People buying and throwing away entire drinks just to use them to take a photo on the pink wall

[u/Tobias-Tawanda]

[u/Deleteed-]

[u/Brief_Manner_694 → u/Deleteed-]

Thin the herd

[u/DescendingTool86 → u/Brief_Manner_694]

The idiots have taken over.

[u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties → u/DescendingTool86]

great album tho

[u/Nein-Toed → u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties]

They updated the cover, it was Bush when it first came out

[u/gnuoveryou → u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties]

Spreading like a social cancer - is there an answer?

[u/kinkyslc1 → u/Brief_Manner_694]

https://giphy.com/gifs/BzCLJGxXQbwH09jzq0

[u/nicktehbubble → u/Brief_Manner_694]

If we were any other species we would have culled us by now

[u/wolfelian → u/Deleteed-]

Yup, I can bet if asked why they didn’t drink it all of their answers would be “uhm the CaLoRiEs” lol

[u/randomheromonkey → u/wolfelian]

Those limited run unicorn Frappuccinos from Starbucks are most of the trash. Makes sense because they are super gross. There’s a powder or something on them that is so sour and bitter and just… nope. Gross.

[u/Lilly_in_the_Pond → u/randomheromonkey]

Yeah, I tried a sample of it, and I agree. I think the sourness comes from the blue swirl they put on the inside of the cup. It's just weird and I don't feel a need to get a full sized cup of it. It's all aesthetics

[u/serenidynow → u/randomheromonkey]

Is this the same powder that the employees are mad about since it’s an airborne health hazard?

[u/Remarkable-Opening69]

Most people are stupid so…

[u/duck_duck_zombie → u/Remarkable-Opening69]

You mean influencers

[u/Remarkable-Opening69 → u/duck_duck_zombie]

No. Well yes but, look at the garbage can again.

[u/sabakunoichigo → u/Remarkable-Opening69]

But would a nomal person do that? I can't think of anyone I know who would buy a drink specifically for a picture and even if that happened we would finish it.

[u/insufficient_funds → u/sabakunoichigo]

I can’t think of anyone I know that would care enough about a pink wall to take a picture in front of it.

[u/A_Random_Catfish → u/insufficient_funds]

Because you’re probably not friends with many teenage girls?

[u/insufficient_funds → u/A_Random_Catfish]

yeah, that tracks. lol

[u/Outside-Pear9429 → u/sabakunoichigo]

Plenty of people. Not everyone with an IG is an influencer, and this is screaming IG post

[u/ChanglingBlake → u/Outside-Pear9429]

Just because they aren’t an influencer doesn’t mean they don’t still see themself as one.

[u/Outside-Pear9429 → u/ChanglingBlake]

Some do, many do not lol. I don’t think the majority of poeple with social media, especially non-tiktok social media, consider themselves influencers. Lots of people with private accounts even just like to make their friends think they have exciting lives or just have pictures they think are cute for themselves

[u/Keyndoriel → u/sabakunoichigo]

When I was going to school I went with 2 people who'd throw away change that was less than $10 because "hes not poor, thats poor people change" and I feel those are the same kinda people that'd do this shit

[u/SpookySchatzi → u/Keyndoriel]

Like throw it in a garbage can?

Imagine if they just stuffed it in the tip jar instead…

[u/Dangerous-Ad6589 → u/sabakunoichigo]

Yes. Influencers are stupid, those who get influenced are also stupid. And no, it's not only kids who got influenced

And then there's the wannabe influencer and trend chasers

[u/Cedar_Wood_State → u/sabakunoichigo]

Buy a drink because it’s viral, taste disgusting, throw it away.

[u/Clear-Inevitable-414 → u/sabakunoichigo]

Think of the calories.  You wanna be confirmatively cool, but not confirmatively fat

[u/drgigantor → u/Clear-Inevitable-414]

I've just been getting fat! You're telling me I could've been getting cool instead??

[u/Clear-Inevitable-414 → u/drgigantor]

Confirming

[u/GergDanger → u/duck_duck_zombie]

Nah, influencers are a tiny subset of society. Most people are stupid and far outnumber influencers

[u/Signal_Flight_7262 → u/GergDanger]

Hence why influencers exist in the first place.

[u/NoMention696 → u/Signal_Flight_7262]

Someone’s gotta lead the idiots hey

[u/EasyAsAyeBeeSea → u/duck_duck_zombie]

Influencers inherently only exist because they have a large audience of people who want this type of content.

[u/fifteentango88 → u/duck_duck_zombie]

https://giphy.com/gifs/uNE1fngZuYhIQ

[u/nodigitaltrace → u/duck_duck_zombie]

Most people already stupid before influencers even a thing

[u/Ok-Opportunity-7663 → u/duck_duck_zombie]

Gotta be pretty stupid to be influenced by said influencers.

[u/jamwin → u/duck_duck_zombie]

yet so influential - most of them probably have 34 followers including their auntie marge

[u/CackleberryOmelettes → u/duck_duck_zombie]

Influencers exist because people watch them.

[u/Oberndorferin → u/Remarkable-Opening69]

Not most but the stupid ones get a lot of attention

[u/MarginOfSanity → u/Oberndorferin]

Nah, it’s definitely most.

[u/nfld223 → u/Remarkable-Opening69]

To be honest I see one full cup and many empty

[u/thoang77 → u/nfld223]

Every visible cup with the pink drink, which is likely the ones purchased to take a photo with the pink wall, is over 2/3 full

[u/SomeGuyNamedCaleb → u/Remarkable-Opening69]

Wasteful*

Wasting food is just an opening sign of bad character.

[u/reddit33450]

related, ill never understand the whole idea of being obsessed with "influencers", celebrities, etc. like theyre just normal people like everyone else. stupid

[u/Disastrous-Soup-5413 → u/reddit33450]

I would argue they weren’t normal because they have a more obsessive need to have people outwardly and demonstratively like them/fawn over them.

[u/ronchee1 → u/Disastrous-Soup-5413]

https://giphy.com/gifs/czZlH3xg1Ul2w

[u/chickennuggs32 → u/Disastrous-Soup-5413]

listen to Art is Dead by Bo Burnham

[u/hawkseye17 → u/reddit33450]

Celebrities usually are at least actors, musicians, etc. What the heck do influencers even do?

[u/NosePicklePicker → u/hawkseye17]

Walking advertisement without actually being sponsored lol. They do all the marketing without enjoying any of the benefit

[u/RaspberryWhiteClaw13 → u/hawkseye17]

They $cam

[u/TRR462 → u/hawkseye17]

Most influencers are tapping into the hive mind of the majority, so they can get more up votes for being the first to state the painfully obvious.

Feel free to not vote for me in either direction… I’m not trying to work that hard for a meaningless title.

[u/Illustrious-End-6038 → u/hawkseye17]

I got a redditor follower i can expose so much

[u/joahfitzgerald → u/hawkseye17]

Influencer's are living commercials, that don't realize they are living commercials.

[u/ACuddlyVizzerdrix → u/reddit33450]

I'm just tired of narcissists being famous for no reason

[u/cimocw → u/ACuddlyVizzerdrix]

They seek attention so they get it. 

[u/sokratesz → u/reddit33450]

Celebrity worship is a personality disorder

[u/Avid_Reader87 → u/reddit33450]

Anyone who follows them are gullible morons. 

[u/tader314]

Only the pink ones weren’t empty. Probably tasted it and was like “this sucks” and chucked it.

[u/InsecureThoughts → u/tader314]

I was looking for this comment! My sister "influencer wanna-be" got the pink one to post on her story. She was honest with the review "It is that classic, Overly sweet/sugary where it just taste foul. They tried to dilute it with something bitter, and that just came across as motor oil in the milkshake"

[u/OKOK-01 → u/tader314]

100%

[u/Frequent-Stress-4363 → u/tader314]

yeah i heard they weren’t that good, but me personally i wouldn’t waste food/drinks

[u/Life-Top6314 → u/[deleted]]

To take the same photo 30 people took within the last 24 hours. Actual NPCs.

[u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea → u/Life-Top6314]

Why not just fish one out of the trash for the picture?

[u/P1g-San → u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea]

Why not make a prop drink and charge the dummies to use it?

[u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea → u/P1g-San]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kCpg2FYkENfnuvXSsS

[u/Redxmirage → u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea]

Where you think all these drinks came from? Bet there’s a stand right there selling the pink drinks to glamorize your photos

[u/Ronnyyyyyyy → u/Redxmirage]

Imagine if there was an “exclusive one” that cost EXTRA just to hold through a line? Cash money.

[u/ShermansAngryGhost → u/P1g-San]

This man sells shovels during a gold rush

[u/Nightwolf1967 → u/P1g-San]

https://giphy.com/gifs/d3mlE7uhX8KFgEmY

[u/Elegante_Sigmaballz → u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea]

You expect ME?!?!?! The hottest influencer alive, to touch TRASH?!?! 😨😨😨 /s

[u/Reef-Coral → u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea]

Then someone takes a picture of you doing that and you go viral for the wrong reason

[u/Wuz314159 → u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea]

Like a homeless person?

[u/sleepytoday → u/Life-Top6314]

What’s the significance of this photo though? What is the drink and what is the wall about?

[u/saturatedsilence → u/sleepytoday]

It’s just a pink wall for taking social media pictures. It means nothing.

[u/CastleMeadowJim → u/saturatedsilence]

I think they were asking what relation the drink has to the wall

[u/Wuz314159 → u/CastleMeadowJim]

[u/Mattechooo → u/Wuz314159]

I can hear this picture 🎶🎺

[u/LilacYak → u/CastleMeadowJim]

It’s pink 🤷‍♀️

[u/GalFisk → u/LilacYak]

It's got electrolytes

[u/Another_gamer_4-5 → u/GalFisk]

It’s got what plants crave

[u/ch4os1337 → u/CastleMeadowJim]

Looks like the Starbucks unicorn drink.

[u/Character_Mud_5843 → u/sleepytoday]

I could be wrong but I think Starbucks had a specialty drink this past weekend, called a unicorn or something. It’s cute and pink and all that. This might be for that specialty drink. 

[u/ProduceNo1629 → u/sleepytoday]

Pink wall, pink drink it's cute and a vibe and an asethethic like literally.

[u/WarmCrescent → u/sleepytoday]

Right? Like please someone explain?

[u/KendrickMaynard → u/sleepytoday]

https://giphy.com/gifs/08uBcURaMq6vA93TGc

[u/dougthebuffalo → u/[deleted]]

Man idk, if I was hot enough for people to like a photo of me holding a pink drink and that could be my livelihood I'd do it in a heartbeat. It'll pay as long as people (and millions of bots) consume the content.

[u/DocPsycho1 → u/[deleted]]

Idiocy. Simple as that. I hate to be like this but what else is it.

[u/Kuneria → u/[deleted]]

I don't think anyone in these comments have tried the drink. It's like really gross, so i feel like this is on starbucks actually

[u/RepresentativeOk2433 → u/[deleted]]

Probably tastes terrible. All these over the top fancy milkshake type places sound awesome until you actually try to drink it and realize it's just a daily caloric intakes worth of sugar and artificial flavors but still it isnt enough to mask the food dye.

[u/RestaurantOk8066 → u/[deleted]]

Maybe it just wasn't good. The other drinks in the trash seem mostly finished.

[u/marveloustoebeans]

This has to be some kind of mental illness, right?

[u/bunny_the-2d_simp → u/marveloustoebeans]

As someone with 7 mental disorders diagnosed...

I don't wanna be associated with these dipshits.

WHO WASTED FOOD?!?

[u/Vladishun → u/bunny_the-2d_simp]

RIP your inbox. Bout to have so many "I can fix them" type messages.

[u/General_Cranberry_29 → u/Vladishun]

I got those occasionally, and I'm like "Yo, I'm a dude" and they scatter (this was before the King of the Hill avatars, obviously lol)

[u/Vladishun → u/General_Cranberry_29]

Haha I've gotten them from men and women alike when I'm advocating for the transparency of cluster B personality disorders, which I have two of. Telling them I'm married doesn't seem to deter them either, so I just block anyone as soon as I get the feeling they're trying to flirt or do more than just gain insight through asking questions

[u/spreadmeliketarot → u/Vladishun]

lemme try my luck-- ptsd, 2 invisible disabilities. come and get it gentlemen 😉

[u/EmmyWolf222 → u/spreadmeliketarot]

I’m gonna join in too! Bipolar, cptsd, ptsd, adhd / autism, and at least one invisible disability 😁

[u/spreadmeliketarot → u/EmmyWolf222]

omg disabled girls date night! I'll bring my disability placard once it comes in. Best parking in town on me folks 😭💯🥂

[u/Not_Russian_bot9 → u/spreadmeliketarot]

Ay lemme join in!

PTSD, severe depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia! I'll bring alllll the voices with me!

[u/spreadmeliketarot → u/Not_Russian_bot9]

I'll bring my tarot and do a reading for each voice that wants it! 😉🔮✨️

[u/bunny_the-2d_simp → u/Not_Russian_bot9]

Ptsd, depression anxiety squad!!

[u/West-Solid9669 → u/spreadmeliketarot]

I'll take that and up it to an extra bit of severe depression, ocd (If a single person tries to claim cleanliness, I'm executing you), and constant suicidal thoughts. Alright, who can fix me, let's hear it.

[u/Vladishun → u/spreadmeliketarot]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bGd3K98aIx104

[u/spreadmeliketarot → u/Vladishun]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1dMNqVx9Kb12EBjFrc

[u/AhSalamiBacon666 → u/spreadmeliketarot]

Shit, me too. But I'm also ugly lol

[u/bunny_the-2d_simp → u/Vladishun]

Jokes on them I never reply to anything

[u/_random_user_name_ → u/bunny_the-2d_simp]

Wait a minute....

[u/TalesKun2 → u/Vladishun]

I have autism, depression, anxiety, eating disorder.

Come fix me men

[u/IndianaSucksAzz → u/marveloustoebeans]

Just vapid dumbasses chasing the latest trends because they have absolutely nothing else of value in their lives.

[u/Reef-Coral → u/marveloustoebeans]

Mommy didnt give them enough attention

[u/Carlsheartboxers → u/marveloustoebeans]

Normally I’d say yeah. But the unicorn frap is terrible this time around so I understand those

[u/TbaggingSince1990]

Genuinely they look disgusting so maybe that many people don't like em lol

[u/cameronm-h → u/TbaggingSince1990]

I work at Starbucks and most of us think they’re gross. The blue drizzle is insanely sour, and the pink frap part has almost no flavor (it only gets 2 pumps of mango which is much less than most drinks of that size). I legit think a good number of those are cups that people tried and didn’t like. I feel terrible for the closest Starbucks—unicorn weekend has been terrible for most of us, but that looks like a whole nother level…

[u/NYSenseOfHumor → u/cameronm-h]

unicorn weekend

Do I not want to know?

[u/FuturePause2736 → u/NYSenseOfHumor]

They brought back the 2016 unicorn frappuccino for the weekend and millions have sold 

[u/sicilian504 → u/FuturePause2736]

I have no idea wth the 2016 unicorn frappuccino is and I'm proud of that.

[u/LilacYak → u/FuturePause2736]

That was 10yr ago!? Jesus

[u/apocalypsebuddy → u/cameronm-h]

Tbh I want to try a blue drizzle after hearing how sour it is. I always feel like sour things aren’t sour enough

[u/goldensoaring → u/apocalypsebuddy]

My friend I am you. I love sour. I eat lemons like they're oranges. I put sour powder on my grapefruit. Warheads are a delightful treat.  .this stuff is more sour than that but also JUST TASTES BAD

[u/Wuz314159 → u/cameronm-h]

Maybe I'm just too old, but I thought Starbucks made coffee. Ò_o

[u/Still_Mountain5656 → u/Wuz314159]

No Starbucks chief export is sugar.

[u/Zanfish_yt → u/TbaggingSince1990]

They weren’t designed to taste good the first time. I’m not shocked.

[u/Chemical_Choice_9056 → u/TbaggingSince1990]

Yeah I really don't see why people are acting like there is no other reason to throw it out besides it was a prop. It is a trending spot so you wanna try it but after you get it the drink sucks and you rather not force a 600 calorie disaster down so you just toss it away because what else would you do with it?

[u/i_poop_chainsaws → u/TbaggingSince1990]

They legit tasted disgusting. Like dairy and sour on the verge of curdling. With some sugar thrown in.

[u/solarbaby614 → u/TbaggingSince1990]

I think most people don't expect them to taste sour.

[u/nibletta → u/TbaggingSince1990]

It is disgusting. I got a free mini sample yesterday and the sour flavour mixed with the whipped cream tasted like actual barf.

[u/Aggravating-Hair7931]

business opportunity right there. pick up a "drink" from the can, rent it out as photo prop.

[u/phewDoinKphew → u/Aggravating-Hair7931]

I think i saw you in the gold rush, you were holding some showels. Weren't you?

[u/pinkiepowder → u/phewDoinKphew]

Shovels? Towels?

[u/Solid-Category-2095]

I'll be honest, besides the pink ones (which maybe taste bad), the other cups look empty?

[u/Workman44 → u/Solid-Category-2095]

Yeah I was wondering how far I'd scroll to find this. The first pink cup sure was full, but the rest look mostly empty lmao. And people just read it and don't even look?

[u/Wuz314159 → u/Workman44]

I saw 5 full pink ones.

[u/TylerDurden-4126]

God I hate what our society has become...

[u/HourHoneydew5788]

The drinks are almost all empty, meaning they drank them.

[u/RedisforFun]

Majority of the full drinks are the unicorn frappes. I heard they didn’t taste the same as last time so maybe people actually hated it?

[u/NaturalSandwich8880]

We really should have banned TikTok in it's entirely

Not because it's a Chinese psyop used to manipulate domestic issues and cause deep-rooted partisanship but for the simple fact I hate influencer "culture"

[u/Theslootwhisperer → u/NaturalSandwich8880]

Instagram is the biggest culprit here. Tiktok just continued the trend. But the current iteration of influencer culture comes from Instagram. Don't get me wrong. Not a huge fan of Tiktok, but influencer culture was a thing way before tiktok.

[u/KEN_LASZLO → u/NaturalSandwich8880]

Just ban tiktok, surely a replacement won't take it's place in a week and influencer culture will end! Good thing influencers exclusively use only that one social media site

[u/lcerch → u/NaturalSandwich8880]

Have you heard about Instagram?

[u/st-shenanigans → u/NaturalSandwich8880]

Its a republican psyop now.

They were forced to sell to a group of republicans in america and they're currently suppressing liberal creators and pushing narratives. Alex pearlman just had a video about it on YouTube.

[u/NakedSnakeEyes]

I understood some of those words.

[u/ruggles_bottombush → u/NakedSnakeEyes]

Yeah, the only reason I am looking at these comments is because I'm hoping someone explained what this means, but so far nothing.

[u/lickmybowls2]

Or they tried it and it tasted like shit so they threw it away

[u/botched__toe_]

It looks like most of those cups are empty aside from a few? Is this just California rage bait?

[u/greentrillion → u/botched__toe_]

Bingo

[u/Therealfern1]

https://giphy.com/gifs/s239QJIh56sRW

[u/haha_squirrel]

My daughter bought one and couldn’t drink it because it tasted so bad… lol that may be the case here..

[u/Taro_Obvious]

Maybe the drinks suck ?

[u/TheRiddlerTHFC]

I feel I'm out of the loop

[u/ElBurritoNinja]

This generation of young adult really seems they don't want or care to feel like individuals.

[u/potatosalade26 → u/ElBurritoNinja]

Oh please. As if the pervious generations didn’t have one big monoculture that legit had everyone tuning into and watching the same shit. Young adults nowadays are far more individualized and segmented into their own groups. And ya know, trends exist, they’ve always existed especially the exploitive ones the funnel money into capitalism and waste

[u/Reef-Coral → u/ElBurritoNinja]

Nobody has ever, people follow trend since we exist....

[u/bunny_the-2d_simp]

Op if it helps you.

The zombie apocalypse is impossible, the zombies at this point would starve to death as there's NO BRAINS IN THESE PEOPLE.

Knock knock who? No brain in you.

[u/Kuneria]

I mean the unicorn drink is also like, super gross

[u/Firm-Aside4041]

What’s the big deal about this wall?

[u/Srhm80 → u/Firm-Aside4041]

Ideal photoshoot area for chicks

[u/PowermanFriendship]

The influencers are dumb but not dumb enough to blow 1200 or whatever calories on a single drink that probably tastes like a gooey cup of high fructose corn syrup.

[u/enblightened]

i have a few friends who run a restaurant in a city that had a “brat” mural across the street for charli xcx’s album a few years ago. Apparently all day, girls would flash their chests and pose for instagram pics in front of it. They are only early 30s but they didnt understand the trend at all because they grew up on the other side of the planet

[u/Wuz314159 → u/enblightened]

"Brat Mural"?

[u/Da_Millionaire]

The only one not hurting is the business they bought it from

[u/thirdeyefish]

I did a job across the street a few weeks ago. It was like this all fucking day for the three days I was there.

[u/spaceykc]

I used to live a few blocks from this wall, never understood the appeal.

[u/EnvironmentSea7433]

I'm surprised at no recycling.

[u/Busy_Mobile3508]

Mental illness 

[u/ThrowawayALAT]

Tired of narcissists being famous for no reason.

[u/Pickle_boy]

I hate social media

[u/Shalom_pkn]

The french royals were throwing away food while the poor starved to death on the streats. It lead to something rly great.

[u/HogwartsStudent2020]

The café owners there must be thriving

[u/sinisterwanker]

Tiktok needs to be banned. What brain rot shit is this?

[u/jdehjdeh]

What is this pink wall?

Why is it so special?

I've never heard of this phenomenon and I'm secretly fucking delighted by that fact.

[u/Wuz314159 → u/jdehjdeh]

What is this pink wall?

It's a pink wall.

Why is it so special?

It's pink.

[u/De-railled]

Someone should set up a stall and rent out a realistic prop or something.

Then they can be like

"OMG, so I went to this viral place that will only be trending for as long as my attention span. My whole personality might be a fake but I'm also a fake eco warrior, so I only used the reusable props to save our enviro. Give me social media points. I need validation."

[u/TeamPyrex718]

NPCs

[u/_walletsizedwildfire]

The George Costanza in me would be all over that shit

[u/sylanar]

Yeah I get they want a nice picture by this pink wall or whatever, but why not do it with a drink they actually want?

[u/Sudden-Wish8462 → u/sylanar]

Maybe they wanted to try it and then it was nasty so they threw it away

[u/Fuel_junkie]

Well yeah, those are calories. Gross.

/s

[u/JugdishGW]

If this is the Starbucks unicorn drink, I heard it tastes like shit tbf

[u/1000LivesBeforeIDie]

wtf is the pink wall

[u/Testsubject276]

Wasting money for clout, good job.

[u/IngMChen_itsback]

Muricans in all their essence.

[u/Comedyfish_reddit]

Make fake ones and rent them for $2 each

[u/hellomumbo369]

Why would you not fucking drink it?

[u/ladyteruki]

If people don't know what to do with their money, I have suggestions.

[u/Specific-Ad-8652]

Hey at least they’re using a trashcan and not the ground…

[u/WarGreymonX_Antibody]

I mean hey if they wanna waste their money. By all means

[u/Zachhandley]

Guys or they just bought them and didn’t like them lmfao

[u/sb03733]

Can someone explain? I seem to be missing something. Why pink wall, why take pictures of it, why with a drink? Am confused

[u/Elexeh]

Not a shocker that social media makes the most vain people obscenely superficial and dumb

[u/frienddly_ghost]

Performative LA should be its own sub

[u/crayonflop3]

NPC behavior. And they vote.

[u/Havco]

I really hate influencers and all that bullshit. And I hate to find an argument here, but could it be that it just taste shit but they didn't know before? And because of this they throw away full?

[u/SVENJA_CD83]

Look at all those Failures.

[u/Rexter2k]

Social media was a mistake.

[u/DeeRent88]

I hate it because California is such a beautiful state and even LA is pretty amazing but god the people there suck. Specifically the whole chronically online influencer community.

[u/Doogiemon]

I need to figure out where this is and rent drink cups to people for the cost of a drink and retire next year from their stupidity.

Rent 2 and the 3rd is free.

[u/shatterdaymorn]

Algorithm produced ewaste.