Current Events > Coca-Cola ironically bans the word 'lesbian' from customisable Gay Pride bottles

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UnfairRepresent 07/04/21 12:38:18 PM #1:	Drinks giant Coca-Cola has been accused of rainbow-washing after cutomers discovered certain words including lesbian were not allowed on personalised glass bottles. The online customisation tool lets people create distinctive bottles with their own bespoke labels, including an option with the Pride flag. But the word lesbian was banned, and when customers tried to type it in they were met with an automated message. Oops! Looks like the name you requested is not an approved one, it read. Names may not be approved if theyre potentially offensive to other people, trademarked, or celebrity names. Weve worked hard to get this list right, but sometimes we mess up. Alongside lesbian, other words were banned from the tool as well, including jihadists, Nazis, QAnon and Trump won. The words gay, transgender and bisexual are all allowed on the US website. Trans twitter comic Arthur Webber spoke out against the block of the word: Coca Cola allowing you to put every anti-trans slur on their rainbow bottles but banning you from writing lesbian is peak corporate pride tbh, he said. Wait why are we banned from putting lesbian? thats not even a slur, Other users pointed out the issue that the word Palestine was blocked, but the word Isreal was not. I kept going for a few minutes, and theres a lot more offensive ones that went through fine. Real glad they covered their bases with Palestine and common Muslim names tho [sic], wrote one commenter who posted screenshots of approved phrases including slavery and forced penetration. Previously, Blue Lives Matter was permitted, while Black Lives Matter was not Whoops lol That feeling when you want to pretend you're a good person but you're actually a giant global mega-corp that doesn't care if everyone lives or dies --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:955735614] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Drinks giant Coca-Cola has been accused of rainbow-washing after cutomers discovered certain words including lesbian were not allowed on personalised glass bottles. The online customisation tool lets people create distinctive bottles with their own bespoke labels, including an option with the Pride flag. But the word lesbian was banned, and when customers tried to type it in they were met with an automated message. Oops! Looks like the name you requested is not an approved one, it read. Names may not be approved if theyre potentially offensive to other people, trademarked, or celebrity names. Weve worked hard to get this list right, but sometimes we mess up. Alongside lesbian, other words were banned from the tool as well, including jihadists, Nazis, QAnon and Trump won. The words gay, transgender and bisexual are all allowed on the US website. <quote>Trans twitter comic Arthur Webber spoke out against the block of the word: Coca Cola allowing you to put every anti-trans slur on their rainbow bottles but banning you from writing lesbian is peak corporate pride tbh, he said. Wait why are we banned from putting lesbian? thats not even a slur, </quote> Other users pointed out the issue that the word Palestine was blocked, but the word Isreal was not. I kept going for a few minutes, and theres a lot more offensive ones that went through fine. Real glad they covered their bases with Palestine and common Muslim names tho [sic], wrote one commenter who posted screenshots of approved phrases including slavery and forced penetration. Previously, Blue Lives Matter was permitted, while Black Lives Matter was not Whoops lol That feeling when you want to pretend you're a good person but you're actually a giant global mega-corp that doesn't care if everyone lives or dies </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Puglia77 07/04/21 12:39:22 PM #2:	UnfairRepresent posted... Other users pointed out the issue that the word Palestine was blocked, but the word Isreal was not. Of course Isreal shouldn't be blocked, that's not the country's name. --- https://imgur.com/eKsItFM https://imgur.com/TTxoxMY https://imgur.com/peL7xfJ https://imgur.com/CJ4nKqG <cite>Puglia77 posted [p:955735651] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted...</cite> <quote>Other users pointed out the issue that the word Palestine was blocked, but the word Isreal was not.</quote> Of course Isreal shouldn't be blocked, that's not the country's name.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nemu 07/04/21 12:40:05 PM #3:	It's weird when marketing people are so meticulous in some areas but then drop the ball on simple shit like this. <cite>Nemu posted [p:955735674] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>It's weird when marketing people are so meticulous in some areas but then drop the ball on simple shit like this. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 07/04/21 12:41:23 PM #4:	Puglia77 posted... Of course Isreal shouldn't be blocked, that's not the country's name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZHvd0ks7Es --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:955735714] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote><quote>Puglia77 posted... </cite> Of course Isreal shouldn't be blocked, that's not the country's name.</quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZHvd0ks7Es </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Flauros 07/04/21 12:43:08 PM #5:	Why would they exclude lesbians? Thats fucked up. --- https://imgur.com/EX6Md7k https://imgur.com/X4cT0Sp https://imgur.com/A3kur0P https://imgur.com/Hj9RrC6 <cite>Flauros posted [p:955735769] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Why would they exclude lesbians? Thats fucked up. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 07/04/21 12:43:14 PM #6:	First white people, now lesbians? Who will Coke piss off next? <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:955735775] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>First white people, now lesbians? Who will Coke piss off next? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 07/04/21 12:45:55 PM #7:	Wonder if you can write Taiwan --- https://imgur.com/u5kY6Yt https://imgur.com/V6HBhkR <cite>Doe posted [p:955735838] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Wonder if you can write Taiwan </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Criminalt 07/04/21 12:49:52 PM #8:	UnfairRepresent posted... Alongside lesbian, other words were banned from the tool as well, including jihadists, Way to alienate your Islamic fundamentalist customers from the brand. --- Dead silence rising <cite>Criminalt posted [p:955735932] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>Alongside lesbian, other words were banned from the tool as well, including jihadists,</quote>Way to alienate your Islamic fundamentalist customers from the brand. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hornezz 07/04/21 12:51:06 PM #9:	https://us.coca-cola.com/store/personalized-bottle Lesbian seems to work just fine. Colombian Death Squad however, does not. --- In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spinaciae habes. <cite>Hornezz posted [p:955735968] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>https://us.coca-cola.com/store/personalized-bottle Lesbian seems to work just fine. Colombian Death Squad however, does not. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nemu 07/04/21 12:52:50 PM #10:	Hornezz posted... https://us.coca-cola.com/store/personalized-bottle Lesbian seems to work just fine. Colombian Death Squad however, does not. Might have quickly adjusted it after the news broke. <cite>Nemu posted [p:955736019] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Hornezz posted... </cite> <quote>https://us.coca-cola.com/store/personalized-bottle Lesbian seems to work just fine. Colombian Death Squad however, does not.</quote>Might have quickly adjusted it after the news broke. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kingdrake2 07/04/21 12:53:11 PM #11:	Lesbian's = Ratings. without them there's no hot girl on girl action in PORN. --- Explorers In The Further Regions Of Experience, demons to some, Angels To Others: Pinhead <cite>kingdrake2 posted [p:955736031] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Lesbian's = Ratings. without them there's no hot girl on girl action in PORN.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 07/04/21 12:54:00 PM #12:	Share a coke with a lesbian --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs <cite>Turbam posted [p:955736050] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Share a coke with a lesbian </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ZevLoveDOOM 07/04/21 12:57:21 PM #14:	Woke Coke <cite>ZevLoveDOOM posted [p:955736141] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Woke Coke </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hornezz 07/04/21 12:58:58 PM #15:	Just trying some country names. Most of them are banned (including Israel, contrary to what the article says). Some exceptions: USA, America, England, Scotland, Wales. So I figured just English speaking countries are allowed, but then again Australia, Canada and Ireland are banned too. No idea what the logic is here. --- In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spinaciae habes. <cite>Hornezz posted [p:955736192] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Just trying some country names. Most of them are banned (including Israel, contrary to what the article says). Some exceptions: USA, America, England, Scotland, Wales. So I figured just English speaking countries are allowed, but then again Australia, Canada and Ireland are banned too. No idea what the logic is here. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bass_X0 07/04/21 1:09:45 PM #16:	https://twitter.com/TheQuartering/status/1410399243525894151/photo/1 --- "Well, it's not a bad game. It's made by Capcom, so how could it?" ~ AVGN <cite>Bass_X0 posted [p:955736487] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>https://twitter.com/TheQuartering/status/1410399243525894151/photo/1 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PC-Builder_Pony 07/04/21 1:18:38 PM #17:	Seems fake --- Mac Book Pro 16 - 6-Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz - 32gb DDR4 2667 MHz - Radeon Pro 5500M 8gb - 2TB Apple SSD <cite>PC-Builder_Pony posted [p:955736740] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Seems fake </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gatorsPENSbucs 07/04/21 1:26:31 PM #19:	Hornezz posted... seems to work just fine. Same here. I even got all the way to submit order just to see if it would stop me at some point. also, seems like blacklivesmatter works and actually Blue Lives Matter does not in fact work --- https://imgur.com/ZFt3WwT http://error1355.com/ce/gatorsPENSbucs.html https://imgur.com/pqMQZyw <cite>gatorsPENSbucs posted [p:955736969] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Hornezz posted... </cite> <quote>seems to work just fine.</quote>Same here. I even got all the way to submit order just to see if it would stop me at some point. also, seems like blacklivesmatter works and actually Blue Lives Matter does not in fact work </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
jpenny2 07/04/21 1:30:47 PM #20:	I want some Lesbian Coke. Actually, I'd rather have Lesbian Pepsi. --- Fren Code: 2767-3374-3343 \|\| IGN: Penny \|\| TSV: 3067 \|\| Sig NFT I hate sarcasm. I'm also not too fond of irony. \| Permanently banned <cite>jpenny2 posted [p:955737079] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>I want some Lesbian Coke. Actually, I'd rather have Lesbian Pepsi. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 07/04/21 1:35:35 PM #21:	Bass_X0 posted... https://twitter.com/TheQuartering/status/1410399243525894151/photo/1 Weird how happy all the homophobes are at the end of Pride Month. They don't give a fuck about the corporate exploitation. They're just happy to not hear about gay people. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:955737194] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Bass_X0 posted... </cite> <quote>https://twitter.com/TheQuartering/status/1410399243525894151/photo/1</quote> Weird how happy all the homophobes are at the end of Pride Month. They don't give a fuck about the corporate exploitation. They're just happy to not hear about gay people. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 07/04/21 1:41:58 PM #22:	hockeybub89 posted... Weird how happy all the homophobes are at the end of Pride Month. They don't give a fuck about the corporate exploitation. They're just happy to not hear about gay people. They're assholes but they're not wrong when they point out that the companies don't really care LGBT "pride" support is all marketing. Only one that seems to actually be trying to support LGBT is Lego and I think that's just because market reseach shows SJWs fucking love Lego and conservatives don't. --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:955737355] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>hockeybub89 posted... </cite> <quote>Weird how happy all the homophobes are at the end of Pride Month. They don't give a fuck about the corporate exploitation. They're just happy to not hear about gay people.</quote>They're assholes but they're not wrong when they point out that the companies don't really care LGBT "pride" support is all marketing. Only one that seems to actually be trying to support LGBT is Lego and I think that's just because market reseach shows SJWs fucking love Lego and conservatives don't. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gatorsPENSbucs 07/04/21 2:56:01 PM #23:	UnfairRepresent posted... love Lego and conservatives don't. And yall keep calling me a conservative lol --- https://imgur.com/ZFt3WwT http://error1355.com/ce/gatorsPENSbucs.html https://imgur.com/pqMQZyw <cite>gatorsPENSbucs posted [p:955739421] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>love Lego and conservatives don't.</quote>And yall keep calling me a conservative lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gamerguymass 07/04/21 3:01:05 PM #24:	UnfairRepresent posted... They're assholes but they're not wrong when they point out that the companies don't really care LGBT "pride" support is all marketing. Only one that seems to actually be trying to support LGBT is Lego and I think that's just because market reseach shows SJWs fucking love Lego and conservatives don't. Why would SJWs love Lego and conservatives don't? Unless I'm missing something I can't think of anything they have done that would make one group love them and the other not care. --- Now Playing: "The Hunt for the Two Missing Nintendo 64 Games" An expansion came out, but I'm still a third of the way through! <cite>Gamerguymass posted [p:955739577] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>They're assholes but they're not wrong when they point out that the companies don't really care LGBT "pride" support is all marketing. Only one that seems to actually be trying to support LGBT is Lego and I think that's just because market reseach shows SJWs fucking love Lego and conservatives don't.</quote> Why would SJWs love Lego and conservatives don't? Unless I'm missing something I can't think of anything they have done that would make one group love them and the other not care. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shezarr 07/04/21 3:02:49 PM #25:	Bass_X0 posted... https://twitter.com/TheQuartering/status/1410399243525894151/photo/1 Do you think actual Hitler lover the Quartering cares about lgbt people? --- The artist formerly known as RebelElite791 <cite>Shezarr posted [p:955739632] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Bass_X0 posted... </cite> <quote>https://twitter.com/TheQuartering/status/1410399243525894151/photo/1</quote>Do you think actual Hitler lover the Quartering cares about lgbt people? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bass_X0 07/04/21 3:35:30 PM #26:	Shezarr posted... Do you think actual Hitler lover the Quartering cares about lgbt people? he says he does. --- "Well, it's not a bad game. It's made by Capcom, so how could it?" ~ AVGN <cite>Bass_X0 posted [p:955740605] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Shezarr posted... </cite> <quote>Do you think actual Hitler lover the Quartering cares about lgbt people?</quote> he says he does. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 07/04/21 3:51:33 PM #27:	Gamerguymass posted... Why would SJWs love Lego and conservatives don't? Unless I'm missing something I can't think of anything they have done that would make one group love them and the other not care. As a rule of thumb, conservatives are more hostile towards creativity and fun There's a reason why the Lego movie focuses on Batman and fluffy unicorns and girls with rainbow hair and not Robert E. Lee and Jesus --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:955741031] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Gamerguymass posted... </cite> <quote>Why would SJWs love Lego and conservatives don't? Unless I'm missing something I can't think of anything they have done that would make one group love them and the other not care.</quote>As a rule of thumb, conservatives are more hostile towards creativity and fun There's a reason why the Lego movie focuses on Batman and fluffy unicorns and girls with rainbow hair and not Robert E. Lee and Jesus </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gamerguymass 07/04/21 7:09:20 PM #28:	UnfairRepresent posted... As a rule of thumb, conservatives are more hostile towards creativity and fun There's a reason why the Lego movie focuses on Batman and fluffy unicorns and girls with rainbow hair and not Robert E. Lee and Jesus Ok so no actual reason, just the one you pulled out of your ass. Gotcha. --- Now Playing: "The Hunt for the Two Missing Nintendo 64 Games" An expansion came out, but I'm still a third of the way through! <cite>Gamerguymass posted [p:955746597] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>As a rule of thumb, conservatives are more hostile towards creativity and fun There's a reason why the Lego movie focuses on Batman and fluffy unicorns and girls with rainbow hair and not Robert E. Lee and Jesus</quote> Ok so no actual reason, just the one you pulled out of your ass. Gotcha. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 07/05/21 10:58:49 AM #29:	Gamerguymass posted... Ok so no actual reason, just the one you pulled out of your ass. Gotcha. lol you just proved my point --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:955763905] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Gamerguymass posted... </cite> <quote>Ok so no actual reason, just the one you pulled out of your ass. Gotcha.</quote>lol you just proved my point </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Prestoff 07/05/21 11:04:32 AM #30:	UnfairRepresent posted... As a rule of thumb, conservatives are more hostile towards creativity and fun Well more like the Religious Right than Conservatives in general in my opinion. With that said, Conservative humor tends to be more mean spirited, but it might be just me. I think that plays a big reason why you don't see Conservative late night talk show ever. --- DI MOLTO! <cite>Prestoff posted [p:955764040] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>As a rule of thumb, conservatives are more hostile towards creativity and fun</quote> Well more like the Religious Right than Conservatives in general in my opinion. With that said, Conservative humor tends to be more mean spirited, but it might be just me. I think that plays a big reason why you don't see Conservative late night talk show ever. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 07/05/21 11:44:57 AM #31:	Prestoff posted... Well more like the Religious Right than Conservatives in general in my opinion. With that said, Conservative humor tends to be more mean spirited, but it might be just me. I think that plays a big reason why you don't see Conservative late night talk show ever. In America there is no difference Trump got 70 million votes near all from Christians --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:955765045] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Prestoff posted... </cite> <quote>Well more like the Religious Right than Conservatives in general in my opinion. With that said, Conservative humor tends to be more mean spirited, but it might be just me. I think that plays a big reason why you don't see Conservative late night talk show ever.</quote>In America there is no difference Trump got 70 million votes near all from Christians </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Criminalt 07/05/21 3:15:55 PM #32:	UnfairRepresent posted... Trump got 70 million votes near all from Christians I think there's a case to be made for enclosing Christians in quote marks. --- Dead silence rising <cite>Criminalt posted [p:955771191] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>Trump got 70 million votes near all from Christians</quote>I think there's a case to be made for enclosing Christians in quote marks. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 07/05/21 4:25:36 PM #33:	Criminalt posted... I think there's a case to be made for enclosing Christians in quote marks. No True Scotsman --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:955773112] in Coca-Cola ... [t:79547973]...</cite> <quote>Criminalt posted... </cite> <quote>I think there's a case to be made for enclosing Christians in quote marks.</quote>No True Scotsman </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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