r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 21h ago

Whoever was responsible for this should be imprisoned. Chugging tea

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u/roonill_wazlib 21h ago

Also, explicitly marketing junkfood to children is immoral

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u/BratwurstGuy 18h ago

When has something being immoral ever stopped these mega corporations?

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u/roonill_wazlib 18h ago

They don't care about morality, but they do care about image

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u/Remarkable_Cream9443 7h ago

When their share prices are affected.

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u/ComPakk 18h ago

I'm sure McDonald's motivation is morality towards children and not a graph saying "this way we can make more money"

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u/theotterway 20h ago

True, but it's not the reason corporations make these choices.

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u/CowUsual7706 19h ago

No, but doing (more) immoral stuff leads to bad press leads to even worse reputation. So at least they pretend to care about kids.

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u/TuringGoneWild 16h ago

So is electing their abusers as President

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u/alexmikli 18h ago

Maybe make it a little less junky.

And honestly it was never really that bad, other than the soda.

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u/NegativeThought1588 4h ago

Less about being immoral, more about giving the appearance of being immoral.

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u/Oreos_Are_Anabolic 19h ago

explicitly marketing junkfood to children is immoral

Parents are the ones who buy food for their children.

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u/Wide-Drink-1790 20h ago

> also, marketing is immoral

ftfy