Sober Pursuits has posted a very entertaining look at the everyday products that now contain references to alcohol or alcohol favouring. The most perplexing of which I think is the Gin and Tonic flavoured lip balm? Who in their right mind came up with that? Do people WANT to smell like Gin and Tonic?
Be warned it is deliciously sweary.
A quote from her:
“Serious fuckwittery. I laugh at all this shit, then do a pause *think bubble* about the insidious normalising of alcohol to the point we can namecheck it is sweets, lip balm, crisps and candles (WTF?!), and then I despair.”
Read the full post here:
https://soberpursuits.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/marketing-go-home-youre-drunk.html
I agree with her, marketing needs to go home because they are all drunk!
xxx
Hurrah for coffee! 
Ha ha I totally agree. This Christmas season I saw Gin and Tonic tea, marmalade and POPCORN??? WTF saw Prosecco crisps. Even in my heyday I think I would have turned my nose up at these, despite liking g&t.
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WTF indeed! In my heyday the aim of the game was trying to get rid of the smell of g&t not rub it all over my lips!
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I saw an advert recently for a new type of coffee…… a shot of Espresso topped up with BEER! Wtf?!
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That is really weird.
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I don’t even know what to say to this hahaha. We’re surroundedddd!! aughhh!!
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The “funny girl” in me wants to find this humorous…but my latest aha moments from “sobering” statistics and graphic pics of damaged livers…leave me feeling a bit “concerned”!
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Its terribly concerning I agree totally. It’s so normalised and more and more people are suffering and getting really sick because of this culture we live in. The culture where alcohol isn’t seen as a drug and doesn’t carry warning labels saying ‘highly addictive’ What I did find funny however was Sober Pursuit’s very well chosen use of expletives to describe her frustration at the current state of affairs:) xxx
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It’s an epidemic, really.
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Think I’ll stay far away from that lip balm but…“Serious fuckwittery”….I haven’t heard that before. Adding that one to my “special” pissed off vocabulary file. First I need to know how to use it in a sentence. In what country is that phrase used if I may ask?
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The United Kingdom. It’s a great word isn’t it? 🙂 xxx
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Love hearing new expressions from around the world!
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Gin and tonic was my drink of choice (spirits) but I am 50. It is an old drink, not popular among young people. That medal goes to vodka. So I am guessing that marketing are attracting a certain age range, using clever tactics to win the 50 year old alcoholics in with a gin and tonic lip balm. Who wants chocolate or strawberry when you can lick gin off your lips. Maybe they should bring out a range of granny style knickers with a large gin and tonic on the posterior. Who wants Calvin Klein when you can have that.
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Absolutely! xxx
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Crazy stuff hey! I can’t imagine who would buy it???
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Oh I know several people who would buy it:) It’s just nuts, I was trying to hide the smell of alcohol not enhance it! 🙂
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It is sad how the world has turned into marketing the concept of “cool,” as being someone who drinks or thinks about drinking at all hours, never mind the human costs associated with liquor. It’s like the whole world has become giggling middle school students with a stolen can of beer. It happens on the news too! All week before New Years, news anchors were leering and giggling about whiskey waffles and hangover treats. So cute!
Why no love for heroin, it makes you wonder.
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Yes it really does make you wonder! Dont know if you’ve seen this?:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210
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David Nutt is very interesting on drugs and alcohol. I’ve got a lot of time for him. He appears in the documentary film A Royal Hangover which is well worth a watch if you haven’t seen it.
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Yes I think he is very courageous to expose the true level of harm alcohol does to self and others. He was sacked for telling the truth, which raises my furry eyebrow even further. I love the movie you mentioned. It’s a pity that it’s not more widely circulated and available. xx
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I agree with this guy! There are way more alcohol bad news stories around here than any other drug. Hopefully, it will become terribly chic to be sober, and we will be way ahead of the crowd. ; )
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Here’s hoping.xxx
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