Do you make any assumptions based on the brand someone uses?

badabing106 · 30-06-2020 4:00pm #1

Audi. I always assume that the owners of these vehicles will act the maggot on the road, including never indicating at roundabouts.

hynesie08 · 30-06-2020 4:02pm

If you wear joop you're trying to finger 15 year old girls, whether you're 15 or 50......

the beer revolu · 30-06-2020 4:09pm

badabing106 wrote: »

Audi. I always assume that the owners of these vehicles will act the maggot on the road, including never indicating at roundabouts.

But you forgot about BMWs:eek:

The Tetrarch · 30-06-2020 4:31pm

Apple - easily influenced.

Rothko · 30-06-2020 4:35pm

I'll admit that I think less of people who read The Sun

Feisar · 30-06-2020 4:38pm

The Tetrarch wrote: »

Apple - easily influenced.

I just prefer the interface. I don't care if the camera is better or not.

sweet_trip · 30-06-2020 4:39pm

Audi -Middle aged man with greying hair, massive ego, thinks theyre great drivers but are actually dire and drive dangerously because they think it makes them cool.

Apple - sheep. Doesn't know how restricted their devices are, and how much theyre being ripped off for subpar devices.

Not a brand but notice a lot of people are addicted to buying useless ****e from amazon they don't need. Addicted to consuming and buying worthless plastic junk while they spend all day just looking at the amazon app. Very sad.

Same people will also complain they can't afford xyz and are struggling financially.

Signore Fancy Pants · 30-06-2020 4:44pm

hynesie08 wrote: »

If you wear joop you're trying to finger 15 year old girls, whether you're 15 or 50......

Bang of Joop! Off ya.

JohnnyFlash · 30-06-2020 4:46pm

Wrangler jeans - complete mucksavage.

Leg End Reject · 30-06-2020 4:47pm

Anyone remember yuppies with their filofaxes? The modern equivalent is probably hipsters, collectively they can simply be called knobs.

Grey tracksuit of any brand = scobe. Bonus scobe points if your kids are wearing matching ones.

Anything with ostentatious designer labels screams new money or try hard, especially D&G, Gucci, Versace or Marc Jacobs.

freshpopcorn · 30-06-2020 4:51pm

If you eat at somewhere such as chopped your a hipster and you will move into the next fad.

Arghus · 30-06-2020 4:55pm

Beatz headphones - Their main concern isn't value for money or sound quality. They probably also have terrible taste in music.

I'll make allowances for younger people - under 25 say - you can have the best intentions at that age, but lack the nous to know you've fallen for marketing hype.

harry Bailey esq · 30-06-2020 4:57pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Wrangler jeans - complete mucksavage.

Don't forget Lee Cooper. Same price bracket as wranglers.. still popular around Crossmaglen, along with the 'dealer' boots.

Happy4all · 30-06-2020 4:59pm

Arghus wrote: »

Beatz headphones - Their main concern isn't value for money or sound quality. They probably also have terrible taste in music.

I'll make allowances for younger people - under 25 say - you can have the best intentions at that age, but lack the nous to know you've fallen for marketing hype.

Is that the Dealz version?

antimatterx · 30-06-2020 5:03pm

sweet_trip wrote: »

Apple - sheep. Doesn't know how restricted their devices are, and how much theyre being ripped off for subpar devices.

Or prefer using superior devices. It's ok though, most people who slate Apple fans as 'sheep', can't afford Apple products anyway.

Deebles McBeebles · 30-06-2020 5:04pm

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Don't forget Lee Cooper. Same price bracket as wranglers.. still popular around Crossmaglen, along with the 'dealer' boots.

Ah sh*t, Harry. May move to Crossmaglen now to be with my people.

harry Bailey esq · 30-06-2020 5:09pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Ah sh*t, Harry. May move to Crossmaglen now to be with my people.

To give wise council, don't. Gringos are NOT welcome.

lertsnim · 30-06-2020 5:09pm

antimatterx wrote: »

Or prefer using superior devices. It's ok though, most people who slate Apple fans as 'sheep', can't afford Apple products anyway.

Apple have widgets coming this year. Nobody else can say they have that. So ahead of the game.

sweet_trip · 30-06-2020 5:12pm

antimatterx wrote: »

Or prefer using superior devices. It's ok though, most people who slate Apple fans as 'sheep', can't afford Apple products anyway.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention. It's all about the look for apple users.
Nevermind you're forced to use their ****e software and their compatibility with other computers is terrible, and their phones let you do nothing in terms of accessing their files easily without all the useless itunes and apple software they force you to install, and nevermind the fact their macbooks have such ****e hardware you'll end up paying an extra 1000 euro vs an actual useful computer.

It all boils down to look. I have an apple product therefore I look like I have money and in my eyes that makes me cool.

Brainwashed by marketing.

freshpopcorn · 30-06-2020 5:14pm

When I was a kid I thought only gay men shopped at River Island!

30-06-2020 5:16pm

Yeah, re apple..in audio anyway 12 grand Apple Mac pros are being destroyed in tests by pcs costing 1/4 the price..

KoolKluxKlan · 30-06-2020 5:16pm

Anyone who buys samsung/huawei tend to be the sort of people you see claiming the dole or shop on the yellow sticker aisles.

jam_mac_jam · 30-06-2020 5:21pm

Louis Vuitton bags that cost about three grand and look like shopping bags. Awful. Just complete status symbols generally bought by people who can't afford them.

LawBoy2018 · 30-06-2020 5:23pm

Penney's for men. Any man who wears clothes from Penney's (excluding socks/jocks) outside their home is cheap and his mother probably still makes his dinner.

jam_mac_jam · 30-06-2020 5:24pm

antimatterx wrote: »

Or prefer using superior devices. It's ok though, most people who slate Apple fans as 'sheep', can't afford Apple products anyway.

Ah yes. That's it not that they like something else. Must be jealousy.

Jimi H · 30-06-2020 5:24pm

Canada goose is disgusting brand and I find it hard not to instantly dislike anyone wearing it.

Tacitus Kilgore · 30-06-2020 5:27pm

VW, Audi, Skoda,

Anything of the VAG persuasion, most likely diesel powered.

They're for simple aul salads who say "golf yeah, great car, yeah" for all of their 20s, then they graduate to a - a4/a6/octavia, in diesel - to top off maslows hierarchy of white goods cars - at least the lads driving dusters & konas aren't lying to themselves.

whisky_galore · 30-06-2020 5:50pm

BMW with "angry" headlamps = knob end.

lickalot · 30-06-2020 5:57pm

antimatterx wrote: »

Or prefer using superior devices. It's ok though, most people who slate Apple fans as 'sheep', can't afford Apple products anyway.

No thanks, enjoy your 60HZ refresh rate and locked down software.

I'd use a hundred quid Android over a 1200 iPhone.

X6.430macman · 30-06-2020 6:03pm

antimatterx wrote:

Or prefer using superior devices. It's ok though, most people who slate Apple fans as 'sheep', can't afford Apple products anyway.

You have to hand it to the Apple marketing crew though, there can't be many companies out there where their customers will do everything in their power to defend their products

Arghus · 30-06-2020 6:04pm

antimatterx wrote: »

Or prefer using superior devices. It's ok though, most people who slate Apple fans as 'sheep', can't afford Apple products anyway.

I hear conflicting things about this. One one hand people I know who work with anything at all involving graphic design or audio/visual shooting and editing seem to prefer Apple products.

But anyone I know who works with development or programming seems to hate Apple products.

So are Apple products "superior" - and, if so, why?

I Am Nobody · 30-06-2020 6:07pm

When young fellas show up to the clubhouse with new leathers and way too many clean HD patches.You just know they watched too many Sons of Anarchy episodes and have no clue what they are getting into.

Arghus · 30-06-2020 6:07pm

KoolKluxKlan wrote: »

Anyone who buys samsung/huawei tend to be the sort of people you see claiming the dole or shop on the yellow sticker aisles.

A person who wants something that'll do the basic job required for a far cheaper price?

Guilty as charged.

CrankyHaus · 30-06-2020 6:09pm

Nice to see the thread didn't make it one page before the Apple bores crashed it.

Aongus Von Bismarck · 30-06-2020 6:13pm

Tag Heuer watches - the timepiece of choice of car salesmen, IT consultants, and small shop owners.

Aldi - I was watching that Prime Time special last night and an ad for Aldi came on during the commercial break. It showed a family boasting about how much money they had saved by switching to Aldi. I live in Germany, and Aldi is associated with students, Turkish immigrants, and penny pinchers from the former East Germany. Irish families have more than enough money to spend on quality food, and should spend more on quality fruit and vegetables, free range (preferably organic) chicken and pork, fresh fish; bread that doesn't come from a plastic bag, and wine that is actually drinkable. They seem to skimp on food, and then squander their money on completely unnecessary fripperies like bouncing castles, televisions for their bedrooms, all inclusive package holidays, and cheap diesel cars on PCP.

Nespresso - you don't like coffee, and you don't like the environment.

Arghus · 30-06-2020 6:17pm

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Tag Heuer watches - the timepiece of choice of car salesmen, IT consultants, and small shop owners.

Aldi - I was watching that Prime Time special last night and an ad for Aldi came on during the commercial break. It showed a family boasting about how much money they had saved by switching to Aldi. I live in Germany, and Aldi is associated with students, Turkish immigrants, and penny pinchers from the former East Germany. Irish families have more than enough money to spend on quality food, and should spend more on quality fruit and vegetables, free range (preferably organic) chicken and pork, fresh fish; bread that doesn't come from a plastic bag, and wine that is actually drinkable. They seem to skimp on food, and then squander their money on completely unnecessary fripperies like bouncing castles, televisions for their bedrooms, all inclusive package holidays, and cheap diesel cars on PCP.

Nespresso - you don't like coffee, and you don't like the environment.

A surprisingly short list, all things considered.

EmmetSpiceland · 30-06-2020 6:20pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

BMW with "angry" headlamps = knob end.

Coupled with the German font reg.

cannotlogin · 30-06-2020 6:34pm

I've never known a MINI driver that wasn't an outrageous attention seeker.

The most impractical of cars given space. Thankfully the trend of adding eyelashes to the lights that was around during the Celtic Tiger has died out.

coolbeans · 30-06-2020 6:41pm

Any fancy man water brand like Voss. It's water.

CrankyHaus · 30-06-2020 6:46pm

coolbeans wrote: »

Any fancy man water brand like Voss. It's water.

Bottled water full stop tbh. If you're somewhere with drinkable tap water obviously.

ironictoaster · 30-06-2020 6:47pm

People who wear high end designer labels (doesn't matter if its real or counterfeit) with the brand logo on display in a big way i.e. the logo covers most of the garment e.g. Hugo Boss etc.

I'm convinced these people are trying to fit in a class they are not a part of. I'm also convinced the labels know this.

Also penneys 4 life

One eyed Jack · 30-06-2020 7:03pm

Arghus wrote: »

I hear conflicting things about this. One one hand people I know who work with anything at all involving graphic design or audio/visual shooting and editing seem to prefer Apple products.

But anyone I know who works with development or programming seems to hate Apple products.

So are Apple products "superior" - and, if so, why?

They’re really not any more or less superior than anything else out there. I’m typing this reply on an iPhone 7 Plus, it does the job, it does what I need it to do. That’s all I want it for. I thought about getting an iPhone 11 when they came out, but iOS 13 would be pretty much the same, and I sure as hell don’t need four cameras! I might not bother with an iPhone 12 either when iOS 14 is released and STILL works on a phone that must be what, five years old now?

I did have to laugh at the earlier comment about 120Hz refresh rate on Android and sticking with his €100 phone, as if you’d get 120Hz refresh rate on a €100 Android phone, that was just pure cheeky!

All that being said, I’d go back to Windows 10 Phone on my Lumia 950 in the morning if I could. Loved the OS, the hardware, etc.

Ush1 · 30-06-2020 7:11pm

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Tag Heuer watches - the timepiece of choice of car salesmen, IT consultants, and small shop owners.

Aldi - I was watching that Prime Time special last night and an ad for Aldi came on during the commercial break. It showed a family boasting about how much money they had saved by switching to Aldi. I live in Germany, and Aldi is associated with students, Turkish immigrants, and penny pinchers from the former East Germany. Irish families have more than enough money to spend on quality food, and should spend more on quality fruit and vegetables, free range (preferably organic) chicken and pork, fresh fish; bread that doesn't come from a plastic bag, and wine that is actually drinkable. They seem to skimp on food, and then squander their money on completely unnecessary fripperies like bouncing castles, televisions for their bedrooms, all inclusive package holidays, and cheap diesel cars on PCP.

Nespresso - you don't like coffee, and you don't like the environment.

Aldi sell most of the things you listed.

suicide_circus · 30-06-2020 8:21pm

badabing106 wrote: »

Audi. I always assume that the owners of these vehicles will act the maggot on the road, including never indicating at roundabouts.

its not just audi drivers.

the amount of people who dont indicate on roundabout, going on or coming off, is staggering, i'd say its about 60% plus. I genuinely believe they don't know you're meant to indicate at all.

dzsfah2xoynme9 · 30-06-2020 8:23pm

Who gives a **** about what product a person uses. The person criticising is a bigger fool. Why can people just mind their own business. If we all did them we wouldn't be in this **** show of a situation we are all on now.

Leg End Reject · 30-06-2020 8:25pm

suicide_circus wrote: »

its not just audi drivers.

the amount of people who dont indicate on roundabout, going on or coming off, is staggering, i'd say its about 60% plus. I genuinely believe they don't know you're meant to indicate at all.

A lot don't seem to know what lane they should be in and think they can just cut across to their exit when it suits them.

PsychoPete · 30-06-2020 8:26pm

You can be sure the people that moan about drivers of audi,BMW etc are the ones driving sh!tty little Korean cars

rapul · 30-06-2020 8:26pm

No. Don't judge a book by its cover.

Arghus · 30-06-2020 8:45pm

Chana Miniature Hog wrote: »

Who gives a **** about what product a person uses. The person criticising is a bigger fool. Why can people just mind their own business. If we all did them we wouldn't be in this **** show of a situation we are all on now.

I've never read such an angry plea for tolerance before.

The Bishop Basher · 30-06-2020 9:01pm

sweet_trip wrote: »

It all boils down to look. I have an apple product therefore I look like I have money and in my eyes that makes me cool.

It never ceases to amaze me how someone else could get so riled up by another person's choice of phone

Makes me love Apple that little bit more

JohnnyFlash · 30-06-2020 9:40pm

One eyed Jack wrote: »

All that being said, I’d go back to Windows 10 Phone on my Lumia 950 in the morning if I could. Loved the OS, the hardware, etc.

That was a great phone, and the Windows OS was a joy to use. Pity Microsoft decided to pull the plug on it. Not that it matters; they are now the most valuable company on the US stock exchange.

Do you make any assumptions based on the brand someone uses?

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