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That's just marketing. McDonalds will sell you what it calls a Hamburger with a capital-H, but we could argue endlessly about the veracity of that. In the end

That's just marketing. McDonalds will sell you what it calls a Hamburger with a capital-H, but we could argue endlessly about the veracity of that. In the end it doesn't matter -- some people like it, some people hate it, it's good, it's terrible, it's whatever you at this moment in your life decide it is for you, but regardless of opinions, it's still edible. I just love what this guy made mostly because he followed through and made something, anything, and put it out there (presumably for the pure joy of creation).. and it got us all talking about it lol

godelski 3y ago
> That's just marketing. McDonalds will sell you what it calls a Hamburger with a capital-H, but we could argue endlessly about the veracity of that. Well they can't sell you a quarter pound of horse meat as third of a pound of beef. There are laws about this and I believe they do deserve criticism. But that criticism is completely orthogonal to how good the "hamburger" tastes and the nutritional value of it. But personally I could never do marketing. I feel like their skills lay in getting as close to a lie as possible without technically being one. But I also think this is why people are not happy with a lot of products, because they aren't getting what they were expected. But at the same time I think companies are in an arms race that has simply been a race to the bottom where we're at or near and no one can get an economic edge simply by telling the whole truth and nothing but the unquestionable truth. The (near) liars have the distinct advantage in a world where it is impossible to have objective validators. It's why we have reviewers but why reviewers also got metric hacked. Idk what the solution here is but I definitely understand why people are upset and I wouldn't call this a fruitful endeavour where we'll argue endlessly. That's more about people having difficulties in expressing why they feel frustrated.

godelski 3y ago

> That's just marketing. McDonalds will sell you what it calls a Hamburger with a capital-H, but we could argue endlessly about the veracity of that. Well they can't sell you a quarter pound of horse meat as third of a pound of beef. There are laws about this and I believe they do deserve criticism. But that criticism is completely orthogonal to how good the "hamburger" tastes and the nutritional value of it. But personally I could never do marketing. I feel like their skills lay in getting as close to a lie as possible without technically being one. But I also think this is why people are not happy with a lot of products, because they aren't getting what they were expected. But at the same time I think companies are in an arms race that has simply been a race to the bottom where we're at or near and no one can get an economic edge simply by telling the whole truth and nothing but the unquestionable truth. The (near) liars have the distinct advantage in a world where it is impossible to have objective validators. It's why we have reviewers but why reviewers also got metric hacked. Idk what the solution here is but I definitely understand why people are upset and I wouldn't call this a fruitful endeavour where we'll argue endlessly. That's more about people having difficulties in expressing why they feel frustrated.