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Diet Pepsi's skinny can controversy

BrittanyMegan88
BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
edited January 24 in Chit-Chat
Did anyone else see this article about the Diet Pepsi skinny can?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/11/diet-pepsi-skinny-can-sti_n_822046.html



Here's one of the ads for the skinny can, it's weird to me that this actually happened.

Pepsi-Skinny-Can-Ad_zpsf2c2d463.jpg

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  • abrandnewme18
    abrandnewme18 Posts: 305
    it's a can! who cares?
  • jsherrill92
    jsherrill92 Posts: 775 Member
    it's a can! who cares?

    ^This.
  • astrylian
    astrylian Posts: 194 Member
    If I didn't want to be thinner, I wouldn't have to resort to diet beverages. I thought that was obvious.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,114 Member
    Damn...................................may not sit still in my car cup holders now.

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  • llaurenmarie
    llaurenmarie Posts: 1,260 Member
    But isn't it the same amount of liquid..?
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    So instead of fixing the watery taste in Diet Pepsi they waste their money on this?
  • MinimalistShoeAddict
    MinimalistShoeAddict Posts: 1,946 Member
    it's a can! who cares?


    I agree!
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    This article is two years old, I guess Skinny Pepsi did not work out.
  • BrittanyMegan88
    BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
    it's a can! who cares?
    Yes, it's a can. I was thrown off about how they were marketing it though..exactly because of the fact that it is simply just a can.. :P
  • BrittanyMegan88
    BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
    This article is two years old, I guess Skinny Pepsi did not work out.
    Pepsi has no idea what they're doing aparently..they've tried Pepsi Crystal & Pepsi Blue too & neither of those worked either.
  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    This article is two years old, I guess Skinny Pepsi did not work out.
    Pepsi has no idea what they're doing aparently..they've tried Pepsi Crystal & Pepsi Blue too & neither of those worked either.

    Obviously it is "just a can" but I think your question was about the can as a metaphor and the way that they were marketing it.

    Two years later and it is evident that the skinny can flopped, unlike this marketing campaign:


    michael_jackson_dans_la_pub_pepsi_reference.jpg
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    No thigh gap? Then it's not that skinny!
  • tallvesl99
    tallvesl99 Posts: 231 Member
    it beats the chick with the fat legs on the regular pepsi commercial...
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    This qualifies as a controversy? Oh, first world problems at their finest.
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
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  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Of all the things happening in the world, this is what garners the most attention? Whatever, I don't see the controversy but then I don't get offended at every little thing either.


    Note: my comment isn't directed at the OP just at the idea that this is a "controversy".
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    This article is two years old, I guess Skinny Pepsi did not work out.
    Pepsi has no idea what they're doing aparently..they've tried Pepsi Crystal & Pepsi Blue too & neither of those worked either.

    I liked Crystal Pepsi.... but some people just like their cola's to look like cola.
  • BrittanyMegan88
    BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
    I'm not offended by the can..I just thought this whole thing was weird & interesting so I thought I'd share it with you guys.
  • sunnyside1213
    sunnyside1213 Posts: 1,205 Member
    Pepsi has a new diet drink with extra caffeine. It kept me awake all night. Move over red bull.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    No thigh gap? Then it's not that skinny!

    Some cans can't thigh gaps no matter how skinny they get! It's about bone structure.
  • BrittanyMegan88
    BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
    No thigh gap? Then it's not that skinny!

    Some cans can't thigh gaps no matter how skinny they get! It's about bone structure.
    Haha!
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