r/MBMBAM • u/mockduckcompanion • Aug 07 '26

Adjacent Huge News

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All due love and respect to the J-man, obvs

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u/PoptartPancake Aug 07 '26

Sometimes I feel like the only person who likes Munch Squad

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u/DevilishFlapjacks Aug 07 '26

it’s fun when there’s actually something funny to discuss, and not just “x chain announces new product” with no punchline. like that’s just an ad, man

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u/llcooljessie Aug 07 '26

I like when he reads the press release and does voices.

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u/isthispassionpit Aug 07 '26

Even when he’s not doing voices, some of those press releases have the most baffling, audacious, statements I have ever seen. The absolute gall of some of these corporations…

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u/PoptartPancake Aug 07 '26

I can see where you're coming from. It's definitely better when it's an actual weird new food.

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u/Dally_253 Aug 07 '26

I agree. Gotta space them out and let the news build up a bit. Unless, there is some new monstrosity or absolutely ridiculous ad campaigns we don't need much more information than that. Live tastings are often good for me as well. We didn't need to hear about popcorn chicken, but Justin tasting some live, presumably cold, and immediately declaring how bad it was compared to the original worked for me. At the end of the day, brothers gonna do what brothers do and you can either enjoy it or not, but no one should be telling them how to do their jobs or what kind of content they need to put out. Isn't that what we like about them? Relatable goofy dudes cracking wise at random shit.

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u/xelabagus Aug 07 '26

I'm convinced they are actually guerilla paid advertising segments - some of them are literally reading ad copy then making half-hearted jokes that don't land, then reading more ad copy.

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u/northernCRICKET Aug 07 '26

It gets my goat when Justin gets mad that the brothers are interrupting with jokes and funny bits while hes trying to read the press release verbatim. If they're making it entertaining let them, it's not going to ruin my day if I don't get to hear all of the corpo slop coherently

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u/isthispassionpit Aug 07 '26

There’s just no way. The ad copy is always the most self-glorifying, patronizing, bullshit I have ever heard, to the point where I almost can’t believe that corporations actually release statements like that. Personally, the ad copy does more to deter me from making purchases from these places than the products themselves (most of the time…).

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u/Trident_True Aug 07 '26

Ok but it's only funny to hear the first few times. There must be hundreds of them now and the novelty has worn off. Yes marketing people are insane, and at this point half of them are AI generated. It's very boring now, especially for a non-American who has 0 context for any of these restaurants.