🐱 Slave labor gummi bears?

https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/43nvvq/investigation-alleges-haribo-gummies-are-made-using-slave-labor

 

[Male Idiot]

I know what i'm getting before work tomorrow!

 

[Hummingbird]

No, leave it. The Amazon reviews are amazing.

Like these ones...

• "I ate half of a 6 oz bag I picked up at CVS. They changed the color of the bag. I didn't know. I spent 24 hours in the fetal position on my bathroom floor repeating "please God, why?" I still don't have an answer."
• Let me preface this by saying I have a stomach of steel, I work in EMS and live off of fast food and cheap Mexican stands, so few things actually give me diarrhea. Have you ever been so constipated that your stomach hurts? These will fix the problem in less than an hour!! I had a cup, (yes, a cup, like a measuring cup) of these after going more than a week without a poo. Within an hour I was finally rid of the evil 6in log inside of me, it even softened enough that I didn't tear! Probably not the best thing for kids, though.
• Very disappointed. I read the reviews and bought these for my stepdad. I've given it to him multiple times and still nothing. I should have just bought the sugar free ones at the dollar store instead of spending extra money on this one. On the plus side, my stepdad never tasted the difference.
• Best helloween candy to give kids!
  

 

[Dysnomia]

False alarm, they're not slaves, they're just paid the minimum wage! I repeat, false alarm!

Fucking First-World Millenials, they think anything below $20/h or any job where you actually have to work is slavery.

The conditions are bad but if they lose their jobs over "muh slave labor" outcry then their conditions will be much worse.

Just supply them some clean water and tents or something.

I feel bad for the piggies. But a lot of people don't give a damn about animals that are going to end up food. Pigs are pretty clean when they aren't kept in small unsanitary pens.

 

[Un Platano]

Plot Twist: Turns out this all a ruse by Germany's other high-fructose corn syrup sugar peddler Trolli to put Hairibo out of business, if only to live up to the "troll" in its name.

If they were out to ruin Haribo they would focus less on "Gummy bears are made by slaves" and more on "Gummy bears are made by Brazillians"

 

[AnOminous]

I was prepared to be outrage, but it's just Brazilians. Brazilians aren't actual people.

Remember the six Brazilians!

 

[Randy Lahey]

They wouldn’t taste as good if they weren’t made by slaves

 

[CWCissey]

They wouldn’t taste as good if they weren’t made by slaves

Fairtrade chocolate is a good example of this statement.

 

[Coldgrip]

What next, their cola-gummis are made with orphan tears?

Because that would explain why they're absolutely fantastic.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

Everyone knows you can only get such a delicious flavor from the tears of 2-year-old Chinese infants. I honestly don't see why it's such a big deal!

 

[CWCissey]

Kids and Grown-ups paid so low, the working world of Haribo!

 

[Fareal]

Plot Twist: Turns out this all a ruse by Germany's other high-fructose corn syrup sugar peddler Trolli to put Hairibo out of business, if only to live up to the "troll" in its name.

Trolli tastes like absolute death though. I remember the Trolli pizza challenge from my childhood: how much Trolli gummy pizza can you eat before you throw up

 

[Diesel Boogaloo]

The conditions are bad but if they lose their jobs over "muh slave labor" outcry then their conditions will be much worse.

This.

Having a choice between being unemployed and working for Haribo beats having no choice.