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[–]Rebootkid 12 points13 points ago

Okay. I admit it. I was gone for 18 hours.

WTF is up with all the Pringles stuff?

[–]Vile2539 10 points11 points ago

Just another dead horse that Reddit has been beating for the last 24 hours.

It started with someone posted something along the lines of "This is why I like being a woman", which was a picture of her hand fitting into a tube of Pringles. We've now had a ton of variations to this, which of course all got their own posts (instead of putting them in the comments).

[–]jlking3 4 points5 points ago

Dead horse flavored Pringles? Hmmm ... are they smoked?

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

Oh poor Scrooge McDuck, why can't you see the little ones only are after your money.

[–]Space_Masters 7 points8 points ago

They don't want to spend it. Like Scrooge, they just want to play in it.

[–]PapaCristobal -3 points-2 points ago

Farbror Joakim von Anka*

[–]kittykels420 2 points3 points ago

Plus, on the bright side... Pringles are $1 .99 in Saskatchewan Shopers Drug Mart

[–]majorkev 2 points3 points ago

I'm not going to lie, I bought a can of pringles today.

First, and last.

[–]randomredditpedant 4 points5 points ago

Sorry - I've been exposed to constant advertising since I was old enough to be propped up in front of the television.

48 years later, I've acquired immunity to your attempts to sell me things I don't need or want.

note to self: Buy some potato chips later today

[–]Fdurke 0 points1 point ago

Don't forget the soda, you reaaaaalllllyyyy need it.

[–]Nioxic 2 points3 points ago

i dont ever buy pringles.. too costly for the amount of chips ANd annoyance they provide :P

[–]krixo 2 points3 points ago

Context? wtf are you people talking about

[–]Onlyhereforthelaughs 1 point2 points ago

All the people posting Pringles cans. Pringles is getting free advertising because of our love for their skinny cans.

[–]krixo 0 points1 point ago

thanks

[–]WillTrivium[!] 1 point2 points ago

If Mitt Romney was a duck.

[–]SvenHudson 0 points1 point ago

Then he would most likely not have gotten into politics.

[–]sliverliu 1 point2 points ago

you work at P&G? Winton Hill Snacks building?

[–]coldplane 1 point2 points ago

Fuck! I've had it with viral ads! I can't stand any of them. Clogging up media like there's no tomorrow. Commercial breaks in our country takes a good 15-20 minutes of primetime airing. And the geniuses at advertising thought we wouldn't notice hidden product placement through the internet. Anyway, i know now which ones to choose and avoid when buying products. My money goes on the ones that don't show adverts on air.

[–]Pokemon_Reference 3 points4 points ago

What's with the skis? You could probably afford a bike now.

[–]VestaDear 8 points9 points ago

Because skiing is fancier.

[–]Ghostalker474 0 points1 point ago

Skies are pretty expensive, a bike (though more complicated) is typically cheaper.

[–]Littl3Bastrd -1 points0 points ago

Whoosh

[–]DeluxePineapple 1 point2 points ago

Honestly the reason I rarely frequent r/pics is because of the rampant viral marketing. It's dishonest.

[–]carrotman424 10 points11 points ago

So you think someone who works for Pringles posted a picture of a guy with a Pringles can on his cock so I would go buy some Pringles? I'm tired of every time a picture with a corporate logo in it of any form in any context some self righteous Internet know-it-all chimes in about how it's viral marketing by the manufacturer and he's the only one smart enough to not get played.

[–]DeluxePineapple -1 points0 points ago

No, but I'm absolutely willing to believe some of the original picture(s) were created by Pringles and others latched on to the idea.

[–]cullend 6 points7 points ago

Then you're fucking paranoid. Corporations suck at viral marketing. It's usually painfully obvious they're doing it.

If money is going to be spent on creating content for a campaign, they're going to fucking plaster it everywhere. Besides, you've obviously never worked with corporate marketing departments

Example performance review: Boss: so what've you accomplished so far this year? Employer: I lead a team taking pictures of scenes with Pringles cans. We've been posting them to reddit every day for six months, and they finally went viral!!!!

No one is going to waste resources heist hoping something goes viral. They plaster the Internet with that shit.

[–]imgyal 2 points3 points ago

As an advertising & marketing student I agree with you sir. As much as they'd LOVE for that to happen there is no obvious guarantee they'll gain enough karma for people to see it/make it to the front page (hence why the promoted links exist and are visible). That being said I'm sure they're now aware of how Pringles invaded reddit yesterday and are probably gonna try and create content directed to the reddit demographic in the hopes of turning the awareness into sales.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Experiment! Whenever you see someone eating Pringles, ask them if reddit means anything to them. Post results of survey.

If you read this message you're not allowed to buy/eat Pringles.

[–]TH1999 0 points1 point ago

Hey it's FPS Kyle

[–]jaguar_EXPLOSION 0 points1 point ago

I do, really, want a can of pringles now.

[–]Qazax1337 5 points6 points ago

Pipe. Its clearly a pipe of pringles.

[–]real_nice_guy 1 point2 points ago

I love this show. I say that in the present tense because I still watch it on occasion.

[–]TxDank93 -3 points-2 points ago*

proof?

Wow lmao, how do i know if he really works for the pringles marketing department. It's a legitimate question.

[–]seriouslydamaged 3 points4 points ago

... seriously?

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[–]cullend 2 points3 points ago

I bought a can earlier..

[–]Al-Dunya 2 points3 points ago

same here

[–]Qazax1337 2 points3 points ago

Same.

[–]mathgod 0 points1 point ago

I'll be buying one on my lunch break

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[–]imgyal 0 points1 point ago

Wtf? Get off reddit before its too late

[–]a_cat_not_a_puppet 0 points1 point ago

9gag intruder.