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Krispy Kreme Apologizes After Accidentally Showing Slur in New Ad Campaign: ‘We Never Intended to Offend’
New York Post ^ | August 22, 2023 | Georgina Noack

Posted on 08/22/2023 10:46:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

“…replace the letter “o” in words like “footy,”

“Footy” is a word? Who knew? Might come in handy in Scrabble.


21 posted on 08/22/2023 11:13:17 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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Anyone else think this thread was about Chris Christie at first glance?


22 posted on 08/22/2023 11:13:51 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Of course.


23 posted on 08/22/2023 11:14:14 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: House Atreides

Got there before me.


24 posted on 08/22/2023 11:16:44 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Footy” = “Australian Rules Football” (Sometimes used to refer to soccer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football


25 posted on 08/22/2023 11:19:34 PM PDT by Drago
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t see any slur. I of course also am not a woke progressive socialist they/them.


26 posted on 08/22/2023 11:33:12 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

It’s not enough to apologize. Once you admit you’re sorry, you must show your sincerity by donating generously to an approved activist group.


27 posted on 08/22/2023 11:35:59 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Footy is a word.

I have generally heard it used by Brits, "Gonna footy". Means they are going to play soccer.

28 posted on 08/22/2023 11:36:23 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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To: nickcarraway

I have no idea either.


29 posted on 08/22/2023 11:57:58 PM PDT by HollyB
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These people just don't appreciate doughnuts.

What a bunch of ingrates. It is so ingrained in them to see racism in every little thing. It is engraved in to their very being. They are nothing but a bunch of angry mongrels. Let them go hungry...

Think that's enough "NGRs" for them?

30 posted on 08/23/2023 12:03:56 AM PDT by Raven6 (Psalm 144:1 and Proverbs 22:3)
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To: nickcarraway

You have to watch the video. ‘Coongrats’ I guess is the offending ‘slur’. When I saw this I thought it was an article about Chris Christie.


31 posted on 08/23/2023 12:17:06 AM PDT by Baldwin
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“Is it just me, I have no idea what slur they are talking about?”

Appears to be multiple donuts in a cartoon like graphic briefly spelling congrats with two O-shaped objects before the donut knocked the O out of the word.

Thats what I think I saw anyway


32 posted on 08/23/2023 12:25:26 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Jonty30

You have a typo.

dont’ should have been donut


33 posted on 08/23/2023 12:30:45 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: Jonty30

I have my own typo ‘donut’ should have been ‘doughnut’

And my tiny little joke ends in disgrace....


34 posted on 08/23/2023 12:31:44 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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Is it just me, I have no idea what slur they are talking about?

Without certain letters, you cannot spell the mother of all slur words. So any word containing those specific letters is also a slur word and a dog whistle used by racists to send undercover confirmation to other racists. All such words must be cancelled. It sounds crazy, but that's the way they think.

35 posted on 08/23/2023 12:34:04 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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“Is it just me, I have no idea what slur they are talking about?”

The video starts with the word “Congrats” and then the letter “O” is replaced first by one donut then 2 then 3 donuts. When there are 2 donuts the word “coongrats” appears briefly.


36 posted on 08/23/2023 1:49:09 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: nickcarraway

That seems very niggardly of you 😄


37 posted on 08/23/2023 1:55:44 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: nickcarraway
He’s a goner now for sure…


38 posted on 08/23/2023 2:01:39 AM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: nickcarraway

Scott Adams may be a leftie, but he says blacks are ungrateful..I’ll bet the Tuohy’s would agree with him...


39 posted on 08/23/2023 2:02:25 AM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: Hambone 1934

Anyone remember the woman who complained about the city bus that had Ziggin’ and Zaggin’ as part of an ad on the side - she saw the words backwards in her rearview mirror and the city apologized and removed the words.

I think somewhere up north - NY, NJ or PA.


40 posted on 08/23/2023 2:36:18 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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