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You guys put rotten leftover beer smut on toast so you can't talk poo poo about merica
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Ignimbrite posted:Sandals have other straps and poo poo on them. The only thing connecting a thong to your foot is a piece of rubber / fabric which goes between your big toe and the next toe along. Bikini bottoms, G-strings, and thongs are all different. Lrn2fashion
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Nov 11, 2015 08:21
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A "thong", as in the underwear, usually gets called a bikini bottom or a G-string here.
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Nov 11, 2015 08:28
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Ignimbrite posted:Sandals have other straps and poo poo on them. The only thing connecting a thong to your foot is a piece of rubber / fabric which goes between your big toe and the next toe along. Ugh, you and your slight cultural differences disgust me. Sandals and flips flops are synonymous, thongs are underwear with only a thin strip of fabric that extends up your crotch and butt, g-strings are like thongs except with only a single strip of elasticated fabric in the back, and bikini bottoms are normal underwear except made for swimming.
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Nov 11, 2015 11:07
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I'm glad there's no crocs in there.
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Nov 11, 2015 11:14
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Croccers posted:I'm glad there's no crocs in there. Most people in Australia know to stay well the gently caress away from crocs.
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Nov 11, 2015 12:44
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I had heard of Japanese panty vending machines and just figured Australia had its own culturally appropriate skimpy clothing options. Pacific ocean people are so weird.
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Nov 11, 2015 14:27
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Jandal > thong, deal with it 
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Nov 11, 2015 21:49
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Clearly this conversation is a failure on the part of Australia's Marketing/PR Firm. If they did their jobs, we would either all be calling shoes 'thongs', or even better, not have the word associated with shoes/underwear all together.
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Wanamingo posted:Ugh, you and your slight cultural differences disgust me. Sandals and flips flops are synonymous, thongs are underwear with only a thin strip of fabric that extends up your crotch and butt, g-strings are like thongs except with only a single strip of elasticated fabric in the back, and bikini bottoms are normal underwear except made for swimming. Sandals and flip-flops aren't synonymous. Flip-flops specifically have the one strap that goes between the toes (and usually a cheap foam sole), but sandals can have all sorts of other straps and poo poo, although flip-flops are a subcategory of sandals. Flip-flops:  NOT flip-flops:  (images stolen from Wikipedia)
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I'm just surprised marketers haven't taken the dirt poor standby of used tire chunk + rope, given it a brown cardboard package, and sold it as Green(TM) to cash in on eco-enviro guilt for big bucks
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Sentient Data posted:I'm just surprised marketers haven't taken the dirt poor standby of used tire chunk + rope, given it a brown cardboard package, and sold it as Green(TM) to cash in on eco-enviro guilt for big bucks eta: These might be, though! "soleRebels: protecting your precious feet + our precious PLANET [and makin' you look EXTRA good in the process]."
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Nov 12, 2015 02:33
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Krispy Kareem posted:I had heard of Japanese panty vending machines and just figured Australia had its own culturally appropriate skimpy clothing options. I hate the urban legend of the panty vending machines. In Japan, many every day items are sold though vending machine, this includes pretty much any on the go food like noodles, bread, even hot dogs and fries. My friend who's been living there said you can eat decently from just vending machines, and its probably no worse than eating at food kiosks. This also includes stuff like socks, nylons, tshirts and underpants, both men and womens, so you can get panties from a vending machine but they're brand new and more like going to wal-mart and buying them. There was one in a sex shop that was selling used panties that had been bought from women, which got out and there became some idea that these things were everywhere. The strangest vending machine that I've heard about from him or anyone else who's from/lived in Japan is the Shrimp one. Yes a tank full of shrimp, which you'd press the button and it would scoop out the shrimp and then weight it and then charge you. The reason for this is because space is at such a premium in Japan that the square footage to have a store is expensive so its cheaper just to put vending machines in convenient places and let people do all the work. All you have to do is keep them stocked and running. Vending Machine industry in Japan is why the Red Bull can is shaped like that. Coffee in cans is very popular in Japan, and a standard can is too thick to heat up properly (when you buy it, the machine warms up the can then gives it to you), so a taller, skinnier can was developed that heated him in much less time.
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I would have sworn somebody in this thread joked that all Dunkin Donuts needs to do right now is release a holiday cup and rake in millions. Apparently I hallucinated that post but have this anyway, it made me think of you guys. edit for picture 
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twistedmentat posted:. Coffee in cans is very popular in Japan, and a standard can is too thick to heat up properly (when you buy it, the machine warms up the can then gives it to you), so a taller, skinnier can was developed that heated him in much less time. If this was the life hack thread I would say this is an amazing life hack.(also only for Japanese and Italian brands, are there non-Starbucks/crap US brands?)
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I have yet to see a single person actually offended at the red cup thing, but my feed is full of people who are really mad about people being offended at the red cup thing.  These things are usually blown out of proportion, but it feels like this is more so than usual.
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Nov 12, 2015 06:23
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twistedmentat posted:Vending Machine industry in Japan is why the Red Bull can is shaped like that. Coffee in cans is very popular in Japan, and a standard can is too thick to heat up properly (when you buy it, the machine warms up the can then gives it to you), so a taller, skinnier can was developed that heated him in much less time. I call bullshit, not only you can get normal (ie, North American) sized cans and bottles from vending machines in Japan, but there is no way that a can of coffee is heated from ambient temperature to ~50 C in the two seconds between pushing the button and being dispensed. They just sit in a heated compartment, so can shape, size, or construction doesn't really affect the final temperature. Also Red Bull was sold in lots of countries before Japan. The reason for the can design is that when they first started selling coffee in cans, it was easier to keep bacteria from growing on the milk when it was stored in a steel can rather than an aluminum one. Eventually that was no longer the case, but the design stuck because that was what people expected canned coffee to look like. Last time I was there, though I saw more coffee in aluminum cans, and Google tells me this is to make them lighter to reduce transportation costs. You're right about all the other stuff, though.
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Nov 12, 2015 09:02
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:I have yet to see a single person actually offended at the red cup thing, but my feed is full of people who are really mad about people being offended at the red cup thing. Twitter is basically hysteria in 140 characters.
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Nov 12, 2015 09:35
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Remember when there was an idea that the internet would actually reduce hysteria because facts and information would be quick to spread and verify? That was a nice 2-3 years.
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Nov 12, 2015 09:38
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:I have yet to see a single person actually offended at the red cup thing, but my feed is full of people who are really mad about people being offended at the red cup thing. This video explains it quite good i think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc Too long, didn't watch: Being angry about something makes people more likely to share it. Multiple people sharing it makes you think it really is a thing. If thing makes you angry, you share it.
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KozmoNaut posted:I unironically love this. But the this thread would be completely devoid of new content. Cant have that on my conscience. (this handwriting recognition is REALLY GOOD )
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:Sandals and flip-flops aren't synonymous. Flip-flops specifically have the one strap that goes between the toes (and usually a cheap foam sole), but sandals can have all sorts of other straps and poo poo, although flip-flops are a subcategory of sandals. Nothing is worse than a man wearing a toe ring.
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Nov 12, 2015 13:59
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Opie_Yates posted:Nothing is worse than a man wearing a toe ring. Crap, did it slip down there again?
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mind the walrus posted:Remember when there was an idea that the internet would actually reduce hysteria because facts and information would be quick to spread and verify? I remember thinking urban legends would go away because people could just look poo poo up and find out if it's true or not. "Is Timberland run by the KKK? No, Google says it's run by Jews. Cool."
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:I have yet to see a single person actually offended at the red cup thing, but my feed is full of people who are really mad about people being offended at the red cup thing. People are figuring out how this poo poo works (see the video RabbitWizard posted) and are exploiting it for pageviews/likes/plussies/whatever. I've even seen seemingly legitimate journalists whip up #cupgate tweets and actual articles about "The Red Cup Controversy," even though it's not real. Welcome to the new age, where journalists don't fact-check anymore and just slap poo poo up on social media, the newspaper, and even broadcast news!
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Nov 12, 2015 15:23
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:I have yet to see a single person actually offended at the red cup thing, but my feed is full of people who are really mad about people being offended at the red cup thing. That's because nobody is actually offended but a bunch of people needed an excuse to smugly talk about "the real meaning of Christmas" and drop bon mots against Christian strawmen, even though most of them have either never met an actual deeply religious person or they unfriend anybody with remotely conservative viewpoints. Goddammit I miss the IOSM thread.
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Henchman of Santa posted:That's because nobody is actually offended but a bunch of people needed an excuse to smugly talk about "the real meaning of Christmas" and drop bon mots against Christian strawmen, even though most of them have either never met an actual deeply religious person or they unfriend anybody with remotely conservative viewpoints. Good news, everyone!
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Nov 12, 2015 15:54
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6raPKWeAVz8 I'm not quite sure I understand the point here. Is this something kids would actually want?
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Nov 13, 2015 02:47
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I love how they directly spell out the company's logic of "We're gunna need some more crayons" right in the ad I don't think the ad's directly targeting the kids, I think it's going after the parents who see things like http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photos/astonishing-pencil-lead-sculptures on reddit/pintrest/facebook/whatever since the lingo is specifically the kind of things adults think kids say when being confrontational but still kid-safe
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Nov 13, 2015 02:57
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDsgB4nfC9w
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Wanamingo posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6raPKWeAVz8 There will be soooooooo many swears carved into crayons
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Hirayuki posted:eta: These might be, though! "soleRebels: protecting your precious feet + our precious PLANET [and makin' you look EXTRA good in the process]." Sweet Jesus, I appreciate their humble, little-guy entrepreneurial spirit, but someone has GOT to talk to them about image resolutions and how they work. That front page made my eyes bleed.
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Nov 13, 2015 03:21
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I've heard of that idiocy being called Web 4.0, and that true crime of design certainly qualifies as a dumb move in marketing
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcg4tbd6X9c Gee, I wonder if many people have been buying Amazon tablets. e: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGEd6ZmwZ7Q "I was fired from my last job for being too much of a shitbag, and now I need money. Here's a thing you should buy." Wanamingo has a new favorite as of 05:19 on Nov 13, 2015 |
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Nov 13, 2015 05:13
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Opie_Yates posted:Nothing is worse than a man wearing a toe ring. Nah, men wearing diamond stud earrings. Any time I see a dude with those I want to punch them in the face.
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Wanamingo posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6raPKWeAVz8 Motherfucker, Crayola is cutting into my artisanally carved crayon market.
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Wanamingo posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6raPKWeAVz8 Seems like the point is just to gently caress up crayons  Also holy poo poo, the first word they spell is "Noob" It sure is 2015
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Talking about strange rules when it comes to marketing addictive stuff I've noticed that TV commercials in Canada for alcohol don't actually show anyone drinking. They will have a scene in a bar, beers all around, people talking and laughing and doing whatever, but no-one actually drinks. The glass never touches someones lips, no one takes a gulp. Nothing. It kind of seems strange because if you were at a bar you would expect to see people drinking, especially if you heard an voice over telling you how smooth tasting the beer in front of you is.
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