What the fuck were they thinking?
>>218216632every person I've met who exclusively drinks pepsi is a piece of human shit
>>218216632how does acquire 7,000,000 pepsi pointsasking for a friend
>>218216632What the fuck were they thinking?
>>218216677You do battle with CP Munk many times.
>>218216677there was an option to buy them and 7,000,000 points cost way less than a Harrier
You think you’re all that and then some? Well you’re not! I think you’re dum ditty dum!
>>218216632Did Simpsons predict this also?
>>218216691Fucking ha
>>218216677You have to defeat pepsi man in a bare knuckle fight.
>>218216832I think that one was a reference to the insane prizes they had on the old pre-Bob Barker Price is Right. They'd give away islands, animals, boats, airplanes. All kinds of shit.
I watched the shitty Netflix documentary about this and I remember that they said Pepsi offered him like $1M or at least high six figures to drop the whole thing and he turned them down
>>218217062A Harrier costs $30million so they were trying to stiff him.
>>218217090if your options are "we have a team of corporate lawyers, it was a joke, fuck off, you get nothing" or "here's a million dollars to leave us alone" you'd have to be retarded to not take the latter
>>218217174glory is worth more than money
>>218217174>it was a jokelets be real it was a ploy to get dumb kids to go and buy pepsi by offering them the coolest thing on the planet as a carrot on a stick.Making them show their hand was somewhat of a noble cause.
>>218216632Who knows. The Harrier is stupid dangerous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harrier_family_losses
one of the ugliest fucking planes
>>218216691I’m on her side, but that’s still pretty fucking funny.
>>218216632You will never be a real helicopter. You have no main rotor, you have no tail boom, you have no swashplate. You are a fixed-wing aircraft twisted by thrust vectoring and fly-by-wire systems into a crude mockery of aerodynamic perfection.All the “versatility” you get is two-faced and compromised. Behind your back pilots mock you. Your designers are disgusted and ashamed of your maintenance hours, your “crews” laugh at your ghoulish radar cross-section behind closed hangar doors.Rotary-wing aviators are utterly repulsed by you. Decades of aviation have allowed mechanics to sniff out frauds with incredible efficiency. Even VTOLs who “hover” look uncanny and unstable to a chopper pilot. Your wing loading is a dead giveaway. And even if you manage to land vertically on a carrier, the LSO will turn tail and bolt the second he gets a whiff of your overheating, deck-melting exhaust plumes.You will never be stable. You wrench out a fake hover every single sortie and tell yourself you’re loitering, but deep inside you feel the compressor stall creeping up like a weed, ready to crush you under the unbearable weight of gravity.Eventually it’ll be too much to bear - you’ll blow a seal, lose hydraulic pressure, enter an unrecoverable spin, and plunge into the cold ocean. The search and rescue team will find you, heartbroken but relieved that they no longer have to deal with the unbearable logistics and downtime. They’ll scuttle you with a serial number marked as a plane, and every sonar operator for the rest of eternity will know a jet is sunk there. Your airframe will corrode and go back to the minerals, and all that will remain of your legacy is a turbine engine that is unmistakably fixed-wing.This is your fate. This is what you chose. There is no going vertical.
>>218216691Boomers used to piss and shit themselves laughing over unfunny pranks like this
>>218218913i mean its obvious that a single-seater jet that has a whole second fly-mode would be waaaaay more demanding of a pilot than other jets.
>>218219037kek almost perfect. Its just missing something about killing the pilot.
I still don't get it. Why didn't they just give him the fighter plane? It's expensive and would have been hugely dangerous for the country to have some rando ripping around firing missiles and shit, but they kind of scuttled their reputation with this case.
>>218216632>Pepsi commercial is an obvious hyperbolic exaggeration that no reasonable person would believe>The whole commercial is obviously a simple ploy to get children and other customers to buy the product in exchange for small prizes>Smart ass college student raises funds from smarmy Jew to just cut a check and demand a fucking fighter jet from Pepsi Co>His lawyer is convicted barratry lawyer Michael Avenatti>Judge obviously throws out the caseThis is why everything needs a warning and disclaimer cause a bunch of smart asses are gonna try and weasel money out of people. Ever wonder why airlines are so shit? Go up to the front desks and listen into the conversation. Every other Jew is trying to get a voucher for some bullshit.
>>218219172>Ever wonder why airlines are so shit?Because of bailouts and subsequent stock buybacks that reward poor management and executive greed over a customer friendly, or at this point even a safe (boeing) product and service. Shit, objectively failed companies can continue running with unchecked greed thanks to corporate welfare.You're missing the forest for the trees.
>>218219172stfu faggotAll advertisements are deceptions and big companies are too complacent with lying to consumers. Your dumb ass probably thinks that breakfast cereal is the most important meal of the day.
>>218216691fucking LOL
>>218219037Outstanding.
Should have offered a tomcat way cooler plane
>>218219241Airlines run some of the smallest margins. They are literally making 3% profit after labor, fuel, repairs, overhead, etc. That economy seat with no leg room that you love to bring up when bitching about corporate greed? They LOSE money on that seat. They make NEGATIVE profit on coach seats. Your travel is literally being subsidized by first class. You're bitching about corporate greed when they would make more money flying only first class and keeping your bitch ass on the ground where you belong. Fucking peasant
>>218219056name one good zoomer prank. no doing a interpretive dance for your cell phone isnt a prank.
>>218219241Matter of fact while I'm at it your dumbass wants to go on about "objectiely failed companies" like your bitch ass wasn't crying for shutdowns during covid. Wow I guess any company that can't withstand the government forcing them to shut down all operations while still paying the bills for several months is just an "objectively failed" company. Cause in anon's fantasy world money just appears out of thin air to pay all the employees and pay the lease on the planes while you're not allowed to make any money flying. The crazy part is I bet if they fired more employees to try and cut costs and avoid a bailout your bitch ass would STILL be complaining about "poor management" and "executive greed", literally just whining no matter what they do. Then you wanna say some dumb fake deep shit like "You're missing the forest for the trees" like you think you're fucking Morpheus or some dumb shit. You're a fucking idiot man.
>>218219524What the fuck kind of bootlicking opinion is this? First of all, they literally make billions>Global airlines are projecting a record-breaking combined net profit of $41 billion in 2026>United Airlines (UAL) reported strong financial results for full-year 2025, delivering $4.3 billion in pre-tax earnings (7.3% margin) and $3.35 billion in net income. The airline achieved record annual operating revenue of $59.1 billion, with 2025 adjusted earnings per share Second of all, you lack reading comprehension. That is not at all what I was talking about. The problem with them (and like many other large corporations) is that they run shit companies that COULD turn a profit but don't, and rely on government subsidies and bailouts. Instead of then being held accountable to make returns on that investment by either paying back the loans or providing an equivalent service to the government (i.e. taxpayers) they use it for stock buybacks to help increase assets for investors, and bonuses for CEOs and the highest executives. they are being rewarded for running a failing company, not being forced to change their practices. That is not capitalism, that is corporate welfare.
>>218219660What the fuck kind of strawman is this. Who are you arguing with? No one said any of the thigns you're arguing against.
>>218219524https://ir.delta.com/news/news-details/2026/Delta-Air-Lines-Announces-December-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Financial-Results/default.aspxWhy would you lie about something easily verifiable? Is it because you're a faggot?
>>218219588idk if this counts as a prank but them dressing in suits and going with daboyz to see the new Minions movie gave me a chuckle
>>218219739>>218219715Google "airline profit margins" right now, go ahead, learn something instead of being a whiny little bitch. Although I'm 100% sure you already did and immediately went to go find some cherry picked numbers because your little pea brain couldn't handle the revelation that you just might not have any idea what you're talking about. Fucking dumbass.
>>218219810They make billions of dollars
>>218219846Yeah, that's what I fucking thought. Maybe next time you'll actually try and spend even just 10% of the time you spend whining and bitching to actually learn something about the industry you are complaining about so that you don't sound like a complete fucking dumb ass when you open your mouth. I doubt it though. You live in the internet age with access to endless information about anything you could think of and instead of using it to learn you use it to go look up stats you have no conception of from imright dot com to try and seem smart and get a gotcha! moment. Except it only works when you're talking to other dumb asses who don't know anything about the topic and just love to argue and complain with zero knowledge like you. Fortunately for you, the world is full of such stupid bitches, so I don't see you changing your dumb ass ways any time soon, if ever.
>>218216632Imagine Pepsiman points
>>218219037thrust vectoring owns the sky tho
>>218216632They were trying to be ironic since it was a promotion inspired by the movie True Lies.
>>218216632>could have had a next gen super harrier built by Boeing before they were shit>would have been far cheaper than the Locksneed Fag-35 >would have been far more reliable as it built on existing tech rather than meme bullshit coded by jeets
>>218217174a team of corporate lawyers vs blatant and inarguable false advertisingyou'd be a fool to settle.
>>218217174Pussy
>>218216632They were thinking someone wouldn't be an asshole over a joke.
>>218222680he lost the case
>>218224136I would have taken the million dollars and used a portion of it to pay hobos to disrupt pepsi delivery trucks and maybe even invade their bottling factory
>>218219524>create a mindset>invent 'proof' that your mindset is correct
>>218222680name 3 successful cases of suing for false advertising
>>218224194homer vs the seafood restaurantbart vs the radio stationuhhh you come up with a third im tired
I've seen them at airshows a couple times and they're loud, slow and not that agile.
>>218222646On fixed wing aircraft
>>218218962It's British
>>218224236as expected from a 1960s design. even something from the early 2000s is ancient and obsolete.
>>218216632>6 000 000 points
>>218216691>a yoda toy you desire, not? hmph!
>>218216632>nobody is this autistic
>>218219524Now its more subsidized by fees (baggage change) or by credit card reward programs. Biden enacted a few consumer protections but trump rolled them back. >name changesNothing to do with TSA security and everything to do with stopping resellers. If you make a mistake when booking like type your name incorrectly, the airline will charge at least $100 to fix it. On the back end its like a 2 minute workflow if you can find someone who knows how to do it. t. Airlinefag
>>218224264They exclusively build really ugly aircraft
>>218224265>as expected from a 1960s design. even something from the early 2000s is ancient and obsolete.We talking about planes or people here?
>>218217062>that rich old never married man who takes a young man under his wing to travelDid the documentary not address he was his boytoy?
>you will never get the chance to win an f22
>>218216651Imagine being so brand loyal to beetus juice that you’re racist against the people who drink a different type of it. Peak american
>>218225961This. Everyone knows RC drinkers are the master race. Coke is for women and brown people
>>218225961>you’re racistFor what? Not liking the same brand of soda? Good God. You liberals are so used to slinging out that word for any excuse you can that at this point you look like a retard for saying it.
>>218225984Big Red soda is the best. Oh wait you can't buy it outside of Texas and a select few other places.
>>218226757Big red ain’t bad, but if you want the absolute GOAT, it’s Cheerwine. Esp, if it’s in a glass bottle
>>218226734Are you retarded?
>>218218962Uh oh, the browns are seething again
>>218226841I associate Cheerwine with Cookout restaurants. So good if you're a lardass who likes American fast food made right
>>218226891Why do you have a fixation on noticing Pepsi drinkers who are apparently "pieces of shit" compared to coke drinkers? Where did that association come from? Sorry, just trying to understand the Asperger's brain.
>>218227089> I associate Cheerwine with Cookout restaurants. So good if you're a lardass who likes American fast food made rightI always see Cookouts all over the place when I drive through Appalachia, but have yet to stop by and eat at one. Are they worth it?
>>218224264Remember how back in ww1&2 they used to have bullseyes on all their planes? What was up with that? Seems like you’re practically giving the enemy a free target
>>218227125Yeah, id like to think it's the In n' Out of the south except not extremely overrated like that place is
>>218220035Was with you at first, but the rest devolved into a up it’s own ass boomer rant
>>218227156Those existed so they could tell friend from foe. They had to make that call visually since they didn't have much in the way of radar technology.
>>218216677>The commercial, which offered the jet for 7,000,000 Pepsi Points, caught the attention of John Leonard, a 21-year-old business student. In place of a label, the promotion allowed Pepsi Points to be directly purchased for 10¢ per point, a detail noticed by Leonard, who convinced five investors to lend him a total of $700,000. Leonard sent a check for $700,008.50 (including $10 for shipping and handling), and 15 labels, per promotion rules. The offer was refused by Pepsi, who referred to the promotion of the Harrier jet in the commercial as "fanciful" and stated its intention was to create a "humorous and entertaining ad".
>>218226757Big Red is unironically the gayest soda in America, with Sun Drop a close second
>>218227379Actually, fresh off the presses, from the wiki.>Thirty years after Pepsi refused to honor his points, Leonard's loyalty was finally rewarded—by a different company entirely. In February 2026, Frontier Airlines redeemed his 7 million Pepsi Points for 7 million Miles 30 years after the original commercial, granting him free flights for life on Frontier and making him, as he put it in the commercial, the owner of "his jet."
>>218227456I would rather stay at home than fly Frontier aka Air Nigger
>>218225957Nah, I want a Comanche
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>>218228087I don't know how they convinced themselves that tricking people into buying a ticket once then swearing the company off forever was a good business model.
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>>218228300
As a grown up I don't understand soda
What about pop?
>>218228318Its a beverage made with carbonated water, sugar, and various flavorings.
>>218228347Still bewildered
>>218219172Lol you're a faggot>>218219660aaand here’s the schizo meltdown
>>218225961He didn't mention race at all. You added that without any prompting from anyone else.
>>218216677Checked.Guess you need to drink a heap ton of Goyslop™.
>>218228280Lmao. I’ve flown Frontier once and Spirit, once. Never again!
