No one would ever want to do this Dew under the names the internet dubbed it.
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All the people at Mountain Dew wanted was a catchy name for their forthcoming green apple flavored beverage. Having faith in their loyal, caffeine-addicted, corn syrup-lovin' fans, they jumped on the crowdsourcing bandwagon and delegated their task to the public.
Unfortunately for the marketing folks at PepsiCo, 4Chan (and/or Reddit) users were most happy to oblige.
If threads spotted on the two forums are to be believed, hackers used vote-rigging software to game the Mountain Dew campaign, eventually taking over the name leaderboard for the new soda with classy suggestions like "Hitler did nothing wrong," "Fapple," and "Diabeetus," not to mention a whole bundle of inappropriate plays on the Granny Smith Apple.
4Chan is the same group that recently aimed its attentions on a Burger King employee allegedly caught stepping on lettuce.
Real classy, internet.
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