they won't mold. But if you put them in a plastic bag to prevent moisture loss, they'll mold just fine. https://www.seriouseats.com/2016/02/the-food-lab-why-mcdonalds-burgers-never-rot.html
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Feb 20, 2020 21:16
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hyperhazard posted:I have a friend that goes out of her way to buy food with ingrediants she can pronouce. Like calling something "extract of rear end in a top hat" instead of assholiousphemoxide changes the makeup of the food. We call that 'clean label' when sourcing ingredients.
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Feb 20, 2020 22:00
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Someone explain the battery one to non-Philly people. (Or is it just the obvious stupidity of batteries raining with confetti?)
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Feb 20, 2020 22:35
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Detective No. 27 posted:Someone explain the battery one to non-Philly people. (Or is it just the obvious stupidity of batteries raining with confetti?) Philly sports fans have been said to throw D-cell batteries at players on the field who they dislike. Probably most notably JD Drew, who demanded an exorbitant rookie salary from the Phillies after they drafted him and subsequently did not go on to play for the Phillies.
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Feb 20, 2020 23:08
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Detective No. 27 posted:Someone explain the battery one to non-Philly people. (Or is it just the obvious stupidity of batteries raining with confetti?) What post are you referring to?
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Feb 20, 2020 23:29
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AFewBricksShy posted:What post are you referring to? Oh dang. I saw this in the Things Boomers Like thread, swiped away, and thought it got posted here. shame on an IGA posted:For real this was so perfect it should've killed both super bowl marketing and brand twitter forever.
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Feb 20, 2020 23:36
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Phanatic posted:Philly sports fans have been said to throw D-cell batteries at players on the field who they dislike. Probably most notably JD Drew, who demanded an exorbitant rookie salary from the Phillies after they drafted him and subsequently did not go on to play for the Phillies. Wow, so It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is actually accurate in its representation of how everyone in that town is a piece of poo poo.
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Feb 21, 2020 00:24
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Memento posted:Wow, so It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is actually accurate in its representation of how everyone in that town is a piece of poo poo. Philly sports fans are *notorious* for being huge loving assholes. Not only to visiting teams, but their own as well.
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Feb 21, 2020 05:33
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They boo Santa Claus https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/philadelphia-fans-boo-santa-claus/
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Gritty was specifically made with that in mind, and kind of backfired.
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