Current Events > So that female M&M 'controversy' was a smokescreen for something worse

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First of all, let's be up-front about this - if you're legitimately upset about that whole "helping women break the glass ceiling" M&M thing, you're being an ass and the forced and lazy outcry you're contributing to is made more and more legitimate through your actions. Genuinely, a better way to "protest" something like that - a bit cringe and pandering, but ultimately fairly innocuous and unlikely to have anyone buying M&Ms based on the branding alone - would have been to shut the fuck up and let it die the eventual obscure death that most advertising does. It is a non-issue. It has always been a non-issue. This whole stupid thing was a "controversy" in name only.

Secondly, and specifically relating to why I put "controversy" in quotation marks - the packaging was designed to whip morons and droolers up into a frenzy, what with the M&M branding being savaged by dumb shits like Tucker Carlson over "desexualised" M&Ms leading to more scrutiny from the particularly stupid section of the right-wing who watch that trash. This was planned.

So what would a negative PR event like this be covering up? What basis do I have to say that this was a deliberate PR strategy to distract from something else?

Mars Inc. are facing a lawsuit over toxic levels of cadmium and lead being found in their Dove brand of dark chocolate.

Here's the lawsuit: https://www.law360.com/cases/63b7967154caf665e685628b

It was filed on the fifth of January.

As per a linked article, those heavy metals carry a risk of cancer, organ failure and other irreversible health risks. Toxic levels of those metals - not just unsafe levels, toxic levels - were found in Mars Inc. branded chocolate. Lead poisoning affects the function of the brain and can affect you for life, and I'm sure that cadmium is just as dangerous if not moreso. You or your kids could have been eating chocolate tainted with lead.

But you don't know that, because every dumb-fuck mouth-breathing hick who's upset at this chocolate company are mad because Cringe Feminism Fail Chocolate or whatever the fuck. Again, this supposed controversy is - at best - being fueled by Tucker Carlson watchers who are mad that a green chocolate candy doesn't wear high heels any more. That flow of absolute morons dogpiling M&Ms because women or something is taking away from the real story, which is that Mars Inc. have been fucking POISONING people.

Where Im from, Dove is soap, not chocolate.

Brown M&M was always the hottest one

Brown > Old Green > New Green > Purple

Glob posted...

Where Im from, Dove is soap, not chocolate.

Actually Dove is both soap and chocolate all over the place, including Australia. It's two different companies too, they just decided to leave each other alone because the brand similarity was a genuine coincidence and it wasn't worth the trouble of suing.

...I mean HOW DARE YOU DEFLECT FROM MY RIGHTEOUS RAGE :P

Mmm, can't wait for my cadmium eggs for Easter

Perhaps we're more focus on sexualized M&Ms because Doves were always unfuckable.

The female m&m controversey is just more fake outrage meant to keep the twitter addicts twitterin and Fox News to keep Foxnewsin.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/5/AAU2gcAADXfB.jpg

The_Korey posted...

Perhaps we're more focus on sexualized M&Ms because Doves were always unfuckable.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/0/3/AAfNgnAAEFQX.jpg

MrMallard posted...

Actually Dove is both soap and chocolate all over the place, including Australia. It's two different companies too, they just decided to leave each other alone because the brand similarity was a genuine coincidence and it wasn't worth the trouble of suing.

...I mean HOW DARE YOU DEFLECT FROM MY RIGHTEOUS RAGE :P

Im not saying youre wrong, just that Dove isnt chocolate in the UK or in Vietnam. Theres lots of other countries I couldnt say one way or the other about.

as expected. thank you TC for uncovering the smoke. there needs to be a "what really is going on?" conversation tied to every single "why is this dumb fucking shit a "controversy"" situation

Chocolate is pretty much always full of lead.

NeonTentacles posted...

Brown M&M was always the hottest one

Brown > Old Green > New Green > Purple

Lol

MrMallard posted...

What basis do I have to say that this was a deliberate PR strategy to distract from something else?

I dunno, the fact that companies always do this sort of thing to distract from scandals? Or like how politicians also use the same tactics for the same ends?

The Tucker Carlsons of the world know this, and will happily promote the fake story in order to cover up for M&Ms putting toxic chemicals in their food, because they support poisoning food.

I know exactly what you mean TC. First of all, let's be up-front about this - if you're legitimately upset about that whole "helping women break the glass ceiling" M&M thing, you're being an ass and the forced and lazy outcry you're contributing to is made more and more legitimate through your actions. Genuinely, a better way to "protest" something like that - a bit cringe and pandering, but ultimately fairly innocuous and unlikely to have anyone buying M&Ms based on the branding alone - would have been to shut the fuck up and let it die the eventual obscure death that most advertising does. It is a non-issue. It has always been a non-issue. This whole stupid thing was a "controversy" in name only.

Secondly, and specifically relating to why I put "controversy" in quotation marks - the packaging was designed to whip morons and droolers up into a frenzy, what with the M&M branding being savaged by dumb shits like Tucker Carlson over "desexualised" M&Ms leading to more scrutiny from the particularly stupid section of the right-wing who watch that trash. This was planned.

So what would a negative PR event like this be covering up? What basis do I have to say that this was a deliberate PR strategy to distract from something else?

Mars Inc. are facing a lawsuit over toxic levels of cadmium and lead being found in their Dove brand of dark chocolate.

Here's the lawsuit: https://www.law360.com/cases/63b7967154caf665e685628b

It was filed on the fifth of January.

As per a linked article, those heavy metals carry a risk of cancer, organ failure and other irreversible health risks. Toxic levels of those metals - not just unsafe levels, toxic levels - were found in Mars Inc. branded chocolate. Lead poisoning affects the function of the brain and can affect you for life, and I'm sure that cadmium is just as dangerous if not moreso. You or your kids could have been eating chocolate tainted with lead.

But you don't know that, because every dumb-fuck mouth-breathing hick who's upset at this chocolate company are mad because Cringe Feminism Fail Chocolate or whatever the fuck. Again, this supposed controversy is - at best - being fueled by Tucker Carlson watchers who are mad that a green chocolate candy doesn't wear high heels any more. That flow of absolute morons dogpiling M&Ms because women or something is taking away from the real story, which is that Mars Inc. have been fucking POISONING people.

that whole "helping women break the glass ceiling" M&M thing

Is that what you really think happened with this corporate marketing campaign?

David1988 posted...

It was filed on the fifth of January.

I'm going to go ahead and assume the planning for the "empower women" packaging was started a bit before that.

ViewtifulGrave posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/5/AAU2gcAADXfB.jpg

I thought nudity wasn't allowed on this website

KStateKing17 posted...

I thought nudity wasn't allowed on this website

Only when it's that delicious.

Questionmarktarius posted...

I'm going to go ahead and assume the planning for the "empower women" packaging was started a bit before that.

I'm gonna go ahead and assume that the lawsuit was filed much later than when the controversy first came to light, and then rather than just run with that assumption I'm going to actually search for anything that supports that and oh look:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/dark-chocolate-bars-found-to-contain-unsafe-amounts-of-lead-and-cadmium/ar-AA15nx5F?li=BBnba9O

https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2022/09/02/How-to-reduce-cadmium-in-cocoa-special-report

Dark chocolate is poison to the tastebuds.

KStateKing17 posted...

I thought nudity wasn't allowed on this website

It's fine as long as she's not showing her nuts.

My favorite is still the almond M&Ms

Delta_Force posted...

It's fine as long as she's not showing her nuts.

Incidentally, Yellow seems to be enjoying this a bit too much.

Lead gives it that flavor tho

damn...