# 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:** 7
**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 23, 2011, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/121 "2011-10-23T12:27:37Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Whoosh, FCOL. :rolleyes: šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Sea\_Creature\_Turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Sea\_Creature\_Turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sea_Creature_Turner)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/122 "2011-10-23T13:18:37Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Taint bad?? If you had said balls bad, or ass bad, I would have still tried it. But TAINT bad? Iā€™ll pass. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/123 "2011-10-23T13:26:31Z")
I thought the ad was sappy and geared towards a middle-school male audience. Dr. Pepperā€™s attention seeking plan seems to be gaining the desired results. Iā€™m enjoying the humor on this thread. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/124 "2011-10-23T13:45:45Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > BTW I took my oppressed self to their Facebook page and am currently playing around with their Manly Shooting Gallery. If they were at one point blocking womenfolk, they obviously arenā€™t anymore. Maybe their gender detecting software crashed. > [@](#): > > _On the Internet, nobody [del]believes[/del] knows that you are a woman._ ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/125 "2011-10-23T14:12:37Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > BTW I took my oppressed self to their Facebook page and am currently playing around with their Manly Shooting Gallery. If they were at one point blocking womenfolk, they obviously arenā€™t anymore. More proof of the Dr. Pepper adā€™s winning power. You canā€™t tell me to stay off your page! ---
**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 23, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/126 "2011-10-23T16:21:07Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I shared this pit thread with my wife. Iā€™m going to quote her response verbatim: > > "how about we focus on the things that actually matter? > > Why donā€™t people pit things like HB 453 which allows doctors to deny a life saving abortion to mothers which every house republican and 15 democrats supported? I think thatā€™s much more important than ā€˜oh no! Dr pepper doesnā€™t like my vagina!ā€™ get the fuck over it and get angry at real things." Good God. If I ever- EVER- post a Pit thread about something that actually matters, please hire a hitman to come take me from my misery. Could you imagine if I actually used an internet forum to discuss real problems of actual substance?! How pathetic. No, I think Iā€™ll stick to bitching about [sunglasses](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574136) and [elevators](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540745). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/127 "2011-10-23T17:11:00Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > LOL. Thereā€™s no such thing as bad publicity for a brand, unless the bad publicity is directly related to problems regarding the quality of the actual product. I must once again reference the ā€œDrink Schlitz or Iā€™ll Kill Youā€ ad campaign, which is generally credited with having killed off the brand. Schlitz had been skimping on quality in the years immediately preceding the ad campaign, and it was losing ground to Bud and Miller as a result, but the bad publicity of/from the ad campaign was completely unrelated to problems regarding the quality of the actual product. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/128 "2011-10-23T17:22:05Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > More proof of the Dr. Pepper adā€™s winning power. You canā€™t tell me to stay off your page! EXACTLY! Itā€™s advertising genius. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/129 "2011-10-23T21:03:39Z")
> [@choie](#): > > ā€¦ Iā€™ve found one store that sold the CF version of Diet Dr. Pepper, but it was there only for a limited time and they havenā€™t restocked it. [hijack] Go to your favorite store, find the top manager, and ask them to stock it. Iā€™ve done that for a couple of products, at a couple of stores. They stocked whatever it was, just on the basis of my request. If the first wonā€™t do it, go to your second favorite, and repeat the process. Many of them are highly accommodating to specific customer requests. Try it. It canā€™t hurt, and may get you what you want. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/130 "2011-10-23T21:15:00Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Good God. If I ever- EVER- post a Pit thread about something that actually matters, please hire a hitman to come take me from my misery. Could you imagine if I actually used an internet forum to discuss real problems of actual substance?! How pathetic. No, I think Iā€™ll stick to bitching about [sunglasses](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574136) and [elevators](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540745). Dude. You really _are_ uptight. You should consider switching to decaf. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/131 "2011-10-23T22:20:18Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Good God. If I ever- EVER- post a Pit thread about something that actually matters, please hire a hitman to come take me from my misery. Could you imagine if I actually used an internet forum to discuss real problems of actual substance?! How pathetic. No, I think Iā€™ll stick to bitching about [sunglasses](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574136) and [elevators](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540745). Dude, honest question: If it doesnā€™t matter, why did you write a letter to the company? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/132 "2011-10-23T23:02:00Z")
I seem to recall some radio ads for Coke Zero that made women sound like oversensitive bitches (Woman introduces her boyfriend/husband to Coke Zero, mentions it has zero calories, then has a ā€˜you think Iā€™m fat!!!ā€™ hissyfit when he says ā€œThatā€™s terrific!ā€ So, yeahā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/133 "2011-10-23T23:44:37Z")
No, you guys donā€™t get it. Itā€™s really _not_ for women. It has a CDD (cock detecting device) rigged to the can. If it doesnā€™t detect one, it electrocutes your vagina and your boobs explode. ---
**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 24, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/134 "2011-10-24T00:02:11Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Dude, honest question: If it doesnā€™t matter, why did you write a letter to the company? My _wife_ wrote the letter. Why? Two reasons: 1) Never underestimate the power of boredom. 2) Free shit. ETA: The second didnā€™t pan out. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/135 "2011-10-24T00:08:38Z")
ā€œFree shitā€ only happens if somebody puts out. A cranky letter aint gonna cut it. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/136 "2011-10-24T00:10:23Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > My _wife_ wrote the letter. > [@Chessic Sense](#): > > My wife **and I** wrote a complaint to the company. Donā€™t throw her under the bus, man. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/137 "2011-10-24T00:26:33Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > My _wife_ wrote the letter. Why? Two reasons: 1) Never underestimate the power of boredom. 2) Free shit. > > ETA: The second didnā€™t pan out. Yes, but if they sent you free Dr Pepper Ten, \*your wife wonā€™t be able to drink it. \* ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/138 "2011-10-24T00:37:42Z")
Silly ad, lame catchphrase. I enjoyed [this ad](http://youtu.be/ZYrrrDHF3P0) much more, mostly for nostalgic reasons. What is more perplexing about this is why 10 calories? What did they do differently to make such a miniscule difference between it and regular Diet Dr. Pepper (which Iā€™m quite find of, btw)? Why should I choose TEN over diet? I also have to second **SmellMyWort** ā€™s sentiment. 1985 called and it wants itā€™s too macho to drink diet manly man stereotype back. That revolting girly man diet soda TAB died years ago. Grow up, Dr. Pepper. You can do better than this. OP, if you donā€™t like DP, you donā€™t have to drink it, no matter what the ads tell you. But you also donā€™t have to drink the ads either, so if you like it, no biggie. Itā€™s really not that offensive, just kind of dumb. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/139 "2011-10-24T01:06:40Z")
Probably because it still has aspartame or some shit in it, with just a little bit of sugar to help disguise the aftertaste. Because real men think diet tastes all icky! The ad was lame. If they were going for the un-PC type humor, they failed in execution. Shouldā€™ve hired the agency that does the Old Spice ads. If they were trying to actually appeal to self-conscious, emasculated, male diet soda drinkers, then drinking out of a can painted in gunmetal and rivets just makes you look more like an idiot than you already must be. Besides, this just makes the macho male stereotype look dumber than it effectively offends women. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364/140 "2011-10-24T01:09:14Z")
The stuff might make for a great mixer, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364.md?page=8)