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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

“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”

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.

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

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

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

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

Patrolling the Mojave makes you wish for a Sunset Sarsaparilla.

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

Qxir uploading on a monday? Thats hella rare.

That Willy Wonka sequel sure is a lot darker.

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

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).

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

Love these obscure crazy stories.

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

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.

The 349 incident the thumbnail: 439

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

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*

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.

It made my Monday even better seeing that Qxir uploaded

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

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.

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.

These videos are lovely, keep em comin brother.

"The 349 accident" Thumbnail:clearly says 439

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

“Pepsi Where’s My Jet?”

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

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.

Qxir vids are the only t.v Canada needs

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

2:37 god DAYUM pepsi got some immense cake

In before the ads

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

The only KZfaq page that I watch every video for. Keep doing your thing .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Hell yeah new Qxir

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

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

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

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

Another entertaining one! Keep up the great work

When a story takes place in a third world country, you know it's gonna be good.

This title sounds like a hyper realistic KZfaq creepy pasta

4:44 no fallout reference? Smh.

“There can always be HEDON motives and agendas…” Indeed sir, I concur. Lol In all seriousness this channel is part of my weekly routine of KZfaq watching, you’re doing a great job, always entertaining and a kickass sense of humor

This whole thing seems ridiculous. Why would old caps even be considered for new drawing numbers? If you bought a lottery ticket today you can't claim it 5 years later when they finally draw your numbers...

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 !

Quality stuff Qxir as always!

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

Today is good, the sarcastic condescending Irish man has graced us.

People getting murdered over bottlecaps? Sounds like a bethesda game...

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.

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

This whole story serves as an important life lesson to show us the sheer length that people will go just to get rich

Your telling me the lottery actually had the possibility to be won and wasn't just a scam?

Seeing Qxir's little KZfaq video notification always brightens my day.

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

A few years back a basketball franchise in the US offered big money to fans who could hit a shot from half court. These contestants were chosen by lottery and had to sink a highly unlikely 3 pointer to get the bag. Someone defied those odds and won, fans in the stands went nuts, hooray. Hold your horses. From what I remember, the team farmed the contest out an insurance company. That company became insolvent very suddenly and mysteriously, like as soon as they had to cover the bet they lost. This was life-changing cash on the line but the legal details were hazy so, of course, the little guy / winner got beat. Some players stepped up and said they'd make the shitty situation right for the fan but that never amounted to much and the news cycle moved on. Anyway, thanks for the violent soft drink story, these videos keep getting better and better Qxir!

Praise be, Qxir delivers!

The intro reminded me, the Las Vegas shooter who killed 100+ people did so because… of an unknown reason or motive. To this day, the shooter decided to gain a sniper position and hail bullets onto unsuspecting concert goers for literally no known reason. It’s even more frustrating that the FBI could not find out why, and that the shooter himself is dead, taking his secret to the grave.

Congrats on having the best channel on youtube