Dec 15 2008
Whopper Virgin Revolt!
Friends! Countrymen! Internet Denizens!
What I have for you today is not a news story. Apparently, December 15th is the day that the world is boring - nothing but normal, old, vanilla news, I’m afraid. FEAR NOT, THOUGH. Today, I have something to rant about. I will make it short, I promise, since it’s already five o’ clock in the morning.
You might see that and think, ‘Oh great, another asshole complaining about how wrong it is for them to promote their food in such a way’. You, my friends, would be wrong! Since I’ve started blogging, I’ve had the chance to dig through a ton of other blogs, watching people, seeing what they have to say, letting them entertain me. I was rather surprised at the sheer number of people, however, that have posted a rant or a complaint, or just a quick, general bitch about Burger King and their new marketing strategy. Not me, though. I’m down with it. The most common complaint, that I’ve seen, runs along the same general lines as what I shall put below, in it’s own space, so you cannot miss it!
”This is an outrage! Burger King is feeding their product to foreign people! Teasing them with this food! They should be putting all of that money into solving their hunger problems, not making them sample fast food!”
Clearly, these are not the exact words - just a summary of them. You know what? Leave ‘em alone. Guess whose problem it is to solve the hunger issue in third-world countries? Not Burger King’s, I can damn well tell you that. What Burger King needs to do is sit back, stop their travel all around the whole damn world, and keep making me delicious hamburgers. What Burger King does with their millions (billions?) is up to them, I suppose, but I can’t see where the shock is coming from that they would do this for advertisement. They’re a fast food joint - not a helping hands group.
Anyway. Uh. Happy December 15th?
full agreement here, the new campaign is ingenious, and pretty funny too.
Neocolonialism. Western culture dominates!
Honestly, it’s a good idea, but BK should take it another step. I want some of that leaf-stew stuff on my lunch break!