Oh my, the wokesters are working hard. The latest to fall is Cracker Jack. They've been renamed Cracker Jill by Frito Lay to "empower women." (How the hell popcorn empowers anyone...) The packaging now features a girl in a sort of sailor suit, comes in a bag and has a QR code for a prize.
It's sad that we forget our history. The Cracker Jack trademark is modeled after the inventor/founder's grandson, who died of pneumonia at the age of 8. Grandpa was so moved he had the trademarked engraved on his tombstone.
Yeah, it's a minor issue/ No one will die from it. I just find it disheartening that much of our history is disappeared under a wave of political correctness.
April 06, 2022, 12:42 PM
bigwagon
From what I have read, it's a special promotion to celebrate women in sport, not a replacement for Cracker Jacks.
quote:
This collection of Cracker Jill™ packaging was created to coincide with the opening of the 2022 baseball season, but the intention is for Jill to continue to join Sailor Jack as a member of the team roster and part of the brand ethos.
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April 06, 2022, 12:44 PM
Patriot
Also,
Why isn’t Jill an Admiral? Why a lowly rank?
That’s sexist…
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April 06, 2022, 12:45 PM
architect
I'm sure someone will get triggered because they are calling her a "cracker."
April 06, 2022, 12:50 PM
Ronin1069
quote:
Originally posted by architect: I'm sure someone will get triggered because they are calling her a "cracker."
When I saw the thread title, I just assumed that was what caused the change.
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April 06, 2022, 12:52 PM
Fredward
Thanks, Bigwagon. I feel better now. Like gay Oreos, it's temporary and limited edition.
April 06, 2022, 12:54 PM
coloradohunter44
OMG, another in a string of woke ass dumbfucks. I'm guessing it will never end. Another product to ignore and let rot on the shelves.
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April 06, 2022, 01:12 PM
HRK
quote:
Originally posted by Patriot: What if Jill identifies as a man?
Or is polyamourous?
Cracker them?
or Androgynous,
Cracker Pats anyone?
April 06, 2022, 01:18 PM
smschulz
Cracker Jack or Jill is racist.
April 06, 2022, 01:25 PM
83v45magna
With a racist epithet like cracker still there, I want it removed.
They can just call them Jills, or maybe Popper Jills
Possibly Crapper Jills, Crack Rats.
How about an all black box with no name except some new symbol that means we hate whites.
April 06, 2022, 01:34 PM
Modern Day Savage
It wasn't enough to change the name of a classic snack from my childhood, but they "jacked" w/ the classic song too.
I'll always love the game of baseball and used to be so excited about each opening day, but with yet more woke changes and torturing of tradition, my decision to stop following MLB and most pro sports is further justified. I miss what used to be.
the intention is for Jill to continue to join Sailor Jack as a member of the team roster and part of the brand ethos.
So are Jack and Jill going to tie the knot, or are they just going up the hill for a little fun? What about when the little crackers come along? A new line of caramel-coated mini-kernels? Another burning question: will the peanuts be replaced by peaovaries?
April 06, 2022, 02:16 PM
Aglifter
If they wanted to do something like this for collegiate softball or something, I’d get it…
April 06, 2022, 02:35 PM
Dakor
While a shame, "woking" an always stale snack is somewhat fitting.
April 06, 2022, 03:18 PM
2012BOSS302
Well isn't this confusing. Cracker Jane - all about supporting and celebrating women in sports, sounds fine.
And it appears as part of this Frito Lay is donating to the Women's Sports Foundation, again sounds fine.
But what does the Women's Sports Foundation support? Well men participating in women's sports of course.
quote:
WSF Releases Amicus Brief with Lambda Legal and Athlete Ally, Supporting CIAC
In 2021 alone, eight states passed and signed laws that ban transgender athletes from sports with a majority specifically targeting transgender girls and women. Transgender girls and women continue to be excluded from sport, keeping them from gaining the benefits that come from participating in sports.
The Women’s Sports Foundation, Athlete Ally and Lambda Legal partnered to file a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, urging the court to affirm a lower court ruling dismissing a challenge to the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s (CIAC’s) trans-inclusive policy enabling transgender students to participate in school sports.
Top athletes in women’s sports joined WSF, Athlete Ally and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association as signatories and in expressing their support for transgender girls and women in sports. With nearly 150 athlete signatories to the brief, this incredible group stands together in the fight for equality that all girls and all women in sports deserve.
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April 06, 2022, 03:21 PM
ZSMICHAEL
A prize in every box! That has gone downhill as well. I have not seen anyone eating their product for years.
April 06, 2022, 03:36 PM
Hamden106
Kennedy said something about they removed the nuts
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April 06, 2022, 03:50 PM
Balzé Halzé
I feel like everything in life always reminds me of some Seinfeld episode.
"Where do you think you're going, Cracker Jack!?"
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