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There's plenty odd brands for everything in the real world too. There's Ubuntu Cola, Migo phones, and AbiWord, to name a few examples.
by dale_glass 3y ago
There's plenty odd brands for everything in the real world too. There's Ubuntu Cola, Migo phones, and AbiWord, to name a few examples.
- aardvark179 3y agoBut having a character in novel use such a brand has to be a conscious choice and say something about that character. Why are they drinking an odd brand of cola, or using an unusual sort of phone?
- dale_glass 3y agoWhy? Tying brands to identity is a weird thing. Companies aren't static anyway. I switch brands depending on how the wind blows at the time of purchase.
- waveBidder 3y agoyes but that itself tells something about who you are, and precludes stories about certain kinds of people. not that I really want to read about them