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Mountain Dew Name Contest Gone Horribly Wrong

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Wed, 08/15/2012 - 16:03

Superheidi

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God I love The Internet.

Mountain Dew had an online poll for people to name their new product. Sadly, the names people submitted, and voted up, were rather 'inappropriate' and Mountain dew had to shut down the contest.

I love you, Mountain Dew Contest.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/mountain-dews-dub-the-dew-online-pol...

http://hypervocal.com/news/2012/4chan-trolls-take-over-mountain-dews-dub...

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Wed, 08/15/2012 - 17:07

Gore Gore Girl

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K, I may be outing myself as dumb here, but what's the granny connection? Where is that coming from in connection to Mountain Dew?

Wed, 08/15/2012 - 19:40

Tristan Sinns

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Gore Gore Girl wrote:

K, I may be outing myself as dumb here, but what's the granny connection? Where is that coming from in connection to Mountain Dew?

It's a new flavor using green apples, and green apples are often called "Green Grannies" or "Granny Smith":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_Smith

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Wed, 08/15/2012 - 21:02

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Diabeetus kind of for the win.

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Thu, 08/16/2012 - 02:45

Cash Bailey

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Mountain Dew? Who drinks that swill?

Oh, that's right... obese people.

Thu, 08/16/2012 - 04:03

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Cash Bailey wrote:

Mountain Dew? Who drinks that swill?

People who play shooters for hours on end, MMORPG subscribers, etc. Mountain Dew is the official drink of the Modern Warfare community. It's no longer for Xtreme people, it's for gamers.

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Thu, 08/16/2012 - 05:18

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Mountain has more caffeine than regular soda, so gamers like that. But I don't know why they don't just drink Jolt then.

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Thu, 08/16/2012 - 05:20

Gore Gore Girl

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Tristan Sinns wrote:

Gore Gore Girl wrote:

K, I may be outing myself as dumb here, but what's the granny connection? Where is that coming from in connection to Mountain Dew?

It's a new flavor using green apples, and green apples are often called "Green Grannies" or "Granny Smith":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_Smith

Thanks! I probably should have clicked links and stuff...

Thu, 08/16/2012 - 05:37

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Thomas Duke wrote:

Mountain has more caffeine than regular soda, so gamers like that. But I don't know why they don't just drink Jolt then.

Jolt is no longer widely distributed, you can't find it as easily. Places around me stopped carrying it over ten years ago, much to the chagrin of a twitchy friend of mine.

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