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Dent or Dust (startrek.website)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 31 points 7 months ago (14 children)

Anyone who refers to their possessions by the corporate trademark and coddles it like a newborn really will believe they've ruined it. It's not a PC, it's a Mac. It's not a car, it's an Alfa. It's not a vacuum, it's a Dyson. It's not a smoker, it's a Traeger. And so on. Talking to these people is like talking to someone with a mental illness.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It's not a tissue, it's a Kleenex.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Tbf some of these brands get so tied to the product that people forget that that's just the brand and their not the only ones who make that product. I've been bothered before by people calling any suv a Jeep whether it was a Jeep or not, but on the other hand I didn't know that Dremel was a company until embarrassingly recently.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    My biggest pet peeve is doctors referring to medication by brand name instead of active ingredient.

    Should be illegal, in my view.

    I'm a little shit and whenever "most dominant brand name for paracetamol"* and "most dominant brand name for Ibuprofen"* are mentioned by a doctor, I play dumb and ask if that's paracetamol/Ibuprofen.

    They're literally advertising for companies who's product is 5x more expensive for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

    *I refuse to give them free advertising

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    “It’s not a vibrator, it’s an INEZ”

    Smdh.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Holy shit, $20,000 USD?!

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    alternatively, i say mac because its quicker than laptop/computer/pc and macbook because it provides more context with the same amount of effort… without that context, people will assume windows, which is fine - it’s not a status thing (for me) - but when discussing how to get things done, it avoids the minor annoyance of mismatched expectations for no extra effort

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