“While initially gleeful at the imminent damage to his competitor’s brand, Kool-Aid Man would soon be confronted with the irony inherent in his own vast advantage in consumer mind-share.”
This is an example of it going poorly but advertisers to an extent do it on purpose. Kool-aid gets used to refer to powdered drink mixes like band-aid is used to refer to adhesive bandages and, in some regions, coke is used to refer to soda in general. The idea is to become so associated with the concept as to overshadow the competition.
wrong mascot. youre looking for whatever flavor-aid uses.
e. maybe kool aid man here is late to the party?
Yeah, I believe that straw would commit mass murder.
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I think that’s too much
“While initially gleeful at the imminent damage to his competitor’s brand, Kool-Aid Man would soon be confronted with the irony inherent in his own vast advantage in consumer mind-share.”
TIL, all popular references are wrong then
This is an example of it going poorly but advertisers to an extent do it on purpose. Kool-aid gets used to refer to powdered drink mixes like band-aid is used to refer to adhesive bandages and, in some regions, coke is used to refer to soda in general. The idea is to become so associated with the concept as to overshadow the competition.
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youre not alone. this is a common misconception because of the catchphrase created at the time ‘drinking the kool-aid’
You’d think Jim Jones would’ve been able to afford the good stuff, but I guess cult leaders don’t make as much as I would’ve thought.