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Do you have an example of something that was pushed upon people, forcing them to like it?

by brtkdotse 4y ago

mhb 4y ago
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- jamiek88 4y ago
  Well that’s just silly.
jamiek88 4y ago
Yeah I just posted a similar question, can’t think of any and can think of the converse quite easily. Even Amazon couldn’t push the Amazon phone for example. The nearest I can think of is Xbox but that came out of the gate strong with halo and had a fandom.
Theodores 4y ago
Hold that pitchfork: bottled water! Hydration. Bottled water was only available in specialist stores for putting in things like your car radiator. The only bottled water for drinking on the marketplace was 'Perrier'. It was fizzy and came in distinctive bottles. People bought it as often as they bought spirits and it would stay in the drinks cabinet for months. Then they started advertising it. After a few false starts the market for 'hydration' was established and paying money for something that came free from the tap was de rigeur. France and other European countries were ahead of the UK with bottled water, possibly because the tap water was not deemed potable. These brands soon took over the UK market and TV showed the adverts to rake in the consumers. The original word of 'thirsty' was swapped for the American 'hydration' and instead of asking if someone was thirsty you would ask them if they were properly hydrated. Clearly there was no government decree or cartel pointing guns at people and insisting that they forget the thirsty idea and public water faucets. Through marketing and the 'hydration word' they got the job done.
- jstanley 4y ago
  > because the tap water was not deemed potable So what were they doing in France before bottled water? Just going thirsty?
  - Theodores 4y ago
    Drinking wine. In Ye Olden Days in the UK some fermented beer was 'drinking water'. In Ye Olden Days yeast strains were not the ones we have today. The yeast got killed by alcohol at a lower concentration. Drinking wine or beer all the time was fine when it was as weak as shandy. Waaait a minute! People used to drink lightly alcoholised drinks made from natural ingredients, recycling their receptacles? And now we pay for bottled water laced with plastics that render mankind infertile? I am going back to the old ways!

Do you have an example of something that was pushed upon people, forcing them to like it?

mhb 4y ago

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jamiek88 4y ago
Well that’s just silly.

jamiek88 4y ago

Yeah I just posted a similar question, can’t think of any and can think of the converse quite easily. Even Amazon couldn’t push the Amazon phone for example. The nearest I can think of is Xbox but that came out of the gate strong with halo and had a fandom.

Theodores 4y ago

Hold that pitchfork: bottled water! Hydration. Bottled water was only available in specialist stores for putting in things like your car radiator. The only bottled water for drinking on the marketplace was 'Perrier'. It was fizzy and came in distinctive bottles. People bought it as often as they bought spirits and it would stay in the drinks cabinet for months. Then they started advertising it. After a few false starts the market for 'hydration' was established and paying money for something that came free from the tap was de rigeur. France and other European countries were ahead of the UK with bottled water, possibly because the tap water was not deemed potable. These brands soon took over the UK market and TV showed the adverts to rake in the consumers. The original word of 'thirsty' was swapped for the American 'hydration' and instead of asking if someone was thirsty you would ask them if they were properly hydrated. Clearly there was no government decree or cartel pointing guns at people and insisting that they forget the thirsty idea and public water faucets. Through marketing and the 'hydration word' they got the job done.

jstanley 4y ago
> because the tap water was not deemed potable So what were they doing in France before bottled water? Just going thirsty?
- Theodores 4y ago
  Drinking wine. In Ye Olden Days in the UK some fermented beer was 'drinking water'. In Ye Olden Days yeast strains were not the ones we have today. The yeast got killed by alcohol at a lower concentration. Drinking wine or beer all the time was fine when it was as weak as shandy. Waaait a minute! People used to drink lightly alcoholised drinks made from natural ingredients, recycling their receptacles? And now we pay for bottled water laced with plastics that render mankind infertile? I am going back to the old ways!