Mt Dew has public poll to name new soda and has to shut promotion down - GoFuckYourself.com

corvette · 08-15-2012, 12:42 PM

Mt. Dew had a "Dub the Dew" campaign to let the Internet choose the name for a green-apple infused soft drink...awfully optimistic

But promoters forgot just what they were dealing with when soliciting the opinion of the masses ? these were, after all, the same people who exiled rapper Pitbull to a Walmart in Alaska. As could have been expected, the results of Dub the Dew were so offensive and useless that the entire promotion needed to be shut down.

?Hitler did nothing wrong,? ?Diabeetus,? and ?Gushing Granny? all topped the online rankings to name the new drink, which Mountain Dew describes as ?Classic Mtn Dew with green apple attitude.? Other high ranking suggestions included ?Soda? and ?Sierra Mist,? but the online shenanigans did not stop there.

In addition to simply bombarding the poll with hilariously unusable names, the pranksters even went so far as to hack into the site, adding a banner that read ?Mtn Dew salutes the Israeli Mossad for demolishing 3 towers on 9/11!? and a pop-up message that resulted in an unwanted RickRolling.

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/...#ixzz23e5ApQ1M

fitzmulti · 08-15-2012, 12:47 PM

Sounds like Grapesoda might have been behind all of this! ;-) j/k

ShoeBox · 08-15-2012, 12:47 PM

Well duh , how dumb cant there marketing team be

SuckOnThis · 08-15-2012, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ShoeBox

Well duh , how dumb cant there marketing team be

*their

alias · 08-15-2012, 01:05 PM

Free article on time.com though.

DamageX · 08-15-2012, 01:10 PM

So who posted their promo link on 4chan?

RebelR · 08-15-2012, 01:25 PM

I was seriously crying reading that.. thanks.. I needed that.

TheSquealer · 08-15-2012, 01:52 PM

4chan.
haha

xNetworx · 08-15-2012, 02:05 PM

Fapple

corvette · 08-15-2012, 02:35 PM

well, what can go wrong from letting the internet make this decision...

Tofu · 08-15-2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by corvette

well, what can go wrong from letting the internet make this decision...

My thoughts, exactly. They walked right into that.

SiMpLe · 08-15-2012, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by fitzmulti

Sounds like Grapesoda might have been behind all of this! ;-) j/k

lmao

topsiteking · 08-15-2012, 07:03 PM

Epic.

8char

mpecker · 08-15-2012, 07:07 PM

Gushing Granny

sarettah · 08-15-2012, 07:36 PM

And poilticians want to put our elections online

_Richard_ · 08-15-2012, 07:38 PM

they should have just gone for 'diabeetus'

Relentless · 08-15-2012, 07:46 PM

Brilliant

ElleSorbet · 08-15-2012, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by CamBoss

Fapple

kudos to them

candyflip · 08-15-2012, 08:15 PM

Green Apple infused Mt. Dew sounds fucking disgusting.

versa · 08-15-2012, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Richard_

they should have just gone for 'diabeetus'

Heh, great name!

PornMD · 08-15-2012, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzmulti

Sounds like Grapesoda might have been behind all of this! ;-) j/k

Heh, just made me think of another name option they should have had - Rape Soda.

krylon · 08-15-2012, 10:56 PM

Paul Markham would have been a great name.

garce · 08-15-2012, 11:09 PM

My grandmother was a fan of Mountian Dew way back in the late sixties. Now its cool.

Haha.

RebelR · 08-16-2012, 09:07 AM

On a good note, Wilford Brimley is still alive if they go with Diabeetus, but I don't think he can drink it in a commercial.

corvette · 08-16-2012, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by mpecker

Gushing Granny

that was their best choice of the lot...

sobecash · 08-16-2012, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Richard_

they should have just gone for 'diabeetus'

Tom_PM · 08-16-2012, 12:44 PM

I would have to go with Slurm.

Although Fapple sounds like a winner.

V_RocKs · 08-19-2012, 03:36 PM

Seems all of my hard work has paid off.

kazbalah · 08-19-2012, 07:19 PM

lol thats really funny, spend 2 minutes reading peoples comments on youtube and anyone can see what ideas the unwashed masses come up with..

JFK · 08-19-2012, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by sarettah

And poilticians want to put our elections online

those lying whores deserve everything we can throw at them. Lets do it

dantes · 08-20-2012, 09:02 AM

those morans

mikesouth · 08-20-2012, 09:13 AM

That's just awesome....just awesome

08-15-2012, 12:42 PM	#1
corvette Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: scottsdale Posts: 7,880	Mt Dew has public poll to name new soda and has to shut promotion down Mt. Dew had a "Dub the Dew" campaign to let the Internet choose the name for a green-apple infused soft drink...awfully optimistic But promoters forgot just what they were dealing with when soliciting the opinion of the masses ? these were, after all, the same people who exiled rapper Pitbull to a Walmart in Alaska. As could have been expected, the results of Dub the Dew were so offensive and useless that the entire promotion needed to be shut down. ?Hitler did nothing wrong,? ?Diabeetus,? and ?Gushing Granny? all topped the online rankings to name the new drink, which Mountain Dew describes as ?Classic Mtn Dew with green apple attitude.? Other high ranking suggestions included ?Soda? and ?Sierra Mist,? but the online shenanigans did not stop there. In addition to simply bombarding the poll with hilariously unusable names, the pranksters even went so far as to hack into the site, adding a banner that read ?Mtn Dew salutes the Israeli Mossad for demolishing 3 towers on 9/11!? and a pop-up message that resulted in an unwanted RickRolling. Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/...#ixzz23e5ApQ1M __________________ If you need a good company for check writing services, then check out checkissuing, and for webhosting, check out Phoenix NAP

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