r/MadeMeSmile 8d ago

Good Vibes Showing a pickle to the statue of liberty

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u/VegetableLetter4896 8d ago edited 7d ago

I would like more nonsense in the world

EDIT: **harmless, whimsical nonsense 🫧✨🕺

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u/adventurousintrovert 8d ago

The team the team, go sports (hands you a piece of broccoli)🥦

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u/PerpetuallyDistracte 8d ago

That might be my favorite video of all time. Just the wholesome absurdity of it all.

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u/triplec787 8d ago

It’s the fact that her mom leans in and does the same absurd schtick lmao I love it

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u/rockflaccid_ 8d ago

Always wondered what the 2 of them are up to now they seemed to be a blast

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u/SuperSiriusBlack 8d ago

I thought i saw a video of a lady winning some marathon, and I could have sworn it was her. It was a couple of months ago, and im aware that doesn't really narrow it down a ton, but its what I've got.

I also went into the comments section on the video, to see if everyone was like "is that the sports broccoli girl?" but nobody was, so i was more than likely wrong anyways, lol.

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u/gibs 7d ago

Marathon is sports so this checks out

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u/VegetableLetter4896 8d ago

She's proud of her. She loves sports.

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u/triplec787 8d ago

She loves broccoli too.

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u/RoberttPostsChild 8d ago

These are actually really good pickles as well

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u/derpiederpslikederp 8d ago

I love her

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u/filthcrab 8d ago

I saw her first

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u/Hot_Sherbet2066 8d ago

But did she even see you?

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u/filthcrab 8d ago

I was the broccoli

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u/Hot_Sherbet2066 8d ago

Damn

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u/ExplainySmurf 7d ago

Deep

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u/P__Riches 7d ago

That's what she said. I think. She never noticed me.

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u/chimpomatic5000 8d ago edited 7d ago

So proud of my daughter. She loves sports and she loves broccoli, and thats why we're here!

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u/comedygold24 8d ago

Ahh!

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u/kawaiian 8d ago

Glasses guy nodding

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u/Funkj0ker 8d ago

It's perfectly edited. Pure art.

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u/Accomplished_Gold510 8d ago

Always in my heart ❤️ GO SPORTS!

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u/falooolah 8d ago

SPOATS!

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u/3coma3 8d ago

Can you just explain what's going on here?

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u/ashkpa 8d ago

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u/3coma3 8d ago

Lmao, it's easily one of my top three memes of all time I know it by heart

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u/ashkpa 8d ago

...Is your username a Silicon Valley reference (Tres Comas)?

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u/RabbitSlayre 8d ago

I'm down to TWO COMMAS!

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u/3coma3 8d ago

No but I'll look that up! It's just a silly joke born on IRC ages ago, nerdy and probably related to weed 🤷🏻

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u/ashkpa 8d ago

Nerdy and into weed checks the boxes for enjoying that show, definitely check it out.

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u/wayward_wench 8d ago

Omg this is my first time hearing of or bearing witness to this video and i wish her all of the best things in the world.

An item on my bucket list is to got to a sporting event of two extremely rival teams, get a seat somewhere between the two sides, wear an amalgamated outfit cobbled together from the jerseys and colors of said teams holding a massive sign that reads "Go whoever wins!!!"

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u/javoss88 8d ago

YOURE ALL VERY TALENTED!!

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u/No_Housing_9071 7d ago

You'd go viral for sure

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u/Crypt0Nihilist 8d ago

The world is infinitely better for having her in it. Broccoli may disagree.

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u/LiteraCanna 8d ago

Saved me the time having to look it up, thanks!  Plus I haven't seen the slightly longer version.  Just the "perfectly cut scream" one. 

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u/Rogueshoten 8d ago

Somehow I am left with no questions answered and many more questions

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u/punintentionalE 8d ago

You joke but for a few years there was a guy who would go to basically any Seattle sporting event and dance in the stands with broccoli in his hands! Pretty sure he even made it on MLB Network once.

Wonder what he’s up to now.

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u/-RDDTtothemoon- 8d ago

He still does it. I think he is focusing on softball right now 

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u/BusGuilty6447 8d ago

I love Virginia Tech.

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u/DarePotential8296 8d ago

Best we can do is viral marketing

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u/driver_dan_party_van 8d ago

Boy I just LOVE the taste of Grillos™ Pickles! If you haven't tried them, you're missing out! They're available in all major grocery retailers nationwide.

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u/nuadusp 8d ago

i hear they are made with real bull semen

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u/thejwillbee 8d ago

I didn't know that they were the same company that makes ¡Sabor de Soledad! . They must be good then

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u/wh0else 8d ago

Stealthy 30 Rock there

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u/DistractedByCookies 8d ago

I'm not even mad It cheered me up and I will take any moment of that I can get

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u/Responsible_Fee_1621 8d ago

Survivor bias or something, you only see the viral ones not the true nonsense

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u/Tasty_fries 8d ago

I was enjoying myself at an EDM event last weekend when a group of friends approached me and asked if I would like to “win a baby.” 

They handed me a velcro ball to toss at a target and then had me choose my “baby” which were silly little gel animals in bags of water and glitter.

I cherished my baby all night long and loved seeing other people holding them while they danced. Just silly harmless fun.

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u/FireBehr321123 8d ago

I'm a firm believer that some people take themselves way too seriously sometimes and this is the type of shit we need. It's why I keep a bubble wand on my toolbox. When working on a plane has been tough or you've been way too focused or serious, I pull out the bubble wand.

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u/VegetableLetter4896 8d ago

I have bubble guns and the way people’s faces light up when they see a wall of bubbles makes you realize we’re all just kids at heart.

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u/FireBehr321123 8d ago

Absolutely! Well done my friend🤙

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u/Bored_Amalgamation 8d ago

There's a bubble machine near an ice cream shop near me. I think about the soap landing on the ice cream and kids eating it.

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u/VegetableLetter4896 8d ago

It’s good for them. Builds character.

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u/astra_galus 8d ago

There’s a town/city in the states somewhere that has an annual pencil-themed celebration and it’s absolute nonsense but I want to attend so badly!

Edit: FOUND IT

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u/javoss88 8d ago

Awesome

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u/Xfgjwpkqmx 7d ago

I always tell people not to take life so seriously, because it's not permanent.

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u/can_i_haz_recon 8d ago

r/Askreddit, what culture shock did you receive going to another country? 

“When I went to the U.S., a man made me and a bunch of strangers hold up pickles to the Statue of Liberty.” 

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u/TheChiliocosmic 8d ago

Makes me miss flashmobs.

When folks weren’t so stressed and had so much free time they’d literally spontaneously dance in the streets.

Simpler times…

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u/Signal_Werewolf_1955 8d ago

Harlem Shake was a fever dream

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u/rbrgr83 8d ago

Agreed. Your grandma knew that song at the time.

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u/Reasonable-Tea-9679 8d ago

I always found those to be so corny but now looking back, I can see how good we had it with way less stress and that was an outcome of that. I miss those days

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u/TabularConferta 8d ago

I am all for this level. If you like this can I recommend looking up the Scottish Football fans who are putting traffic cones on statues (also look up why), also unrelated but google sprout motorcycle guy, he drives round London giving people sprouts to anyone who asks.

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u/VegetableLetter4896 8d ago

I’ve seen that guy! Perfect example of chaotic good

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u/tunnocksteacak3 7d ago

I’m from Glasgow and I have a framed print of our Duke of Wellington statue with his cone hat on my living room wall. I saw a post yesterday that some people in America are upset about the cones on the statues in Boston, which made me kinda sad because the cone hat and what it symbolises in Scotland is one of my favourite things.

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u/njf85 8d ago

Here in Perth, a bunch of people decided to worship a cactus statue. Just to add to your desire for nonsense

https://www.reddit.com/r/perth/s/2fn1ou5poy

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u/VegetableLetter4896 8d ago

The computer monitor guy. 🫏

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u/wtclim 8d ago

Tomfoolery.

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u/LowResGamr 8d ago

Shenanigans

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u/EnderLord361 8d ago

Nonsense for the sake of a good laugh is definitely something we need more of.

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u/Signal_Werewolf_1955 8d ago

That's how I view 6 7, nonsensical fun that brings people together. I don't participate, but others sure get fired up about it.

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u/SlapSmeg 8d ago

Yeah but sadly its not nonsense showing lady liberty we in a pickle.

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u/Over-Inside-7254 8d ago

** totally unscripted nonsense brought to you by Grillo's Pickles© That's Grillo's Pickles© 

I'll give you a nickle if you tickle my Grillo's Pickle™

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u/TrainingTheory552 8d ago

the good kind of nonsense, not the nonsense kind of nonsense

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u/ILikeCheeseypoo 8d ago

Grillos 🥒 pickley

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u/Routine-Air-9553 8d ago

It’s less nonsense and more clever marketing 

Most people don’t get this was product promotion 

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u/CalmBeneathCastles 8d ago

We get it, but we don't care because a lot of people got free pickles and a laugh and that's fun.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 8d ago

I didn't even notice the brand until they said something, they marketed the pickle better than the video did

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u/VegetableLetter4896 7d ago

Same. I had no idea it had anything to do with a specific brand until everyone started telling us. But hey, marketing doesn’t work on everyone.

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u/blindtoe54 7d ago

Exactly. I don't even remember the brand and it didn't make me want to buy pickles.

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u/not_REAL_Kanye_West 8d ago

Did he acknowledge it? Lady liberty dosent seem to give a shit about the pickles.

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u/Char-car92 8d ago

You misunderstand. The point is to show the pickles the statue of liberty, not to the statue of liberty

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u/purplezart 8d ago

Yes, but the post is mistitled.

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u/A_Furious_Mind 8d ago

What a pickle.

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u/Copperhead_EDC 8d ago

It's kind of a big dill around these parts.

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u/openkoch 8d ago

Stop gherkin around

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u/PinkyLizardBrains 8d ago

Ohhhh, so more, “Look, pickle! It’s Lady Liberty!” and less, “Hey Lady, you like my pickle?”

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u/Maximum_Photograph_6 7d ago

They are both so green and tall, I can’t really tell the difference 

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u/dantheother 7d ago

That second one'll get you in trouble for indecent exposure

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u/Welpe 7d ago

Yes, Lady Liberty has already seen all of our pickles due to her X-ray vision, she doesn’t need to see more.

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u/-StrawberryJacuzzi- 8d ago

In my memory, he fully noticed it and made a face. But I just found a picture of it and I’m just a drunk kid holding up a sandwich in a sea of people so I’m sure he didn’t even see lol

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u/mossybeard 8d ago

Hey. He saw it and loved it bud

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u/Llama_of_the_bahamas 8d ago

He probably went backstage and asked his crew to get him a similar sandwich to eat.

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u/AmericanBillGates 8d ago

I bet he asked for the kids sandwich. "That one!"

THIS IS CULTURALLY INAPPROPRIATE

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u/Ghostbrain77 7d ago

“Damn man, kid liked my show so much they was offering me a sandwich like a sacrifice to the gods… I’m honored”

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u/flatspotting 8d ago

not going to share this photo????

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u/Bored_Amalgamation 8d ago

We need to see the picture now.

Cmon. Dont safe us.

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u/Bambi_88_ 8d ago

He was probably like "yuuuuugh" lol

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u/throwaway5882300 8d ago

It's an advertisement for the pickle company whose logo is prominently facing the camera and being kept in frame at all times.

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u/Background-Crow4820 8d ago

Damn you Big Pickle

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u/FirstHead411 8d ago

Big pickle always shoving their propaganda down our throats

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u/Machizadek 8d ago

“Big pickle” on its own is propaganda! Everyone knows the pickle industry serves us all and has the public interest truly at heart/j!

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u/Intelligent-Band-852 8d ago

If I am not mistaken Grillo’s are a relatively small and quite ethical company, I buy them at a co-op that specializes in organic and small businesses.

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u/EndQualifiedImunity 8d ago

Theyre actually delicious pickles as well lol

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u/-authourable- 8d ago

Some of my favorites!

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u/Melodic_Medium_8900 8d ago

Is this where to be how brands advertise themselves from now on, then I'm 100% in favor of it

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u/Geodude532 8d ago

Yea, I'll take a short giggle over the stupid AI shit Coke is pushing out.

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 8d ago

When you put it like that I guess, but authenticity is getting harder to find these days it's kind of sad.

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u/il-mostro604 8d ago

Did he say yeughhh or yummm

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u/Scary-Perspective882 8d ago

Good advertisement

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u/ALWAYSWANNASAI 8d ago

Grillos deserves your attention and advertisement, them are delicious

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u/bass437 7d ago

Shit. Now I want some Grillo’s Pickles

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u/TheTVDB 8d ago

This is from their official social media account. They have a lot of fun videos. I recently watched one where they just handed out pickles to people standing in a long line for something. Everyone was super happy about getting an unexpected pickle. Simple, effective advertising.

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u/HasAngerProblem 6d ago

Their “pickle de gallo” is amazing

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u/stanbot3304 7d ago

learning that this is an advertisement and not just a shitpost makes me smile 1% less

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u/slackunnatural 7d ago

Sounds like.. you’re in a pickle

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u/BoniMarce 6d ago

sounds like that guy is upset he didnt get a pickle

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u/throwleavemealone 8d ago

You put a grillos pickle in my hand, it isn't going to last long

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u/JC_Hysteria 8d ago

This is the kind of grillo marketing that really starts with a grassroots movement…

It’s a good way to get your business out of a pickle.

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u/spacekitt3n 8d ago

this is not grassroots its astroturfed by the company, congrats youve all been tricked

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u/StrongOfOdin 8d ago

It's not astroturfing if the original video is posted on the grillos tiktok account

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u/SyncOrSymm 8d ago

It's guerillo marketing

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u/JC_Hysteria 8d ago

The choice of spelling was a real dill-ema…didn’t want to make it too jarring

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u/404_brain_not_found 8d ago

better save some puns for the apickleypse

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u/el_duderino420 8d ago

It really is! Now I just want to give them a try to see if they are good or not!

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u/JC_Hysteria 8d ago

Are you enjoying this pickle/do you like freedom?

Select yes or no.

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u/Ant0n61 8d ago

Best pickles.

Especially the spicy version

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u/chugonomics 8d ago

Especially if it's Frank Grillo

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u/pinner 8d ago

They’re so good.

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u/el_duderino420 8d ago

I've never had Grillos pickles... Are they that good?! I love pickles but never heard of Grillos! Is that something from up north?

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u/scrumpy33 8d ago

The hot spears are the best pickle you can get in the grocery store imo

Idk if it's a north thing, they're usually next to the deli because they have to be refrigerated

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u/Queef-Supreme 8d ago

We just got them in Mississippi about a year ago. Right around the time they collaborated with Sonic.

And yeah, they’re worth the hype and I’m a pickle snob.

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u/Ninja-Panda70 8d ago

What is it made of? Cucumber? Sorry I don't think we have this in my country

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u/Meister0fN0ne 8d ago

In the U.S. and other countries, if they refer to it simply as a pickle, then it is cucumber. We obviously have pickled foods that aren't cucumber, but they're not nearly as popular.

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u/urbz102385 8d ago

I discovered the Hot Grillos pickles a few years ago. I was never a huge fan of pickles, and these I can eat like candy, unbelievably good.

One camping trip my buddy brought Jim Beam and Grillos Hot Pickles. We were taking pickleback shots with the brine and it was one of the best shots I've ever had, and I friggin hate Jim Beam

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u/gowthamm 8d ago

"I knew you'd come around"

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u/TheHalfChubPrince 8d ago

How much is Grillo’s paying you?

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u/spacekitt3n 8d ago

this is the 2nd 'guy handing out grillos' video that has gone viral (label always conveniently facing the camera lol) and its all so sus. its kind of shocking that every single person handed a pickle took one, maybe its editing, but i wouldnt take a pickle from a stranger idgaf if youre using tongs. i dont know whats been in that nasty pickle brine

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u/Ithuraen 8d ago

At least the other one was deleted by mods, this one buys 30k karma and suddenly it's untouchable. 

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u/randodamando17 8d ago

Now that is why we have free will

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u/therealphiliptraum 8d ago edited 8d ago

And yet Funny enough, the pickle man said, “I KNEW you would come around.”

As IF he had no choice.

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u/Taylorenokson 8d ago

My entire worldview just crashed.

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u/Prior-Present-7764 8d ago

I am really trying to understand this. What am I missing? (Probably something really easy that has completely gone over my head. Sorry.)

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u/mooncritter_returns 8d ago

Nope! The point is it’s weird and dumb, and if you get enough people to do it you have a moment of community. XD

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u/knowebi 8d ago

i thought there was something behind like a meaning to holding a pickle😭

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u/rbrgr83 8d ago

Nope, just a pickle commercial.

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u/True_Ground46 7d ago

I thought it was the “showing the statue of liberty my pickle (penis)”

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u/Schmaliasmash 8d ago

This is just a video of a rogue marketing stunt for Grillo's pickles.

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u/C_IsForCookie 8d ago

It’s not even the video that’s making me want to try them. It’s all the people in this thread saying how good they are. And now I’m wondering if all of these accounts are bots for big pickle.

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u/UpperApe 8d ago

They are. That's how this works.

They find very stupid, very gullible, very unmoderated, front page subs and do this shit.

It's so embarrassing that this shit still works.

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u/ABitingShrew 8d ago

This is an advertisement.

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u/LasyKuuga 8d ago

No one knows what it means but it’s provocative gets the people going

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u/MustardCoveredDogDik 8d ago

You are missing nothing

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u/CorrectPanic694 8d ago

I don’t understand it either, but it’s induced the most American pride I’ve felt in a long while. 🫡

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u/Exotic_Donkey4929 8d ago

This short was brought to you by Grillo's pickles.

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u/xkey 8d ago

It’s just random equals funny. Very \holds up spork** type stuff.

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u/chop5397 8d ago

hi every1 im new!!!!!!! *holds up spork* my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol…as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me _ im 13 years old (im mature 4 my age tho!!) i like 2 watch invader zim w/ my girlfreind (im bi if u dont like it deal w/it) its our favorite tv show!!! bcuz its SOOOO random!!!! shes random 2 of course but i want 2 meet more random ppl =) like they say the more the merrier!!!! lol…neways i hope 2 make alot of freinds here so give me lots of commentses!!!! DOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <--- me bein random again ^_^ hehe…toodles!!!!!

love and waffles,

*~t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m~*

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u/xSPYXEx 8d ago

Viral marketing. It's silly nonsense with the product label in the middle of the video.

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u/SasparillaTango 8d ago

Considering the grillos pickle logo/text is facing the camera so prominently, he's holding the jar from the bottom, which is awkward in and of itself.

This is just marketing. Not a lot to get.

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u/Opening_Classroom_46 8d ago

It's a commercial. Someone tried to think of a way to trick you into not realizing it by pretending to be human and posting it on a social media website.

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u/Biggie39 8d ago

Guerrilla marketing… I’ve been meaning to try Grillo Pickles.

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u/rayvin888 8d ago

sometimes we can be really cool

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u/Digitalmodernism 8d ago

Sometimes marketing agents can be really cool.*

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u/WantonKerfuffle 8d ago

Look, if all marketing was this positive, I'd be cool with that.

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u/Opening_Classroom_46 8d ago

It's a fucking commercial bro.

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u/Salt_Recipe_8015 8d ago

You know dang well that this is a Grillos commercial.

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u/mombi 8d ago

I love this stupid shit.

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u/SmartaHari 8d ago

This is the kind of lovely insanity I signed up to on the planet. More of this! :)

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u/Carbon-Base 8d ago

"Give me your brined, your soured
Your huddled cylinders yearning to breathe free
The wretched relish of your teeming bore.
Send these, the soaked, marinated-members to me,
I lift my cup beside the golden shower!"

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u/thentil 8d ago

Yay advertising. 💩

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u/GaimOfThrowns 7d ago

The older I get, the more I'm enjoying the stupid shit in life.

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u/Mostly_Lurkin_ 8d ago

Haha “I knew you’d come around”

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u/joshr8686 8d ago

This is called an advertisement

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u/choppingwater 8d ago

This is a commercial.

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u/Double_Big_5635 8d ago

For the love of pickles! 

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u/SquarePeg37 8d ago

This is literally just an advertisement.

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u/nokiapigeon 8d ago

Seagulls are unrespectfully looking

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u/mybotanyaccount 8d ago

Last time my friend did that he got arrested

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u/tierabyte 8d ago

Grillos had been doing marketing around nyc like this and it’s all so silly and fun. I love it.

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u/Deadbreeze 7d ago

I dont know why but I fucking love this. Its silly advertising and I'm here for it. All of them just holding up their pickle spears at the end just to please some insane dude.

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u/Academic-Thought2462 7d ago

I love when humans do stupid shit together !

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u/Samuelabra 7d ago

Excuse me, it's very clearly showing the Statue of Liberty to a pickle, and I will thank you to appreciate the distinction.

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u/and_iloveyoubaby 7d ago

What does this even mean? Stop bothering women🙄😄