Has anyone seen the new coca cola advert?
I think coca cola should re-edit the text in their latest promotional advert. There is a very insensitive line there:
'WHILE THE REST OF THE WORLD WORRIES ABOUT THE FUTURE, ONE BILLION AFRICANS ARE SHARING COKE'.
Am i the only one who thinks this is a put down?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdXvgrraezE

HOW?

denitro: HOW?

Don't you see anything wrong with the bolded text

lol @OP, its a blatant insult right there. I dont drink coca-cola, but if I did this would be the last day.
btw, did the ad say 'coke'? or 'coca-cola'? I'm sure they'd never use 'coke', unless they want serious trouble.

i found It very insulting as well. Almost paints Africans as a continent pre-occupied with merry making than planning bout the future

shit! this is an insult . So na only to drink coke they this of our brain.

shit! this is an insult . So na only to drink coke they this our brain.

I think it makes Africans look like hungry alainironu's dat only care about wat to eat.

[size=16pt]rather, I don't see the point! How, is this advert related to coke!?

Just saw the bolded text, while it doesn't make sense it is insultive I believe also! But they have an army of people specially employed to weed out things like this, how did they miss this? Probably, they did not find anything wrong with it! [/size]

simply stop drinking coke. . .

implication: Africa is less concerned about the future. they are more bothered about getting bottles of coca-cola to possibly drink themselves to stupor. what other continent could possibly be more concerned and apprehensive about the economy of the future than Africans.

these people have insulted our intelligence far too much o!enough is enough

we have more pressing issues to attend to than gulping down 7 cubes of sugar in coloured water.

I think something better is require in that line.

Are we africans dat dumb to d extent dat d only tin we tink abt is coke instead of our own future too?
Dere Advert manager dey craze.

Sharin a coke simply denotes celebration of success! I̶̲̥̅̊n other words, While †ЂΞ rest of †ЂΞ world worry abt future success, africans are celebratin success. Τ̅o ♍ε̲̣̣̣̥, ∂α† Is †ЂΞ message they r tryin τ̅o pass.

kombats: dnt see anything bad in it we africa think so low

young man be careful with what you say...

It's a wonderful ad though.. very cool.

They couldn't have used the word 'coke', else they are gon be in deep trouble. One big insult on Africa tho.

purefella: NOT AN INSULT!!!! IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE WAY YOU READ IT
EXAMPLE : ITS AN INSULT IF YOU THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT FUTURE BUT IF YOU RE-READ IT CAREFULLY THE WORD worry in that sentence clears it all Just to say that we are a very happy people that doesn't place too much on our mind .,ENGLISH NOR EASY LOLS

Young man, I disagree with you... Africans are not happy.

Kockane: I think it makes Africans look like hungry alainironu's dat only care about wat to eat.

LMFAO!!

kombats: dnt see anything bad in it we africa think so low

Then I would be grateful to know what your HIGH thinking makes of the Ad.

i dont see anything wrong in this promo.......it is only wrong from your own perpective.

Una get earthquake, hurricane, volcanic eruption? Na only manmade disaster dey worry us.no go thank your maker and take a bottle of coke. #calmsyourinsanity.

it's funny how some people suffer from selective hearing/ selecting reading. the advert talked about Western countries are getting financial bailout, how 1 in 5 European players is African. How come you didn't see any of these but all you saw was the last sentence which talks about Africans enjoying Coke?

This is unbelievable!!!.

Amusaopeyemi: Are we africans dat dumb to d extent dat d only tin we tink abt is coke instead of our own future too?
Dere Advert manager dey craze.

I think they are better than u..

shadrach77: it's funny how some people suffer from selective hearing/ selecting reading. the advert talked about Western countries are getting financial bailout, how 1 in 5 European players is African. How come you didn't see any of these but all you saw was the last sentence which talks about Africans enjoying Coke?

because that na the one wey concern us...

say-d-fact:
why every1 worries, we share a coke because OUR FUTURE IS SECURED....
if u no like am... write a letter to coke (seriously not a yab)

and you are sure about this ?

personally i see it as africans are happy people.

I don't see anything wrong with it. If u follow the flow from the begining of the advert, I'd say Coca Cola is doing great PR for Africa - IMAO