*takes long drag off a candycane*
hey kid didn't notice you there. Say, remember starbucks? Remember when they released this nice, classy and simple xmas cup and people lost their fucking minds
so like up untill 2015 holiday cups had been generically winter/christmas themed right? Pretty much like the above photo and this one below:
then in 2015 they decided to get super duper minimalist and just do this:
hell yeah right? Thats super classy, u got all the xmas colors and a super elegant design that incorporates that weird mermaid logo perfectly. Great right?
NUH
people (specifically christians) lost their galdang minds.
one fucking year there waz no santa or snowflakes, just a simple minimalist cup, and enough people screeched about it that it became nation wide news
So in typical corporate freaking out and overcorrection, the next year starbukz was like ok ok uh xmas was the problem? ok so lets do no christmas whatsoever at all:
great! thats not Junji Ito-esc at all! Thank you starbuks, thank yu for saving the holidays
people hated it
it was like that simpsons bit where the guy goes “abortions for none!” and everyone boos
So the next year they were like “abortions (christmas) for all?” and made the polar opposite of that simple red cup:
look at that thang
anyways so every year since starbucks has released comically over designed xmas cups out of fear and i think thats funny as hell
