Tiger energy drink boycotted in Poland after mocking its history

31  2017-08-19 by ArmOfMidas

Beginning

It all starts with THIS posted on their instagram.

Translation: "1st August - fuck what happened, what's imporant is what will happen"

1st August, 1944 - it was the date Warsaw Uprising started

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It was not first time Tiger posted something like this, the page seemed to be run by some edgy teenager that targeted his age group. Another example:

  • LINK
    Translation: "10th of April, Day of Aeuronatics (or aircraft) - We're flying, not sleeping!"
    10th April, 2010 - Polish plane with president on board crashes.

As of now, all their posts on social media were deleted and there's only an apology. I found this though

https://www.instagram.com/tigerenergydrink/
https://www.facebook.com/TigerEnergyDrink

Reactions

Maspex - Tiger's parent company

Apology

As an apology, Tiger gave 500k PLN (~140k $) for organization that helps Warsaw Uprising rebels
https://www.facebook.com/ChajzerFilip/posts/881620218671187

I tried my best to make it readable

32 comments

1  SnapshillBot 2017-08-19

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1  newcomer_ts 2017-08-19

Money cures even the most hardened moralists.

1  sex_with_MEN 2017-08-19

I'm conflicted. I feel like this was the work of a (((certain people))) because it appears to be mocking Nationalism, but they also by mocking uprising appear to be taking a side that a (((certain people))) naturally wouldn't.

But either way the marketing team should be shot into the sun. How could you fuck this up so badly? I'm pretty sure average person anywhere knows that Poland is a very nationalistic country almost Ultra-Nationalists.

1  ArmOfMidas 2017-08-19

I wouldn't really say it's some planned attack, just some teenager who tried to be edgy and didn't think about consequences. Person behind it used slang spoken by middle schoolers which just looked cringy (as much as i hate that word, it's really appropariate here)

1  sex_with_MEN 2017-08-19

So an actual company just put some random teen in charge of their social media?

1  ArmOfMidas 2017-08-19

It's just my speculation. Marketing company (J. Walter Thompson Group Poland) just said that 2 people were fired, no information about them at all

1  Crowsworth 2017-08-19

I suspect it was a 45-year-old man who is trying to be edgy and current.

1  blerg3409 2017-08-19

Poland is a very nationalistic country almost Ultra-Nationalists

How can some people be so proud for being born in a shithole that hasn't accomplished anything in the grand scheme of things? And I am greek cypriot for fuck's sake.

Also stop using (((this))). Everyone knows poles and jews are gas chamber bros.

1  ThatDamnedImp 2017-08-19

So basically, Poland can dish it out, but can't take it?

LOL @ Poland. You just aren't a great or important enough a country to be acting like this.

1  JumbledFun 2017-08-19

How can they dish it out? Nobody is intimidated by polacks

1  aliceunknown 2017-08-19

Poland is one of those countries that is so delusional, they don't even realize how hilariously irrelevant and inept they are. R/polandball should have been a strong hint.

1  sex_with_MEN 2017-08-19

I don't understand what that has to do with anything in the thread?

You're saying consumers shouldn't boycott things they find distasteful?

This is the equivalent of Red Bull posting on January 28th "Red Bull gives you wings -- too bad the Challenger crew didn't have it on board"

1  JumbledFun 2017-08-19

They will never into space

1  FreeDory 2017-08-19

Poland is one of those countries that is so delusional, they don't even realize how hilariously irrelevant and inept they are.

Are you fucking retarded? Poland is the regional power in the ex-soviet nation bloc, and is a leading nation similar to Italy.

Leading Nations of Europe --> Germany/France/UK/Italy/Poland/Spain

1  mohkohnsepicgun 2017-08-19

Any country bragging that it's just below Italy really is in trouble.

1  aliceunknown 2017-08-19

I'm loving this drama, bae.

1  FreeDory 2017-08-19

lol

1  rewind45 2017-08-19

Im dumb, i read OP i still don't know what the controversy is about. Something about the warsaw uprising and energy drinks. Someone explain.

1  sex_with_MEN 2017-08-19

Energy drink company based in Ultra-Nationalist Poland decided that the best way to market their drink was to insult various things that are considered to be sources of National Pride.

1  rewind45 2017-08-19

I still dont get why? I don't the the message in the ad. What's it trying to portray? Im comfused someone help me. Right now. 😡

1  sex_with_MEN 2017-08-19

I don't speak Polish or really know much about their history. So its lost on me as well. But I think you're over-thinking it. It doesn't make sense because it was a fucking retarded decision, hence why they deleted everything and got fired for it.

1  ArmOfMidas 2017-08-19

Warsaw Uprising was resistance of Poles aganist invaders. Poland was nonexistant at that time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My_vva9Pyi4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejd2rsXoQSI

1  rewind45 2017-08-19

I know what the Warsaw Uprising is, but im confused at what in the world it has to do with energy drinks. What is the message here? Im so confused AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 😭

1  labiolingual_trill 2017-08-19

Edgy marketing team decides to be too edgy; causes a bunch of people to REEE and boycott the company.

tl;dr - Everyone is an idiot.

1  LemonScore 2017-08-19

He just said: the energy drink company mocked the occasion in their advertisements along with a bunch of other things.

1  Pretendthatiamadog 2017-08-19

Are you legit retarded?

1  rewind45 2017-08-19

Is it any of your business if I was?

1  The_Explosive_Blob 2017-08-19

Energy drink said they were more important than the uprising

1  kuba_10 2017-08-19

unrelated, but seeing this website being posted here: please visit http://www.wykop.pl/

it's like digg plus a ton of salt and with no self-awareness at all, it's just people tripping over their two feet, writing elaborate stories about it and blaming germans for all that happened

1  Che_Gueporna 2017-08-19

hmm, so what does Polandball think of all this?

1  cheers_grills 2017-08-19

I am of outraged

1  mohkohnsepicgun 2017-08-19

Y'kno, even I, autist as I am, understand that taking the piss out of nazi massacres and air disasters might be a bad marketing.