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You always suspect that this kind of claptrap is being sold to F500 companies, but it doesn't make it any less shocking to actually see how ridiculous it is.
by mef 11y ago
You always suspect that this kind of claptrap is being sold to F500 companies, but it doesn't make it any less shocking to actually see how ridiculous it is.
- 21echoes 11y agoi wish there was a word like schadenfreude that captured that sublime feeling of seeing someone miss the satire in something and pile contempt on it at the same time.
- dang 11y agoAre you being mean to the person you're talking to? If so, please don't do that here.
- jonathankoren 11y agoIt's unclear whether this is a hoax or not. Anrell -- Pepsi's ad agency at the time -- refused comment. Certainly parts of the document are straight (even if they're recreated). The Pepsi circle does echo a smile, and when the off-kilter smile logo was unveiled, it was unveiled with each product getting it's own customized logo. See the various 2008 - 2010 product pages on http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/Pepsi http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/Pepsi This level of BS has been seen before, lest Lucent Technologies's old red ring logo, and the story that came with its unveiling. http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/08/10/lucent_logo_captures_company/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/08/10/lucent_logo_captures...
- onli 11y agoI am not honestly not sure what to think. The document is clearly a joke. There is no way in hell someone produced this with a straight face, and that people then accepted it. But either the whole internet is in on the joke, or the articles about it really support your version: That it is not sure whether that's a joke. That the world this stems from is so absurd that it just might be the real thing.
- lvs 11y agoCare to cite any hard evidence that the document was a hoax? Certainly, some pages of the document are vaguely legitimate explorations in design history, whereas others are ludicrous to the point of satire.
- biot 11y agoGiven Poe's law, how can you be sure the person missing the satire isn't you?
- conceit 11y agoDo you mean cringe, Or is that missing the sarcastic joy?
- cbd1984 11y agoYes, that is indeed what I feel when I read comments such as yours.