SPONSORED CONTENT: Sirloin Burger Is Your Favorite Chunky Soup? You’ve Gotta Be Shitting Me.

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May I make a request? Next Saturday should be about Charmin Ultra-Soft and Charmin Ultra-Strong.

raindrop on April 4, 2015 at 3:25 PM

"What the fuck happened to you?" This question could equally be asked of Slog.

Jude Fawley on April 4, 2015 at 3:39 PM

@2, +1

BTW, the Chipotle Chicken CC is bad ass over rice.

Thrill Killer on April 4, 2015 at 4:38 PM

I know as a publication you're willing to sacrifice your integrity over advertising $, but this is getting pretty sad.

frozenfrog on April 4, 2015 at 5:51 PM

I am deeply disturbed. I actually agree with raindrop about something. I feel dirty, I need a shower.

originalcinner on April 4, 2015 at 6:07 PM

This is a very sad way to make money Stranger.

Eckstein on April 4, 2015 at 6:08 PM

Also, if it weren't for last week's apple juice debacle, I would have read the date on this article (1 April) and self-congratulated because I didn't fall for it. But it's not a joke. They're not kidding with this crap.

originalcinner on April 4, 2015 at 6:10 PM

Goddamn this is sad.

yelahneb on April 4, 2015 at 6:41 PM

And they'll have the gall to include to it in the increasing number of 'best of' links in the morning news.

Make it stop!

raindrop on April 4, 2015 at 7:27 PM

Sirloin Burger was my fave chunky soup. Then I noticed it came "with country vegetables." Yuck.

dnt trust me on April 4, 2015 at 7:56 PM

Isn't Campbell's chunky soup the same soup endorsed by homophobe football players?

pat L on April 4, 2015 at 8:43 PM

Of all the things I'd ever thought I'd see on the stranger, an article debating the greatness of the soup flavors found on the shelf of the grocery outlet is not among them.

Super Jesse on April 4, 2015 at 9:26 PM

hey, comment section scribblers -- would you prefer they lay off some staff? seriously? you'd put people out of work if only to spare yourselves exposure to advertising that circumvents your browser plugin. take a deep breath and focus your bottomless disappointment on something more worthy.

i like the treatment they give to these posts and i like to think they wouldn't do it if they didn't have to..

mouthbreether on April 4, 2015 at 10:24 PM

Lets talk about tampons next week. Never can get enough of that.

Sean Kinney on April 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM

@ drip,

Morning news? I can only assume you mean Monday.

mikethehammer on April 4, 2015 at 11:10 PM

What is clickbait?

libertine on April 4, 2015 at 11:13 PM

Advert that pisses off your readership is like eating your seed corn.

sloegin on April 4, 2015 at 11:25 PM

don't be pissed off. just. don't. be. pissed. off. move on to the next article. it says sponsored content in the fucking header.

go over to buzzfeed and huffpo and tilt your discontent at their windmills.

mouthbreether on April 5, 2015 at 12:06 AM

I think we need a legally binding Slog poll, about whether these posts of, "sponsored content," should be allowed to continue.

rowan redwing on April 5, 2015 at 12:18 AM

@16 "Check out these 3 weird tricks your insurance company doesn't want you to know!!!" (Or were you being facetious?)

rowan redwing on April 5, 2015 at 12:26 AM

STOP. PLEASE. PLEASE STOP THIS COLUMN.
THIS NEW COLUMN NEEDS TO MEET AN UNTIMELY DEATH.
THAT TIME IS NOW.

Bev on April 5, 2015 at 1:56 AM

I wouldn't mind these as much if they hadn't gotten rid of most of their interesting writers at the same time.

Aurora Erratic on April 5, 2015 at 5:35 AM

You guys do see that it was posted April 1 right?

Campbell's wouldn't allow for the language if they were going after an ad and be associated with it.

ortolan on April 5, 2015 at 6:04 AM

@23, at least one person figured it out

Cato the Younger Younger on April 5, 2015 at 7:13 AM

All of the flavors mentioned sound HORRIBLE so I assumed this was a parody.

Endash on April 5, 2015 at 7:35 AM

@23, 24: Yeah, I guess, but the problem is it is just too fucking lame to be viable as satire.

aiff on April 5, 2015 at 9:15 AM

@23: I did already say in post #7 that they did this last week too, so the April 1st date on this one is coincidence, not indication of humor.

originalcinner on April 5, 2015 at 9:38 AM

Fake or not, I'm now getting a Campbell's ad on my Facebook feed, which I'm sure is because I clicked on this yesterday.

DOUG. on April 5, 2015 at 1:25 PM

Thank you. I've watched so many of my favorite bits of print die over the years. You're finding a way of sticking around and doing what you can to make it palatable for us. I laughed my ass off.

Islandjas on April 5, 2015 at 3:36 PM

@20, it is a reference.

http://www.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/20…

Since Slog can't determine what clickbait is, I've decided to ask the question back to them, especially in responding to articles I feel fit the definition.

libertine on April 5, 2015 at 6:00 PM

I miss Creamy Chicken with Mushrooms... they stopped making that one over 20 years ago. I suppose I could figure out how to make something similar...

Jenkitty on April 5, 2015 at 7:08 PM

Islandjas @29 works for Campbell's or The Stranger or both. It's getting too sad to stick around here. I think this might be a good time to remove the Slog icon from my bookmarks toolbar...

aiff on April 5, 2015 at 7:23 PM

Bad Slog! -1 Internet!

rowan redwing on April 5, 2015 at 8:33 PM

I wonder if any of the recent departures were encouraged by disagreement over the new direction of advertising, or if this is a desperate measure to close the gap after those departures. Either way I would have loved to be a fly on the wall in those editorial meetings. As a long time reader, I hope they recruit great new talent and put it back together.

treefort on April 5, 2015 at 9:06 PM

Also @13 and @18, the 'mouthbreether' account was created yesterday to convince us to "just. don't. be. pissed. off." Got it.

treefort on April 5, 2015 at 9:08 PM

It's absolutely hilarious th

david jw on April 6, 2015 at 12:47 AM

Ack. It's hilarious that it took 23 comments to point out the blindingly obvious. Seriously, people, think before you go straight to outrage mode.

david jw on April 6, 2015 at 12:49 AM

#23 and #37, I provide you the evidence that refutes your "This is an April Fools joke" assertion.

http://www.thestranger.com/columns/new-c…

Please note the date, one week before April 1st. Please note the "New Column" designation, the same "SPONSORED CONTENT" tag, and the same caustic writing style.

Since you need the blindingly obvious pointed out to you.

libertine on April 6, 2015 at 11:45 AM

Chunky soup is delicious!

Johanna Littel on April 6, 2015 at 11:52 AM

I call on Council member Kshama Sawant to OUTLAW this type of BULLSHIT advertising tricks by STRANGER CORPORATE HACKS. All we need is one good socialist revolution in this country to turn this all around and put power in the hands of those who create wealth—working class folk like YOU not Blood Sucking Chunky Soup Thieves.
I'm politically active and a huge soup person! Chunky soup is perfect for those days where you don't feel like running out to the store. So simple to make and so few ingredients!

Memphis Rogahn on April 6, 2015 at 12:09 PM

and whatever happened to cream of asparagus? I would say that it is a seasonal thing, but once it's in the can it can last for decades. And besides, asparagus makes your pee smell good

dukedgm on April 6, 2015 at 2:08 PM

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