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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

Coconut flavor

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a person of color, especially a person of Latin American or South Asian origin or descent, who is regarded as having adopted the attitudes, values, and behavior thought to be characteristic of middle-class white society, at the expense of their ethnic heritage. Compare Oreo.

Actually, I would argue these days it usually gets referenced exclusively to describe politicians who don't represent the same values their cultural background would, usually in a downside.

Don't think Ben and Jerry's is playing some double speak here, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 15 hours ago

That's the one reason I wasn't all on board with the "Coconut Pilling" when Harris took over the nomination. It's historically a slur. That said, the fact that Harris herself is using it tends to dead end that argument. There's every reason to think Ben & Jerry's is playing off of that.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 217 points 2 days ago

When asked if they’d ever consider making a flavor after Donald Trump, Cohen told the outlet, “I don’t think it’s proper in polite society for me to talk about what would be in that flavor.”

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 5 points 12 hours ago

What is the flavor "it looks like orange, but is actually just a tub of shit"

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Tubgirl Orange.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

Blue Bell already made a Trump flavor. It was called Listeria.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 day ago

I fucking love Ben & Jerry. Two real motherfuckers. I will always spend the extra couple bucks for their product.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago

"Oops! All smegma."

[-] Fester@lemm.ee 44 points 2 days ago

It’s 2024. You can talk about Cheetos and urine.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Full of shit and ketchup and gasoline.

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[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Cheetos-dusted darrhea with rancid fast food grease swirls?

[-] Mobiledecay@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Call it Trumps dick. All the Maga idiots will buy it out! 😁

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[-] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago

Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee features coconut ice cream with swirls of caramel and red, white and blue star-shaped sprinkles. The flavor is inspired by a viral meme, in which Harris, during a speech at the White House, uttered the now-viral quote, “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?”

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Sounds good

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago

Seth Meyers mentioned this last week. He also said that they released a flavor for Tim Walz as well: Plain.

[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 11 points 22 hours ago

He’s a sassy dad, his flavor would have to be a dad joke. Something like “Balz to the Walz” with malted milk balls. Or “DIY” orange clean flavored ice cream with chocolate sauce streaks.

I don't know... Would it be possible to make hotdish flavored ice cream?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I don't want to know.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago

While a fine name for an icecream flavour, "Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee" also sounds more than a little bit like the title of a porn parody where a bunch of really old white dudes eagerly get topped by a black milf that stares into the camera for an uncomfortably long time, while a recording of Tim Walz explains how to replace the headlights on a 2005 subaru outback and the finer points of grilling top sirloin.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

How do you replace the headlights on a 05 Outback?

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It's actually really obnoxious to do and I highly recommend looking up a couple vids before attempting it - getting that stupid seating ring in the right orientation is as I said, incredibly obnoxious, and my big dumb meat hands can barely fit in the space to manipulate the bulbs. Oh and you have to pull the battery out to get at the driver side running lights. Good cars but there's some really stupid design elements.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world -2 points 20 hours ago

Yes bringing up porn in every comment section makes you funny and mature 🙄

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

You okay there? Need a hug or something?

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago
[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

What'd you really intend with your initial comment, though. I'm not even trying to be a dick here, I just took a poke around your comment history and it seems like we'd get along fine, so I'm really curious why you came out swinging here.

Are you really offended that I made a crude joke? Is this an extremely understandable expression of exasperation at the state of discourse in our political sphere? Perhaps you were just in a foul mood and, since your comment didn't get the traction you expected, you're now reflexively defending yourself using the classic strategy of posting a gif to try and both limit my possible responses and to indicate the opinion you hold of your own position of superiority in this conversation by considering me unworthy of a response you reserve for those you consider 'mature' adults?

Sincerely, this seems out of character for you. I was being flippant, but like, do you actually need a hug? I can't do more than type but man, I fucking know how hard this political cycle has been on me and my own mental health, so if you even just want to vent I'm incredibly sympathetic and here for it. Shit starts feeling hopeless, even with some positive reporting on the Harris campaign's polling.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Perhaps you were just in a foul mood and, since your comment didn’t get the traction you expected, you’re now reflexively defending yourself using the classic strategy of posting a gif to try and both limit my possible responses and to indicate the opinion you hold of your own position of superiority in this conversation by considering me unworthy of a response you reserve for those you consider ‘mature’ adults?

I mean, I didn't expect it to be well-received, but to quote the girl from Deadpool, you got me in a box here.

I appreciate you taking the time to evaluate the situation so thoroughly. I also really appreciate your kind words. It really has been a horrible news cycle these last few months, hasn't it? Despite my hope that Kamala can pull off a win, I've recently come to the realization that the annoying people were right and "the system" really doesn't work as it should at all. We're one wrong move away from the edge, and I feel like the people in power are doing nothing to help that situation. (At least, most of them-- too few to make real progress). It's rough out there, man. If you need anything I'm here as well.

As for the actual post... I just don't like how every political post has like 6 sex jokes under it. I know I said "you" are always posting them but that wasn't right; I meant that someone always does. It's like that webcomic where people psychic attack each other by saying phrases that make them think of horrible things. Hearing about Trump and porn in the same sentence makes me take psychic damage. I posted the gif because I perceived your reply as disingenuous; I now see that you actually did mean to help, but I've seen too many people feign concern as a way to say that the person they're replying to must be mentally unwell (in a derogatory way) to trust it. It seemed disproportionate enough to be interpreted that way, but I see now that I was wrong.

This has been a bit of a ramble, but thank you for reminding me there are still good people on the internet. I think I'll head to bed now. Hope to see you again on here!

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[-] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Keep going. I'm almost there.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

But I don’t like coconut. It’s not the flavor it’s the consistency.

[-] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Then there's people like me, who love Outshine's coconut bars because it has tons of shredded coconut in it.

[-] Arsinoe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Same! I also like orange juice with extra pulp.

[-] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yessss. Tropicana grovestand, even better if it's fresh squeezed!

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 20 points 2 days ago

It's coconut flavored ice cream so probably doesn't actually have bits of coconut in it.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago

There's still a PTSD-like reaction to the flavor of coconut, at least for me.

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[-] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

The Ben & Jerry's that supports Russia?

https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/07/20/ben-jerrys-co-founder-slams-nato-u-s-over-war-in-ukraine/

You can say you don't support Russia or Ukraine, but if you're still operating in Russia, you support Russia. Also, you should support Ukraine anyway.

Everyone should be boycotting Ben & Jerry's.

[-] femtech@midwest.social 3 points 16 hours ago

Seems the CEO has the same all violence is bad take that some of my more left leaning friends have. Violence is a part of life and sometimes you have to inflict it to stop more from happening.

[-] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

So where are these sold? Are there grocery stores that stock political ice cream?

[-] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

The article said a MoveOn ice cream truck traveling through key swing states.

I like coconut. Not sure about a caramel swirl. Really not sure about red, white, and blue sprinkles, as those just taste like sweet food dye.

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

A disappointment. I'm not a swing state, but was really hoping to try some coconut ice cream!

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[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Caramel and berries.

(Sounds a bit like Kamala Harris. If you pronounce it 'carmul'.)

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