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by LOLtampicoLOL 5088 days ago
That was hilarious. I was under the initial impression that a user was trolling Nestle, but this is a bit of advertising genius. Nestle engages the audience with a controversial folk meme, then offers an apology and people report the well orchestrated "gaffe". Very clever.
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It makes it even more funny that it is a candy company using him in the ad... haha.
I work in the Sydney ad/marketing business and I can assure you that there simply isn't the foresight to pull off a stunt like that.