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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Mon Dec 19, 2011, 04:28 PM Dec 2011

Pepsi 9/11 can

pepsi can found in iraq while a soldier was cleaning up a base during the mass withdraw yesterday/today

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-719113

Dubai Refreshments launches special edition Pepsi cans for 40th National Day celebrations 2011

http://www.ameinfo.com/282502.html

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Pepsi 9/11 can (Original Post) SecularMotion Dec 2011 OP

ehh, not really. greyl Dec 2011 #1

Not everyone sees it that way SecularMotion Dec 2011 #2

I don't know what to say. nt greyl Dec 2011 #3

What's it called when people see things they want to see? Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #5

Pareidolia n/t Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #7

Thank you! I couldn't remember and was too lazy to Google. Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #8

This isn't quite pareidolia, but it's in the same venue. greyl Dec 2011 #18

That's sort o' clever, in that it can be seen as re-enforcing a particular belief. (nt) (nr) T S Justly Dec 2011 #4

What "belief" is it reinforcing? Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #6

That two commercial airliners took down three NYC skyscrapers. (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #9

In what way does it reinforce that belief? Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #10

In ways too subtle for some to comprehend. But you ask a good question ... T S Justly Dec 2011 #11

So you believe this is some type of psy-ops? If so, by whom? Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #12

PepsiCo. (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #13

I have to ask....why would they even do something like this? Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #14

Your guess is as good as mine. But it is Pepsi's can, their graphic, and their message. (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #15

That's a legitimate response. Thanks for taking the time to respond. n/t Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #16

You're welcome. And, I thank-you in return. (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #17

Pepsi to scrap Mideast can some say evokes 9/11 teach1st Dec 2011 #19

greyl

(22,990 posts)

1. ehh, not really.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 05:31 PM

Dec 2011

A plane + tall buildings does not equal 9/11.

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)

2. Not everyone sees it that way

Reply to greyl (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 05:41 PM

Dec 2011

Here's another view -

"I examined the can for several minutes while my food grew cold, wondering if my eyes were deceiving me. But there was no getting around it. To either side of the Pepsi logo, there was an image of a jet airliner over tall buildings. Looking at the image, I couldn't help but think it alluded to 9/11.

Three other soldiers were sitting with me at my table. One of the other soldiers asked what I was looking at so hard. Instead of answering, I handed him the can and said, "Look at the artwork on this can. Do you see what I see?"

He looked. His eyes grew wide. He turned the can from side to side. The other soldiers at the table looked, too. None of us said anything. The phrase "9/11" never passed from our lips. We could LOOK at each other and understand we all saw the same thing, a "sneaky allusion to 9/11."

http://blogging2utopia.blogspot.com/2011/10/911-images-on-can-of-diet-pepsi-from.html

greyl

(22,990 posts)

3. I don't know what to say. nt

Reply to SecularMotion (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 05:46 PM

Dec 2011

Behind the Aegis

(54,031 posts)

5. What's it called when people see things they want to see?

Reply to greyl (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:38 AM

Dec 2011

Who know like in "Jesus toast?" I can't think of the term.

Bolo Boffin

(23,796 posts)

7. Pareidolia n/t

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:55 AM

Dec 2011

Behind the Aegis

(54,031 posts)

8. Thank you! I couldn't remember and was too lazy to Google.

Reply to Bolo Boffin (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:59 AM

Dec 2011

I know one of you smarties would know.

I think that is likely what we have going on in the Pepsi can situation.

greyl

(22,990 posts)

18. This isn't quite pareidolia, but it's in the same venue.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 10:32 AM

Dec 2011

There is clearly a plane and tall buildings on the can - that's not being conjured by the brain as in pareidolia - but a plane and tall buildings simply are not sufficient ingredients for 9/11.

I think it's more like how there's 1 style of mustache that will forever remind people of Hitler.

T S Justly

(884 posts)

4. That's sort o' clever, in that it can be seen as re-enforcing a particular belief. (nt) (nr)

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 06:23 PM

Dec 2011

Behind the Aegis

(54,031 posts)

6. What "belief" is it reinforcing?

Reply to T S Justly (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:39 AM

Dec 2011

T S Justly

(884 posts)

9. That two commercial airliners took down three NYC skyscrapers. (nt)

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 02:29 AM

Dec 2011

Behind the Aegis

(54,031 posts)

10. In what way does it reinforce that belief?

Reply to T S Justly (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 02:43 AM

Dec 2011

I really don't understand your conclusion. For that to even happen, one would have to belief the can is displaying the 9-11 attack. Are you claiming this is some type of psy-ops? If so, what would be the purpose?

T S Justly

(884 posts)

11. In ways too subtle for some to comprehend. But you ask a good question ...

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #10)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:04 AM

Dec 2011

" ... what would be the purpose?" Yes, good question. And, one without an answer, yet.

Behind the Aegis

(54,031 posts)

12. So you believe this is some type of psy-ops? If so, by whom?

Reply to T S Justly (Reply #11)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:07 AM

Dec 2011

T S Justly

(884 posts)

13. PepsiCo. (nt)

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #12)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:10 AM

Dec 2011

Behind the Aegis

(54,031 posts)

14. I have to ask....why would they even do something like this?

Reply to T S Justly (Reply #13)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:11 AM

Dec 2011

What rationale would they have? Is it simply because they are a large corporation?

T S Justly

(884 posts)

15. Your guess is as good as mine. But it is Pepsi's can, their graphic, and their message. (nt)

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:17 AM

Dec 2011

Behind the Aegis

(54,031 posts)

16. That's a legitimate response. Thanks for taking the time to respond. n/t

Reply to T S Justly (Reply #15)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:25 AM

Dec 2011

T S Justly

(884 posts)

17. You're welcome. And, I thank-you in return. (nt)

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:30 AM

Dec 2011

teach1st

(5,935 posts)

19. Pepsi to scrap Mideast can some say evokes 9/11

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:00 PM

Dec 2011

Pepsi to scrap Mideast can some say evokes 9/11, Jerusalem Post, 12/20

The Pepsico corporation has nixed a special Diet Pepsi can design after customers complained that it evoked the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, leading to calls to boycott the company.

In an email sent to The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, a company spokesperson said that the design was meant to evoke the Dubai skyline, and that any offense caused was accidental.

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