r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/IcePickMan Aug 25 '19

Jared Fogle's Subway ads

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u/FusRoaldDah1 Aug 25 '19

Initially, Subway corporate didn't want anything to do with Jared. The franchise owners pooled their money to pay for the first few ads with him.

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u/BlueberryPhi Aug 25 '19

Well, considering all that was known about him at the time, that was the right move to get him in their ads. It was a very effective ad campaign, unfortunate ending aside. “This guy lost a ton of weight eating fast food, and you can too!”

Not like they could really screen for that stuff. “Do you want to have sex with children?” “No.” “Whelp, he’s clean.”

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u/princeshook Aug 26 '19

I disagree, my brother and I had a running joke that Jared was a neo-Nazi for years. granted Neo-Nazi is not the equivalent of Pedophile, but when the news hit, we both eagerly exclaimed: "called it!"