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There's no coca in coke nowadays. Hasn't been for twenty years or so.
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Rare Collectable posted:Some more classic examples of "Play our game, its better than *some horrible disgusting poo poo we came up with*" I feel like this is one of those old sayings like 'more fun than a barrel of monkeys' rather than something created out of whole cloth just for this ad. There's a wikipedia article on 'ferret-legging' which is some sort of endurance competition that people do and I think playing Gameboy would definitely be more fun than that so the ad's not wrong.
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Jul 27, 2015 07:01
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cyberia posted:I feel like this is one of those old sayings like 'more fun than a barrel of monkeys' rather than something created out of whole cloth just for this ad. There's a wikipedia article on 'ferret-legging' which is some sort of endurance competition that people do and I think playing Gameboy would definitely be more fun than that so the ad's not wrong. A few years ago a sports website did a series of videos about really bizarre British sports and ferret legging came up: http://www.roopstigo.com/odd/fear-the-ferret-by-stuart-ashen/
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Jul 27, 2015 07:14
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FrozenVent posted:There's no coca in coke nowadays. Hasn't been for twenty years or so.
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Jul 27, 2015 07:17
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I would approve of cocaine in my soda. Caffeine takes too long to kick in.
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Jul 27, 2015 09:51
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El Estrago Bonito posted:A few years ago a sports website did a series of videos about really bizarre British sports and ferret legging came up: Ah yes, but did they cover Shirling?
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Jul 27, 2015 11:05
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thewireguy posted:I would approve of cocaine in my soda. Caffeine takes too long to kick in. Better yet, how about cocaine in your wine? Because all drugs are safer when mixed with alcohol.  Good enough for the pope! Ah, truly those were the good old days, when a pope could get hosed up on coke-wine and nobody would say anything. Hell he even endorsed it!
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Jul 27, 2015 14:49
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dissss posted:There are some exceptions to that - house brand tinned baked beans and spaghetti are absolutely terrible where I am (it's not like then brand name stuff is gourmet food or anything but it is a lot better) A tin of baked beans and spaghetti sounds terrible, I don't know what you were expecting. (  )
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Jul 27, 2015 15:14
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Zaphod42 posted:Better yet, how about cocaine in your wine? Because all drugs are safer when mixed with alcohol. I've had a liquor made from coca leaves that a friend bought on vacation in Bolivia. It tasted like kerosene, but the one shot I had wrecked my afternoon.
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Jul 27, 2015 16:01
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canyoneer posted:A MLM mascara company, Younique (Get it? It's like UNIQUE and YOU!) is having all their pyramid scheme drones GO VIRAL by sharing videos of themselves in a specific format. The format has them staring sadly and silently into the camera revealing a handwritten page one at a time (Wile E. Coyote style) telling their story. At the end of their story, they lipsynch to a pop song with the chorus "THIS IS MY FIGHT SONG". Include a link to the Younique Mascara distributor's sales page, of course. Someone needs to start making retaliatory videos of people crying into webcams about how much money they've lost to MLM schemes. They can raise awareness of scams by lip-synching to CeeLo Green's "gently caress You" at the end.
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Jul 27, 2015 18:35
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Zaphod42 posted:Better yet, how about cocaine in your wine? Because all drugs are safer when mixed with alcohol. Zaphod42 posted:Better yet, how about cocaine in your wine? Because all drugs are safer when mixed with alcohol. I think I am going to try whiskey and "coke" next payday.
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Jul 27, 2015 23:25
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Younique mascara looks like poo poo and gives you nasty spider-lashes! I don't understand how that MLM is still around. Anyway this totally-legit-and-not-sleazy Instagram marketing account started following me, so far all they've posted is terrible memes:   
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Jul 28, 2015 05:44
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Memes are like a honeypot for marketing people who are aware of the internet but don't actually use it much. Pepsi fell into it once in a quickly discontinued ad campaign as well. People freely share them and they never ever die, it's free advertising until the heat death of the universe!
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Jul 28, 2015 06:00
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I normally don't like image macros/memes/whatever but I thought this was pretty funny
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Jul 28, 2015 07:19
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Everything about Beats by Dre should be dumb moves in marketing but they're selling like hotcakes, aren't they? They're the monster cables of headphones.
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Jul 28, 2015 17:57
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Funny you should say that. Beats was originally developed and marketed by Monster, but to get Dre on board they kept offering him a nicer and nicer contract, to the point where he was listed as the sole owner and originator of all the branding and technology behind it. Then once they got big, Dre turned around and sold the whole thing to Apple and Monster couldn't do a thing about it.
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Jul 28, 2015 18:19
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Got a random email from some photo sharing site called YouPic. The header reads something like "You have been exclusively invited to join our service. See why millions of photographers are sharing their photos with YouPic!" It seems you go for either the "exclusive" approach or the "we're so great everyone uses us" approach, but not both and especially not in adjacent sentences.
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Jul 28, 2015 18:22
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From the funny picture threadgreazeball posted:I found a new kind of cat food supplement today, I wasn't aware that cats could have a deficiency in this. I remember seeing this in pet shops, it's a thing allright. It's also supposed to mean “Bones and Raw Food” or “Biologically Appropriate Raw Food”, thought up by Ian Billinghurst. It's   but for your pets, with a rather unfortunate name. Sounds a bit like a dog barking I guess. Or having a reaction to it.
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Jul 28, 2015 19:40
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Jul 28, 2015 20:19
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Not in here, mister! This is a Mercedes!
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Jul 28, 2015 20:54
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So Harder's/Carl's Jr has this thing called the "All Natural" burger, proudly proclaiming it's the first burger that's grass-fed, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free. Hearing that did not make me go "Oooh! I should stop there some time!", it made me think "oh man I never want another fast food burger again"
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Jul 28, 2015 21:11
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stringball posted:I normally don't like image macros/memes/whatever but I thought this was pretty funny The three people I know of that have Beats stuff wear them in public with their i-whatevers, but at their homes I see them just use regular cheapy headsets with the computer or whatever.
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Jul 28, 2015 21:24
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death .cab for qt posted:So Harder's/Carl's Jr has this thing called the "All Natural" burger, proudly proclaiming it's the first burger that's grass-fed, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free. Why, because all of your other burgers were pumped full of penicillin, estrogen and corn? Or because it's Hardees? Because both are valid answers. I had a grass fed cow burger once after a milk cow got put down on my inlaw's family farm. That poo poo was delicious. I have no doubt Hardee's can make good beef taste terrible though.
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Jul 28, 2015 21:58
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Krispy Kareem posted:Why, because all of your other burgers were pumped full of penicillin, estrogen and corn? This It's kinda bad form to say "This is the FIRST BURGER to not have BAD THINGS" when you are a burger place that has other burgers
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Jul 28, 2015 21:59
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death .cab for qt posted:This This sort of reminds me of when I saw a chocolate chip cookie in a vending machine that said NEW! IMPROVED RECIPE. It made me feel like they were sort of loving with us. Cookie technology didn't just experience some sort of huge, previously inconceivable advance. The best chocolate chip cookie that our culture is ever going to make has already been made, guaranteed. If your job is making chocolate chip cookies and you're still working that poo poo out in the twenty-first century to the point that your announcement of an improvement is something you've got to advertise, then maybe I'll just keep waiting until you catch up with anyone who's ever put the slightest bit of effort into baking.
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Jul 29, 2015 00:09
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Zaphod42 posted:Everything about Beats by Dre should be dumb moves in marketing but they're selling like hotcakes, aren't they? What positive reception I've seen about Beats has been that it did generate a strong interest in people understanding that there is an enormous difference in sound quality from standard headphones and earbuds. The problem being their are far superior products the compete at the Beats price range from companies like Bose and Sennheiser, but they're seen as luxury accessories whereas as Beats are a must have item.
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Jul 29, 2015 00:44
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They generally seem a lot lighter and easier to carry around than a lot of competing brands. I love my Sennheisers, but they're not something I can just slip in my bag and go. Bose's Quiet Comfort are probably the easiest I've travelled with, but they're still bigger and more expensive than the base model Beats. I could see why they'd appeal to people. e: Full disclosure, I don't have Beats, so they could be pieces of poo poo for all I know. But I see people wearing them all the time on my daily commute. hyperhazard has a new favorite as of 01:07 on Jul 29, 2015 |
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Jul 29, 2015 01:03
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death .cab for qt posted:So Harder's/Carl's Jr has this thing called the "All Natural" burger, proudly proclaiming it's the first burger that's grass-fed, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free. Which is also funny because it means all the other burgers from Hardees/Carl's Jr has all the antibiotics and hormones and disgusting poo poo, just not THIS OOOOONE burger.
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Jul 29, 2015 02:37
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I can't tell the quality difference from an mp3 and a gold plated record.
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Jul 29, 2015 03:02
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pentyne posted:What positive reception I've seen about Beats has been that it did generate a strong interest in people understanding that there is an enormous difference in sound quality from standard headphones and earbuds. The problem being their are far superior products the compete at the Beats price range from companies like Bose and Sennheiser, but they're seen as luxury accessories whereas as Beats are a must have item. I think standard over-the-ear headphones are kind of a niche item. Most people just use their OEM earbuds or Skullcandy or something bland from Sony or Philips. Beats somehow managed to make them mainstream while costing the same and being inferior to other more established brands. So kudos for their marketing team I guess. My redneck sister-in-law can barely cover her mortgage without asking for handouts. Her kids have Beats though. My wife wanted to buy a pair for our daughter, even though my kid never even asked for them. It's like the average consumer doesn't even know there are other brands. Unchecked, people will start referring to all big headphones as Beats just like people call photocopiers Xerox, mp3 players iPods and sodas Coke even when it's not that brand.
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Jul 29, 2015 03:19
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death .cab for qt posted:So Harder's/Carl's Jr has this thing called the "All Natural" burger, proudly proclaiming it's the first burger that's grass-fed, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free. Someone's decendants need to get suing, because the first grass-fed, antibiotic and hormone free burgers were invented about 120 years ago 
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Jul 29, 2015 03:37
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Yeah it's weird that Beats are perfectly normal out in public, but I would be embarrassed for someone wearing some other big headphones out in public, even though I use some at home.
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Jul 29, 2015 03:45
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Pastry of the Year posted:This sort of reminds me of when I saw a chocolate chip cookie in a vending machine that said NEW! IMPROVED RECIPE. It made me feel like they were sort of loving with us. Cookie technology didn't just experience some sort of huge, previously inconceivable advance. The best chocolate chip cookie that our culture is ever going to make has already been made, guaranteed. If your job is making chocolate chip cookies and you're still working that poo poo out in the twenty-first century to the point that your announcement of an improvement is something you've got to advertise, then maybe I'll just keep waiting until you catch up with anyone who's ever put the slightest bit of effort into baking. Username/post combo
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Jul 29, 2015 03:46
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Krispy Kareem posted:I think standard over-the-ear headphones are kind of a niche item. Most people just use their OEM earbuds or Skullcandy or something bland from Sony or Philips. Beats somehow managed to make them mainstream while costing the same and being inferior to other more established brands. So kudos for their marketing team I guess. There's also the design. Beats cans have a certain clean, Apple-like aesthetic that appeals to a broader demographic than your standard, "geeky" high-end headphones. That said, I coveted Skullcandy Aviators from the day they came out, so the second I could snap them up for $40 I did even though they weren't the color I wanted (white, on a random 50% off sale plus I had a gift card). After comparing them to friends' Beats, even the original $150 price sounds like a steal.
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Jul 29, 2015 04:14
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Krispy Kareem posted:My redneck sister-in-law can barely cover her mortgage without asking for handouts. Her kids have Beats though. My wife wanted to buy a pair for our daughter, even though my kid never even asked for them. It's like the average consumer doesn't even know there are other brands. Unchecked, people will start referring to all big headphones as Beats just like people call photocopiers Xerox, mp3 players iPods and sodas Coke even when it's not that brand. Yup, this sounds like an example of very good marketing. When everyone thinks of the product category they think of your product, combined with a product category virtually no-one would have previously thought about.
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Jul 29, 2015 06:02
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One issue with comparing headphones is simply a matter of engineering. Headphones that are isolated from the surrounding environment ("closed") are going to sound worse than a comparable pair of non-isolated ("open") headphones in quiet environments, whereas the reverse is true for noisy environments. I'm guessing the popular Beats models are all closed models, whereas companies like Sennheiser that target prosumers would sell more open models.
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Jul 29, 2015 06:05
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True on the Beats part, but not so much with Sennheisers. The bulk of their consumer range is closed-back, but they do have high-end models that are open-back for audiophiles. Sennheiser's consumer range closed-backs still does sound much better than Beats.
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Jul 29, 2015 06:18
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So our prime minister tried set up a photo op with some firefighters. It didn't go well. http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/7867008
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Jul 29, 2015 06:43
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I absolutely hate earbuds, they hurt my ears and won't stay in. I guess my ear canals are abnormally shaped or whatever. Anyways, I only use the big "cover your ear" style headphones. The impression I get is that Beats are only barely better than the twenty buck headphones I got from Meijer's (think Super Walmart without the Walmart level of customer). My son has a chintzy pair from five below that lost stereo function due to him having all the care of an 8 year old, but are still not terrible. Very little of that absurd cost is explainable beyond brand recognition.
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There's nothing like seeing people on the street wearing Beats with the wire not even plugged in
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