Barilla pasta is for straight people- Page 3

[Wynbish]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 5:14pm

Don't rule out "still are"

[siny]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 6:10pm

I will stop buying it for sure. There are tons of other brands out there.

[suestorm]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 6:18pm

With all thwse companies we need to boycott. Countries. Performer's. stores. Food. Can we get a list its so I'm afraid to ear. Dri j. Shop. Travel. Anymore.

[suestorm]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 6:18pm

With all these companies we need to boycott. Countries. Performer's. stores. Food. Clothing.

. Can we get a list its so I'm afraid to leave the house or eat. Dri nk. Shop. Travel. Anymore.

Updated On: 9/26/13 at 06:18 PM

[Cassandra2]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 6:41pm

You wouldn't need a list if you had common sense.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 7:44pm

I don't eat their products anymore. For a while now I've been eating whole Delallo pasta because its whole wheat and I've also used Rao's marinara sauce.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 8:23pm

Reading their US Facebook page has been fun. A ton of support, and those that share Guido's views are quickly admonished.

There's one guy who claims he's homosexual supporting Guido, and his right to free speech. There's always one self hating queer in the bunch, isn't there?

[Wynbish]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 8:33pm

There's always one... I love how people try to make this about the 1st Amendment. And by "love", I mean "I want to hit them"

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 9:13pm

It's not exported to the US but this controversy is even more intense in Italy. The caption here reads "We don't care who you make pasta with, as long as you cook it al dente!"

[Joviedamian]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 10:51pm

So let me get this straight...Barilla is asking gay folks to eat other people's noodles?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 11:44pm

Their pasta always came out very slippery. Pretty easy product to boycott/ignore.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 2:37pm

Add me to the list of straight people who don't like it either.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 2:47pm

Suuuuuuuure.

[Wildcard]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 3:21pm

[Addison D.]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 3:22pm

Buitoni, which--unlike Barilla--apparently HAS a functioning P.R. Department, issued a statement saying:

“At Buitoni's house, there's a place for everyone.”

[blueroses]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 4:06pm

The Bertolli ad is adorable.

[Addison D.]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 4:26pm

So--in that Bertolli ad: That's a gay (Pasta)couple dancing in the spoon, and a mixed-race Lesbian (pasta) couple with a baby boy next, and a str8 (pasta) couple walking a (pasta) dog?

Or am I reading too much into it???

[StockardFan]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 4:39pm

"Not for this straight person."

You took the words right out of my mouth.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 4:44pm

I would assume the penne pasta are gay boys, but I don't know any lesbians that wear bowties....

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 5:00pm

Buitoni donates huge amounts of money to block GMO labeling.

I would t buy from them, either.

[suestorm]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 5:15pm

Addison: lmao

Buitoni donates huge amounts of money to block GMO labeling. I would t buy from them, either.

Uh oh add another to the list. Do we have any idea if any of these pasta companies pays high wages or are advertisi g in the Olympics or Fox TV or is sold at Walmart or employ underage workers or make their workers work OT?

Updated On: 9/27/13 at 05:15 PM

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 5:31pm

"I would assume the penne pasta are gay boys, but I don't know any lesbians that wear bowties...."

[romantico]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 5:49pm

Well, we knew one of the bigots were gonna suggest this.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 6:14pm

Guido make a the apology on a the face a book today. I don't a buy a word of it.

[Addison D.]

Posted: 9/27/13 at 7:00pm

In a world (as Don LaFontaine would have said...) where it seems that every message is scripted by PR departments, vetted by lawyers and tested by focus groups, and where every "off the cuff comment" and "candid" video is likely to be a carefully-orchestrated piece of a viral campaign, I find comments like Mr. Barilla's to be refreshing--a reminder that people do still have their own thoughts, feelings and opinions. I picture Guido as a bit of a deer in the headlights--too old-school to realize that the Social Media universe is waiting to pounce on anyone--no matter how isolated or insulated the forum in which they are speaking might appear to be.

Such moments of transparent candor, of course, are brief. The spin control machine goes into overdrive and the apologies--taken verbatim out of the Stock Apology Handbook--are issued--insincere, irrelevant and meaningless, except in the semiotics of Consumer Relations--and poor Guido is hustled off the public stage, never to return.

Had Guido told us that he, personally, didn't like the Gayz, I might still consider buying his pasta. But he made a point of telling me that--because I'm gay--I should buy another product. And so I will...