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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 143 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Obligatory "fuck Nestlé with a rusted pipe"

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm surprised Behind the Bastards hasn't covered them yet.

[–] ordinarylove@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

legit 3 part episode idea here

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] bss03@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
  • Nestle, Part 1: Bad for your Food
  • Nestle, Part 2: Bad for your Water
  • Nestle, Part 3: Bad for your Shelter
[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Nestle, Part 4: Bad for your Planet

Nestle, Part 5: Literal Slavery

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Didn't they do one about nestle fucking over Africa by pushing baby formula and then enshiyifying it to the point babies were dying from malnutrition?

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 94 points 2 days ago (1 children)

All Nestle has to do is buy a bunch of $TRUMP, And not only will they win this trademark case by Executive Order, but the Federal Government will literally sell Seattle to Nestle....

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Agreed. Also, I just wanted to point out that the way your comment is phrased makes it uncertain whether it's the name "Seattle" that Trump would sell to Nestlé or the actual city itself, including its, people, land, government and infrastructure. To clarify, I believe it would be both of those things.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey, he'd sell the people too

I feel like I did mention that, but I agree it needs to be stated twice, because he would absolutely sell people, fail to deliver, blame it on the buyer, tie them up in court until the buyer gives up, and then sell the people again.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nestlé purchased Seattle’s Best Coffee from Starbucks in 2022 and this April, filed a petition to cancel the Seattle Strong trademark name, claiming it is too similar to Seattle’s Best Coffee

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

OK, fuck Nestlé, but I expected this to be worse. Seattle's Best Coffee could reasonably be confused with Seattle Strong coffee by an uninformed consumer. This is one of the few Nestlé cases where it can be said to be reasonable. It pains me to say that.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a generic name and the only similarity is a city that's commonly associated with the product. If I made a bourbon named Kentucky's Favorite and later someone came around and made a bourbon called Preference of Kentucky that would be fair.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 day ago

You example is less similar than this one is, but you think it could be argued to be confusing to a consumer? I think your example could have an argument, but it wouldn't be as strong as this case.

Seattle [adjective] Coffee is very similar, especially since Best and Strong could be assumed to be different products by the same company.

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 day ago

Nestle can go fuck itself with a rusty rake.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nestle is that one mega corp I make sure I never buy.

Here's the list if anyone needs a refresher.

[–] DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

Buying local and small businesses are the best way to make sure you don't fund scummy mega corps!

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 31 points 2 days ago

Just like they own water? Fuckers.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wow. I didn't even realize Nestle owned Seattle's Best coffee. I've just avoided buying it because it tastes like absolute shit.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

that is also one of their mottos.

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[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It used to be good, but yeah the quality has been going down since before it sold to Nestle in 2022.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

I don't like Starbucks coffee, either. So even when it was off brand Starbucks owned I didn't really care for it, but the taste has definitely continued to go down hill.

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

There are surely more than 2 coffee places in Seattle with 'Seattle' in the name.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

And Nestlé owns them all.

It owns all the other ones, too, because they dare to have "Seattle" in their addresses.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago
  1. Sue them repeatedly until their legal costs bury them

  2. Buy them out for a pittance.

[–] EvilFonzy@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was just thinking I haven't heard of anything atrocious from Nestle in a few months. I'm glad they're still out there proving they're shit bags.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Remember when the news was so calm that there was time to talk about the shit Nestle has done this week?

Those were better times. And to think it's only been a few short decades since Biden left office.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 day ago

Bullshit like this should be handled with large fines for the offender (Nestle) and corporal punishment for their c-suite. This will create jobs by creating a whole new branch of law, “moronic IP claims law.”

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Anybody else remember the Pequod's vs QueeQueg's coffee plotline in Deus Ex Invisible War, the sort of bastard step child sequel?

I remember originally thinking it was way, way too on the nose, so as to be just actually goofy writing.

Welp, I used to think the same about Idiocracy, and reality seems hell bent on lowering its writing standards.

Christ.

...

Seattle's Best Coffee, Seattle Strong Coffee, Seattle's Most Social Isolated Coffee...

All Goddamned Nestle!

To the tone, cadence, and intensity of:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=bifOI4MbHVU

[–] kebab@endlesstalk.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Swiss neutrality at its finest

Switzerland took it's all the expansionism it had in it and just gave it to Nestle.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Weird fighting over shit. Seattle has fuck all to do with coffee. (If your claim to coffeedom is Starbucks, you're making my point for me.)

Nestle and America should not be fighting this in the courts. They should take it to the streets. Go to war over this. Corpo-fascists killing Fascist Corpos and the whole world wins.