The flavor is inspired by Harris' viral "coconut tree" quote, which quickly turned into a meme across social media
  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    1 day ago

    Coconut flavor

    Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a person of color, especially a person of Latin American or South Asian origin or descent, who is regarded as having adopted the attitudes, values, and behavior thought to be characteristic of middle-class white society, at the expense of their ethnic heritage. Compare Oreo.

    Actually, I would argue these days it usually gets referenced exclusively to describe politicians who don’t represent the same values their cultural background would, usually in a downside.

    Don’t think Ben and Jerry’s is playing some double speak here, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless.

    • frezik@midwest.social
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      1 day ago

      That’s the one reason I wasn’t all on board with the “Coconut Pilling” when Harris took over the nomination. It’s historically a slur. That said, the fact that Harris herself is using it tends to dead end that argument. There’s every reason to think Ben & Jerry’s is playing off of that.

  • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
    217·
    3 days ago

    When asked if they’d ever consider making a flavor after Donald Trump, Cohen told the outlet, “I don’t think it’s proper in polite society for me to talk about what would be in that flavor.”

  • s38b35M5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    2 days ago

    Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee features coconut ice cream with swirls of caramel and red, white and blue star-shaped sprinkles. The flavor is inspired by a viral meme, in which Harris, during a speech at the White House, uttered the now-viral quote, “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?”

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    371·
    2 days ago

    Seth Meyers mentioned this last week. He also said that they released a flavor for Tim Walz as well: Plain.

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
    5011·
    3 days ago

    While a fine name for an icecream flavour, “Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee” also sounds more than a little bit like the title of a porn parody where a bunch of really old white dudes eagerly get topped by a black milf that stares into the camera for an uncomfortably long time, while a recording of Tim Walz explains how to replace the headlights on a 2005 subaru outback and the finer points of grilling top sirloin.

      • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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        16 hours ago

        It’s actually really obnoxious to do and I highly recommend looking up a couple vids before attempting it - getting that stupid seating ring in the right orientation is as I said, incredibly obnoxious, and my big dumb meat hands can barely fit in the space to manipulate the bulbs. Oh and you have to pull the battery out to get at the driver side running lights. Good cars but there’s some really stupid design elements.

          • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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            16 hours ago

            What’d you really intend with your initial comment, though. I’m not even trying to be a dick here, I just took a poke around your comment history and it seems like we’d get along fine, so I’m really curious why you came out swinging here.

            Are you really offended that I made a crude joke? Is this an extremely understandable expression of exasperation at the state of discourse in our political sphere? Perhaps you were just in a foul mood and, since your comment didn’t get the traction you expected, you’re now reflexively defending yourself using the classic strategy of posting a gif to try and both limit my possible responses and to indicate the opinion you hold of your own position of superiority in this conversation by considering me unworthy of a response you reserve for those you consider ‘mature’ adults?

            Sincerely, this seems out of character for you. I was being flippant, but like, do you actually need a hug? I can’t do more than type <hug> but man, I fucking know how hard this political cycle has been on me and my own mental health, so if you even just want to vent I’m incredibly sympathetic and here for it. Shit starts feeling hopeless, even with some positive reporting on the Harris campaign’s polling.

            • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              16 hours ago

              Perhaps you were just in a foul mood and, since your comment didn’t get the traction you expected, you’re now reflexively defending yourself using the classic strategy of posting a gif to try and both limit my possible responses and to indicate the opinion you hold of your own position of superiority in this conversation by considering me unworthy of a response you reserve for those you consider ‘mature’ adults?

              I mean, I didn’t expect it to be well-received, but to quote the girl from Deadpool, you got me in a box here.

              I appreciate you taking the time to evaluate the situation so thoroughly. I also really appreciate your kind words. It really has been a horrible news cycle these last few months, hasn’t it? Despite my hope that Kamala can pull off a win, I’ve recently come to the realization that the annoying people were right and “the system” really doesn’t work as it should at all. We’re one wrong move away from the edge, and I feel like the people in power are doing nothing to help that situation. (At least, most of them-- too few to make real progress). It’s rough out there, man. If you need anything I’m here as well.

              As for the actual post… I just don’t like how every political post has like 6 sex jokes under it. I know I said “you” are always posting them but that wasn’t right; I meant that someone always does. It’s like that webcomic where people psychic attack each other by saying phrases that make them think of horrible things. Hearing about Trump and porn in the same sentence makes me take psychic damage. I posted the gif because I perceived your reply as disingenuous; I now see that you actually did mean to help, but I’ve seen too many people feign concern as a way to say that the person they’re replying to must be mentally unwell (in a derogatory way) to trust it. It seemed disproportionate enough to be interpreted that way, but I see now that I was wrong.

              This has been a bit of a ramble, but thank you for reminding me there are still good people on the internet. I think I’ll head to bed now. Hope to see you again on here!

  • Omega@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    So where are these sold? Are there grocery stores that stock political ice cream?

    • Drunemeton@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      The article said a MoveOn ice cream truck traveling through key swing states.

      I like coconut. Not sure about a caramel swirl. Really not sure about red, white, and blue sprinkles, as those just taste like sweet food dye.

      • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
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        2 days ago

        and kamala’s a foodie, I’d expect something a little more interesting, like maybe plantain chunks

    • femtech@midwest.social
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      1 day ago

      Seems the CEO has the same all violence is bad take that some of my more left leaning friends have. Violence is a part of life and sometimes you have to inflict it to stop more from happening.