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Like whats up with fucking cheeto chili bean cups, jolly rancher or skittles "juice", etc.

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[–] rubber_chicken@hexbear.net 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Tendency of the rate of profit to fall. When you hit the wall in terms of how much you can make on Halloween or from impulsive people at the checkout counter, you have to try other shit, no matter how ridiculous. It was this or the Twix coin and that won't be far behind once this flops.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Should I invest in the Left Twixcoin or the Right Twixcoin?

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

Right Twixcoin, because coinbros are all dumb right wingers

[–] Crucible@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

If you buy it through my coin brokerage you can get both for the price of one! (plus service and transaction fees)

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

Twix coin

Don't tempt Trump with a good time

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A brand is disconnected from the actual capital that produces these products. So for them, this is basically the trump brand deal, they give permission to use the flavor and slap the name on and then some factory they don't own can produce this.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Amazing. Trump is truly the very epitome of capitalism in decay

[–] context@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

trump-enlightened well yeah, trump is an empty vessel filled from the stream of american capitalism's collective subconsciousness, the incoherent and chaotically fractured will of the ruling class slows to a serene stillness within him

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Avatar movie but it's Trump being as sassy as he humanly could while everything burns around him

[–] context@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

avatar with the giant smurfs or avatar with the annoying kid?

[–] HelluvaBottomCarter@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

You gotta put brands in your bands. Synergy. Vertical integration. It's the multiverse but for your mouth.

[–] dragongloss@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pretty sure this has been going on for decades. I'm gonna date myself here, but there were twix & snickers icecream, lifesavers & hubba bubba soda, trix yogurt...

Now we got Simply Spiked Canned Liquor from Simply Orange, Cheetos Mac & Cheese, Red Lobster Biscuit Mix, Heinz Red Paint, Eggo Sneakers, Hellman's Mayo Manicures.

As to WHY, well we all know why, CAPITALISM BABY! KA-CHING! capitalist-laugh

[–] GoebbelsDeezNuts@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cheetos Mac & Cheese

They didn't call it Mac & Cheetos and this should of been the last straw for all marketing teams to be fired into the sun.

[–] context@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the lawyers nixed it for not showcasing the brand first and focus groups got confused thinking there would be corn puffs mixed in with the pasta

[–] GoebbelsDeezNuts@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Launch the lawyers and the focus group analysts into the sun too.

[–] Sulvy@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Happening with lots of alcoholic drinks too. They’ve got a Lipton Tea hard drink now!

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

kitty-cri-screm lemme make my bootleg liquor with shitty tea packs and vodka and sprite! Stop the gentrification!

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

I've loathed beers that are bacon and maple syrup flavored for years.

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Coming Soon. Mountain Dew flavoured Vapes

[–] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Theres quite a few attempted mountain dew flavors out there that have been around for over a decade. They just cant use the name for legal reasons and PepsiCo probably thinks its a dumb idea to get involved in vapes at this point.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

Comes packaged with the Goodwill meatloaf flavor vape that doesn't let your arms bend

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Honestly surprised they haven't jumped in with an official flavor and are instead letting copy-cats try and replicate their toxic orange soda

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A lot of fast food companies have branded products in the grocery stores, now too

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

Netflix bagged popcorn

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Absolutely bonkers. I saw a coworker bring in a bottle of taco bell mild sauce and thought "does he have special connections to the company or some shit?" Turns out no. Capitalism is coming for the artesian sauce market.

[–] TommyBeans@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

A coworker of mine has Chick Fil A sauce they put on absolutely everything, apparently you can buy bottles of the sauce in groceries now as well. Must be a trend

[–] Des@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

i work in grocery adjacent stuff and have for quite a while. so just from observation i can firmly say these companies are running out of ideas.

the number 1 complaint i get and have always recieved is customers wishing they wouldn't discontinue some simple fav of theirs that had been sold for years

i really think people are getting burned out on this pretend "variety". they just want stuff they are familiar with and like.

and of course as we all know every time a food company merges or absorbs another they immediately rush to combine all their brands together in crazy ways and nothing good results from this

meanwhile there is what, maybe 3 or 4 corps left? all that variety lol it's not real

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I am still upset about a variety of treat that was discontinued back when I was a young kid.

[–] Des@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

don't forget to blame the random clerk that stocks the product.

we had our secret collective worker's meeting a week ago and chose to stop carrying it out of spite

we also collectively agreed to raise prices because as everyone knows, every employee gets a direct cut of the profits (legit so many boomer customers think this shit)

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

don't forget to blame the random clerk that stocks the product.

That is literally me though

As for the treat, even my 4yo self knew that the right approach was to write a letter to the company.

[–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

arm-L stocking heavy shit all day arm-R

yeah i stopped going to the gym and have maintained everything and get paid for it

[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

Because it’s about colonizing shelf space.

[–] hollowmines@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

still sometimes think about the mutant 7-up gum that was briefly available when I was a teen and featured 7-up flavored goop in the middle

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Yo that's actually wild

liquify and caffinate my favorite candy bar so I can enjoy it on the go (sitting in my car in traffic).

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

I saw snickers flavored instant coffee or coffee grinds.

Also where I live, we have "hard" mountain dew and sprite.

It sounds like the worst hangover.

[–] MineDayOff@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

Why do you hate Innovation and job creation?