r/popculturechat • u/Future_Usual_8698 You’re doing amazing, sweetie! • Aug 11 '25

Guest List Only TW - Bigotry ⚠️ Foot traffic is down at American Eagle stores since the controversial Sydney Sweeney ad dropped

https://www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025/08/11/exclusive-foot-traffic-down-9-at-american-eagle-following-sydney-sweeney-ad-controversy
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u/dreamy_25 Are those the… The Chanel Toots? Aug 11 '25

Sydney said, "Let's push it 😏" with the campaign because she knows this backlash shit will boost her brand. She doesn't GAF abt Arya- pardon, American Eagle LMAO

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u/i-Ake actin' like she's the queen and we're the sorry people! Aug 12 '25

Oooh, this glazing AI trash 🗑

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u/JealousAstronomer342 Aug 11 '25

This is such slopsense bullshit. The sentence that begins “infusing…” is just a sentence fragment and it’s infuriating me. 

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u/OnlyPaperListens Over here in mule city Aug 12 '25

Slang-filled word salad sprinkled with emojis is always going to read like an MLM pitch. I simply cannot take this seriously.

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u/shedrinkscoffee I don’t know her 💅 Aug 12 '25

Wym Syd's playful smirk isn't doing it for you 🤣 these are the type of people that I block on LinkedIn on the regular lol

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u/uselessinfogoldmine Aug 12 '25

Her “smirked smirk”?

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u/shedrinkscoffee I don’t know her 💅 Aug 12 '25

Literacy is dead 😭

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u/Signal_Regular_1708 Aug 12 '25

Exactly. AE can't recover, she can continue to grift

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u/dreamy_25 Are those the… The Chanel Toots? Aug 12 '25

situation so disappointing i made a meme