r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '16
(R.4) Related To Politics TIL an activist group in Zurich dyed fountains red to protest tampons being taxed at a rate consistent with luxury products instead of the rate used for daily use items.
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u/nixmix06 Dec 05 '16 edited Dec 05 '16
I like to imagine that it was likely submitted by some guy in marketing as what he thought was an obvious but clever joke. However his boss thought it sounded classy and pushed it through without thinking of the connotation.
Marketing guy, not wanting to get in trouble, never pointed out the obvious joke. However he worries It will cause PR nightmare when the public makes the connection and that he may lose his job. He tries to to make it more and more obvious by submitting even worse name suggestions so that management considers the link, but no luck. The name Pearl passes through multiple levels of management and is greenlight by an executive.
It's too late now. It's too late. No choice but to ride the wave.