Social media gone too far? Birdseye launches hashtag-shaped potato smileys

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

It's Twitter, for your mouth!

There was a simpler time, a time when potato snacks were shaped like smiley faces, leaving only an aftertaste of faint nostalgia and plastic.

But those days are gone, now Birdseye are producing potato hashtags and potato @ symbols and calling them Mashtags.

"The addition of Mashtags to our food range is an exciting development for Birds Eye. Social media is all about conversation and we’re confident Mashtags will resonate across various groups of people," said Pete Johnson, senior brand manager at Birds Eye.

Resonate. With an oven-baked potato product.

He continues: "We’re constantly looking for ways to innovate and inspire consumers and hope that Mashtags will get people talking around the table and help to make mealtimes more enjoyable."

Billed as '#NEW' and '#Tasty', Mashtags will be available in Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco and more from March.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/social-media-gone-too-far-birdseye-launches-hashtagshaped-potato-smileys-9134366.html

Thanks, UK!

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Mashtags. That's clever.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

I'm trying to keep the words "pound sign" afloat.

When did people start saying hashtag anyway? It is only from Twitter? Is it a britishism? My dictionary says it's from the 1980s (hash, at least). Let's see if OED has anything to say on the matter.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I'm trying to keep the words "pound sign" afloat.

When did people start saying hashtag anyway? It is only from Twitter? Is it a britishism? My dictionary says it's from the 1980s (hash, at least). Let's see if OED has anything to say on the matter.

# will always mean "number" or "pounds" to me. I'm a non-conformist, shcrew Twitter!

Edited February 19, 2014 by Teddy B

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

It's Twitter, for your mouth!

There was a simpler time, a time when potato snacks were shaped like smiley faces, leaving only an aftertaste of faint nostalgia and plastic.

But those days are gone, now Birdseye are producing potato hashtags and potato @ symbols and calling them Mashtags.

"The addition of Mashtags to our food range is an exciting development for Birds Eye. Social media is all about conversation and we’re confident Mashtags will resonate across various groups of people," said Pete Johnson, senior brand manager at Birds Eye.

Resonate. With an oven-baked potato product.

He continues: "We’re constantly looking for ways to innovate and inspire consumers and hope that Mashtags will get people talking around the table and help to make mealtimes more enjoyable."

Billed as '#NEW' and '#Tasty', Mashtags will be available in Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco and more from March.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/social-media-gone-too-far-birdseye-launches-hashtagshaped-potato-smileys-9134366.html

Thanks, UK!

Just more proof of Obama's liberal socialist agenda creeping it's way into our traditional values.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Report:

"Hash" is from the 1980s.

"Pound" is chiefly US, because it would be confused with £ (I guess).

Presumably before "hash" was used, it was called "number sign" (in use since the 1890s)

I will accept "pound" or "number" sign.

Now, who wants to eat pounds and hash?

Edited February 19, 2014 by Harpa Timsah

[Teddy B 17,252]

Report:

"Hash" is from the 1980s.

"Pound" is chiefly US, because it would be confused with £ (I guess).

Presumably before "hash" was used, it was called "number sign."

I will accept "pound" or "number" sign.

Now, who wants to eat pounds and hash?

Does it come with a side of Cheetos?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Does it come with a side of Cheetos?

No, Cheetos aren't readily available in the UK.

[Teddy B 17,252]

No, Cheetos aren't readily available in the UK.

Neither am I.