Editing 38: Apple Jacks

{{comic
| number    = 38
| date      = November 30, 2005
| title     = Apple Jacks
| image     = apple_jacks.jpg
| imagesize = 
| titletext = There used to be these ads, see . . .
}}

==Explanation==
{{w|Apple Jacks}} is a breakfast cereal produced by {{w|Kellogg’s}}. As the image text begins to explain, there was an ad campaign for the cereal in the 1990s which focused on someone (usually someone in authority like a parent) pointing out that Apple Jacks don't taste like apples, and one or more kids pointing out that it doesn't matter and that "we eat what we like". According to Wikipedia, Apple Jacks ''are'' intended to be apple and cinnamon flavoured. It is therefore unclear why anyone thought a good ad campaign would be to suggest that they don't taste like apples. In any event, in the comic, the father prompts his son by noting that Apple Jacks don't taste like apples. However, instead of the campaign's response with the son laughing off his dad's comment and correcting him, the son responds in perhaps a more realistic way by simply saying "fuck off, dad". This could also be a commentary on today's youth being far less respectful, as the son is playing video games, and seems annoyed at being interrupted. Another view may be that this is not the first time the father has used the line, and the son is getting annoyed by it.

The same ad campaign was referenced previously in {{explain|27: Meat Cereals}} on a parody cereal box.
 
==Transcript==
:[Father is standing holding a bowl of Scrapple Jacks in his hand. Son is sitting on the floor playing video games.]
:Father: Hey, these don't taste like apples!
:Son: Fuck off, dad.

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 | date      = November 30, 2005
 | title     = Apple Jacks
-| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Apple%20Jacks Original title</span>]: '''Wednesday's Drawing - Apple Jacks'''</big></big>
 | image     = apple_jacks.jpg
-| titletext = There used to be these ads, see...<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Apple%20Jacks Original caption</span>]: Who else remembers those commercials?
+| imagesize =
+| titletext = There used to be these ads, see . . .
 }}
 ==Explanation==
-This was the thirty-nineth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[42: Geico]], and the next one was [[43: Red Spiders 2]].
+{{w|Apple Jacks}} is a breakfast cereal produced by {{w|Kellogg’s}}. As the image text begins to explain, there was an ad campaign for the cereal in the 1990s which focused on someone (usually someone in authority like a parent) pointing out that Apple Jacks don't taste like apples, and one or more kids pointing out that it doesn't matter and that "we eat what we like". According to Wikipedia, Apple Jacks ''are'' intended to be apple and cinnamon flavoured. It is therefore unclear why anyone thought a good ad campaign would be to suggest that they don't taste like apples. In any event, in the comic, the father prompts his son by noting that Apple Jacks don't taste like apples. However, instead of the campaign's response with the son laughing off his dad's comment and correcting him, the son responds in perhaps a more realistic way by simply saying "fuck off, dad". This could also be a commentary on today's youth being far less respectful, as the son is playing video games, and seems annoyed at being interrupted. Another view may be that this is not the first time the father has used the line, and the son is getting annoyed by it.
-{{w|Apple Jacks}} is a breakfast cereal produced by {{w|Kellogg's}}. As the title text begins to explain, there was an ad campaign for the cereal in the 1990s that focused on someone (usually someone in authority like a parent) pointing out that Apple Jacks doesn't taste like apples, and one or more kids pointing out that it doesn't matter and that "we eat what we like". However, instead of laughing off his dad's comment and correcting him, as in the campaign, this son responds by simply saying "Fuck off, Dad.".
-This could be a commentary on today's youth being far less respectful, as the son is playing video games and seems annoyed at being interrupted, though this does not align with Randall’s public views. It may not be the first time the father has used the line, and the son is irritated by the repetition. It could also be saying that the response in the ads is unrealistic, and this is a much more realistic response. The same ad campaign was referenced previously in [[27: Meat Cereals]] on a parody cereal labelled Scrapple Jacks. Cereal advertising would be referenced again in [[1470: Kix]].
-As with many of the earlier comics, the title text and the original caption help explain the joke rather than adding to it.
+The same ad campaign was referenced previously in {{explain|27: Meat Cereals}} on a parody cereal box.
 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball is standing holding a bowl in his hand. His son is sitting on the floor playing video games.]
+:[Father is standing holding a bowl of Scrapple Jacks in his hand. Son is sitting on the floor playing video games.]
-:Cueball: Hey, these don't taste like apples!
+:Father: Hey, these don't taste like apples!
-:Son: Fuck off, Dad.
+:Son: Fuck off, dad.
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+{{Comic discussion}}
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