No, this isn’t satire.
Snopes just did a fact-check on whether or not the Mars candy company changed the look of the iconic Snickers bar to remove the “d*ck vein” on top of the chocolate to appease the woke mob:
An image of an unusually smooth Snickers bar (left) is going around social media, along with the claim that the candy company Mars, Inc. had “deveined” the chocolate bars after complaints that Snickers too closely resembled a penis.
Here's what we know: https://t.co/7LNISoA3pj
— snopes.com (@snopes) April 18, 2022
From Snopes:
While the image on the right appears to be genuine (this may have been the result of chocolate melting and then reforming, a manufacturing error, or some other cause), the image on the left is not a genuine news article. Mars has not remove a “dick vein” from candy bars after being pressured by a “woke mob.” In fact, we find no calls for this “vein” to be removed.
And we’re supposed to take them seriously?
📣 Let us set the record straight:
The candy company Mars, Inc. has not removed a “dick vein” from candy bars after being pressured by a “woke mob.” https://t.co/7LNISoA3pj— snopes.com (@snopes) April 18, 2022
Snickers has since confirmed that “THE VEINS REMAIN” and that’s as creepy as it sounds:
Recommended
Good news, contrary to what's trending on Twitter… THE VEINS REMAIN! pic.twitter.com/pzfkoYqvyD
— SNICKERS (@SNICKERS) April 19, 2022
***
Related:
New York Times correspondent tweeting about Ray Epps links to Snopes, ‘for what it’s worth’
Join the conversation as a VIP Member