• burgersc12
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    6 hours ago

    Coca-Loca. Can you solve this great mystery Mr. Thinking-is-hard. Also I just said it felt like an ad, not that corporations should not be referenced ever.

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      6 hours ago

      Jackass - what’s the difference between saying Sony and saying Sorny? It’s not any less of a reference to a specific brand.

      And the very direct reference is part of the joke when a comic is about how generally irrelevant the brand is, outside of specific contexts.

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        5 hours ago

        I’m sorry, maybe I just don’t see the joke then. How is “Cinnabon, since this could be your last” specifically a part of the original comic’s joke? Wouldn’t it work just as well with a plane crashing while thinking of literally any other food? Replace Cinnabon with Oreo’s and I think the joke is the same. Maybe I just missed something that makes Cinnabon essential to the joke besides Cinnabon being in airports sometimes?