[Editor’s note: Following the backlash (and despite the backlash against the backlash) SpaghettiOs has apologized and deleted the tweet.]
Thousands of Americans sacrificed their lives when Pearl Harbor was attacked 72 years ago. SpaghettiOs remembers:
https://twitter.com/SpaghettiOs/status/409162874184298496
Screen shot just in case they have the good sense to delete it. Missed-by-a-mile @SpaghettiOs: pic.twitter.com/kilxSQsd0j
— Eric Williams (@ericwilliamsneu) December 7, 2013
Unsurprisingly, the grinning pasta mascot’s tribute didn’t go over too well. Are we about to see an opening for a new social media editor at the Campbell Soup brand?
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/409203831176564736
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/409213717641830402
https://twitter.com/SuzanEraslan/status/409169270539841537
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/409201425236099072
I think @SpaghettiOs missed the mark on that one.
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) December 7, 2013
Nothing says remember our veterans who endured a surprise attack like a twerking Miley Cyrus looking @SpaghettiOs! http://t.co/9qkJQ8Dl29
— Brian (@BrianBroadcasts) December 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/PatrickMillsaps/status/409203260772216833
There's no better way to commemorate a tragic loss of life than opening up a can of @SpaghettiOs. New slogan: "Uh oh, we're tone deaf!"
— Kevin Holder (@StockMail) December 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/409325417087000577
Someone over at the @SpaghettiOs Twitter acct doesn't get that Pearl Harbor Day isn't a "fun" day. #grabaclue
— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 7, 2013
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It's inappropriate to remember #PearlHarbor with a laughing piece of pasta. THIS ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE, @SpaghettiOs social media people.
— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 7, 2013
I remember it being sadder than this in History class RT @SpaghettiOs Take a moment to remember #PearlHarbor with us. http://t.co/03gjyQvkeZ
— Dan (@TheUnDaniel) December 7, 2013
How many cans of SpaghettiOs do you think the Hindenburg could have heated up? #SpaghettiOsRemembers
— Jeff Howe (@jeffunscripted) December 7, 2013
Didn't that JFK assassination make you want more sauce in your SpaghettiOs? #SpaghettiOsRemembers
— Jeff Howe (@jeffunscripted) December 7, 2013
Four score and seven cans ago…celebrate your new found freedom with a can of SpaghettiOs! #SpaghettiOsRemembers
— Jeff Howe (@jeffunscripted) December 7, 2013
Some went a little easier on SpaghettiOs:
Look, @SpaghettiOs at least wants us to remember #PEARLHARBOR MSNBC & the idiot Dems want to believe it never happened. I side with pasta.
— Church (@Church_On_F1) December 7, 2013
Helps bring attention to #PearlHarbor and #WWII for kids who r no longer taught its importance. @foxandfriends @TuckerCarlson #SpaghettiOs
— Martin VanValkenburg (@vanvalkenburgm) December 7, 2013
I am not wont to pile on @SpaghettiOs's trivial but well-meant graphical attempt at comemmorating Pearl Harbor; just… let it be, ya?
— Jay (@OneFineJay) December 7, 2013
Besides: canning has helped in military supply lines for a long time, so. Again. Trivial tribute? Yes. Vile? No. Leave @spaghettios alone.
— Jay (@OneFineJay) December 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/409260493422215168
Others saw a Photoshop-ready social media snafu:
Great moments in @SpaghettiOs history: the Yalta Conference. pic.twitter.com/aUXyEspYzx
— Thierry Côté (@tcote) December 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/apelad/statuses/409218859556536320
https://twitter.com/iamledgin/status/409238639718060032
https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/409208333120176129
Don't forget to remember the atrocities committed by the #KhmerRouge with your friends at @SpaghettiOs! pic.twitter.com/1nt6VRQUvm
— Eric Ledgin (@iamledgin) December 7, 2013
As of 9:30 a.m. ET, SpaghettiOs has not deleted the tweet or addressed critics via Twitter.
[Update]
We love this idea:
Forget SpaghettiOs: Here’s a much better use of social media on #PearlHarbor72