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Frayed Knot FCL Mets

Frayed Knot

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Tyson's looking like: 'Who the fuck is this guy?'





Tyson is one of those guys who's a media celebrity to the point where past transgressions are forgotten and/or ignored by many in the public and certainly by much of the infotainment business.

John Gotti was like this back in the day. I mean, sure, his various criminal enterprises were a hidden tax built into many aspects of everyday life and every once in a while he'd have people who

interfered with his plans murdered ... but those minor details weren't enough to stop some from seeing him as a folk hero, plus he was rich and dressed well so TV anchors were known to dampen

their chairs while gushing about how the 'Dapper Don' was seen at the latest trendy restaurant the previous evening.


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Media image is why Pepsico (when I think of pancakes, I think Pepsi) has rebranded the Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup products to:

Pearl Milling Company.

WTF???

That will really stick in my mind when I go to the store.

Poor media decision.



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aunt-jemima-rebranded-pearl-milling-company/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aunt-jemima-rebranded-pearl-milling-company/

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bmfc1

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Pete has been in Tampa this winter and was at the SB which accounts for the clothing. He's been less of a presence on the socials this off-season so posting about shaking hands with anyone was a bad decision.


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Frayed Knot wrote:

Tyson's looking like: 'Who the fuck is this guy?'





Tyson is one of those guys who's a media celebrity to the point where past transgressions are forgotten and/or ignored by many in the public and certainly by much of the infotainment business.

John Gotti was like this back in the day. I mean, sure, his various criminal enterprises were a hidden tax built into many aspects of everyday life and every once in a while he'd have people who

interfered with his plans murdered ... but those minor details weren't enough to stop some from seeing him as a folk hero, plus he was rich and dressed well so TV anchors were known to dampen

their chairs while gushing about how the 'Dapper Don' was seen at the latest trendy restaurant the previous evening.


FWIW, I found it a bit hypocritical that the cast of The Hangover took a morals stand against having Mel Gibson in the sequel, yet from all accounts didn't make any public objections to Tyson's cameo in the first one.



Granted they probably would have more creative control clout the second time around, but it does suggest what you say about Tyson's “rehabilitation,” despite lack of contrition/remorse. While Gibson's fall from grace had recently occurred.



They were well within their rights to refuse to work with Gibson, but it is interesting that no public objections were made when it came to Tyson.


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G-Fafif

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Tyson might want to think twice about being photographed with a guy who strikes out so much. Not good for the champ's image.


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Tyson's so ubiquitous that I forgot all about his past rape rap. I even forgot the details* -- whether I once thought he was truly guilty or railroaded. I do remember the ear-biting incident against Evander Holyfield, though -- very well.



Plus, I'm a fan of the Mike Tyson Mysteries cartoon. And it took me a few hours, having to return to the OP, to realize that was even Pete Alonso. So this opening post hardly resonates with me.



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*Which, I guess, was FK's point.


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MFS62

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=batmagadanleadoff post_id=55850 time=1612969379 user_id=68]
Also, the Aunt Jemima rebrand isn't a social media decision.

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=MFS62 post_id=55852 time=1612970010 user_id=60]
=batmagadanleadoff post_id=55850 time=1612969379 user_id=68]
Also, the Aunt Jemima rebrand isn't a social media decision.

Frayed Knot FCL Mets

Frayed Knot

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=stevejrogers post_id=55846 time=1612967598 user_id=57]
They were well within their rights to refuse to work with Gibson, but it is interesting that no public objections were made when it came to Tyson.

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fwiw I think the Aunt Jemima change was tastefully executed, it's the same color scheme and layout. It was a business decision not a social media one.



It's still corn syrup disguised as maple syrup for people on a budget, we'd never buy that stuff


Edgy MD FCL Mets

Edgy MD

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Edgy MD wrote:

I'm not sure what the complaint is there or what it has to do with Pete Alonso.


Nothing. It was, in my opinion, a bad decision (forgettable brand name) as a result of adverse media coverage,- the way I interpreted the title of this thread.

It probably belonged in a different thread, but I didn't think it deserved a stand alone thread. So I put it here.



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i think it would be a worse decision if they'd renamed it "plantation's pride" or "mammy's milk", rather than the bland unremarkableness they settled upon.



also, pearl milling company is the orignial name for the company that started making the darned stuff. so it kinda works. they'll have to do a heck of a job marketing their historical connection, to be sure, but they certainly could have done worse.


Frayed Knot FCL Mets

Frayed Knot

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At least those Tyson/NYM photos, with the exception of the Piazza one, were all pre-rape conviction.

Also, at Alonso's age, it's possible he has little or no knowledge of Tyson's past.


Edgy MD FCL Mets

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Pete Alonso is endorsing rape and I can't have my slave syrup?!



This country has gone to Hell. I'm a-storming the Capitol.


Edgy MD FCL Mets

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Willets Point wrote:
Pete seemed to miss the memo that either he or Mike should be fake punching the other one.


Tyson also seems to like to pose for fake ear-biting shots.



That guy is a one-man psycho-social study. He's being handsomely rewarded for maintaining a very problematic image.


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A Boy Named Seo

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The only casualty of the pandemic I'm rooting for is the handshake. What's it even for? I have no desire to hold another human's hand in my own again, then wriggle our arms back and forth.


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