That was back in the '70s, they're still selling the formula, the boycott still exists, but people got bored with the issue and it died down
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Nestle's probably the best example of what I was saying earlier abt what makes modern boycotts so ineffective
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I loved SNL's sketch joking about "Soylent Green 2" - "Soylent Green is STILL PEOPLE! They said they would change it, but THEY DIDN'T"
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It's great because THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME
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BREAKING: Soylent Corporation faces another PR crisis as "Soylent Turquoise" revealed to be made, specifically, from babies
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Person-on-the-street interview: "Wait, I thought they stopped making it from people after that whole thing 40 years ago"
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"No, they just had a bunch of hearings where they released a statement saying they'd only make it from 'ethically sourced' people"
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"Activists have reopened the hearings, claiming that making food from babies is 'inherently' unethical - corporation disputes this claim"
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It's like how whenever I mention to someone I still don't eat at Chick Fil-A I tend to hear "Wait I thought they weren't anti-gay anymore"
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"I thought there was a big PR nightmare, the CEO met with a gay rights org and they changed their policy" "Yes, up until that last part"
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They didn't change anything, people just got tired of yelling about the boycott, which was demonstrably not actually hurting their sales
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Which, you know, whatever, there are indeed much bigger issues out there. It's just kind of funny considering how incensed ppl were in 2012
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Which is the point, maintaining outrage at that level is emotionally exhausting, people start looking for a respectable way out
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