Following a bizarre misunderstanding and huge public outcry and online protest, Snickers decided to debunk all the rumors and took to its Twitter account to clear the air. Snickers took to their public account to share that the beloved veins shall 'remain' despite the strange panic online.
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Snickers is here to lay rest to the rumors that it has removed the signature so-called 'dick veins' from its chocolate bars.
A few days back, a rumor went viral on Twitter that Mars Inc, the company that makes Snickers, had removed the ‘d**k vein’ from the top of the chocolate bars, supposedly after caving into a public outcry.
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A Twitter account called @JUNIPER first shared a screengrab from what appeared to be a Time Out article titled ‘Snickers are officially caving and removing the world renowned d**k vein from the candybar’, with a subheading adding: “Woke mobs have been begging for decades and finally cancel culture prevails.”
@JUNIPER tweeted: “Society is quickly losing so much culture to cancel culture with how it is.”
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The account then shared a picture of a Snickers bar without its well-known ridges, saying: “It’s already beginning. I just bought a Snickers (my favorite treat might I add) and it came out completely smooth. I am disgusted. I am shocked. I need to be alone right now.”
Though Snopes says that the screengrab from the news website was ‘not a genuine news article’ as the image had been heavily edited, although the myth debunking website said the photo of the vein-free Snickers bar may be legit, explaining: “This may have been the result of chocolate melting and then reforming, a manufacturing error, or some other cause.”
But as the matter went out of hand and more and more people took to Twitter to share their disappointment, Snickers decided to step in and confirm to the protesting people that the rumors have no base and that the beloved veins shall 'remain' despite the strange panic online.
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The official Snickers Twitter account tweeted: "Good news, contrary to what's trending on Twitter... THE VEINS REMAIN!"
The tweet has gone viral since then, which shows that the panic is somewhat settled for now.
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Snopes reports that people have been poking fun at the Snickers 'd**k vein' since at least 2009, linking through to a tweet from that year that said: "I luv snickers. Big chocolate stick in my mouth. They have veins just like a... I'll stop right there."
It seems like everything was a misunderstanding as the original Time Out article, posted on Friday 4 February 2022, had nothing to do with the veins of the popular chocolate bar, and was actually titled ‘Snickers are officially New York’s favorite candy’.
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