Disclaimer: this is not an attack on anyone’s faith, just on people’s overreactions.
Recently, Dr. Pepper created an ad titled the Evolution of Flavor. It takes the traditional scientific progression from ape to man and throws Dr. Pepper in the mix, hinting that with Dr. Pepper, humans evolved. Fairly basic, and in my opinion, only moderately creative.
However, since they posted the picture to Facebook, it has become a controversy. Several commenters believe that this is insulting to their religious beliefs and state in many of their not-so-eloquently worded comments that they are refusing to buy Dr. Pepper any longer.
To me this seems a bit ridiculous. Is one tiny ad, which disagrees with your opinions, really worth this extreme of a reaction?
To me, an ad is an ad. I look at it and I understand that it is meant to target certain people and elicit a certain response … to get people to buy the product. That doesn’t mean that the ad is attacking my personal beliefs or my religion.
There are definitely certain ads that are intended to make political and social statements. However, this is not one of them, and I wish that people weren’t as prone to jump to an overreaction. If you don’t like the ad, don’t pay attention to it. Can’t we all just take a deep breath and move on?