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hey look, it's https://xkcd.com/993 https://xkcd.com/993 in the real world!
by skykooler 10y ago
hey look, it's https://xkcd.com/993 https://xkcd.com/993 in the real world!
- hbosch 10y agoOne of the best parts of the movie Repo Man (1980s) was this exact thing: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5583664de4b088692d519822/t/55d8e857e4b07faafaaf06d1/1440278617640/ http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5583664de4b088692d5198... Also just an all around fantastic movie in general.
- zach 10y agoI must confess that I am old enough to remember that this was based on an actual brand, "Plain Wrap", which was the store brand of the long-defunct Alpha Beta supermarket chain: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CU25MNEU8AAbnvx.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CU25MNEU8AAbnvx.jpg They actually used to stock all the Plain Wrap items in a single aisle, and the effect was like a consumer sensory deprivation tank.
- utexaspunk 10y agoI never realized Qaddafi was in that!
- Double_Cast 10y agoAnother item for the list! https://euri.ca/2013/xkcd-is-the-new-donald-duck/index.html https://euri.ca/2013/xkcd-is-the-new-donald-duck/index.html
- viraptor 10y agoIGA / black and gold comes close, but with yellow packs: http://www.catalogueaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/iga_prod_j00569253_c_002_r01_006_p2v.jpg http://www.catalogueaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/iga_p...
- TeMPOraL 10y agoOh God, please yes. If I ever saw such products in my supermarket, I'd be buying them all. This is exactly how packaging should look like; what we currently have is ridiculous and only serves as an example that advertising isn't about informing people anymore.
- dagw 10y agoThe Swedish Coop chain of food stores did that for very many years: https://fredrikedin.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/blavitt.jpg https://fredrikedin.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/blavitt.jpg