Durex Trolls Everyone With Eggplant-Flavored Condoms Nobody Asked For
Durex’s condom-game is pretty strong, but their trolling-game is probably stronger as they tweeted out that their newest flavored condom would taste like an eggplant.
If you happen to be a human being, you’re probably familiar with the eggplant emoji as the universal euphemism for any phallic-based message conversation, so the fact that it would even be considered for a condom flavor, is both comical and revolting.
#BreakingNews: We’re launching an exciting new savoury #condom range – Eggplant flavour! 🍆 #CondomEmoji pic.twitter.com/idA07EaiXC
— Durex Global (@durex) September 5, 2016
Turns out, even though they presented the tweet as ” breaking news,” it was just a clever PR stunt, as it looks like Durex is trying to promote the development of a condom emoji.
You got us, there’s no Eggplant condom! But why no #CondomEmoji? RT if you agree emoji makers should make one! pic.twitter.com/6H6AU6zkJ6
— Durex Global (@durex) September 5, 2016
Pretty solid strategy on their part, as Taco Bell pushed a similar social media campaign, helping the taco emoji become a real, beautiful thing that we can all use on our phones now.
It’s a good thing that it was all a ruse, because egg plant-flavored condoms sound like the worst, and the Twitterverse agreed:
.@durex pic.twitter.com/lIY0c2e8oC
— Bhakthi (@bhakthi) September 5, 2016
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@durex pic.twitter.com/GIC8FOiwtv
— Don Jazzy (@Richie_CEO) September 5, 2016
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@durex what the hell made you think this was a good idea.
— god’s fav fuck up (@KISHOSTACKS) September 5, 2016
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@durex Was Parsley too Edgy for you?
— Chanceaux LeSaint (@1509lucky) September 5, 2016
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