Even 72 years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 is still a day that lives in infamy. SpaghetiOs, the canned pasta and tomato sauce dish, took to Twitter late Friday to commemorate the anniversary of the attack with an illustration of its famous pasta shape.
The image, of a smiling, sneaker-clad pasta “O” holding aloft an American flag, provoked some mild outrage but mostly led to confusion. “Take a moment to remember #PearlHarbor with us,” the tweet read.
Off-kilter tweets from brands are nothing new — just ask Kenneth Cole. SpaghetiOs took the tweet down Saturday morning and apologized. “We meant to pay respect, not to offend,” the company said on Twitter.
Meredith Clark
Meredith Clark is a freelance writer and editor. She was previously a senior news producer for "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj," a reporter with MSNBC.com, the digital politics and culture editor at Glamour and a senior news and politics editor at Refinery29. She has written for Vulture, Rolling Stone, Self, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, The Daily Beast and Bustle.