Diamonds.
Read the first line of the OP and get the fuck out.
Diamonds.
Aβydoς;121883845 said:You learn to fucking read.
I'm not an hater of Apple, fucking Christ.
iPhones SUCK. They are not worth a third of their price.
Samsung makes decent phones and tablets, but they're not the OMG greatest things that people hype them up to be.
They hold back OS updates for certain phones\tablets to force you to upgrade (I'm got a Tab 3 7" that probably isn't going to get a Kit Kat update since the new Tab's came out, good luck seeing L on it. Going to sell it when I get back from my deployment and buy a Nexus 7 like I should have in the first place).
I've literally had people's jaw's hit the floor when they ask me why I don't have a Samsung phone and I tell them why I don't like them.
Kinect and Beats By Dre come to mind
Just because you have bad taste does not mean it's terrible.
Once you have tasted Coca-Cola with real suger, you'll realize how terrible the HFCS version is.
I have Mexican coke all the time here in San Diego. It's good, but it still does not make normal coke terrible.
I disagree entirely. I enjoy Coke with real sugar, but I also enjoy Coca-Cola Classic.Once you have tasted Coca-Cola with real suger, you'll realize how terrible the HFCS version is.
Americans drink Coca-Cola at christmas, seems weird to me. Give me julmust or give me deathNot exactly a terrible product, and I'm not sure if the quality varies in other countries, but in Japan it is customary to have KFC for Christmas dinner. And the tradition was started by a highly successful ad campaign IIRC.
The George Foreman Grill
This piece of shit lives in the basement, garage, or attic of almost everyone I know. It promises convenience, better health (the fat drips right off!), the power to grill indoors. It delivers an impossible to clean waffle maker/griddle hybrid. It was a pop culture staple of the 90's and it's useless and I fucking hate it.
Nah, it's amazing.Chica fil a. This place is horrible.
Americans drink Coca-Cola at christmas, seems weird to me. Give me julmust or give me death
wrongAnything from taco bell
Nah, it's amazing.
Why is it called the george foreman grill?
First time i see a real image, i only know it from the simpsons jokes
Disclaimer: Don't be a fanboy douche. "huuurr duuuur Apple huuur duuuuur Samsung" type responses are not acceptable. Let's leave such highly divisive products out of the conversation shall we?
Now that that's out of the way, I'm talking about products that could not sell on their own merits (quality/aesthetics/utility) but are still hugely popular based on one or more highly successful ad campaigns. Try to be specific about the product and the ad campaign that launched its success. For example...
The George Foreman Grill
This piece of shit lives in the basement, garage, or attic of almost everyone I know. It promises convenience, better health (the fat drips right off!), the power to grill indoors. It delivers an impossible to clean waffle maker/griddle hybrid. It was a pop culture staple of the 90's and it's useless and I fucking hate it.
See also: Ronco Rotisserie Oven
Why is it called the george foreman grill?
First time i see a real image, i only know it from the simpsons jokes
I use this example all the time but I'll still say breakfast cereal because it still blows my mind that something that was largely invented to stop masturbation became so successful almost purely through advertising.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/nov/23/food-book-extract-felicity-lawrence
Read the first line of the OP and get the fuck out.
So if we can't bring Wii and iPhone and Samsung into this, then what's the point of this thread? All brands are divisive, and I actually rather like the George Foreman Grill. The people saying "Wii" and "iPhone" aren't being fanboy douches. Wii owes its entire success to Nintendo's brilliant marketing.
So if we can't bring Wii and iPhone and Samsung into this, then what's the point of this thread? All brands are divisive, and I actually rather like the George Foreman Grill. The people saying "Wii" and "iPhone" aren't being fanboy douches. Wii owes its entire success to Nintendo's brilliant marketing.