"Uh-oh! Spaghettios" has just gotten a whole new meaning.
Seventy-three years after the Japanese navy attacked the U.S. with a surprise strike on Pearl Harbor, American pasta company SpaghettiOs commemorated the event in a dubious tweet Friday night — and many Twitter users were not happy.
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Here's what SpaghettiOs tweeted Friday, on the eve of the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
Take a moment to remember #PearlHarbor with us. pic.twitter.com/B8E1cFKgEo
— SpaghettiOs (@SpaghettiOs) December 7, 2013
Twitter users who saw the tweet, including celebrities Patton Oswalt and Wil Wheaton, were quick to point out that this was perhaps not the best way to mark such an historic and tragic event.
What the actual fuck is wrong with you people? RT @SpaghettiOs: Take a moment to remember #PearlHarbor with us. pic.twitter.com/U52nS5oq9Y
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) December 7, 2013
Dear @SpaghettiOs: Genuinely afraid to scroll back & see what you Tweeted on the 50th anniversary of JFKs assassination.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 7, 2013
"Uh-oh, @SpaghettiOs the humanity!" pic.twitter.com/FMY5AbYIvy
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 7, 2013
Uh, brand. You're doing it wrong RT @SpaghettiOs: Take a moment to remember #PearlHarbor with us. pic.twitter.com/bsfQPgNKkJ
— Shawn Reynolds (@WCL_Shawn) December 7, 2013
@SpaghettiOs wow. horrible.
— Kevin Doohan (@kdoohan) December 7, 2013
.@SpaghettiOs You don't ask others to remember a military tragedy by putting the focus on your brand mascot. NEVER make it about you.
— Mack Collier (@MackCollier) December 7, 2013
A ready-to-eat pasta that will live in infamy. pic.twitter.com/Jg3RzV00Tj
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) December 7, 2013
Surprise attack scores stunning bad-taste coup. #ohoh RT @SpaghettiOs Take a moment to remember #PearlHarbor with us. pic.twitter.com/rOMAkUdgpI
— Mark Eckenwiler (@20002ist) December 7, 2013
However, not everyone thought the tweet was inappropriate.
Again I see nothing wrong with @SpaghettiOs honoring Pearl Harbor in their own way! #AmericanTradition
— Sebastian كافر (@WhatKyleSays) December 7, 2013
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