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    "Pepsi Number Fever, also known as the 349 incident, was a promotion held by PepsiCo in the Philippines in 1992, which led to riots and the deaths of at least five people."
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  • @Qxir
    @Qxir  2 ปีที่แล้ว +363

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    • @hyphen8d725
      @hyphen8d725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      the thumbnail has 439 instead of 349

    • @TEAisok
      @TEAisok 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hyphen8d725 lol

    • @killerpirate1129
      @killerpirate1129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Qxir, I suggest making a video about the movement to bring back coca colas surge, I found it very interesting.

    • @freddieban-murray9848
      @freddieban-murray9848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't worry no one saw the 439

    • @gatorermy8204
      @gatorermy8204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oklahoma bombing video when?

  • @TheDevil259
    @TheDevil259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6188

    Killing people over bottle caps? Sounds like something straight out of Fallout.

    • @nickrustyson8124
      @nickrustyson8124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +475

      Isn't that literally the whole Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Caps quest?

    • @BlogingLP
      @BlogingLP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@nickrustyson8124
      Yup

    • @brandonstevens5628
      @brandonstevens5628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I was literally thinking that exact same thing when he said it

    • @gobus6189
      @gobus6189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I was gonna say the exact same thing

    • @daviddavidson2357
      @daviddavidson2357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was thinking the same thing

  • @thehenlo6368
    @thehenlo6368 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4193

    This brings a whole new meaning to "Tales From the Bottle".

  • @KeithMcDinkley
    @KeithMcDinkley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1942

    My dad was one of the winners in the 349 incident. Instead of protesting he shrugged and said "Well fuck Pepsi, I'm drinking Coke.", and not to mention he still hates Pepsi to this day.

    • @cameron9380
      @cameron9380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      349* guy, its literally in the title of the video

    • @KeithMcDinkley
      @KeithMcDinkley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@cameron9380 my bad.

    • @cameron9380
      @cameron9380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@KeithMcDinkley its all good grandma bertha

    • @Hassan-zw9tb
      @Hassan-zw9tb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      chad dad

    • @exudeku
      @exudeku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Based yung papa mo, pre.

  • @TheLastArbiter
    @TheLastArbiter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    Man Pepsi has a wacky history, with this, the harrier incident and the whole trading soda for Russian subs and warships

    • @devlintaylor9520
      @devlintaylor9520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Im still in shock that Pepsi won the case over the harrier incident

    • @TheLastArbiter
      @TheLastArbiter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@devlintaylor9520 it was a valiant effort

    • @devlintaylor9520
      @devlintaylor9520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@TheLastArbiter This case i understand why Pepsi won, but that commercial was blatant false advertisement

    • @isabellind1292
      @isabellind1292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funny how it flew under the radar when Coca Cola thought it was a good plan to teach their employees to "BE LESS WHITE". If it'd been any other race people would have rioted across America!

  • @lordduelist8716
    @lordduelist8716 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3139

    So this is what the real life fallout bottle cap hunt is like.

    • @sterlinsilver
      @sterlinsilver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Excruciatingly frustrating?

    • @vintageshed965
      @vintageshed965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      More specifically the Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottlecap

    • @BioHazard4234
      @BioHazard4234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Right? crazy shit

    • @Dimension640
      @Dimension640 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I wonder if they were inspired by this story

    • @msfnxy8930
      @msfnxy8930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      that mf scares me every time he's just booking it towards me

  • @madmatt1998
    @madmatt1998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1432

    I'm a Filipino and I currently live in the Philippines, my Uncle's friend actually worked in Pepsi Distribution during this incident years ago and they said that this was pretty much how it went. People here are desperate for Money, even up to the modern days, as poverty is ripe here, and people get into fights over the pettiest of things. Just last week or so as of posting, someone killed another over not being invited to a Birthday Party.
    But for a more Grand Scale, the Philippine Government Banned some celebrities for "Badmouthing" the country, such as Claire Danes and even The Beatles back in the day as they gave some opinions of the country that were negative, like it needed better public sanitation protocols.

    • @FriedrichHerschel
      @FriedrichHerschel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      "If I do not get invited to your birthday party, it will be your last." sounds pretty petty.

    • @mixmaster1905
      @mixmaster1905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      But the Beatles one is during the marcos.

    • @worldcomicsreview354
      @worldcomicsreview354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      I had an e-friend who lived in the Phillippines, she lived in a shack but would beg me to send her money for an iPad or Samsung Galaxy, with the highly-convincing reasoning of "I never had that before". Bitch, neither did I.

    • @hanbyeol12
      @hanbyeol12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pukinangina moment tbh
      Someone needs to get sued

    • @cyjico
      @cyjico 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Marcos was pretty bad ngl

  • @ianbrennan9635
    @ianbrennan9635 2 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    This is basically a darker version of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”.

  • @777hellsent
    @777hellsent 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Asked my mom about this, she said it was true and apparently the entire Pepsi number fever program was the reason why people still hoard bottlecaps to this day

    • @dddddd211
      @dddddd211 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why is it a reason????

    • @777hellsent
      @777hellsent ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Because it's some superstition to keep the bottlecaps after this event, you might win or smth idk people just do it and a year later I still see people doing it

    • @dddddd211
      @dddddd211 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@777hellsent that's dumb. People really are doomed to fail.

    • @777hellsent
      @777hellsent ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can't blame them at all, superstitions run deep here

    • @oi-cj1pz
      @oi-cj1pz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fallout moment

  • @lostphoenix1911
    @lostphoenix1911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +632

    Two people murdered over a bottle cap? That just sounds like another normal day in the wasteland!

    • @aborted4196
      @aborted4196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      That's kind of racist to call the Philippines a wasteland bro...
      I know, I know, fallout reference...

    • @julian2626
      @julian2626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Ahhh, now i miss New Vegas...

    • @visayanmissnanny2.076
      @visayanmissnanny2.076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@aborted4196 Well, certain places of Tondo is a wasteland with smiley faces
      I can tell, I'm from Manila

    • @l.lproductions3928
      @l.lproductions3928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@visayanmissnanny2.076 just sell the scraps their for caps work every time

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aborted4196 Fallout Vegas and Fallout 4 idiot

  • @BReal-10EC
    @BReal-10EC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1342

    To be fair, all of these contests have fine print saying basically they are not responsible for mistakes and can change anything at any time. They avoid legal issues by allowing you to get a play for free somehow (mail in thing usually), so payment is not required. And if you are not paying for a service, then you have no legal recourse if you don't get what you think you should have gotten.

    • @GrumpyIan
      @GrumpyIan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      If they require you to pay (arguably buying a bottle of soda to get the number) it's considered gambling. That's why they say "no purchase necessary" at the end of any promo.

    • @worldcomicsreview354
      @worldcomicsreview354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@GrumpyIan When I was a kid, competitions like that would usually be accompanied by some ridiculously easy question. I think because adding it a question made it a "game of skill" and not a "game of chance", thus not gambling.

    • @galaxysurfer1122
      @galaxysurfer1122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@worldcomicsreview354 This still happens (last time I checked) on British Independent TV channels, they promote a phone competition supposedly to win huge sums by answering 1 question, which is, as mentioned, usually extremely easy. The TV companies garner lots of income from these premium rate calls, and as you say, it's to avoid it being called 'gambling'.

    • @charlesford157
      @charlesford157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Which was changed to this wording after the debacle that was the 349 Pepsi incident.

    • @mwbgaming28
      @mwbgaming28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Companies shouldn't be allowed to put sneaky clauses in the fine print to avoid doing the very thing their ads are promoting
      The fine print is not a shield

  • @robiguzman8529
    @robiguzman8529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    My grandfather used to collect Pepsi bottles during this era and got 10 different bottles with 349. My dad still tells this story to this day, glad to see it in a qxir video

    • @joelglanton6531
      @joelglanton6531 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did he get his 5,000 pesos?

    • @oi-cj1pz
      @oi-cj1pz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Did he manage to finally buy that nice set of power armor hes been looking at for years?

  • @ProfessionalGasLighting
    @ProfessionalGasLighting 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1674

    “Maid arrested for stealing employers winning can” should have been written “Maid does her job and when her employer found out there was a winning can on their premises he claimed it was his and had enough money to take her to court knowing he’d win his money back”

    • @gimmeabreak4435
      @gimmeabreak4435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Is that how the full story went down?

    • @worldcomicsreview354
      @worldcomicsreview354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +309

      @@gimmeabreak4435 Wouldn't surprise me. Some upper-middle-cl-arse couple in the UK threw out a painting, a worker at the dump recognised it as a lost Picasso or something, and was set to sell it for millions, when the couple sued becausr it was "theirs". The legal battle went on for ages.

    • @kotzpenner
      @kotzpenner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@worldcomicsreview354 What cunts. I mean I can somewhat understand the shock of losing something incredibly valuable but man, you relinquish any ownership of a thing you throw out. Hope the guy won the battle, got more sources on this? Sounds interesting af.

    • @ergwertgesrthehwehwejwe
      @ergwertgesrthehwehwejwe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      @@gimmeabreak4435 No. He literally just made that up.

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was she part P00RtoeRiCAN ??

  • @tommynewman567
    @tommynewman567 2 ปีที่แล้ว +810

    These are what I look forward to every week. My day is now better.

    • @iTsKovxkzR
      @iTsKovxkzR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ahhh, murder 🤤🥰

    • @infinite8382
      @infinite8382 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i lurv izz ackZent

    • @maggy154
      @maggy154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Top ten Tommy Newman comments

  • @pajamapantsjack5874
    @pajamapantsjack5874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    I wonder if this story had influence on the star bottle cap plot on new Vegas. I wouldn’t rule it out new Vegas has some very obscure references in it.

    • @eddie810
      @eddie810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      HOLY CRAPPP!!!!! IS THAT A FALLOUT NEW VEGAS REFERENCE?? “WHAT IN THE GODDAMN-“ HAHAHAHAHAHA!! DEGENERATES LIKE YOU BELONG ON A CROSS!! PATROLLING THE MOJAVE ALMOST MAKES YOU WISH FOR A NUCLEAR WINTER!! HAHAHAHA

    • @fyoutube9363
      @fyoutube9363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Frecking hated that quest, just about finished every other quest only had 29 star caps

    • @SgtMjRomero
      @SgtMjRomero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@fyoutube9363 29 star caps after the entire game? Man, you oughta explore more places.

    • @fyoutube9363
      @fyoutube9363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@SgtMjRomero ahhhh I just put it down to a low luck build

    • @alphapegasus9761
      @alphapegasus9761 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      what the fuck is that anime sydney pfp

  • @solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad
    @solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    I love that, in the end, it just caused people to hate Pepsi and drink more Coke

    • @re_i_gn
      @re_i_gn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Yeah pretty much. Coke is still the biggest soda brand here in the Philippines and many kids grow up with missing teeth because of it. Parents use it as some kind of "treat" to bribe their kids into doing whatever task they want them to do.

    • @sam8742
      @sam8742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@re_i_gn
      Not trying to sound like a dick but the Philippines has a really strange culture to it. It seems out of place in the rest of SEA

    • @re_i_gn
      @re_i_gn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@sam8742 that's mostly thanks to centuries of colonization from the Spanish, Japanese, and Americans. We basically had an identity crisis and the mishmash of cultures really separated us from the more well-defined characteristics of countries like Indonesia and Malaysia.

    • @occidere13
      @occidere13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lol even now I barely see Pepsi in 'tiyanges' (convenient stores)

    • @themightykv-5410
      @themightykv-5410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You could just drink Water like a sane person :/

  • @ComaDave
    @ComaDave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    Patrolling the Mojave makes you wish for a Sunset Sarsaparilla.

    • @SenkaBandit
      @SenkaBandit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      As bad for your health as a nuclear winter.

    • @nightfall1826
      @nightfall1826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Nuka-Cola is trash, Sunset Sarsaparilla is the GOAT.

    • @theenigmaticst7572
      @theenigmaticst7572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @knowpe That's for Fallout 5 1/2...

    • @RealBradMiller
      @RealBradMiller 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      for real though, sarsaparilla is a great soda, as is birch soda. :)

    • @RealBradMiller
      @RealBradMiller 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @METAL GETS ME HIGH Yes! That's the type I got my hands on, I just made a comment and was like "I'll never remember the name.."

  • @ButtProsecutor
    @ButtProsecutor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +507

    I've been a fan of your vids for like, 2 years now and it still amazes me you can find these interesting stories still. Unironically dude you have a distinctive art style + you are great at narration + you do your research. Like keep pushing forward with this and make sure you are doing all the right SEO tags and this will turn into something that will just keep making you money long term forever. This like separates you head and shoulders above other channels

    • @ButtProsecutor
      @ButtProsecutor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Not to bitch out and make an edit to this post, obv other channels do their research but like you are actually digging in to find these stories that aren't already super commonplace on the internet. It's great to document them in the way you do so keep sticking to that cause it's def paying off

    • @infinite8382
      @infinite8382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "it still amazes me you can find these interesting stories still"
      Humans have been around a long time, doing interesting, amazing and stoopid shit. I can assure you that there is no shortage of stories.

    • @NearlyH3adlessNick
      @NearlyH3adlessNick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@infinite8382 and we make more every day!! XD

    • @infinite8382
      @infinite8382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NearlyH3adlessNick yep, right this minute, somewhere on this planet, some one is doing something that will make them famous or infamous ;)

    • @gownerjones
      @gownerjones 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is a nice message and I don't mean this in a mean way, but you say "like" too much.

  • @Inderastein
    @Inderastein 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    As a person living in the Philippines, this is seriously funny and relatable.
    -This happened 2 weeks or more after the elections of Cory Aquino so Pepsi really wanted a grasp on the situation with the celebrations.
    -This is literally Fallout shelter, when he saw me playing the game as I quote myself "We get caps from getting quests or killing people!" then one of my **fathers told me about this incident
    -In fact the media even considered this a funny meme to not buy Pepsi products, however this did boast Pepsi's power here in the Php after our generation started loving it and forgetting 349
    -People would literally turn into a Mafia on Pepsi and allow it(Which side note: Happens a *lot* back then)
    -And in old Filipino fashion, still were ol' gamer tryhards of the SEAsia, since many don't actually drink Pepsi, they wanted the caps and threw away the coke! They weren't there for the drink but for the cap
    Much like us now, not for the experience, but for the competition.(Trust me it's still with us)
    -Then the fact that we weren't thought about this in school but from our elders and taxi drivers
    -Oh yeah right, Murder and Kidnap was like everyday/week during that Mafia time in any place. So literally 2 guys dying from a bottle cap guy was like in my mind "huh, just a normal day in old Philippines" and clap away to signal I'm not a threat.
    Anyways thanks for the nostalgia of hearing this again, but from a foreigner this time!

  • @33Napalm
    @33Napalm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I always wondered how you could carry millions of bottle caps in Fallout. After watching this all became clear, they used the number fever caps as bills! Great research Qxir.

    • @oi-cj1pz
      @oi-cj1pz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ah, it all makes sense now! On a completely unrelated note, have you seen my dog? I last saw him with some chinese ghouls . . .

  • @The.Nevadan
    @The.Nevadan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    This reminds me of the one quest in FNV with the sunset sarsaparilla star bottle caps, with people killing eachother them as well lol

  • @AnonOmis1000
    @AnonOmis1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    "Some people are just dumb"
    Aka: Hanlon's Razor

    • @gnk-seriespowerdroid4405
      @gnk-seriespowerdroid4405 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@somedumbozzie1539 and even when there’s a larger conspiracy stupidity always comes to play somewhere

  • @user-ue5cp4re3k
    @user-ue5cp4re3k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I’m from the Philippines and even I had no idea this even happened
    Though honestly I’m not surprised, the poverty here is absolutely insane and people are willing to do anything just to make a enough money to continue living

  • @Andrew58251
    @Andrew58251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Coca cola: "we make soda"
    Pepsi: "we have a massive navy and bribe people in the Phillipines to blow up our delivery trucks"

    • @Gaizaz
      @Gaizaz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ayyyyyyyyyyyeee ITS ANDREW!

    • @slavic_viking9638
      @slavic_viking9638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Their so called "navy" which they got from the USSR was disarmed and had no weapons on it so saying they had a massive navy is wrong since they couldn't use it

    • @genejas
      @genejas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Coca cola did fund deathsquads in colombia tho

    • @Andrew58251
      @Andrew58251 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@slavic_viking9638 ik, it's a joke buddy

    • @BakedCookiezz
      @BakedCookiezz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pepsi and Coca Cola are owned by the same institutions...all the money goes to the same place, check it out..

  • @Sto_nedt
    @Sto_nedt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    Qxir uploading on a monday? Thats hella rare.

    • @trueaussieray9093
      @trueaussieray9093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      i Don't question..i just watch..

    • @fyoutube9363
      @fyoutube9363 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But it's Tuesday lol

    • @fyoutube9363
      @fyoutube9363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@barlb0se301 mmm Tuesday the 12th of Oct 7:22 am 🤔 I checked it now what ?

    • @Salod7806
      @Salod7806 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@barlb0se301 its tuesday

    • @rutwickgangurde3247
      @rutwickgangurde3247 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks to NordVPN.

  • @LTPottenger
    @LTPottenger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    That Willy Wonka sequel sure is a lot darker.

  • @karmakaze6694
    @karmakaze6694 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I hope I'm not the only person that noticed that rule 4 (visible at around 6:00 minutes) said specifically "All winning numbers are valid throughout the promo period." It seems to me the Philippines courts made a major mistake (probably with the help of a little of Pepsi's cash).

  • @RealmRabbit
    @RealmRabbit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    The Pythagoreans in Ancient Greece (followers of Pythagoras, famous mathematician who came up with the Pythagorean Theorem (in triangles A squared plus B squared equals C squared and such)) were willing to kill people over a number... They believed that everything was made up of number (it was what they saw as arche, that's a lot to go into which I'll skip over)... Long story short, they kind of worshipped numbers in a cult-like way and they didn't understand irrational numbers like the square root of 2 and the existence of such numbers was kind of like a cult secret that they didn't like to acknowledge... When a guy named Hippasus of Metapontum thought of irrational numbers and talked about it to the Pythagoreans, legend says that they were shocked and threw him off the boat they were on (possibly leading to him drowning)... ALTHOUGH apparently some sources say he drowned because he told people how to construct a dodecahedron inside of a sphere...
    Either way, this guy was tossed off a boat and perhaps drowned and it was all done because he was a math nerd who may have brought up irrational numbers...
    But yeah, in these times they basically didn't have decimal points I think, so they didn't understand numbers like 1.99 or 0.5, this cult just treated it as a secret that they exist xD

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      try getting anybody to worship math nowadays lmao, though people always worship stupid things i think most people are too stupid (including me) to fathom worshipping math, our hated enemy.

    • @arlynnecumberbatch1056
      @arlynnecumberbatch1056 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      those "pythagoreans" making a cult for numbers is like something catholics has done to make this god forsaken religion, called church of christ

    • @blank557
      @blank557 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Silly Pythagoreans. The answer is always "42".

  • @aidanlindell2260
    @aidanlindell2260 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Qxir on a Monday? Suddenly not being able to afford lunch is a little more tolerable

  • @alfonix562
    @alfonix562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The 349 incident
    the thumbnail: 439

  • @dingleberryrobinson497
    @dingleberryrobinson497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4:35 Oh. So this takes place in the "Fallout" universe.

  • @BUMMY105
    @BUMMY105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This helps explain why the entire Nation supports Coke and how Pepsi is almost non-existent in the country today. Literally besides SIM Card companies and Unilever, Coke is the main thing you'll see advertised everywhere (until Globe started mass-advertising Mobile Legends into every nook and cranny of the nation).
    Honestly, I never knew Pepsi existed until I moved to the States and asked for a bottle of Sarsi. It was a strange and confusing moment for me.

  • @HazeyCazeyTv
    @HazeyCazeyTv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Love these obscure crazy stories.

  • @tinglestingles
    @tinglestingles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I like stories with angry mobs, pitchforks, and flaming torches... especially when mentioning agent provocateurs.

  • @dfpytwa
    @dfpytwa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember in the late 70's when I was a teen Pepsi and Coke used to have those cash caps which were mostly losers but some had anything from a 25 cents to $20 printed under them. I used to ride my bicycle around town at night and this was back before vandals and thieves were thick as tar and just about every business had a soda machine outside of it and they all had those green returnable pop bottles with the caps. I taped a neodymium magnet to a broken telescopic radio antenna and I would raid the bottle opener cap catcher on all of those machines. I would fill a sack full of them every night then pull off the rubber liners after I got home. I would make about $6 a night which wasn't bad for a kid in the 70's just farting around. Those 16oz sodas were only about 25 cents back then and you could return the bottle for 10 cents. Fun times.

  • @kyanoang3l0_old
    @kyanoang3l0_old 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I was just months old when this went down. This's less than a year after the Pinatubo eruption. As a Filipino, I vaguely recall this, and it was never mentioned by family, friends and colleagues since the '90s, and I pretty much forgot about it till I saw this vid. Pepsi is still a popular soda brand here in the PH as if none of this ever happened.

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Cola companies in general have been involved in shady stuff. Not just in the US, but pretty much everywhere like in here, Philippines. Hell remember when sinkholes appeared here because of RC Cola factories used water pumps/poso to siphon water out of the ground? Then months later, it was forgotten. The quirky commercial with soda head was somehow more memorable.
      Yet I still consume them from time to time.

    • @radornic2387
      @radornic2387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Idk man, through my whole 25+ years of living here, I've only drank pepsi somewhere between 10 to 15 times. Everything was coke. You will rarely ever see anything pepsi on any store in my place.

    • @kyanoang3l0_old
      @kyanoang3l0_old 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@radornic2387 There's always Pepsi in mine. Been living here for 30+ years (i.e. almost my entire life). Depends on location, I guess?

    • @kyanoang3l0_old
      @kyanoang3l0_old 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@WingMaster562 Can't recall that one. And neither does the Internet cos I can't find anything about it online. Lemme know if you guys do.

    • @kyanoang3l0_old
      @kyanoang3l0_old 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @UCXr6-NY3qcn_apBTXGgE5yw Yep, got them. Thanks. YT censors my links, too.

  • @wikihowfrog9034
    @wikihowfrog9034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    It made my Monday even better seeing that Qxir uploaded

  • @snootdingo9365
    @snootdingo9365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I was in the Navy in the 90s and remember hearing . all the stories about the Philippines from the older guys in my unitThe US Navy was no longer visiting their sordid shores by this time. From the tales my shipmates regaled me with, I don't think it was Mt. Pinatubo that drove us away. Think a more dangerous less clean version of Tijuana

    • @frugalmonk
      @frugalmonk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You sound quite sanctimonious for a person from a foreign imperial country.

    • @Maggot39967
      @Maggot39967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@frugalmonk You sound rather mad, nobody even insulted the Philippines. He said a city in the Philippines was worse than a city in Mexico, Well I have some advice for you if this comment really pissed you off. Maybe work to make your own country better instead of spending all your time complaining about "Imperialists" on the internet.
      Another thing as well. Do you even know what imperialist means? When did the untied stated have an emperor? When has the United States ever called itself an empire? Never. You're just repeating something you have herd said before without ever truly understanding what you are talking about.
      And if you want to argue that you do know what the word imperial means then go ahead and copy and paste the exact definition from an English dictionary. Imperial also means majestic or magnificent, and I do agree that the United States fits under those lol.
      Hope you're having a good day. I don't hate the Philippines, I just hate people who act like they are better than others just because they aren't American. Your Imperialist comment was so far beyond the pale that I had to reply.

    • @frugalmonk
      @frugalmonk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Maggot39967 You know, for someone claiming that I'm mad, you seem quite involved, typing numerous paragraphs and all. Now why would someone find such obligation to respond to a single sentence? Perhaps a deep-rooted insecurity? Ostensibly seems that way.

    • @echoangel1723
      @echoangel1723 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Maggot39967 Damn you just got destroyed. All the points you make are so wrong they make all americans seem dumb

    • @nashooo5903
      @nashooo5903 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Maggot39967 grow a pair snowflake

  • @josharmstrong8813
    @josharmstrong8813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This is basically a real life equivalent to The Fallout New Vegas story about sunset Sarsaparilla about people going around and murdering each other for a mythical prize
    *Maybe they have some source material for that one*

    • @arlynnecumberbatch1056
      @arlynnecumberbatch1056 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      im so gonna tell this to my friends who only cares for filipino pride instead of doing some improvisation for their country and just say "feeling proud yet?~"

  • @lbresponze
    @lbresponze 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m impressed by the real stories you tell. I love it keep them coming.

  • @douglasparkinson4123
    @douglasparkinson4123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    people who played fallout:new vegas and done the sunset sarsparilla star bottle caps already know this story.

    • @gamiezion
      @gamiezion 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Noone know what happenend to the stranger, but there was a sarsparilla flavoured drink on the counter"

  • @DaveMcDave786
    @DaveMcDave786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    These videos are lovely, keep em comin brother.

    • @user-hb9ts8jh5d
      @user-hb9ts8jh5d 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are lovely

    • @cobyhaldi4304
      @cobyhaldi4304 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-hb9ts8jh5d that’s gross

    • @jennytool1348
      @jennytool1348 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cobyhaldi4304 you are lovely too

    • @user-hb9ts8jh5d
      @user-hb9ts8jh5d 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cobyhaldi4304 :(

    • @rats335
      @rats335 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cobyhaldi4304 agreed

  • @mersiha.h1979
    @mersiha.h1979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your videos make my day better Qxir, thanks alot. Take care my man

  • @VerveQuest-zc4ri
    @VerveQuest-zc4ri ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in the city of Baltimore and your opening is something that goes through my head daily

  • @knekoosh1613
    @knekoosh1613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The first thing I thought when people were getting killed over a bottle cap was fallout

  • @mbryson2899
    @mbryson2899 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Gaht's green urt!
    Honestly, PepsiCo would sacrifice an infinite number of franchisees and customers for one deniable penny of earnings.

  • @HOP805
    @HOP805 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have no idea why your way of story telling is just the best. You deserve 1,000,000 subs atleast. Cheers from America.

  • @BM-fq7be
    @BM-fq7be 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Keep up the good work !
    Loves these videos.
    The art work makes me laugh every time lol.
    Love from Canada.

  • @FourByteBurger
    @FourByteBurger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    "The 349 accident" Thumbnail:clearly says 439

    • @inferno9924
      @inferno9924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Not anymore!

    • @mp4370506
      @mp4370506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Holy crap that was fast.

    • @trueaussieray9093
      @trueaussieray9093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Some would say Qxir just did a Pepsi..

    • @PemboCycling
      @PemboCycling 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still shows 439 on my thumbnail, about 45mins after the video was published

    • @johny5593
      @johny5593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We should riot over this tbh

  • @bryantmarquez2258
    @bryantmarquez2258 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Hey was having a somewhat a bad day, but your content always entertain me, thank you for creating these great videos!

  • @condorsouthernlands4730
    @condorsouthernlands4730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your videos, always makes for an interesting quirky morning. Well done.🤘

  • @BreadApologist
    @BreadApologist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wtf is up with pepsi? The number fever fiasco, technically having one of “The worlds largest naval fleets” didn’t they also offer a Harrier fighter jet as a prize one time? I can say I honestly would not be surprised if the CEO had a pool in his office filled with sharks with laser beams attached to their heads at this point.

  • @Jaws10214
    @Jaws10214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I remember hearing about this when I was a kid, drinking my Cokes with our 'free 500ml bottle' wins under the cap.
    I was soooooo jelly!

  • @ponchowizard5182
    @ponchowizard5182 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    The craziest part about this is how the military was rolled in for Pepsi Co. That is way too much power/influence.

    • @revolutionstudios5052
      @revolutionstudios5052 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      They roll in the military for pretty much anything nowadays.
      Protest in the street? Bring out the military. Workers on strike? Bring out the military. Little Timmy just went tinkle in his pants? ROLL OUT THE FUCKING TANKS!

    • @johnbacile9495
      @johnbacile9495 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, do it the right way Pepsi, make your own Army like Amazon

    • @nicholasgeere5125
      @nicholasgeere5125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@revolutionstudios5052 tbf when they rolled out the military for the protest, the protest was setting fire to half the city and looting a police station and various police cars for firearms.

    • @revolutionstudios5052
      @revolutionstudios5052 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nicholasgeere5125 , and this all happened over *fucking PEPSI?*

    • @powerLien
      @powerLien 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@revolutionstudios5052 it happened specifically over money (that pepsi promised)

  • @nunchuckcanuck2827
    @nunchuckcanuck2827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love ya stuff I jumped over as soon as I saw the notification

  • @HairyTheCandyMan
    @HairyTheCandyMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude. You literally described my feelings in the first minute of this video. Congrats bro.

  • @I_am_Signal
    @I_am_Signal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Hello everyone who is here while the thumbnail is incorrect.
    Edit: The thumbnail said 439 on the same ticket before. Now it is correct. Quick change, good job QXIR

  • @RichMitch
    @RichMitch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    In before the ads

  • @seand8989
    @seand8989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The only TH-cam page that I watch every video for. Keep doing your thing .

  • @taylormanfred3489
    @taylormanfred3489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you 🙏 for bringing smiles to my days!! You rule!

  • @FriedrichHerschel
    @FriedrichHerschel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Well, I guess it's time to go to the fridge and take out a Dr Pepper.

  • @kerrygibbs8198
    @kerrygibbs8198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love your stores!! I enjoy your humor and delivery!!!

  • @briggsshiller9093
    @briggsshiller9093 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey it’s good ya got a sponsor. Keep killin it love the vids.

  • @MarcelinoDeseo
    @MarcelinoDeseo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dang, I'm from the Philippines and I never knew of this story. Thanks for this.

  • @waypasttheline
    @waypasttheline 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel like this might be what inspired the blue star caps in new vegas

  • @CarputingYT
    @CarputingYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Howdy Qxir! Love the way you present videos bud! Thanks for more great content. Hope you have a great day!

  • @jishan6992
    @jishan6992 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wouldn't have know about this if qixir didn't make a video on it.
    Just damnnn

  • @HitsuTwistedTalong
    @HitsuTwistedTalong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, it's my country! thanks for featuring this Qxir! I don't remember it since I was a little child back then, but I remember participating in a Coke bottle cap raffle. You can win cash prizes by sending them combinations of bottle caps and then they pick a winner via live broadcast. Also, you can only win minor prizes like a free bottle of coke if you pick a corresponding bottle cap. I think coke learned from Pesis' mistake.

  • @rocketscience4516
    @rocketscience4516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Pepsi also got itself into trouble with another of its daft marketing schemes - it promised a Harrier Jump Jet to people who collected 7 million "Pepsi Points". They thought no one would do it, but someone did, having realised that the cost of colleting the points would be far less than the value of the jet. Pepsi refused to honour the offer and a law suit ensued - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_v._Pepsico,_Inc.

    • @JohnAnber
      @JohnAnber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Pepsi Probably slipped a few fresh bundles of benjamins to the judge😔
      Really hoped the man would get a fighter jet.

    • @ermias75ermis2
      @ermias75ermis2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why?What would he do with it?

    • @sickly300salt3
      @sickly300salt3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@ermias75ermis2 i mean, if *can* have a harrier, why wouldn't you?

    • @fusrosandvich3738
      @fusrosandvich3738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@ermias75ermis2 You can fly a jet without having it armed with missiles and stuff, you know that right? Especially if you just hire someone to fly it for you, for a personal air show or something cool. Imagine having a family member who could just order a stuntman to fly his jet whenever, for entertainment.

    • @radornic2387
      @radornic2387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ermias75ermis2 sell it.

  • @JamesFromTexas
    @JamesFromTexas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Qxir on a Monday? Great way to start the week!

  • @emi-ns9sn
    @emi-ns9sn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Qxir vids are the only t.v Canada needs

  • @jesuspro
    @jesuspro 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    After a bad week of midterms and work , seeing this makes me really happy

  • @wakaphwap
    @wakaphwap 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another entertaining one! Keep up the great work

  • @shaunsaintey1793
    @shaunsaintey1793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Sam O'nella has 7 times more subscribers and thoughty2 has 8. They are both great but this channel definitely deserves more. Great content as usual.

  • @logannewman6166
    @logannewman6166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    These videos are always my favorite when they get uploaded every week

  • @snarkasticsquid2435
    @snarkasticsquid2435 ปีที่แล้ว

    10:45 From another self-deprecating individual, love you & your channel, please keep up the great work!

  • @MeredithMacArthur
    @MeredithMacArthur หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Coke Logo and Pepsi Logo people you drew make me so happy.

  • @alistairreid965
    @alistairreid965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Quality stuff Qxir as always!

  • @MrRyang2001
    @MrRyang2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    4:44 no fallout reference? Smh.

  • @robiguzman8529
    @robiguzman8529 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad stories from my country are starting to gain more attention, theres a lot of crazy stuff that happens here.

  • @electricharmonyac7354
    @electricharmonyac7354 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect for a Qxir story. Thanks man

  • @Ethan-sm1od
    @Ethan-sm1od 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seeing Qxir's little TH-cam video notification always brightens my day.

  • @douglasparkinson4123
    @douglasparkinson4123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    dont throw your molotovs at the factories. the people in there are workers just like you. throw them at the execs. the company will still work without the execs so the workers will still be able to survive, but nevertheless youll have dealt a blow.
    if you blow up the factories, the workers will starve on the streets.

  • @WeedCop
    @WeedCop 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Woah there traveler, I saw you pick up one of those Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottlecaps a while back.

  • @colepeterson5392
    @colepeterson5392 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on having the best channel on youtube

  • @antonyzadymiarz2554
    @antonyzadymiarz2554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This title sounds like a hyper realistic TH-cam creepy pasta

  • @Greg-TC
    @Greg-TC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hell yeah new Qxir

  • @-dusan5726
    @-dusan5726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh God this is legitimately what the sunset sasparilla star bottlecap side quest was based on

  • @ltzmin
    @ltzmin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved Qxir say "pesos" over and over. Genial.

  • @enraged_primateEXE
    @enraged_primateEXE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thought u would have 1 mil subs by now underrated chan for sure

  • @dietznutz1
    @dietznutz1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love your animations they're awful and absolutely stunning at the same time ? Just like how Sam o Nella draws stick figures yet they look great !

  • @messymike3388
    @messymike3388 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank Gawd for Tales From the Bottle. This channel is paved with gold, dawgs! Smart, witty and informative.

  • @67Screwy
    @67Screwy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you make an Audio book of all your best stuff? Would love to listen for a few hours to your hilarious ways you tell a story😊

  • @spicytrash4981
    @spicytrash4981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Praise be, Qxir delivers!

  • @Gandalf-The-Green
    @Gandalf-The-Green 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The first minute of this video is gold, totally describing my view of mankind.

  • @CrowSpirit1977
    @CrowSpirit1977 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The scetchs are so cool! Such a simple scetch with a display of emotion.🖒

  • @MattMediaMatt
    @MattMediaMatt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These vids make me more excited than ever

  • @TheRetroShepherd
    @TheRetroShepherd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You're telling me the Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottlecap debacle was a REAL THING AT ONE POINT?

  • @landonhprice
    @landonhprice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:37 god DAYUM pepsi got some immense cake

  • @AmalgmousProxy
    @AmalgmousProxy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your doodles are great. Got your shirt. Maybe consider doing character drawling's of folks?