Getting iced

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/iced_iced_baby_nA4JKpl5hU9Y8KshAwqbFK


You guys see this? I've seen it twice and just had it happen to me yesterday. I must be such a 5 year old for thinking something so stupid is so very funny.
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Uraniumfish 2yrs+
So wait, is this actually just a marketing ploy for Smirnoff?
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NeverSleeps 2yrs+
Uhhh... I was at a friend's house yesterday, and we were enjoying an episode of Tosh.O - which seems to have gotten a lot better recently - and one of his roommates came up, handed my friend a Smirnoff Ice, and said, "You've been Iced." He then had to chug the entire thing, as per house custom. Now I know what that was all about. I thought it was beyond dumb when it happened, but now that I know it's an actual trend I have to say I think it is even dumber.
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DBlack 2yrs+
It sounds like somebody in the marketing department at Smirnoff is getting a big, fat bonus this Christmas.
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uptowngirl 2yrs+
Sure thing @DBlack, didnt know that Smirnoff Ice had 280 calories though.. my cousin used to be addicted to the stuff ...though I could never bring myself to drink the stuff..
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NeverSleeps 2yrs+
Oh, man! That stuff made me so fat Freshman year. I can never, never drink it again. That horrible taste....
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JenMac 2yrs+
I know it's so stupid but it's seriously really funny / fun to Ice someone. The look of "awe man" on their face as they take a knee and chug what is one of the worst drinks ever is hilarious.
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hhusted 2yrs+
@Everybody: It just seems to be another method of getting people hooked on drinking too much alcohol at one time. Don't people have better things to do than to douse themselves with booze.
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uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted it's a joke.. most people seem to hate Smirnoff Ice so there is not much chance of getting hooked.. being forced to drink it is akin to being forced to drink medicine...
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hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl: I hear ya. I know what it's like to take medicine. I am under medication now from my surgery. Not exactly a walk in the park. Medicine does have its drawbacks.
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Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Okay, not having had this beverage,I didn't realize it's known as a bad-tasting thing. So how come it didn't got the way of Tab if it tastes so bad?
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Is it super-special alcoholic or something?
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NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@JenMac I tend to agree... as long as it isn't me!

@Uraniumfish @ajadedidealist It's a starter beverage, for those young enough to not have developed a taste for alcohol. Akin to Mike's Hard Lemonade. I think it's got a reputation for being a chick drink, but I do remember a lot of guys drinking it - back in the day. That and coconut rum.
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BroadwayBK 2yrs+
What marketing genius! Either that or the people on that ad campaign really got lucky... it's hard to tell which.
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DBlack 2yrs+
I think success in marketing is a lot like getting lucky, BroadwayBK.
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DBlack 2yrs+
I think, if I ever get iced, I might just dig my heels in and refuse to chug. I know that might make me uncool forever, but the thought of fulfilling some jackass marketing guy's expected sales revenue just makes me want to take that chance.
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BroadwayBK 2yrs+
I have always taken a staunch no-chugging stance. I am not a frat boy!
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hhusted 2yrs+
I studied marketing in college and understand what the people, who created the marketing slogan and campaign for icing did it for and why? I just don't necessarily agree with it. But that is just me since I am not into alcoholic beverages.
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NeverSleeps 2yrs+
In any case this new marketing slogan seems to be moving the beverage right out of the underage drinkers' demographic and into the aging frat boy demographic. What a fabulous new way to humiliate your 30-year-old male roommates!
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JenMac 2yrs+
I'm with you, Neversleeps. No self respecting man is going to turn down a dare in public. :)
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Haha, @Jenmac. I'm a girl with a no-chugging policy myself, but I developed a weakness for "shots" of port at Oxford. Dangerous stuff
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