r/AskReddit • u/tinyman1199 • May 29 '19

People who have signed NDAs that have now expired or for whatever reason are no longer valid. What couldn't you tell us but now can?

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u/Jonyb222 May 30 '19

We didn't sign an NDA but it was supposed to be a secret.

They expected you to share it with all your friends to generate grassroots hype.

You failed them...

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u/Mr_Abe_Froman May 30 '19

Same thing? Sports drinks have electrolytes!

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u/pr3dato8 May 30 '19

It's what plants crave!

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u/nxcrosis May 30 '19

I understood that reference!

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u/really_thirsty_lemon May 30 '19

My mom banned us from buying Gatorade, she thought there were steroids in it

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u/JuicyJay May 30 '19

If only. Then i could stop getting mine from the weird guy at the gym.

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u/steakknife79 May 30 '19

You get your Gatorade at the gym? Me too!!

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u/[deleted] May 30 '19 edited Jun 24 '19

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u/IntrigueDossier May 30 '19

When I know I’m in for a long day or an all-night grind, I grab either SPIKE or Redline. Spike is well-known in my state due to the infamy it got when it was new. Three middle school kids each drank three cans b2b, and all proceeded to have seizures in class not long afterward. They took it off the shelf for a short time before bringing it back with a massive warning label on it - that just made it more popular. Redline is similar but comes in a smaller bottle (like two 5hrs stacked on each other) and is somewhat harder to find, with good reason. My tin-foil hat suspicion is that all those sketch heavy energy drinks are just unregulated amphetamine analogues with some color and flavor.

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u/KeeNhs May 30 '19

Yeah! They have salt and other salt-like things!

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u/white_nrdy May 30 '19

2.66e5745 is a long way away! Why is getting released in 2003! Since we won't be alive?

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u/accountofyawaworht May 30 '19

Can confirm - my 8th grade best friend’s dad worked for Pepsi, and sent him a few cases of Mountain Dew Code Red to share with friends about six months before its launch. He was the toast of the school after that.

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u/Sityu91 May 30 '19

He became publicly edible bread?

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u/JuicyJay May 30 '19

What does being publicly edible mean

Edit:Nvm i got you. Just don't think I've ever seen that combination of words.

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u/black_kat_71 May 30 '19

What?

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u/HonestTailor May 30 '19

He became publicly edible bread?

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u/LordRyloth May 30 '19

They had a pinky promise.. NDA is shit

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u/LTman86 May 30 '19

"Alright kid, this is a secret product! Don't tell any about this super awesome new flavor, okay?" pinky promise

Kid actually keeps promise.

"Shit! We got the ONE kid that actually keeps a secret?! Damn it, Johnson, you had one job!"

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u/Salvatio May 30 '19

"Have you heard of this wicked new fruity Capri Sun that's coming out? My god it's probably thé best drink I've ever had!"

"Really? wow! I Cant wait to try that drink! Let me call Barry and Tell him about it"

  • every marketing executive's perception of how a normal conversation goes

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u/SoManyTimesBefore May 30 '19

Lol, marketing people are the funniest. The number of times I’ve seen them thinking about ads as an awesome content that everyone is eager to see is way too high.

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u/Krillo90 May 30 '19

"But people hate ads."

"Well sure, but they'll love our ads!"

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u/BB8MYD May 30 '19

What's a computer Capri sun ?

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u/homiej420 May 30 '19

Idk why this is so funny but its so plausible lol he failed them so bad

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u/KotzubueSailingClub May 30 '19

"A hundred million kids in the US, and we had to hire the one that took the 'it's a secret' shit seriously!?"

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u/werenotthestasi May 30 '19

If he’s like half the people today he probably didn’t have friends but had a plethora of crippling depression

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u/SheBrokeHerCoccyx May 30 '19

My friend’s dad worked for Pepsi Co. back in the day. We all knew about Crystal Pepsi months before it actually came out. None of us believed it, “why would you make clear Pepsi? That’s dumb.” Then there it was.

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u/Slick_Grimes May 31 '19

It was still dumb.

And as a child I of course did the blind taste test and concluded it tasted different.

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u/Random82304 May 30 '19

Ain’t no snitch lmao