Remember when people said "epic bacon" whatever happened to that? : chapotraphouse

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

Massive heart attacks, I reckon

[+] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] charly4994@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’d like to point out that I’ve seen the same commercial featuring bad luck Brian over a dozen times today at work. Marketing people are still stuck in the early 2010s

[–] axont@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Marketing people in the early 2010s were still airing that one 90s Sears commercial about getting the AC fixed

[–] dat_math@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I'll call now.

[–] dat_math@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Marketing people are still stuck in the early 2010s

If this is true, why am I not being bombarded by 10 guy memes when I'm subjected to advertising? smuglord

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just heard a Das Racist song in an Instacart ad. Earlier I caught a Brad Sucks song in a Lexus commercial.

Once you turn old enough your worst generational peers will weaponize your youth against you. Soon you zoomers will be hearing 100 gecs in an ad for a lawnmower.

[–] yoink@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

T-10 years until i hear 'feel so clean like a washing machine' in an ad

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, didn't the "le epic bacon" thing happen in response to a huge slump in bacon sales? I could have sworn reading somewhere that the whole thing was basically an astroturfed social media marketing campaign by the pork industry. Or maybe I'm just being conspiratorial.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was astroturfed. https://www.salon.com/2023/01/31/heres-how-we-fell-in-and-out-of-love-with-bacon/

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The article shows the pork industry pushing restaurants to slap bacon on everything, not engaging in viral marketing. Le Epic Bacon being a organic consequence of the inorganic baconator.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

IIRC colbert did a massive ad for baconnaise on his show (it was disguised as a funny segment). so there was all kinds of push for the bacon shit.

[–] Sinistar@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the pork industry stopped their astroturfing campaign.

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did evidence of a viral marketing campaign ever come out? Its believable because of Edward Bernaise and all.

[–] Sinistar@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

idk if the epic bacon thing actually was astroturfed or not I was just being glib

[–] darkmode@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

The cake is a lie xD

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy amazeballs

[–] Sephitard9001@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hyuck hyuck this made me belly laugh heartily good sir you are a gentlemen and a scholar enjoy your Reddit gold

[–] idkmybffjoeysteel@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Edit: Wow! I really didn't expect this post to blow up like this! Thanks for the gold, kind strangers.

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

RIP my inbox!

[–] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

obligatory Cum Town bit

CW: Cum Town

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

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[–] Yurt_Owl@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

We epic baconed too close to the sun

[–] axont@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

holds up spork penguin waffle dooooom (that's me being random)

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

rawr

[–] chungusamonugs@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I made you a cookie but I eated it

[–] adultswim_antifa@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

The narwhal bacons at midnight

[–] commiespammer@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

skibidi bacon

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

We all have back issues now

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think those people were hunted to extinction

[–] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By who?

[–] DPRK_Chopra@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Colon cancer

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Those jokes were almost as random as llamas! I miss those times ROFL!

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it really whipped the llama's ass sadness

[–] idkmybffjoeysteel@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Those were the days

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

requesting a Bunchies emote

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I remember a time, long long ago, where we'd insult people on the internet by calling them llamas.

[–] Maaj@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

holy shit, I forgot about this. It was a stupid youtube channel that made grotesque "meals" that centered on bacon and whiskey. Imma go find the channel.

Edit: it was called Epic Meal Time, and it's still gross.

2nd edit: oh, epic bacon had nothing to do with epic meal time, this post just sparked my memory of this dumb shit

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Carnists still use "Bacon is epic tho" as an argument against veganism how-compelling

[–] DengistDonnieDarko@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Ever since the Woke takeover of social media and the corrupt "defund the police" movement, people no longer see bacon as "epic". Thanks, liberals!! 🤬

[–] GeorgeZBush@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Stopped because Woke

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

le bacon

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Not that it makes a difference to a largely vegan group, but bacon isn't even the tastiest part of those less-than-kosher oinkers.

[–] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah I've always thought the same thing, like okay bacon is pretty good, but if I'm gonna eat a chunk of a pig I'd rather have ribs any day.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

gabagooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool