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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We buy a lot of goldfish in this house. More than most people reading this, I can just about guarantee it.

Please allow me to remind everyone that even Goldfish has gone the shrinkflation route. Maybe if their sales are dipping it's because of their anti-consumer practices.

Not only did the price we paid go up in recent years, but also they changed the size of the large cartons from 30 oz to 27.3 oz.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Quarterly profit margins demand YOUR sacrifice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Im glad their marketing department still does drugs. Makes life less boring.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Is this a ploy to bankrupt the company?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is the type of announcement you'd expect to hear on April 1st. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

announcement

*Advert

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I'm an elder millennial and I have had absolutely no problem buying goldfish into adulthood. With this change, i'll inevitably be calling them Chilly SeeBas, so idk how much more adult they're going for in my demographic

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

been a goldfish fan for years. change the name all you want. dont fuck with the product

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm trying to wrap my head around not wanting changes to shitty orange crackers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

just dont buy/eat them. best way to keep them away from you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Spared no expense.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do they still taste like sad, slightly burnt air?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

No, now they taste that sad slightly burnt air with a tablespoon of salt.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

If I saw the new and old bags next to each other, I probably wouldn't even notice the difference before reading this headline lol. It's basically the same.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

As a millennial, I'm going to just not buy goldfish crackers for awhile because this is dumb.

But also I haven't been buying them because I'm on a diet and I could eat an entire gallon container in one sitting if left to my own devices.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

How many millions did they pay to some yuppie marketing firm to come up with this jack-assery.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Most regulatory agencies classify Chilean sea bass as “overfished,”...

https://www.allthingsnature.org/is-chilean-sea-bass-endangered.htm

They changed the name to something which is morally not cool to eat.

Did they put an an "AI" in charge of marketing?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's intentionally stupid, which is why it's not a permanent change.

They just want people to talk about it, send pictures of it to their friends, etc, and be an avenue for reminding people that goldfish crackers exist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

morals never effected most peoples eating habits, honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the average American would eat homosapien if it was properly prepared.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

We've all thought about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Baked Chilean Sea Bass crackers sounds dank as fuck.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

just a marketing stunt. but watch, when 'goldfish' come back into the stores afterwords.. they're in smaller packages.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

According to another comment, the sea bass version will only be for sale online. There will be no coming back to stores, normal goldfish won't be leaving stores at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

"due to the rising cost of gold and Covid impacts..."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

How does this appeal to people? I like goldfish the same. Though Whales are cheaper and taste okie.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It's marketing stunt to get attention.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Well I don't even like goldfish crackers but if I can I will buy some for other people. That name makes them the perfect guest offering

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Hear that everyone? Hunt for whales!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Elon Musk didn't buy the company did he? This is the dumbest business decision since he changed Twitter's name to X.

Or did someone just post their April fool's joke way too late?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

i present Y, the new goldfish. The offical snack of X for all my smoothbrain followers

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