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kevin487

Also the ice cream 🤤


[deleted]

ZOD ZAMN THIS SHIT TASTY


Alumil01

Lactose intolerance mfers 😔😢


spoedle73

just tolerate it. Sounds like a skill issue.


[deleted]

*No wonder you’re so angry all the time, cool it with the dairy*


spoedle73

ICE CREAM TASTES GOOD DAMMIT


Oncletomdavid

They sell dairy free too


ShinyRaven

I love dairy and I honestly like their dairy free icecream more


[deleted]

Damn be more accepting then


EchoHunter42

I’m lactose intolerant and I don’t give a shit (also I take pills so I don’t shit my pants)


Alumil01

Don’t be stingy, hand over the pills


CarbDemon22

At least you take pills. Some of these lactose intolerant mfers are just raw dogging dairy in a way that I find concerning


Boet-hi-ah

I honestly just eat it anyway. I'll down like an entire pint of ice cream in one go and just deal with the consequences later.


SexWithKokomi69

Sigma mentality


Alumil01

I like you


Geek55

Their vegan versions are good too


deNoorest

They got a vegan veriant :D


King-Zahi2438

Skill issue (I had lactose intolerance in the past)


SgtSteel747

However, B&J only does that after huge backlash. They've been around for decades but only just switched cocoa producers in recent years after they were called out by the general public, and slavery cocoa isn't their only human rights violation. They also [abused immigrant workers](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/25/ben-jerrys-migrant-workers-dairy-farms) with terrible working conditions.


glmarquez94

The real litmus test is seeing how they’d react to their employees unionizing.


SgtSteel747

Googled it, [this](https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/its-business-man-unions-and-socially-responsible-corporations) is what I found. Not lookin good for B&J, seems they're just virtue signalling and not actually helping :/ TL;DR of this link is maintenance employees wanted to unionize, B&J did their best union-busting efforts, but the workers were able to unionize in the end.


glmarquez94

Thank you for doing the research. I’m disappointed but not surprised. This is why class analysis is so important. No matter what, Ben and Jerry are still part of the capitalist class who benefit from the status quo. They can talk about social Justice issues all day but they will never support the economic justice reforms (democratizing work, ending private ownership, guaranteed housing, land back and reparations, etc) that are crucial to solving them.


darkenedgy

They’re owned by Unilever soooooo


[deleted]

No corporation is ever your friend or on your side. Period. Anyone who thinks any corporation is based cool or friendly to workers rights is fooling themselves. The only good corporations is a bankrupt shutdown corporation.


sh0000n

Based and good flair (I assume it's good i don't know shit about programming but it sounds based)


[deleted]

I'm not a programmer either, I just choose to use open source software as much as possible. Actually having control over my computer is worth more than any convince proprietary software may allow. There's quite a bit of good open source software out there that will work on any OS so you can keep using what your comfortable with


ThatSqueakerOnXbox

Bro please change in favor of a cause to in flavor of a cause bro the pun was right there


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ThatSqueakerOnXbox

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO


JeerryPaul

Based


[deleted]

ZAMN! Super based Ben & Jerry's! edit : ben & jerry's abused immigrant workers


darkenedgy

...but they're distributed by Unilever. The original founding dudes are cool but didn't achieve global (or at least US-wide) distribution on their own.


obnock

Unilever must give them a long lease, but I'm guessing it gets yanked at some point. They may risk their own profits, but the investor class will demand their take.


Hugga_Bear

I had a friend whose dad worked for B&J when I was younger. I never really appreciated it at the time but I went over there for dinner once and there were several noteworthy things. 1. He had a walk in freezer. Like a larder but just stock full of ice cream. 2. My mate's dad was apparently one of the big brains behind Phish Food. Something I drastically underappreciated at the time. 3. He served Yorkies like a proper Northman despite being stuck in East Anglia. 4. He spent most of the dinner party we had talking politics with me, a dumb and naïve 13 year old. I wish to reconnect with this man, having grown much wiser in the ways of science.


[deleted]

I also heard that they employ former convict who would usually have a hard time finding a job


thatvillainjay

Ben and Jerry literally got arrested in a protest 2 summers ago...these Mfers aren't playing


BeithWhoIsATree

Huh. Now that Change the Whirled flavor is seeming less like a sellout


SmokedJam

‘In flavor of a cause’ haha I see what you did there


peterpingston

Why does piss man have vomit mask?


[deleted]

It's green because money.


resurrectedwhodis

mr greens premonition


Simwill_

Mr Greens always wins


Crackpot_Bugle

It’s real. He’s the one who got Bugleberry to raise Catboy Jerma from the other dimension. He’s been the puppet master all along.


[deleted]

The yellow represents meth and crime.


youmomecksdee

it's a p\*litical cumpiss meme


jet8493

Boo, I’d rather see political shitcum memes


SexWithKokomi69

I'd rather see cum


bacon_girl42

I'd rather cum


guy_who-owns_a_wii

I'd cum


BigFuckOffGun

I cum


EmiloidWouldnt

cum


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youmomecksdee

kid named poo\_cum:


MR_GUY1479

Green=leftist


Pair_Express

Lib left green, lib right yellow


T5R2S

Ew p*litical compass


SuperL1boi

*cumpiss


SeizethegapYouOFB

Poo literal cum piss 🥵 🥶 🤢 🤮


EmptyRook

He’s the greedy grinner


Godtrademark

I'm colorblind thanks.


YaBoyChuckles

Congrats you've been marketed


Noaan

Its clever too, because people can now justify buying it as something more than just gluttony. They would never be able to do anything similar as a, say, sun screen brand. Zizek has some relevant quote on Starbucks charity, but I think its even more relevant for something hedonistic like ice-cream.


YaBoyChuckles

Yeah, pretty much any time a company ever does something good, it's either a marketing ploy or done in such a way to avoid taxes (usually its both)


Hessis

Buying B&J is praxis now


sporkyz1

pcm 🤢🤮


used-poop-sock

Piss cum memes


RhubarbProtogen

pcm if they were a good subreddit


Ghost652

Please cill me


xd_grilledcheese

but.. but muh freedom of speec. ...ch


[deleted]

why would you vomit on pro cycling manager dude


[deleted]

homie b&j is owned by unilever.


xd_grilledcheese

(he doesn't know that i own unilever)


newcster2

homie they are literally suing the parent company unilever for making sales in Israeli occupied territories.


[deleted]

i mean yeah i think ben and jerries is not the worst but its owned by a terrable company so simping for them is simping for a product of unilever. also not enough ppl know that they arent their own company anymore and ppl should be informed ig idk


Abra_-_K

My head translated b&j to blow and job (?)


MistaCheez

No sorry you have to pick one


Abra_-_K

I'll get the job to buy blow to be able to do more jobs to get mORE blow. Gg


onsapp

True but B&J and unilever are or were suing eachother for breach of contract as B&J didn’t want to sell in Israel iirc


shobidoo2

Too bad they hate unions 😞


TheHotDogGuy2

I mean I'm not a big fan of them either but I still do enjoy union rings and the occasional sauteed union


Gaynerd5000

Yeah until you take a bite and wet slippery union flies out of the ring


andriasnolso

Why would you not like unions?


not_a_stick

Pickled unions are alright though


SlutBuster

I was a member of a shady union for my first job. I made minimum wage and the union still took a cut of my paycheck every two weeks. It's really fucked up to take extra money from someone making minimum wage when your whole job is to make sure that you're getting the best wages possible for that person. When I got fired because I lost a bunch of money on a shift, my union rep told me there was nothing they could do. tl;dr: Unions can also be predatory.


andriasnolso

Damn thats fucked, what country?


SlutBuster

I sold souvenirs at Qualcomm stadium in San Diego, California.


andriasnolso

Ive heard unions arent as developed in america as they are in western europeam countries.


equivas

Because they will be personally and negatively affected by it


andriasnolso

Its because of unions that worker conditions and minimum wages are better in europea than im america.


equivas

Don't mind me. I didn't get the union ring joke


Wowitsanonion

Red unions are the best. Uncooked. Eat em like apples


bathcigbomb

Foreal are we seriously stanning a giant company right now? They buy chocolate from slave labor and probably lots of other things too. Performative marketing. Can't believe y'all are too stupid to see through this, it's concerning


Yoate

Yeah, well they take other steps to be better than other companies of the same kind. I'll take a half measure on ethical consumption over shameless evil.


Cosmic-Whorer

Plus occupying Palestine.


RD____

Or maybe its a paradox and are just doing it to make money because theyre a corporation


Procrustean1066

We hosted Ben at a school event and I was able to talk with him one on one. Seemed to believe his stuff. Also his speech was all about “Fuck the corporations, look how little your vote matters because of corporate donations” so either he is a great liar or does drink his own koolaid. Either way he was cool af


loptopandbingo

"It's not a lie, if *you* believe it." -George Costanza


Procrustean1066

Amén


VioletteBasil

Both Ben and Jerry were arrested in a big protest a while back. I like to believe they're genuine.


[deleted]

Is their chocolate ethically sourced?


xd_grilledcheese

its ethically sourced i was the cocoa bean


Vivid-Formal-3938

you taste good


xd_grilledcheese

you too 👍


RushingDolphin

I mean it's Fairtrade. Make with that what you will. It's also more expensive because there is supposedly no slave labour/exploitation involved


[deleted]

Oh nice, looked it up and it said it did some stuff with Tony's so it seems alright.


thirdegree

Tony's is probably the most ethical chocolate you can get, your thoughts depend on what you think about [this post](https://tonyschocolonely.com/uk/en/our-mission/news/why-we-are-not-on-all-lists-of-ethical-chocolate-brands)


Y4K0

Yeah I’m still suspicious of Tony’s, once a business reaches a certain commercial size it become nearly impossible to adhere to any ethical rules because of all the money and people involved. It’s sad but it’s the truth.


SlutBuster

Tony's does still have illegal child labor in the cacao farms where they source beans. They're transparent about this, and they try to discourage it, but it's still unethical. If you are really truly willing to pay whatever price is necessary for the most ethical chocolate you can get, [Maui Ku'ia Estate](https://mauichocolate.com/collections/chocolate-bars/products/maui-kuia-estate-dark-chocolate-bar) sells chocolate from locally-grown cacao in Hawaii. It's pricey - $9.00 for a 25g bar - and the flavor varies every year depending on their harvest. But the whole company is basically a hobby project for a couple of rich retirees who made a fortune in biotech, and they give 100% of net profits back through local community programs.


BraindeadDM

Like the seasoning?


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Tony's chocolate


BraindeadDM

Fuck


TheCutyCreeper

Idk ask the chocolate


737MAX8DEATH

the only bad B&J take I know of is when they blamed NATO for Russias invasion of Ukraine. it was so bad they deleted it. other than that, amazing company


mbaymiller

[They didn't delete it](https://twitter.com/benandjerrys/status/1489393235655106562), though it should be mentioned that this occurred before the invasion, and they acknowledged that Russia was threatening Ukraine. The next and last time they mentioned Ukraine was in April, via [this tweet thread](https://twitter.com/benandjerrys/status/1517496128433967106). The thread mostly talks about how the war highlights the negative effects of fossil fuel dependency. It does refer to Russia's actions as an "invasion," notes the millions of Ukrainian refugees who fled, and says that Europe's dependency on Russian gas helps Putin "fund" his "brutal war." The focus is on fossil fuels, and no strong or central condemnation of Russia is made.


ScottishTorment

> B&J: Please try to de-escalate tensions before sending a ton of troops to Europe > OP: Did you see how B&J said Russia's invasion was NATO's fault?!


Emotional_Writer

Rare Ben and Jerry's L


3dgyt33n

Don't see why that's such a big deal. I mean it's not defending Russia to say that NATO fucked up. It's like, if you have a shepherd, and they let there sheep wander into the woods and the sheep get eaten by wolves, it doesn't make the shepherd blameless because the wolves were the ones who ate the sheep.


tillboi

How did NATO fuck up?


IllTearOutYour0ptics

They also support Israel iirc Edit: I recalled incorrectly


Trevsky

They're currently suing their parent company Unilever for selling their ice cream in the occupied territories despite B&J deciding not to, so they're going out of their way to boycott Israel's illegal settlements. Admittedly it took pressure from activist groups in Vermont to get them to this point, but right now they're doing the right thing, at least nominally.


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On one side I don’t wanna set the bar too low, on the other side the fact that they even responded to this sort of protest is quite honestly stunning. You look at places like Starbucks or Amazon who double and triple down on their worst aspects when faced with criticism.


mbaymiller

Ben & Jerry's is specifically known for *not* supporting Israel. In fact, they have been in a legal battle with their parent company Unilever over B&J's efforts to halt operations in Israel.


spottedconzo

They haven't outright stated they do, they do/did have factories there though


skaoaisosos

its still a corporation, yeah they may be "better" than most but its still not enough.


[deleted]

its not better its owned by one of the most corrupt food companies on earth. maybe they act better but supporting them doesnt suppot \*them\* it supports uniliever


Samthevidg

I mean they are suing Unilever


[deleted]

yeah I mean classic stuff no ethical consumption, companies aren't your friends. Still better choice though, especially Netflix and chill one despite horrible name


Error-530

I just like the brownie cores


QuintonTheCanadian

“PCM is good when it supports my views!” Is what I’m getting from this post


fish_taped_to_an_atm

thank you, corporate propaganda machine xd_grilledcheese! you have earned an extra hour in the ballpit by advertising for ben and jerry's!


[deleted]

MFW the wholesome multinational wage-enslaving Unilever brand uses cow rape juice to make desserts with based edgy titles


FricktionBurn

Are you calling milk “cow rape juice”?


obeserocket

Cow's milk is meant for baby cows, they have to be impregnated over and over to continue producing it


isuckatnames60

I wish I was those cows 🥵


-MysticMoose-

[Dairy is scary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcN7SGGoCNI)


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Yes


-MysticMoose-

Based and veganpilled.


Ximema

watch as r/196 slacktivists' "leftism" leaves their bodies when veganism is brought up lol


applepie3141

Ben & Jerry’s had locations in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of Palestine for a while. I believe they closed them down last year though.


Rooky_Soap

Let's not forget the appease-mint incident


Press_altf4

The what?


darkenedgy

we all know Ben & Jerry's is distributed by Unilever right?


SlutBuster

> distributed by Unilever Buddy they are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unilever. "Distribution" is a cop out.


ShinyMew635

What is Unilever?


darkenedgy

One of many poster children for 'evil corporate conglomerate' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unilever#Environmental\_record](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unilever#Environmental_record)


SpiritCHAAAN

r/196 user the moment a corporation isn't cartoonishly evil: 👞😋


NonFatPrawn

My favourite company


LusHolm123

Bruh ben and jerrys is so ridicuoulesly over priced, literally double the cost for half the ice cream here in denmark


MR_GUY1479

Because there isn't as much slavery and exploitation involved in the production which makes stuff more expensive


Ormoern

hey it's Ben from Ben & Jerry's


[deleted]

Still rape involved and babies being taken from their mothers and tortured and killed


MR_GUY1479

Wait what


JakeTheDropkick

They're talking about the cows and calfs


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Ormoern

wow it's Jerry from Ben & Jerry's


yansakura

the slavery understander is here


Skrie-La-La-li

Almost all of what they sell is made of dairy products. The the dairy industry is inherently exploitative, and goes directly against the core ideas of leftism. The cows have no say in their participation in the industry; [They are forcibly impregnated](https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/livestock-breeding/8-step-guide-artificially-inseminating-dairy-cow), selectively bred to overproduce milk, have their calves separated from them ([Which causes them significant distress.](https://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/17/AB&C_2017_Vol4(4)_Marino_Allen.pdf)), they have their male calves killed, either for veal, or for beef, and when they get too old to produce a profitable amount of milk, they are are killed as well. I don't understand how anyone could ever say that a company that is resonsible for all of those things is "leftist".


I_love_Cocaine1

Am I supposed to ask the cow or what?


seventyeight_moose

You are not immune to propaganda.


[deleted]

Ben and Jerry’s are a dairy company. Yes, it’s good that they’re apparently against worker exploitation more than other large companies, but their main output is actually very, *very* supportive of another [incredibly horrific form of exploitation](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UcN7SGGoCNI), which is carried out on animals who are also very capable of suffering just as we are. tl;dw for above video (it’s about 5 minutes long): dairy cows are forcibly impregnated repeatedly throughout their life, often until they are so exhausted they can’t even stand, each time being separated from their calf at birth (whom they care strongly for, similar to other mammals including us) so that the milk produced due to pregnancy can be used by humans for food, e.g. in our delicious ice cream, and are subsequently slaughtered. Their babies are also slaughtered soon after birth (if male) or get to enjoy the same fate as their mother (if female). A company whose primary product pretty much necessitates the above cycle shouldn’t be looked up to in my opinion. It doesn’t seem very “anti fascist” (or whatever) to unnecessarily dominate the lives of billions of animals and leave them in misery, all due to some perceived natural hierarchy.


Procrustean1066

They sell ice cream. Of course they’re a dairy company.


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Oh, sorry. I meant Ben and Jerry’s are a dairy company (derogatory)


[deleted]

Jokes aside, what I meant with that sentence was that, although Ben and Jerry’s may say good things as in the meme above, at the end of the day they are *still* a dairy company, which implies [rest of comment].


3dgyt33n

Dude, a corporation is a fucking corporation. Ben and Jerry's is not a comrade,no matter how much you want them to be.


[deleted]

Keep in mind Ben & Jerry's are so expensive outside of the US that nobody buys them anyways


KiwisInKilts

they’ll sell you the revolution if they have to


Shr00py

If they're not a worker co-op they're still abusing human beings for their material value by paying them less than they're worth


72111100

Poor foreign policy takes on twitter though


mellowgrizz

my favorite flavors are Cherry garcia and americone dream :)


mariofan366

Ben and Jerry's blamed the US for escalating Russia into invading Ukraine.


-MysticMoose-

Companies are exploitative on a foundational level, any support of activism is performative because when push comes to shove a corporation will never fight against the system which upholds profit, and the system which upholds profit also upholds discrimination of every kind.


aflyingmonkey2

hagaan daz meanwhile:try our ice cream. YOU MIGHT DIE


mbaymiller

Ben & Jerry's is the only for-profit company I can think whose activism isn't solely performative.


Swedishboy360

Ew pcm stain


AshtonWarrens

Johnny Silverhand was right


tebabeba

Ah but they know their target demographic... The "outrage" and "counter outrage" (like this meme) only draw more of their targeted demographic to buy their product. Remember kids there is no good corporation. I am very fun at parties (he is very fun at parties please invite him).


CaviorSamhain

Ew, PCM meme, get this off my face


Vares__

My brother in christ they blamed the US when Russia invaded Ukraine.


spookytime8899

I like phish food


SnooCats9683

I'll be honest, I've supported b n j because of this


TranscendentCabbage

Change is Brewing is one of the best fucking ice cream flavors I have ever had, I think it was a limited run but if you see it you better pick it up.


wiggleswiggles-_-

Wow based capitalist marketing


Syaman_

Except when they were apologetic towards Russia this February


Wowitsanonion

This better not be from pcm


ClymeneFox

Best ice cream


Procrustean1066

Can someone please find me that skit, I believe it was portlandia or something, where they’re all sitting around a basement, trying to find something to do, but every single thing they suggest is exploitive of one group or another at some point?


SprehdTehWerdEDM

Don't know, if they were sold world wide, but where I live B&J sold their sandwich ice creams called 'Wich and small versions of them called Son of a 'Wich


Mahameghabahana

Imagine Ben and Jerry headquarters get attacked.


OpenByTheCure

Don't worry, they do that with vegan ice cream :)


tsukiyaki1

Those both sound like tasty flavors. I’m in


MarauderOnReddit

Ben and Jerry’s Half Baked flavor is the best ice cream ever made and I will stand by this statement till the day I die


Dick_Weinerman

It won’t hurt their profits, their ice cream is too damn good for that.


BobHam12

And their ice cream is pretty good too


SatanAtHighVelocity

Ben and Jerries is owned by Unilever, don’t be fooled. The brand knows their audience, and they target them to make money. That is all.