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"Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« on: September 25, 2012, 11:53:55 am »
From NBC News:

On Sept. 13, the soft drink maker posted to its Facebook wall an ad using the classic “March of Progress” image tweaked to promote the “evolution of flavor.” The whimsical ad showed a chimpanzee dragging his knuckles, followed by a semi-erect hominid reaching for a Dr Pepper, followed by a fully upright man walking and gulping a Dr Pepper. The images are captioned “Pre-Pepper,” “Pepper Discovery,” and “Post-Pepper” respectively.

Sounds harmless. Even banal. But about 7,000 comment and nearly 33,000 likes later, the ad is still provoking reaction by creationists who say it promotes the theory of evolution. Some are even threatening to boycott Dr Pepper. That in turn has stoked evolutionists to make counter comments. Then there's folks jumping on the pig pile just for laughs.

The link features a picture of the ad.

This, fucking THIS, is what these people choose to get upset about?  Really?!
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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2012, 12:46:49 pm »
Well, some folks were bored, I guess.

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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2012, 01:28:17 pm »
Reminds me when these asshats started frothing at the mouth when Geico (the car insurance company) started running the cavemen commercials.
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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2012, 02:24:25 pm »
What a bunch of fucking whiners. Are all ads supposed to cater to them?
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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2012, 02:50:18 pm »
I think the real question here is how the fuck is a religious flame war on Facebook actually newsworthy?!

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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2012, 03:13:03 pm »
I think the real question here is how the fuck is a religious flame war on Facebook actually newsworthy?!
Have you seen the shit that counts for news lately?
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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2012, 03:38:50 pm »
They can stop drinking Dr. Pepper, I'll drink their portion. Best soda ever.

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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2012, 03:45:19 pm »
I don't see many people bitching and complaining about numerous advertisements promoting a specific religion... I've seen several promoting Mormonism and all of them claim how much better your life will be when you 'find Jeebus'. We don't bitch about that, so why do they think they have a right to bitch about this Dr. Pepper ad?

Seriously, what a bunch of fucking hypocrites.

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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2012, 04:00:20 pm »
This quote I found best sums it up:

"If your faith is shaken by an ad, then you should reconsider your faith."
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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2012, 04:10:50 pm »
Is promoting evolution the Christian version of insulting the prophet?
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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2012, 04:29:54 pm »
Is promoting evolution the Christian version of insulting the prophet?

The difference is that while Muslims will burn down embassies, American Fundie Christians will only whine on the internet (with PornHub in the next tab over, no doubt).
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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2012, 04:36:19 pm »
Ugh, Creationists are the fucking worst. There should be a "Punch people through screen" button on keyboards.

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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2012, 06:35:54 pm »
Is promoting evolution the Christian version of insulting the prophet?

The difference is that while Muslims will burn down embassies, American Fundie Christians will only whine on the internet (with PornHub in the next tab over, no doubt).

Not necessarily. The same people who would be upset over an ad would likely be the same ones who try to get evolution removed from public schools, or homeschool their kids through brainwashing
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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2012, 07:33:29 pm »
I've spent some time formulating an advertisement that will be less offensive to our Christian colleagues.

Instead of hominid evolution, it will feature a man, crucified, straining against the nails to grab a Dr. Pepper can just out of reach. It will be captioned "dying of thirst?"

Because this features Jesus, it should calm this storm by giving everyone something to enjoy.
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Re: "Evolutionary" Dr Pepper ad spurs religious kerfuffle
« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2012, 07:49:51 pm »
I've spent some time formulating an advertisement that will be less offensive to our Christian colleagues.

Instead of hominid evolution, it will feature a man, crucified, straining against the nails to grab a Dr. Pepper can just out of reach. It will be captioned "dying of thirst?"

Because this features Jesus, it should calm this storm by giving everyone something to enjoy.

DUDE.  Photoshop this.  Now.  That is too brilliantly awesomelarious.
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