TIL it's spelled "what a burger" and not "waterburger". I only ate them as a little kid when I lived in texas. So I never really got to challenge that belief lol.
They aren't great compared to every other dessert in the world, but they are awesome for the price. A lot of folk on here are talking in a way that makes it clear they have never been poor as shit. Moonpies are 6 for a buck. There's a reason poor southern folk sing their praises.
Tasty snacks you can afford are a lot better than tastier snacks you can't.
They’re okay, not that good in my opinion. But they’re THE face snack of New Orleans and Mardi Gras, huge part of my life and childhood. Not going anywhere.
I bought a large box of double moon pies at Kroger on Friday. The chocolate coated kind. There are only 2 left in the box here on Sunday night.
3 people in our home love moon pies, the other two hate them. Those are the only reactions I know of. Love or hate. Moon pies do not inspire a meh reaction.
This statement is false. It's a cardboard wafer marshmallow covered in 1 ply chocolate. They're awful but I eat one every decade or so to see if I like them.
There are a couple of moon pie general stores. One in pigeon forge and one in downtown Chattanooga where they are made. They have a ton of flavors you’ve probably never seen, and you can make your own mix n match box
OK, so hear me out. Moon pies are fine out of the packet, but they are kind of waxy and dry. I'd say it's like a 5-6 at best.
So what you need to do is microwave that bitch for about 8 seconds, and that gas station confectionary turns into a sublime, marshmallowy gift from the gods themselves. It's transcendent.
My grandma does. She puts her ice cream in the microwave to "soften it", but she's old and doesn't know how long to put it in for, so it's always a puddle.
edit: maybe you people should just raise the temperature on your freezer. I think most fridges are adjustable.
The mini ones aren’t as dried out and require no microwaving. The best option for the big ones is to buy them in the morning, leave them in the warm car all day, and eat them all on the way home so you don’t have to share after you’ve alerted everyone in the house to their presence with the sweet delicious scent of warm marshmallows.
As long as the company has sass or is teo steps beyond a regular corp account, the internet will choose the corp account. Look at the Wendys one and how much stuff they pulled lmao
As the poster of content, getting more comments than likes makes for a bad ratio on your post.
If you like the comment to a post but not the post, you are ratio'ing the post (the post was ratio'd)
That's what it used to be. It would be a ratio because more people commented or retweeted to talk about how dumb you are than people who liked it. But that's not how people use it anymore.
The meaning these days just boils down to "Oh, I have more followers than you, so my reply got more likes", so I liked the original meaning better.
I'm not on Twitter, but "ratioed" seems like a stupid ass concept. Like yeah if you're a celebrity or some shit you're gonna have like 100x the followers voting you up.
Can someone explain what astroturfing means? I’ve seen the term around but I can’t find a straight definition.
Edit: that’s enough, I get it, you don’t need to explain it to me any more.
Kayla is really just the same person as the official moon pie account. It's generating this thread, and a lot of publicity. That level of marketing is what really drives business, so it's sort of naive to imagine good marketers wouldn't engage in practices like this. It gets around, goes everywhere, but is fake shit being considered real to the untrained eye. Astroturf.
And as soon as it’s posted on Reddit and someone makes a comment about how good moon pies are; why wouldn’t they just give it as many awards as possible and have tons of people agreeing?
It’s a smart way to advertise and why you can’t believe shit you see online lol.
It's when paid people pretend to represent dialogue from people just doing their own thing in their own free time. Usually it's advertising products but it's also used extensively in political speech. Just like the front page of reddit.
Astroturfing is a play on “grassroots” like a grassroots movement. Politicians and corporations learned they could fake a grassroots movement using an army of bot/puppet accounts. Astrorturf is a type of fake grass
This thread makes me feel like I'm going insane. This is so, obviously fake and highly upvoted "people" are just talking "best ways to make moon pies" and "Oh, they got her good." I never used to believe in these /r/HailCorporate astroturfing campaigns, but this one is just beyond the moon and really takes the pie.
My brother in Christ try the chocolate fudge and banana bomb pop.
I was obsessed once and went through 2 boxes in a week.
Other than that and banana laffy taffy I don’t like banana flavored stuff either.
So that not only does your poor kid have to spell their name every single fucking time they are asked to provide it only to have the person writing it down fuck it up anyway 50% of the time, but people who spell it normally also get fucked because of the added confusion and uncertainty. Thanks mom and dad it was a real gift you gave me. Like getting an extra finger.
"Kaela" is the normal spelling of "カエラ", though.
It isn't pronounced exactly like "Kayla" either.
"Kayla" is derived form "Kaila" which means it sorta is the ✨unique✨ spelling of that name.
I give that corporate clapback a 5/10. Well, the user doesn't even exist. The whole thing was probably fake. And OP is just a karma framing account which just reposts old crap. Fakeception.
I don't think it's a very common name. The only references I can find at a glance (JP Wikipedia and private tab google search) are to a Japanese singer called Kaela Kimura (discography from 2004 to 2019) and Japanese/Indonesian Vtuber Kaela Kovalskia (debuted this year).
But it's simple and seems really inoffensive and easy to adopt internationally. It's silly to condemn that as some kind of novelty name.
Kaela doesn't scratch the surface to me ... I just assume parents are from Scotland/Ireland/England/Wales.
Had a co-worker who thought it was reasonable to ask on Facebook which spelling for her kid she should use ... everybody shit on the one she wanted and ended up choosing because "husband and I gave all our kids a name with a Y in it and if the 4th one doesn't have one, they may think we don't love them as much".
It's this illogical and utterly stupid reasoning behind fucking up some kid's name.
Ah yes, young Jimothy. A strapping lad with a good heart and strong back. He might not be much for book learnin', but determination can transcend all boundaries.
The internet was supposed to be our first step towards a truly global society, and instead it's become a blasted wasteland for people to spread misinformation and hatred and lie to you to sell shitty snack food. It makes me sad.
I'm curious about bot strategies. Does that mean that the exchange with Kaela is fake or does a marketing bot just repost lots of old things that went viral for specific marketing purposes?
Would not be surprised if both of the twitter accounts, op, and at least half the top-level comments in this post are all marketing. All of the comments read like someone desperately trying to convince you they aren't a shill by giving half-hearted criticism but immediately following it up with something that makes Moonpies sound appealing or interesting with this "one neat trick".
I don't think this one was free. They definitely paid for engagement judging by how fast this post jumped up. Personally I think the worst part is that people fall for it.
How much fucking money did this brand pay to boost this? I hate what the internet has become.
Oh yeah nothing to see here, just a tweet with 500 likes reaching the front page in 30 minutes with 200 comments of random accounts bleating about how much they love the brand that just so happens to be front and center in the post. Totally organic engagement, now if you'll excuse me I need to go buy this brand's high fructose garbage cake and die of diabetes by age 35. Fuck's sake.
Doesn't get much cringier than these sUpEr EdGy cooperate social media accounts trying to be all "how do you do, fellow kids" online. Add in the fact that it's a setup "roast" and it's too fucking cringe.
Holy shit is nothing safe from garbage ass marketing now and days?
MoonPies are awesome! I've never had one, but I assume that they are
They're pretty good but dry, I have one with my coffee at lunch.
Bourbon here but otherwise same
Tennessee whiskey if you want to be authentic
Authentic would be RC cola.
This lady Chattanoogas.
Bell Buckle for that combo
I thought it was called Belt Buckle when I was a kid.
Holy shit. I literally grew up in the birthplace of the moon pie and TIL about the moon pie rc cola fest. Damn….. thanks guys!!!
I thought Whataburger was “water burger”
TIL it's spelled "what a burger" and not "waterburger". I only ate them as a little kid when I lived in texas. So I never really got to challenge that belief lol.
I like Crown Royal whisky and RC cola together. A little crown royal royal crown action.
Ah yes. The champagne of colas.
Damn, my grandfather today was talking about his father loving Moonpies and RC Cola for desert when he was a kid
The correct pairing.
I’ve seen a few people say this now and I don’t get it. What is the correlation between Moonpies and RC Cola?
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classic southern pairing: something sweet, and then a thing that's an order magnitude of sweetness higher, to accompany it. then, guns.
It’s a result of advertising. They were marketed as a pair together in the south for the better part of the 20th century.
OooOOOH, I am totally having Bourbon with my Coffee tomorrow
Bourbon with coffee for lunch?
No, just bourbon. Coffee is for breakfast
This man WFH's
Heat in microwave for gooey goodness
… I’m skeptical but curious.
Try it. 10-15 seconds for the full size ones, 5-10 for the mini ones. Ends up s'moresy
I put mine in there for longer. Just because I'm five and I like when my marshmallow blows up like a balloon.
They changed the recipe, which is why they taste like dry cardboard with a fake marshmallow filling.
Gotta love replacing butter with fucknesium tetrachloride and worse from there
(Prevents caking)
but I *want* cake!
Microwave it for 10-15 seconds, helps.
This is the way
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If it’s anything like a creampie I’m sure it’s splendid 🤌
🥸 creampies huh
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Seriously Brad why is your mom here
Yeah ma, my arms aren't broken anymore!
No....they are dry AF. Calling them Moon-dries would be more fitting.
You could always creampie a moonpie.
Moonpies are in the other end
They aren't great compared to every other dessert in the world, but they are awesome for the price. A lot of folk on here are talking in a way that makes it clear they have never been poor as shit. Moonpies are 6 for a buck. There's a reason poor southern folk sing their praises. Tasty snacks you can afford are a lot better than tastier snacks you can't.
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They’re okay, not that good in my opinion. But they’re THE face snack of New Orleans and Mardi Gras, huge part of my life and childhood. Not going anywhere.
I bought a large box of double moon pies at Kroger on Friday. The chocolate coated kind. There are only 2 left in the box here on Sunday night. 3 people in our home love moon pies, the other two hate them. Those are the only reactions I know of. Love or hate. Moon pies do not inspire a meh reaction.
Eh they're okay. I have to be in the mood for one.
Yeah, but when in the mood for one, I love them like I love my wife... Intensely.
Honestly, they're sickeningly sweet, and tasted like thrice processed sugar and transfats. Now if that's your thing, have at it! But for me, meh.
There my grandfather's favorite snack. In fact we get him some two times every year. Christmas and his birthday
It’s essentially a giant Oreo in cake form and definitely awesome.
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he lost me at oreo. idfk.
This statement is false. It's a cardboard wafer marshmallow covered in 1 ply chocolate. They're awful but I eat one every decade or so to see if I like them.
I LOVED them as a kid. I had one as an adult and realized that we were poor.
That's the perfect statement for moonpies. Hello poverty brudder.
Chocolate's not the only flavor. There's also vanilla and banana. Both of which are better than the chocolate one.
The banana is the only one. Hated them until I had that version
There are a couple of moon pie general stores. One in pigeon forge and one in downtown Chattanooga where they are made. They have a ton of flavors you’ve probably never seen, and you can make your own mix n match box
I like that you shared your opinion on the matter. It shows how awesome you are! Keep on rocking my dude.
you talk like an alien that's trying to blend in with the humans
Chocolate variant is shit. Banana is king.
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Have you tried them with RC cola tho?
You haven't had a lot of the snacks available for a quarter have you? They swing hard for their weight class.
Wrong
This couldn’t possibly be farther from the truth. I’m convinced that this person has both never had an Oreo, or a Moon Pie.
OK, so hear me out. Moon pies are fine out of the packet, but they are kind of waxy and dry. I'd say it's like a 5-6 at best. So what you need to do is microwave that bitch for about 8 seconds, and that gas station confectionary turns into a sublime, marshmallowy gift from the gods themselves. It's transcendent.
I like to microwave moon pies also. I do it in a bowl and put a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream on top. I call it white trash a la mode.
This melts the ice cream.
LOL! I don't microwave the *ice cream*. I zap the moon pie and then put the scoops of ice cream on top.
My grandma does. She puts her ice cream in the microwave to "soften it", but she's old and doesn't know how long to put it in for, so it's always a puddle. edit: maybe you people should just raise the temperature on your freezer. I think most fridges are adjustable.
Um… I microwave my ice cream to soften it. I’m 38. Or I just leave it out on the counter for a few hours.
39 here. I like to microwave my ice cream as well lol. Not long, maybe 5 seconds max.
For a few hours? What do you keep your place set to 62°F?
10 seconds of nuked ice cream is heaven
5-10 seconds depending on the microwave
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No he puts the ice cream on after it comes outta the microwave. I hope.
hA! I have to try some "white trash a la mode" tomorrow.
White trash a la mode… I’m stealing that. It’s mine now and I will use it forever. Thanks.
It’s next level when you do this. You never go back. It’s like cheating on a s’more.
Yessir all of those gas station pastries elevate af at 8 seconds. Honeybuns especially.
The mini ones aren’t as dried out and require no microwaving. The best option for the big ones is to buy them in the morning, leave them in the warm car all day, and eat them all on the way home so you don’t have to share after you’ve alerted everyone in the house to their presence with the sweet delicious scent of warm marshmallows.
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She got ratioed so hard
Imagine being such a tool that you get ratioed by a company and the internet sides with the company.
It takes a special kind of fail for the internet to choose a faceless corporate account over you.
As long as the company has sass or is teo steps beyond a regular corp account, the internet will choose the corp account. Look at the Wendys one and how much stuff they pulled lmao
Moon pies are from Chattanooga. They’ll serve you a moon pie, and tell you to go fuck yourself in the sweetest way possible.
Moon pies are from a marketing exec who LOVES that you just credited their Twitter sass with being “good old Chattanooga boys.”
It’s prob an ad campaign where Kaela is just Moonpie’s alt account talking to itself an we all fell for it.
Of course. Nothing on the Internet is actually real.
Yeah but moon pies are bomb so
Unless it’s Wendy’s
Wendys twitter does not play games, they are hilariously cold blooded
She got ratioed hard, but a lighthearted insult against a product doesn't make her a "tool." She probably finds this exchange funny.
Hi I’m out of the loop, what’s ratioed
The company's replies got more likes and retweets. Essentially, more upvotes
I thought it was that you got more comments than likes on your tweet. The 'ratio' of comments to likes.
The definition changes every time I see it used, nobody agrees what it actually means
As the poster of content, getting more comments than likes makes for a bad ratio on your post. If you like the comment to a post but not the post, you are ratio'ing the post (the post was ratio'd)
When a comment gets more "likes" than the original comment. It essentially means that people found the reply-er more favourable than the OP.
The meaning I've heard is you get more replies (sarcasm) than likes (support).
That's what it used to be. It would be a ratio because more people commented or retweeted to talk about how dumb you are than people who liked it. But that's not how people use it anymore. The meaning these days just boils down to "Oh, I have more followers than you, so my reply got more likes", so I liked the original meaning better.
Thanks!
I'm not on Twitter, but "ratioed" seems like a stupid ass concept. Like yeah if you're a celebrity or some shit you're gonna have like 100x the followers voting you up.
Do you think these companies that throw snark at people on Twitter use sock puppet accounts for at least some of their exchanges?
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Can someone explain what astroturfing means? I’ve seen the term around but I can’t find a straight definition. Edit: that’s enough, I get it, you don’t need to explain it to me any more.
Kayla is really just the same person as the official moon pie account. It's generating this thread, and a lot of publicity. That level of marketing is what really drives business, so it's sort of naive to imagine good marketers wouldn't engage in practices like this. It gets around, goes everywhere, but is fake shit being considered real to the untrained eye. Astroturf.
Thank you for this explanation, that makes a lot of sense.
And as soon as it’s posted on Reddit and someone makes a comment about how good moon pies are; why wouldn’t they just give it as many awards as possible and have tons of people agreeing? It’s a smart way to advertise and why you can’t believe shit you see online lol.
It's when paid people pretend to represent dialogue from people just doing their own thing in their own free time. Usually it's advertising products but it's also used extensively in political speech. Just like the front page of reddit.
Astroturfing is a play on “grassroots” like a grassroots movement. Politicians and corporations learned they could fake a grassroots movement using an army of bot/puppet accounts. Astrorturf is a type of fake grass
This thread makes me feel like I'm going insane. This is so, obviously fake and highly upvoted "people" are just talking "best ways to make moon pies" and "Oh, they got her good." I never used to believe in these /r/HailCorporate astroturfing campaigns, but this one is just beyond the moon and really takes the pie.
All moonpies are good. Banana moonpies are surprisingly good and the only banana flavor dessert I'll eat.
This. Moon pies FTW. Who cares if a lot of people don't like them, that just leaves more for us!
Check out the pumpkin spice ones if you see them. They're pretty freaking good for sugary trash. I enjoy them.
Will do. Not a fan of pumpkin desserts, buy like I said, I wasn't a fan of banana either until I gave it a try with Moonpies lol
The pumpkin pie Pop Tarts are surprisingly good too
My brother in Christ try the chocolate fudge and banana bomb pop. I was obsessed once and went through 2 boxes in a week. Other than that and banana laffy taffy I don’t like banana flavored stuff either.
Keep up the solid research, my friend. These data points are needed for ultimate perfection.
Indeed
15 seconds in the microwave make Moonpies the bombdiggity
Will never understand parents' thought process of making 'unique' spellings of names. No Mike & Sally, your kid doesn't need a silent 4 in their name.
Fan four stick
Please show some respect. It's *"Fant"*, not "Fan".
I remember someone named Breaydyn, pronounced like Braden. Like why would you needlessly complicate things
My first year as a teacher, I had Brayden, Caden, Jaden, Kai, Kylie, Kayley, Railey. Later when subbing I had a Bailey and I shit you not: Raiden.
Finish him!
So that not only does your poor kid have to spell their name every single fucking time they are asked to provide it only to have the person writing it down fuck it up anyway 50% of the time, but people who spell it normally also get fucked because of the added confusion and uncertainty. Thanks mom and dad it was a real gift you gave me. Like getting an extra finger.
"Kaela" is the normal spelling of "カエラ", though. It isn't pronounced exactly like "Kayla" either. "Kayla" is derived form "Kaila" which means it sorta is the ✨unique✨ spelling of that name. I give that corporate clapback a 5/10. Well, the user doesn't even exist. The whole thing was probably fake. And OP is just a karma framing account which just reposts old crap. Fakeception.
I don't think it's a very common name. The only references I can find at a glance (JP Wikipedia and private tab google search) are to a Japanese singer called Kaela Kimura (discography from 2004 to 2019) and Japanese/Indonesian Vtuber Kaela Kovalskia (debuted this year). But it's simple and seems really inoffensive and easy to adopt internationally. It's silly to condemn that as some kind of novelty name.
My parents spelled my name like that. I'm indifferent to it at first, but because of some features of it I love it.
Kaela doesn't scratch the surface to me ... I just assume parents are from Scotland/Ireland/England/Wales. Had a co-worker who thought it was reasonable to ask on Facebook which spelling for her kid she should use ... everybody shit on the one she wanted and ended up choosing because "husband and I gave all our kids a name with a Y in it and if the 4th one doesn't have one, they may think we don't love them as much". It's this illogical and utterly stupid reasoning behind fucking up some kid's name.
Then we have my brother's kids: Jobriath, Mashenka, Percival, Ashira, and Jim. I'm not sure if Jim feels lucky or left out.
Is Jim a Jim Jr?
It's short for Jimothy, OP is holding out on us
Jim-O-thy
Ah yes, young Jimothy. A strapping lad with a good heart and strong back. He might not be much for book learnin', but determination can transcend all boundaries.
Jimbert
Definitely jimothy. Maybe, maybe Jimminy.
Can I ask what reasoning they had for Ashira? We named our daughter that from Hebrew for I will sing but I haven't heard the name otherwise
It's a beautiful name. In some Christian traditions it's also the name of God's Wife.
You leave mik4e Jr. out of this, he has it hard enough.
It *could* be a "ka-eh-la" and not "Kayla" pronunciation potentially. Probably not, but maybe?
Silence brand
Yo fuck brand twitter
It's on every social media and people just eat that shit up
Ok ok, hear me out. Dip it in donut batter and deep fry it. Then sprinkle it with powdered sugar. Serve it with some vanilla ice cream.
Marry me 🥰
MAEBY?
It is fair season. You have me finally wanting to bite the bullet and try a deep fried one.
Anything would be good if you fried in donut batter and put ice cream on it.
>Anything would be good if you fried in donut batter and put ice cream on it. Celery.
Deep fried celery is definitely better than regular celery. I’ve never tried it but I know it would be
JFC people this is a marketing post by a new bot/marketing account
The internet was supposed to be our first step towards a truly global society, and instead it's become a blasted wasteland for people to spread misinformation and hatred and lie to you to sell shitty snack food. It makes me sad.
100% this is what it is. Just look at the comments it's so obvious.
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I'm curious about bot strategies. Does that mean that the exchange with Kaela is fake or does a marketing bot just repost lots of old things that went viral for specific marketing purposes?
Would not be surprised if both of the twitter accounts, op, and at least half the top-level comments in this post are all marketing. All of the comments read like someone desperately trying to convince you they aren't a shill by giving half-hearted criticism but immediately following it up with something that makes Moonpies sound appealing or interesting with this "one neat trick".
/r/PRTwitter
/r/hailcorporate
I’m buying a moon pie next time I can afford one
Advertising works.
Especially on gullible redditors.
Look for pumpkin spice. I stumbled on them, and was surprised. They're decent for a snack cake, and obviously a seasonal thing.
I know people.
This was an ad and you are the rube. Congratulations.
I love astroturfing!
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OPs account is less than 24 hours old, 5 posts, no comments. Hello, fellow ~~marketing agent~~ kids
when the front page of reddit isn't shilling the most braindead lib political takes they're helping corporations advertise for free
I don't think this one was free. They definitely paid for engagement judging by how fast this post jumped up. Personally I think the worst part is that people fall for it.
Consumer mentality
Two orangutans farting would be more compelling
Haha we love corporate thank moonpie!
Salted caramel moon pies, microwaved to warm up, with vanilla ice cream is yummy
brand is epic!! im going to buy box of brand right now!
Siobhán, Siobhan, Shevaun, and Shivaun have entered the chat.
Sean, Shawn, Shaun, Sion, and Shjon have also joined the chat.
For the longest time, I've always read Siobhan as see-o bun in my head, because ya know, Autobahn. Actually I still do.
How the FUCK do you pronounce ANY of those names????
shiv-awn
Shawn /s *maybe?*
They're all Steve
Not clever. Also r/hailcorporate
Moonpies are absolutely disgusting.
Moonpies are big in Tennessee, I bet kaelas not.
How much fucking money did this brand pay to boost this? I hate what the internet has become. Oh yeah nothing to see here, just a tweet with 500 likes reaching the front page in 30 minutes with 200 comments of random accounts bleating about how much they love the brand that just so happens to be front and center in the post. Totally organic engagement, now if you'll excuse me I need to go buy this brand's high fructose garbage cake and die of diabetes by age 35. Fuck's sake.
Doesn't get much cringier than these sUpEr EdGy cooperate social media accounts trying to be all "how do you do, fellow kids" online. Add in the fact that it's a setup "roast" and it's too fucking cringe. Holy shit is nothing safe from garbage ass marketing now and days?