Lunchables was engineered to appeal to kids’ desire for autonomy and to ease mothers’ guilt, using the same consumer psychology approach Philip Morris developed for cigarettes.

I loved lunchables. FUCK!

Capitalism was a mistake.

These fuckers really are the gift that keeps on giving...

There are scientists who make their careers peddling shady results for big companies:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchants_of_Doubt

Its tragic

After the rage... Well duh? Obviously.

Advertising is all about human psychology whether they be adults or kids. Does anyone expect an advertising agency to dismiss all research on adults and start from the ground up targeting kids? That's not how innovation (that hurt to type in this context) works; we build on previous work.

I bet the same principals work for Facebook/Instagram/Tiktok and thousands of independent ad agencies derived the same conclusions through different means. Because it's Philip Morris, should they be the one prohibited from marketing other brands they own?

They could have used all that research and knowledge to make something of good quality that would ease a mothers busy work day,and be healthy and nice for kids

But of course we just went with the "fuck the kids, we found a way to earn a few more cents by feeding those critters some toxic shit"

Guess it was a good thing we were always too poor to afford lunchables?

Anybody else nocticing an increase in 'cigarette content/advertising' these days?

So glad I sold my kid on the idea of "homemade Lunchables" years and years ago.

You can squeeze shit into a food shape and some sumbitch will eat it that’s for ding dang sure!

It's crucially important to raise kids with an understanding of whole food and its importance. You can't keep them from processed food, but you can make it clear it's a sometimes choice. Once they're an adult and start to care about their health, they can build on the whole food foundation you gave them.

But God, so many of us were just raised on whatever came out of a box or packet or tube.

as a non-american stuff like lunchables fucking baffles me, just give the kids some clementines?

Costco didn't have beans for the past few months locally so I went to Walmart and they did have beans but they sale them by the pound. So I grabbed 50 lb worth for the next year.

Like WTF! Isle after Isle of ultra processed non food food items and about 80lb of beans. Not even enough for a couple of families.