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Spilled Ink

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Tattooed Chef. Ever hear of them? Let’s take a very brief tour.

This is a company which sells vegan food. Is your mouth watering yet? Well, I can put a stop to that with their slogan: For People Who Give a Crop.

That’s right. Of all the possible slogans they might have chosen, a food company landed on one which is a pun based on the word “crap.” Not only that, it actually takes a bit of brain processing to tease out the lame pun they are making. That is to say, if you give a crap, that means you care about the planet, so you eat food based on crops.

Get it? They even trademarked this travesty:

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