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The picture below is part of a new marketing campaign for PepsiMax, a highly caffeinated soda that only has 1 calorie.

As you can see in the picture, the lone calorie is looking for ways to kill himself because he is the only calorie left. If you look closely, you can see a bullet has gone through his head, his arm is bandaged from apparently trying to cut himself, there is a noose around his neck, and he is holding a bottle of poison in his hand. 

Has Pepsi gone over the line with this ad, or is this just all in fun?

What kind of message is this sending to youth?

I want to hear your thoughts and opinions about this.

Now that Thanksgiving is over, we’re about to be bombarded with Christmas specials/movies. Some are classics, some are brand new, and to be completely honest, some are complete garbage. 

For the Christmas faithful, there are priceless treasures like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, and It’s a Wonderful Life.

For the more contemporary spirits, there is Shrek the Halls, and Jim Carey’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

For the “out-of-the-box” individuals, there is A Nightmare Before Christmas, Die Hard, and Christmas Vacation.

What about you? Are you a fan of Frosty? Is your heart touched by Garfield? Do you have a special place in your life for Scrooge? 

What are your favorite Christmas specials/movies?

Now that Thanksgiving is over and we all weigh 37 more lbs, we get to rest for 3 weeks before doing it all again for Christmas. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I assume most people did…but there were a few people this weekend that made me ask, “What were you thinking?”

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