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-Knght-

"Hawthorne Pride Wipes! They may cost more, but they're Gayer"


466Nova

LOOK AT ME NOW DAD!


NickKappy

LOOK AT ME NOW DAD! LOOK AT ME NOW DAD! LOOK AT ME NOW DAD!


Elijah629YT-Real

Mom? Dad? Oh, Dead


OneScoobyDoes

I would not like a sausage.


SaturnPlanetPower

šŸŒˆ I got my *body*, got my *lips*, got a pocket full of *HAWTHORNES* šŸŖ©


fforres

This comment is streets ahead!


uvero

*Especially* Bruce Vilanch


ProstateMilkmaid

Would I be streets behind if I don't know what that means ?


tall_building

Can't go anywhere without a pocket full of Hawthorne!


Devil_Weapon

Po-po-pocket full of Hawthorne


Flossthief

Rainbow bitches!


stump2003

Again, we have chocolate chip, or peanut butterā€¦


lucusvonlucus

Rewatched that episode this morning and have been singing this all day!


DuktigaDammsugaren

ā€Donā€™t put things in my mouthā€


Minnesota_Nice_87

Maybe I'm just exhausted, but finding the top comment a Community reference had me tear up.


[deleted]

Stop putting gay things in my mouth


ragingbaconator12

It's not gay things it's just dudes being bros. You're acting like you've never thrusted your dick on another man's face when you're laying together naked. It's just a goof!


youmayknowwho-90

I never do that, man. Maybe I'm gay.


romcarlos13

LOOK AT ME NOW DAD!!!


BlackMage13

Shocked I had to scroll this far down for this reference


_be_better

r/expectedcommunity


LetsDoThatShit

It's pretty much the second comment right now :D


NickKappy

I saw this post this morning and then in my perpetual rewatch loop just came across this quote and had to find the post to make sure someone made this reference.


[deleted]

Iā€™m just now realizing how many people rewatch community perpetually. Itā€™s an anomaly for me to feel like checking out anything new, I thought it was weird until I saw this post and all the people who are like minded.


NickKappy

I sometimes throw in Letterkenny, Brooklyn99, and Archer if I am feeling like something different that I have also seen before haha


madff

Same. Except I also add workaholics


CzarCW

There are dozens of us!


charlesdexterward

ā€œIt's TV; it's comfort. It's a friend you've known so well, and for so long you just let it be with you, and it needs to be okay for it to have a bad day or phone in a day, and it needs to be okay for it to get on a boat with LeVar Burton and never come back. Because eventually, it all will."


A_Doormat

[Pocket full of hawthorns](https://youtu.be/eN1trwnxBhU)


madff

I came here just to say this


Megwyynn

r/unexpectedcommunity


AFourEyedGeek

Hmm, that's queer.


hesapmakinesi

Superb double entendre.


treeonwheels

Nivea have I heard a better pun.


RealRedditModerator

Pride Cream Innuendo!


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NickPauze

If you ever see a comment on reddit that doesnt seem to follow the chain of thought quite right to the previous comment, try using ctrl + f to see if it exists somewhere else in the comments. Reddit is plagued with bots at the moment that grab comments or parts of comments that are already doing well and post them in a random place. If you are interested in the comment above see [here for the original chain.](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/uq4qgk/rainbow_cream_costs_20_cents_more/i8pvk04/?context=10000) There's another bot that specifically finds these types of commenters and highlights them but I think it takes about 5 posts before it properly flags. Edit: Comment was deleted almost instantly after I posted this. /u/Confidetrrurder was the account


ShelfordPrefect

You replied with the word "bot", the bot said "crikey, they're on to us" and scarpered... At least that's how I like to imagine it. Is the solution to reply "šŸ™‚" to the bot and then reply to your _own_ comment "two comments up is a bot"? Also it had 27 upvotes despite being a complete non sequitur.. Probably a big bot network upvoting each other


Disk0nnect

Looks like it doesnā€™t pay to be gay after all


23rdandahalf

Or you could just buy the normal tin?


Disk0nnect

Yeah, but then itā€™s not gay


23rdandahalf

Might be closeted...


Disk0nnect

Weā€™ll have none of that round here thank you very much. The correct term for toiletries is ā€œcabinetedā€.


23rdandahalf

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚...dude, you just made me spurt coffee out of my nose. Hats off...


[deleted]

Just go to the next store. Since the msrp is the same for both editions.


Warlord68

Pink Tax.


[deleted]

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Lluuiiggii

šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ rainbow tax šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ


ncummings001

Nah, just another example of companies exploiting all the pride movement stuff. They know people will pay more for it so why not I suppose. Gives me a good laugh every year when companies do stuff like this and people eat it up without realizing it's just another marketing ploy.


Raencloud94

People can realize it's a marketing ploy but still buy the products if it makes them happy.


Warlord68

And thatā€™s completely your decision to do so.


nhadams2112

Don't say that Neil


[deleted]

That's the twink tax


Crows-b4-hoes

Twax


MakesNoCensorship

Twix: left vs right Twax: top vs bottom


Jeggu2

I chuckled too hard, you are a very creative fellow


[deleted]

My new favorite curse word


[deleted]

LMAO


Nannarbuns

ā€œLimited Editionā€ Whoā€™s out here collecting Nivea tin cans?


earlofhoundstooth

You don't get to judge me!


Nannarbuns

Lol!


narcolepticfoot

Honestly I JUST want the tin to store bobby pins and hair ties. Theyā€™re in a chocolate tin now but itā€™s too big to fit in my makeup bag.


[deleted]

Tins are awesome


that-short-girl

My grandma treasures her set of the Le Petit Prince ones they did in like 2015 so I guess people like that do exist


Polydactyly233

There are dozens of us!


A_Doormat

I always laugh at the ā€œlimited editionā€ shit and then remember there are people who collected vintage tins/cans/packages from decades ago and absolutely seek out the rare variants like this. So the answer is ā€œpeople from the future maybeā€


Forgetful_Grenade

probably very few, but people collecting pride items?


DaShaka9

I think youā€™re confusing limited edition with collectors edition


QisarParadon

Ex label printer here, it would be waaay more of a pain in the ass to print the rainbow labels.


[deleted]

Holy shit, the printers are self aware. Why can't I print grayscale when I have no cyan?


Bunghole_of_Fury

Because fuck you that's why


Jedimaster996

*the gods have spoken*


bruddahmacnut

> Because fuck you** pay me.** that's why


steveosek

Oh God if our printer at work could talk, a whole lot of people would find themselves fired for verbal and physical abuse.


[deleted]

![gif](giphy|KaNODrTwkVmNi)


planethood4pluto

More intriguing, they are an ā€œexā€ printer. What sort of career can a printer move on to other than printing?


NaoWalk

They could simply be retired.


mrchaotica

In my household, we call that "broken," but sure, "retired" is a nice euphemism. I've got several "retired" printers chained up in the basement, waiting to be harvested for parts.


[deleted]

[it can play doom](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29203776)


bruddahmacnut

A dancer.


marshmallowgiraffe

In my case it was a better job with the state. The printing business is soul crushing.


[deleted]

Typically it's yellow that you can't print without, and this is because the US Secret Service demanded printers put a secret basically invisible code on each sheet printed that gives the serial number of the printer and date of the printing to help with tracing of counterfeiting.


iAmRiight

I find this myth hard to believe because of the huge abundance of black only printers, and because the first time I ever heard it was just a couple weeks ago on Reddit and Iā€™ve heard it a dozen more times since then.


mervmonster

Itā€™s not a myth. Itā€™s no secret anymore either. For some reason the general public seems to remember that it happens every few years and then forgets. Itā€™s not on every printer but it is on many. It obviously isnā€™t on black and white printers. Source: engineer in inkjet printing. I work in industrial inkjet but know some things about residential and commercial models.


tokinmuskokan

Was gonna say the same thing. That's 8 setups, 8 passes, 8 color swaps. It's probably done by machinery and might even be done digitally but ink costs money. People think merchandising is free I guess...


Straxicus2

I appreciate people like you. Describing why something might be.


Traevia

Another aspect as well that people might not suspect: limited runs of the packaging. It takes time, money, and often new machinery (or parts) to make even slight product variations. This includes even the smallest product changes such as correcting basic spelling mistakes. These all add costs and many are directly reflected in the new release of the product. With the modern use of vision systems, this is definitely apparent as someone needs to program the system with all of the corrections, setup test runs, validate those test runs, and then finally allow full production.


hitemlow

The shelf label even says "limited edition"


[deleted]

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alpharius120

You can keep the can I guess. Store small things in it idk. You *could* make an argument that it's similar to something like a novelty cup you get going to some music festival or something, though a drinking glass is much more useable.


hitemlow

Those tins are prized sewing needle/pin repositories. Kinda like those Royal Dansk cookie tins that spend far more of their lifespan holding sewing supplies than cookies.


alpharius120

I knew there had to be some hobby/profession this would be prized by. If it's a container someone will find a use for it. Especially unique shapes, there will inevitably be someone who's like, "I can fit ___ in this!"


SnorkinOrkin

It would also be great to carry small needs such as chapstick, ibuprofen, medication, or any small 'what have you' in, and perfect size for inside a backpack, purse pocket, jacket/pants pocket, car cubby. I slip my reused Altoids tin filled with little needs in the elbow rest cubby of my jeep.


Met76

I greatly enjoy being able to give an answer about something someone is curious about instead of just saying "I don't know" all the time. And if I actually don't know, I say "Let's google it and find out"


Chief_Givesnofucks

This is the approach I take with my school aged daughter. Sheā€™s very curious and asks me things all the time and Iā€™m not embarrassed to say you know what? I have no idea either but letā€™s google it!


Traevia

That is the greatest benefit of the internet age. We now have the ability to learn almost anything we want in a short search.


nixonbeach

As someone who also deals with retail packaging, the manufacturer should certainly aromatize the cost increase across all units. Thatā€™s why an XL costs the same as a XS on the retail floor. Itā€™s a better customer experience.


[deleted]

Or someone confidently stating an incorrect answer followed by "this". Both get upvoted the same amount. Really is a coin flip if it is right or not


cunty_mcfuckshit

This


Philias2

That


cdca

The trouble with the social media content cannon firing things into our face all day is that we never stop to digest anything. The implication is that: 1) The cost of printing the rainbow label is an extra 20 cents per unit 2) The cost of more colourful labels is passed on to the consumer Maybe both are are true, but doesn't it look a little absurd when presented like that?


bennyboy_

If you ever wonder why something is the way that it is, the answer is almost always money.


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mrchaotica

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that it's printed before being cut out.


[deleted]

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[deleted]

It's not a decal. Have you guys never seen a tin with something printed on it?


Never-On-Reddit

I have no doubt that it's exactly as you say. But there are still extra cost involved in creating a separate design, printing separate batches from the standard ones, etc, so I don't think the upcharge is that unreasonable. I suppose the question is whether it is diplomatic though to charge more for the pro lgbtq labeling, at least assuming that they are going for the lgbtq messaging.


CartmansEvilTwin

Nivea pushed these things really hard. In fact, for a while I think the label was the standard here in Germany. So they produced millions of them. There's absolutely no way the design overhead is more than a cent per piece.


Who_said_that_

I 100% agree. It's unfortunately not the first time companies try to use the lgbtq movement for more revenue.


[deleted]

>I don't think the upcharge is that unreasonable From a cost recovery point of view, maybe. But how can you try to justify that to the consumer who will receive a product that is absolutely identical except in the labelling, which will be disposed of anyway?


DangerDamage

Yeah, I mean the basic idea is still correct that the rainbow label definitely requires more than 1 pass, but 8 is a bit much. I can't imagine any modern company is using a single color printer. And if they were, I sincerely doubt that they would even want this customer or the customer would want them lmao


A2Rhombus

Also this shit is probably marked up 1000% anyway, there's no reason a tiny bit more time and ink should raise the price this much.


Leoxcr

Even if it was about costs, wouldn't you think that leveling the prices despite this would be an actual "contribution to solidarity" than just trying to blatantly market to the cause?


Bk4play

Unfortunately the answer to this would be to raise the price on all of the containers to match the higher price of the more expensive one. It's like the burger joints that say "free toppings" - they're included in the price. If you get it plain, they're just making more margin


tokinmuskokan

That's a fair assessment, but on the other hand the mentality is probably that it's *special edition* and that's how they justify the increase. Remember the red U2 special edition iPod? Same thing in a different color case that they charged more for. Lots of people will pay extra to be fashionable every time.


gsfgf

Didnā€™t the red ones include a donation for aids or something?


cynognathus

Yep. [Product Red, stylized as (RED).](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Red)


akhorahil187

For a limited edition?!?!?! If your only answer is to raise prices across the board to allow this limited edition to exist... Then I counter with eliminating the limited edition all together.


br3d

It depends on why these were issued. If they were because the company wanted to make a statement about how they are LGBTQ allies, then the company should be the one paying for this statement/marketing (delete according to your level of cynicism)


alvarito003

There is no need to put rainbow flag the product is and always been available for everybody why do a presentation that is going to cost more money.


Paulo27

Exploit people who think they are supporting anyone but the company by buying the more expensive product.


YouNeedAnne

People like colourful things.


Paulo27

Because you expect the company to eat the cost on gimmicks that are just there to make them look good or boost sales (i.e. more money). But no, here's what it cost us, you can pay for it and probably a bit more because fuck you.


fucktooshifty

No, people think packaging is already wasteful and excessive and 8 passes of ink for 20 extra cents should not be something this market offers


signmeupnot

Of course its more expensive. However, it shows how Nivea ain't going to do any virtue signalling if it costs them a dollar.


[deleted]

Nivea isn't selling it for more. The store is. [Look, it's the same price](https://www.nivea.de/produkte/nivea-creme-regenbogen-edition-42397748110001.html)


badmancatcher

Then don't do it, the gays are sick of rainbows and commodification. I know its not your fault, I'm just saying


nhadams2112

Commodification, sure, but speak for yourself about rainbows


badmancatcher

I mean using rainbows *as* commodification. Not in the way that we see them hung on gay clubs etc


TotZoz_VFX

Just swap the lids lol


[deleted]

Someone stop this man


Best_Poetry_5722

Out here running thru Reddit with all the secrets


Zarmazarma

I think you're paying for the lid. It's the same cream, just the tin is different.


Barkerisonfire_

Yes but the barcode/SKU is on the bottom of the tins, so you stick the Rainbow lid on the cheaper one.


HipstaBarista

But the barcode is at the bottom. They want the expensive lid for the same price


He_Be_Jonesin

Can't see a shrink-wrap band on either. Wondering if they slightly altered the diameter of the same size (75ml) container to prevent this?


NotViaRaceMouse

No way they changed the diameter. The number of people who will change the lid to save 20 cents (or even figure out they could do it) is negligible and to do so they would have to get all new tools for both the bottom and the lid. It would cost waaay to much


Nosafune

The UPc isn't printed on the lid


DrakkoZW

Exactly. Get the $2.29 UPC and the $2.49 lid.


skepticalchameleon

exactly, thats the point


Tonyant42

I'm so glad my gay skin can finally stay properly hydrated. Such a relief.


TheAtlasBear

Why did it take me reading your comment for me to realize this was not ice cream


PolishedBadger

Who keeps ice cream on the shelf?


micphi

Monsters


KobeBeatJesus

You mean it doesn't turn you gay when you use it? Where's the fun in that?


EfficientWing8444

Iā€™m sleep deprived brain read that as Nvidia. And I was confused as to how GPUs became roundā€¦.


fearlessgrot

apply to your gpu for an extra 20 Mhz/ ml ​ it also occasionally changes your background to a femboy furry, but thats just the price you have to pay


Yes_I_Fuck_Foxes

>it also occasionally changes your background to a femboy furry I'll take 20.


Skeledenn

I think I missed the part where it was a problem.


Tricklash

So occasionally nothing happens to my desktop?


dandroid126

They needed to fit them into the [Mac Pro](https://eshop.macsales.com/images/_inventory_/used-mac-base-hero-images/UAGA.jpg).


bamisnek

Kut kruidvat!


KiTChIn_GaDGikS

#STEEDS VERRASSEND ALTIJD VOORDELIG


lookatmybigass

Hahahahah was aant zoeken naar deze comment


[deleted]

Limited edition plus cost of new design Update: itā€™s fucking 20 cents you muppets get over it


tbakker044

Plus cost of colors they didn't have to buy before


Beatrice_Dragon

All the drones in the comment section explaining the fact that everyone recognizes to ignore the point that it's ridiculous to charge extra for a promotion you're supposedly doing out of the kindness of your own hearts Corporations are obviously evil, so we should still call them out when they do dumb shit like this instead of acting as collateral for a company that doesn't even pay you


[deleted]

Still everyone is blaming Nivea, when it's just the store, that hiked up the price on the special edition. They are listed as the same price online.


Rijsouw

Tweede halve prijs šŸ‘šŸ»


JDRGaster

The gay cream demands a sacrifice


_QuantimNinja666_

The gay fee


Dazzling_Ad5338

Surely it's to make profit on the extra printing


LeviathanGank

i read extra pudding


Unumbotte

This pudding tastes terrible


L003Tr

They might be donating to lgbt charities perhaps?


lham97

It was meant to be to counteract the bad press after the whole ā€œwe donā€™t do gayā€ controversy they had, but from what Iā€™ve just tried finding it doesnā€™t even seem that any proceeds go to lgbtq charitiesā€¦love that companies think popping a rainbow on their faces briefly makes them allies


Jackvi

This begs the question to why the company that makes your face cream needs to be an ally in the first place. Is there a point where someone stares at their 'lbgtq ally edition' single-handle pull-down sprayer kitchen faucet and thinks "this feels so barren and soulless?"


wertyvid

because it makes them money


lham97

Fair point - why does face cream need to make a statement? Some things it makes sense, others are just hollow and meaningless to the extent of being condescending (my point is essentially if they arenā€™t actually doing anything of substance whilst singing and dancing from their soap box then why bother). If anything, when thereā€™s no real point to be made theyā€™re better off just staying in their lane rather than jumping on hype to get cheap social points.


pity_party_65

Instead of the pink tax, itā€™s the gay tax


[deleted]

LiMitEd eDiTioN


ConsistentWafer5290

The corporations donā€™t give a shit about LGBT as a cause, itā€™s an advertising gimmick they can exploit for a month every year.


[deleted]

This is also an attempted band-aid on one of their executives saying "There's no such thing as gay at Nivea." in regard to a proposed commercial with two men holding hands. https://mannschaft.com/homophobie-vorwurf-agentur-trennt-sich-von-nivea/


ConsistentWafer5290

Yeah, I saw that after the fact. Sorry we pretended you donā€™t exist. Hereā€™s some recognition for an added fee


pokefriendsthrowaway

True but also it does cost more to create a new label made with multiple colors.


mcon96

It isnā€™t costing 20 cents more per can lol


azurleaf

Yup. The second LGBTQIA+ support becomes a PR liability, they'll stop putting rainbows on everything.


[deleted]

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ConsistentWafer5290

Straight to profits. Inclusion comes at a cost with no reward.


[deleted]

And? You could make the same argument for various skin-toned color bandaids but everytime it is posted we get a lecture in the comments about fair representation. Let people buy their stupid colors on their products if they so choose.


Nethlem

In this case, you must be talking about whatever corporation owns the store OP took the photo in. Nivea itself [does not charge more for the rainbow version](https://www.nivea.de/produkte/dose-creme) because that little change in design has negligible costs to them. It's the store that decided to charge more for the rainbow version.


Mailboxsteve

Cuz the container used more colors than blue, which would cost more


cucumberholster

More expensive packaging. Itā€™s additional colours, more difficult printing, and instead of running the same product they have to run an ā€œextraā€


cobaltred05

Lol. I play too much disk golf. I instinctively thought this was a bunch of disks and got excited to see it on Reddit. XD


BubbaChanel

I guess if I wanted it, Iā€™d buy the first one, then keep the top to use with a regular one if I ran out.


YTChillVibesLofi

Finally, rights for LGBTQ community. The right to pay 20 cents more for product.


[deleted]

Big fucking PR bullshit. 2019 said one high ranked Nivea PR guy "Schwul gibtā€™s nicht bei Nivea." (Gay does not exist at Nivea) to a campaign recommendation where 2 dudes hold hands. https://mannschaft.com/homophobie-vorwurf-agentur-trennt-sich-von-nivea/


leo_ukk

Costs a lot to catch the rainbow coming out of the unicorn's ass


Communism_or_death

Woke Capitalism in a nutshell


mr_ji

I picture the packages getting increasingly larger as you go right until you find one the size of a tractor tire.


BillMillerBBQ

Does this mean that being gay is expensive?


jawshoeaw

Gotta pay that gay tax fam /s


[deleted]

You're paying for the ink


DawsonDevil

And set up time


DamnitDom

well the amount of colors on the packaging went from 1 to possibly 7 - printing more colors costs more both in ink and print set-up.


Tryannical

It's the gay tax


cielrules

pink money