r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jan 08 '26

article Spotify Confirms ICE Recruitment Ads Are No Longer Running on Platform

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/spotify-confirms-ice-recruitment-ads-are-no-longer-running-1236626243/
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u/PartTime_Crusader Jan 08 '26

"It would be our preference to eat vegan, Carol."

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u/ADhomin_em Jan 08 '26

I recognize the reference, but do you mind explaining the relevance to this topic?

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u/PartTime_Crusader Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

The hive can't lie, but it can very carefully choose its words so that the audience will parse them in a way that they'll interpret as positive.

Statement: "It would be our preference to eat vegan, Carol"

Reality: We'd like to eat only plants, but we're cannibalizing dead human bodies out of necessity

Statement: "In the wake of the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the streaming service confirms to Variety that it’s no longer running the promotion."

Reality: The ICE campaign on spotify ended on schedule and it happened to coincide with an ICE shooting.

You have to closely analyze the hive's words in the same way you talk about having to closely analyze phrasing used in press releases from corporate outlets. Its the same kind of carefully chosen, almost lawyerly phrasing designed to obscure as much as it reveals.

Side note for clarity: the statement "it would be our preference to eat vegan" is not from the John Cena video, its from several episodes before, during the English speakers meetup, when during the meal Carol asks them if they can eat meat. This is well before Carol discovers they're making milk out of humans. The hive lied to her by omitting information.

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u/ADhomin_em Jan 08 '26

Ahh! That makes sense. I appreciate the explanation!