Feisar wrote: » The biggest lie/marketing scam about Guinness is that it’s somehow intrinsically Irish. A Protestant landlord brewer went over to London and came back with a stout recipe. Stout isn’t an Irish invention. Guinness wouldn’t even employ a Catholic in a management position until 1972, when I believe they were forced to.
Feisar wrote: » You can’t get the domed head just proud of the glass with a one pour. The white “cream” is more viscous and is needed for that effect. Therefore you need to let the head form and top it up. In blind taste tests though I’ve yet to find a person tell the difference. However the visual plays into people’s perception of taste and the domed head tastes better.
L1011 wrote: » Invented by the marketing team when draught came out. As prior to that it was poured from two casks, one fresh/heady and one totally stale and that's why it had to go in two pour - let the heady bit settle then top off with stale. They realised people would be perturbed by the change from it taking 4-5 minutes to taking 30 seconds so had to think of something Its complete, utter, total marketing bollox and anyone who thinks there's any advantage to a two part pour is delusional. You cannot and will not be able to tell the difference between a one part and two part poured pint even if you have convinced yourself you can. Deluded sheep. ALL the mythology around Guinness is insane. Its only a decent quality, relatively cheap stout as said up thread. It isn't ****ing magical. And I don't yet know a habitual Guinness drinker who understands that - they all buy in to at least some of the hoodoo
HopsAndJumps wrote: » Guinness have one of the finest marketing lies ever told, the two pour pint. It makes the drink sound sort of magical. Though it makes zero difference to the taste.
hoodie6029 wrote: » Microsoft Office.
thequarefellow wrote: » Asics running shoes. I was talked into spending almost €200 on a pair of these for their 'superior quality and support; choice of top runners etc etc' when I started running a few years ago. They fell apart after 6 months.
ben.schlomo wrote: » Guinness.
Capt'n Midnight wrote: » And all used the BSD stack for TCP/IP networking and utilities. With considerable differences in implementation. This makes me :mad: every time I have a networking issue or delay in reacquiring setting specially with WiFi in windows where it just works in the others. Sick of uninstalling / disabling / device manager / even regedit just to get WiFi to connect if there's anything non standard.
Roger the cabin boy wrote: » Dreary me. Android, Apple, Windows, all have pros and cons and are as good as each other all things considered.
appledrop wrote: » I dont agree. Some of the own brand bleach are like water. Also Fairy is the only brand I would ever use on my clothes or my little boys as we have sensivite skin . Washing powder is huge cause of skin irritation in people.
Montage of Feck wrote: » The whole phone fanboy thing is just about to get more silly, as manufacturers are now starting to put out phones with unnecessary over the top specs.
Paris Skinny Wallpaper wrote: » This is why android will always be inferior, apple co-design their hardware and software to work flawlessly together while android is a mismatch of different companies software and hardware resulting in laggy, buggy devices with poor use-ability and badly utilised hardware. Android is also a horrible operating system to use from a navigating around it perspective etc. As someone else said on the thread, look at any real tech people not your bargain basement type - they all use iPhones and Macbooks etc.
RandomViewer wrote: » Nearly always on offer ,just as cheap to buy them than the shop brand
jetsonx wrote: » Kelloggs breakfast cereals. The ones from Lidl taste more wholesome and less sugared.
CrankyHaus wrote: » Especially bleach. It's a fairly generic chemical you pour into your toilet. The idea of spending way more on a branded version makes no sense I can understand people going for branded clothes washing products, as they may worry about the clothes deteriorating faster in the wash.
Cosmo Kramer wrote: » Sony is a weird one, I love the PS4 but I probably wouldn't touch another product they make. Had a sony phone a few years ago and it was awful. I'm at the stage where Asics are the only brand of runner I buy, I find them unbelievably comfortable compared to any other shoe I've tried. Use them for running and day to day wear as well. I'm not sure if it's just that my feet are a good fit for the shape of their shoe design or if it's that their products are better than other brands but I find them fantastic. Wouldn't spend €200 on a pair mind you, but they do great shoes for less than half that price.
Gael23 wrote: » Cif, Fairy and any big brand cleaning stuff
Suckit wrote: » Sony are a company I always believed to be overrated.
snoopboggybog wrote: » Superior devices? Give me a Note 10 over any Iphone. I have a work Iphone, I have a Samsung Note 10 Plus as my own personal phone. The Note 10 wins hands down. There is more customization with Android, IOS is like a brick wall. It just sucks donkey balls and too locked down. I would rather a 150 euro Android phone than a 1200 Iphone. There's not even widgets on IOS hahaaha As for your part in Bold any decent company uses Iphones as they are more secure. The note 10 plus beats any fecking Iphone hands down.
