# Dr. Pepper: "We don't serve your kind here." **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364 "2011-10-21T15:33:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/61 "2011-10-21T19:56:23Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I have an uncanny feeling that if a woman walked into a store and tried to buy a Dr. Pepper TEN, they’d probably let her. Not in my fucking store, bitch. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/62 "2011-10-21T20:04:00Z")
> [@randomface](#): > > If you are drinking light beer, you are doing it wrong anyway. If you’re obsessed worth what other people are drinking, you’re probably not getting the full relaxation quotient from your microbrew. You enjoy your’s. I’ll enjoy mine. Hell, if you don’t come and tell me about it, I don’t have a problem with you sitting there like a smug wanker convinced your choice of alcoholic beverage makes you a better person than me. Why yes, after 16 years of this shit, I am quite testy about it. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/63 "2011-10-21T20:06:40Z")
> [@villa](#): > > If you’re obsessed worth what other people are drinking, you’re probably not getting the full relaxation quotient from your microbrew. > > You enjoy your’s. I’ll enjoy mine. Hell, if you don’t come and tell me about it, I don’t have a problem with you sitting there like a smug wanker convinced your choice of alcoholic beverage makes you a better person than me. > > Why yes, after 16 years of this shit, I am quite testy about it. Beer? What a pussy thing to do. Why in my drinking days, I just ate vats of malt covered hops and let it ferment in my stomach. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/64 "2011-10-21T20:16:58Z")
> [@villa](#): > > Why yes, after 16 years of this shit, I am quite testy about it. Don’t be testy. Be a pepper. ---
**Author:** ![randomface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@randomface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomface)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/65 "2011-10-21T20:35:50Z")
Microbrew? I make my own. I don’t think I’m a better person, I just know that if you are drinking light beers you are missing out (exception: ice cold anything after mowing or working outside in the summer). Do you go out to restaurants and order PBJ with the crusts cut off? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/66 "2011-10-21T20:38:17Z")
I just see the ad as another instance of Life imitating The Onion (“[New Texas-Style Yogurt To Feed Man-Size Hunger For Yogurt](http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-texasstyle-yogurt-to-feed-mansize-hunger-for-y,2422/)”). > [@](#): > > A nationwide marketing campaign of television commercials, print ads, and billboards is scheduled to debut this week. One 30-second commercial shows a rugged cowboy on horseback driving cattle and ripping the lid off a yogurt container to the resounding crack of a bullwhip. … Another ad depicts a Texas Ranger in a high-speed chase with a man in a stolen car, whom he runs off the road, catches on foot, wrestles to the ground, and arrests. A fellow Ranger arrives moments later and tosses him a cup of Musky Blueberry Blast, which he guzzles before wiping his brow and throwing the suspect in the back of his patrol car. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/67 "2011-10-21T21:08:31Z")
> [@randomface](#): > > Microbrew? I make my own. I don’t think I’m a better person, I just know that if you are drinking light beers you are missing out (exception: ice cold anything after mowing or working outside in the summer). > > Do you go out to restaurants and order PBJ with the crusts cut off? You don’t know jack shit, to be totally honest. And enjoy your homebrew. Just keep your superior act to yourself. And, for the record, I have had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in a restaurant, and the crusts were indeed cut off. I didn’t order it then, but it was part of a tasting menu. I’m more then happy with my tastes, and I don’t feel I am missing out on anything. I drink light beer because I don’t particularly like other beers. I drink pilsners pretty much exclusively when on beer, but in general prefer wine. There are other pilsners I prefer, but I don’t prefer them enough to justify the price differential. I’m a wine drinker by choice. And while wine snobs are annoying, they trend to be far less in your face about it than beer snobs. I have lost count of the time my beer order has been critiqued by some wanker stood at the bar whose is convinced that with my accent I should be drinking the sink swill he has decided is superior. Im sure your homebrew is the best thing on the planet. Have fun with it. But trust me, I’m not missing our on anything at all by not liking it our wanting to sample it. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/68 "2011-10-21T21:15:36Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Don’t be testy. Be a pepper. What a shame. Just two letter choices off for a perfect 10 post 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/69 "2011-10-21T21:42:12Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I still can’t see the point of boycotting a product just because you don’t like an ad campign. Seems a bit juvenile. And I don’t see the point of buying a product if I don’t want to, for _whatever_ reason fits, whether that’s “It tastes like chocolate horsepiss” or “Their ads suck.” Why should anyone (outside of marketers) care \*why \*somebody else doesn’t buy a certain product? I think the ad is funny, and I don’t drink Dr. Pepper anyway, but locking the Facebook app for anyone with their profile marked “female”? That bugs me a bit. Saying “Not only is this product not marketed to you, you’re not _allowed_ to see this” is taking the joke a little too far. The good ol’ boys’ clubs are not so far in the past that that’s funny yet. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/70 "2011-10-21T21:53:08Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I have an uncanny feeling that if a woman walked into a store and tried to buy a Dr. Pepper TEN, they’d probably let her. > > Probably. > [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Not in my fucking store, bitch. Awesome. So I saw this stupid ad a few days ago and thought “Not funny,” and then “Dude, no amount of marketing or explosions will make diet soda seem manly.” If the outrage over perceived sexism makes the ad campaign go away, I’ll be okay with it, as that jungle commercial was probably the least funny thing I’ve seen in years. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/71 "2011-10-21T21:58:40Z")
No amount of marketing will make soda seem manly, period. It’s sugary carbonated water, I mean come on. _Soft_ drink, anyone? I drink Diet Pepsi and I fucking love it. So there. ---
**Author:** ![palacheck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@palacheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palacheck)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/72 "2011-10-21T22:01:51Z")
To quote the comedian Bill Burr: “Can’t women just fuck off for a couple hours?” ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/73 "2011-10-21T22:05:06Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > No amount of marketing will make soda seem manly, period. It’s sugary carbonated water, I mean come on. _Soft_ drink, anyone? > > I drink Diet Pepsi and I fucking love it. So there. Gay. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/74 "2011-10-21T22:09:40Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Dear Chessic Sense, > > As our ad clearly states, Dr. Pepper Ten is only for men. You are clearly not fit to drink our product as evidenced by your letter which makes you sound like a pussy. > > It may interest you to know that an alternative use for Dr. Pepper Ten is to pour it over your crotch in order to wash the sand out of your vagina. Our market research shows that while it does burn, it is well within the “hurts so good” range. Keep on truckin’ > > Sincerely, > > Consumer Relations If that had been their real response, I might have started using their product. 😃 I have to admit, I don’t get the outrage. The product and the ad campaign are both nonsense. (A 1-calorie diet drink is not manly, but a 10-calorie drink is? 😕) But I’m content to let them continue to be nonsensical and go about my business … ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/75 "2011-10-21T22:25:34Z")
I think it’s a funny commercial. Then when I saw the end “not for women” I wasn’t really offended so much as I thought it unwise to potentially irritate half the population. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/76 "2011-10-21T23:32:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I have to agree; the ad is sexist. I can see what they were going for, but as usual, the marketing wonks got it wrong and hit “stupid and offensive” instead of “funny and entertaining.” Of course, these are the same people who shoved the Idiot Manchild and Emasculating Bitch in our faces for the last 10 years. I know marketing is a very involved science, so it makes me wonder why they keep missing the mark like this, or if they are hitting the mark, whose mark are they hitting? It sure isn’t mine. > > Off-topic - I adore Dr. Pepper - I just want a caffeine-free version. There is one. It’s hard to find, though. I can only find it in diet, sadly. The regular caffeine free version though is like the proverbial hen’s teeth. I’m a DP addict, but I can’t have caffeine, so it’s worth it. As for the ad, yeah it’s sexist, at least the end line is. Which is too bad, because otherwise it would be pretty funny. Maybe, “It’s not for the weak”, or something. Doesn’t mean I’m going to stop drinking it, though. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/77 "2011-10-21T23:55:12Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Well, I guess I’ll be the shrill harpy: after I heard about this weeks ago (and read a bit about it), I decided that I wont be buying Dr. Pepper anymore. At least until they pull this buffoonery and apologize for it. I’m surprised at you, **Diosa**. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/78 "2011-10-21T23:59:10Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > As to the OP. I really hope you’re fucking with us. Depends. What would you consider “fucking with us”? If I start a Pit thread, chances are good that I’m at least slightly fucking with you. > [@billfish678](#): > > Thats fine. But humorless is just a tad different than rampantly and intentionally sexist. And I just watched it. It IS so over the top I can’t believe anybody sees it as anything else but satire. I was figuring it was some subtle thing that the more humor impaired and uptight among us might understandably misinterpret.:rolleyes: Oh, I get that it’s satire. That’s not lost on me. It’s just stupid, offensive satire. The commercial is funny enough, I guess, but it’s the slogan that I have a problem with. > [@Bosstone](#): > > No amount of marketing will make soda seem manly, period. Until this thread, I had no idea soda had gender implications at all. I thought it was as gender-neutral as matches or printer ink. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/79 "2011-10-22T00:14:33Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I’m surprised at you, **Diosa**. Brace yourself. You ain’t seen nutin yet. What till she’s in Dr Pepper withdrawal. I’ve seen it before and it aint pretty 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/80 "2011-10-22T00:26:08Z")
For the record: I find this ad campaign lousy, think the “manly” product packaging is ugly and atavistic, but the product is pretty damn good. Best “diet” drink I’ve seen from the one of the major soda companies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364.md?page=5)