# What was the dumbest/worst "Updating Old Brand for the 21st Century!" ad campaign you saw?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** commercials-ads\
**Created:** [July 27, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-dumbest-worst-updating-old-brand-for-the-21st-century-ad-campaign-you-saw/968633 "2022-07-27T07:01:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-dumbest-worst-updating-old-brand-for-the-21st-century-ad-campaign-you-saw/968633/21 "2022-07-27T21:40:11Z")

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I’m not sure you can get dumber than Long Island Ice Tea Corp., which [changed its name in 2017](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/21/long-island-iced-tea-micro-cap-adds-blockchain-to-name-and-stock-soars.html) to Long Blockchain Corp and announced they would still make ice tea, but now also [mumble mumble] blockchain. Their stock briefly shot up before eventually being delisted among accusations of insider trading and false statements.

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