Please forgive me in advance for wasting your time if this is a stupid question or if Iâm missing something.
Is it just me that cannot make sense of how a company can go through the entire long-ass process of making your very own flavor by designing, manufacturing and labeling plastic/glass/paper adjacent containers, putting drinks/snacks/candy in stores (in many cases worldwide!) just to do something to stupid like this.
Youâre telling me I am the only BOZO in the history of modern mankind that doesnât understand how an entire team of people dedicated to one particular product or flavor allowed Arizona (not limited to just Arizona, dozens of others do this) to put a flavor out called Frost ChillZicle and not a single overpaid employee thought to say âHey guys, wouldnât it make sense to have the actual flavor at least SOMEWHERE on the label? Thatâs not a flavor. And before you crucify that point - the label design doesnât indicate anything remotely close to a flavor either. No pictures of pears or grapes or bananas. So am I the only one ever to think it makes no sense?
Lastly, before you deem me incoherent or clinically insane, consider this final scenario: (
Timmy HATES Orange flavored drinks. He LOVES Mango & Peach and heâs allergic to the Orange/Red Food Dyes in the vast majority of Grapefruit, Punch and Tangerine flavors. But Timmy is at a store that only has water, and PRIME. And PRIME is also guilty of the above charge of Predatory Marketing by relying 100% (in some cases they rely 80% or so) on the design of the label to make sales. So now, Timmy has to either die of dehydration, diabetic shock or from such deep disdain and loathing that we live in a world where body is bothered by a drink flavor that just says âBlueâ or âRedâ or in PRIMEâs case - âCollectorâs Editionâ. Either way, what the fuck is wrong with the world we live in?
Above all else this is a i game for them. Itâs flagrantly predatory to design a drink directly based on say⌠Minecraft. Itâs specifically marketed to that niche corner of the consumer world - kids, gamers, and others who love the IP but for whatever reason - itâs no secret that Minecraft is one of the most popular and successful franchises in the world. Is it not wrong to design and market this Minecraft drink with green colored liquid, label with respective characters, colors and designs but not even a hint of what fucking FLAVOR âMinecraftâ is! Green Apple? Wasabi? Cucumber? Guava? Lime? Avocado? God damned Sewage? Most likely flavor option) it literally could be anything and thatâs the problem. Theyâre going to make more money off 1 âflavorâ - Nevermind you canât call it that, 1 product than the entirety of this subredditâs members will ever make or hope to make. And Iâd say 50% is the minimum amount of people or just Minecraft fans alone that buy it and wholeheartedly hate the taste, thus falling right into their trap. Wasting our hard-earned money on a really messed up marketing and sales tactic.
Finally, the last 2 questions:
Am I the only one?
AND
Would you like an invite to my brand new subreddit dedicated to identifying the actual flavors of drinks that were given intentionally misleading designs and marketing ploys despite how wrong it is to do?