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

30-06-2020 10:00pm

Iphone...... strong coke habit

Craft beer...... tedious bore

Queing 20 plus mins for drive through..... idiot

jetsonx · 30-06-2020 10:10pm

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

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

In Ireland of late, Nespresso has become a new signaler that the household is urbane and sophisticated.

Some will now say "Would you like a coffee?"

When tea is not offered you know something is up - you know there is a Nespresso machine lurking in the gaf somewhere.

Then the inevitable, "It's Nespresso, you know". Read: "don't even think about turning my offer down"

I'm sure the same process when on when Sodastreams were en vogue.

kowloon · 30-06-2020 10:29pm

rapul wrote: »

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

I will totally judge a book by its cover.

Muahahaha · 30-06-2020 10:48pm

North Face, is the guy wearing it an adventurer just back from the mountains or is he a drug dealer. More likely the latter than the former.

Earthhorse · 30-06-2020 11:02pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

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

What...on...Earth?

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?

There was a time when Apples were genuinely better than PCs for media. That's probably not the case anymore but everyone in the industry uses them so there's no incentive to switch over.

Beyond that I think it's all done to use. I love my iPad, loved my old iMac (don't love the new one so much) and would switch phones to Android but can't be arsed. They're computers and there are use cases for them all; I wouldn’t buy a Mac for gaming for instance but even that depends on what kind of gaming you want to do and what other use you have for the machine.

Aongus Von Bismarck · 30-06-2020 11:07pm

I use a Microsoft Surface Book for work, and must say it's an outstanding device. I was a Macbook user, but our IT department put in place policies that only allowed us to use Windows devices. I was hesitant at first, but now find Windows 10 to be a far more enjoyable environment to work in than MacOS.

freshpopcorn · 30-06-2020 11:11pm

Earthhorse wrote: »

What...on...Earth?

I'm unsure why to be honest. I think it may have been because I just associated it with gay and flamboyant men. I've a feeling tough it was something that was said at school at the time.

Granadino · 30-06-2020 11:24pm

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

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

I have a pair of wrangler and Lee jeans , both modern slim tapered fit or whatever it’s called and am far from a mucksavage. But maybe I don’t give a f*ck what other people buy or wear.

Granadino · 30-06-2020 11:28pm

PsychoPete wrote: »

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

I’m sure there are plenty of people out there with money driving “sh!tty” Korean cars who’d rather spend their money on more useful things.
I can’t understand the mentality that people seem to think someone else should be impressed by the car they drive.
A metal box with four wheels that takes you from point a to point b when you put fuel in it...:

Ficheall · 30-06-2020 11:33pm

If anyone chooses something to buy based largely on what brand it is, my opinion of them goes down a little. I'm sure there are counterexamples, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

Ubbquittious · 30-06-2020 11:45pm

Not a particular brand but I know a good few lads who would buy the cheapest sh1te and chuck it away after a few years because they can't be arsed looking after it and like to have something brand new in their hands. Drives me mad to see this carry on. The fella getting the cheap gutless daysul Golf on the Puckleberry-P and 'ah shur just trade it in 3 years time' would be one of them.

Also anyone who buys an Alexa or an OK Google is a sheep who doesn't mind being spied upon

shaveAbullock · 01-07-2020 12:09am

Ficheall wrote: »

If anyone chooses something to buy based largely on what brand it is, my opinion of them goes down a little. I'm sure there are counterexamples, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

Previous good experience with the brand?

SpielCheck · 01-07-2020 12:09am

Anyone using Black and Decker

I automatically assume theyre a racist a$$h0le

kyote00 · 01-07-2020 12:11am

Skoda - I am about to be bored to death in 3,2,.....
Wearing Tracksuit - I am either coming or going to the bookies
Buying Lotto tickets - I failed maths at school

KaneToad · 01-07-2020 12:14am

Granadino wrote: »

I’m sure there are plenty of people out there with money driving “sh!tty” Korean cars who’d rather spend their money on more useful things.
I can’t understand the mentality that people seem to think someone else should be impressed by the car they drive.
A metal box with four wheels that takes you from point a to point b when you put fuel in it...:

It really is horses for courses. Some people derive great pleasure from cars and would gladly spend a large proportion of their income on their mode of transport. I get little pleasure from motoring and see it as an expensive but necessary evil. I spend a small fortune on my (niche) hobby which I'm sure others would baulk at!

Rodney Bathgate · 01-07-2020 12:19am

SpielCheck wrote: »

Anyone using Black and Decker

I automatically assume theyre a racist a$$h0le

I feel the same when I see someone eating a Nogger Black ice cream.

Strumms · 01-07-2020 3:29am

The Bishop Basher wrote: »

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

I love my Apple iPad and my Samsung Phone... Problem is the Apple loyalists get all arsey when you endeavor to say you ‘like’ or ‘prefer’ or you consider a better product like a Samsung S10 over the latest iPhone. You have expressed a preference, but the Apple dweebs get all full of tears, toys out of the pram, try to convince you that you are wrong, quote you numbers, stats this and that.... all I’ve said is... “I PREFER THE SAMSUNG GALAXY S10, to me that’s a better phone”..... the reply... “ahhhh, but...” :pac: I prefer the Hyundai Santa Fe over the Nissan Qashqai, I prefer Head tennis rackets over slazenger, I prefer galaxy chocolate over Cadburys, to me each product is better... but the Apple persons.. “YOU ARE WRONG”... “The IPhone is better, stop being wrong aghhhhhh”... that weird loyalty is...odd.

Cupatae · 01-07-2020 3:37am

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.

Nothing apple is superior ever they are overpriced fashion statements , def for sheep that haven't a notion what they are paying for.

Unless you of course like paying for a product that the company slows deliberately once they ve released a new one to "encourage" you to buy a new one.

So ya apple = not tech savvy sheep

Cupatae · 01-07-2020 3:52am

Any lad that wears skinny jeans is instantly classed a tosser, who should be shot with a ball of his own ****e.

Rubberchikken · 01-07-2020 4:00am

I own a Huawai phone. It's excellent.
(I'm not just saying that cos...you know;)

Strumms · 01-07-2020 4:07am

Rubberchikken wrote: »

I own a Huawai phone. It's excellent.
(I'm not just saying that cos...you know;)

They are not great, sure every time I call you and say... “hello the rubberchikken” the signal just dies, I mean, come on ! :eek:

ILoveYourVibes · 01-07-2020 4:55am

I do.

One Example.
I can tell if someone is price sensitive or otherwise motivated from the brands they use. This can tell me if i want to sell them a product what i should market towards them.

If someone is more brand sensitive than price sensitive i have to convince them more. These people can be turned off more easily.

YFlyer · 01-07-2020 4:55am

Saab drivers classify themselves as a rich cousin to Volvo drivers.

ILoveYourVibes · 01-07-2020 5:04am

Ficheall wrote: »

If anyone chooses something to buy based largely on what brand it is, my opinion of them goes down a little. I'm sure there are counterexamples, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

What ketchup do you buy? Would you always buy heinz if its there?

Some people are brand sensitive....fussy...with clothes too....or cars ...they like things just so or are rigid.

lickalot · 01-07-2020 9:28am

Never spent more than 1500 on a car and don't see the reason to. Get one with a fresh NCT and your flying.

It's the biggest waste of money you can spend. If I see someone drive a new car I just think to myself they have **** all of a social life.

Randy Archer · 01-07-2020 9:43am

hynesie08 wrote: »

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

Do people still buy that muck ?

EmmetSpiceland · 01-07-2020 9:48am

Ubbquittious wrote: »

The fella getting the cheap gutless daysul Golf on the Puckleberry-P

What is a Puckleberry-P?

theteal · 01-07-2020 10:05am

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

What is a Puckleberry-P?

PCP is my guess

Ubbquittious · 01-07-2020 10:13am

theteal wrote: »

PCP is my guess

Yep spot on

EmmetSpiceland · 01-07-2020 10:17am

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Yep spot on

Personal Contract Purchase. Puckleberry. Where did that come from or did you make it up?

world class wreckin’ cru · 01-07-2020 10:22am

The Tetrarch wrote: »

Apple - easily influenced.

The Apple hate is bizarre.

Read a thread the other day where some eejit said it's a 'brand for f*tards'.

I use iPhones because I like iOS better than Android. I use a Macbook because I prefer a Unix based OS than Windows. I prefer programming/scripting on a Macbook. However, I still wouldn't rule out using Windows in the future. Especially given that W10 offers bash shell.

So you see, I'm not a clueless sheep. Merely a person with a preference. People would do well not judge everybody by the type of phone/laptop etc. they use. That, my friends, is what a f*cktard would do.

Edit: I do enjoy my Amazon Fire Tablet too. Cheap and does what I need it to.

theintern · 01-07-2020 10:24am

Cupatae wrote: »

Nothing apple is superior ever they are overpriced fashion statements , def for sheep that haven't a notion what they are paying for.

Unless you of course like paying for a product that the company slows deliberately once they ve released a new one to "encourage" you to buy a new one.

So ya apple = not tech savvy sheep

I'm the biggest Android fan you'll meet, but even I can admit that Apple has a much better track record for keeping its phones up to date than Android do.

Most devices unless they're a Pixel aren't on the latest android version, and won't ever get it either. Meanwhile Apple keeps older phones up to date for years. Sure they get slower, but software gets more demanding too.

world class wreckin’ cru · 01-07-2020 10:27am

sweet_trip wrote: »

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.

File this under 'Things that aren't true or that were true 5 years ago'.

Hoop66 · 01-07-2020 10:30am

Rothko wrote: »

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

By cunts, for cunts.

JJJJNR · 01-07-2020 10:52am

Rothko wrote: »

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

You sir have great taste in art, respect.

castletownman · 01-07-2020 10:52am

Whenever I see a toddler dressed head to toe in designer tracksuit (matching top and bottoms), essentially a mini-me version of their daddy, I assume their parent(s) is either a drug dealer or wannabe gangster.

Essentially something like this:

In no time, they will graduate to tasteless techno music, have a penchant for "souped up" cars and love MMA.

It bring a tear to ur i so it wud.

De Bhál · 01-07-2020 11:06am

white volkswagon passat

you're townie scum in my eyes

gourcuff · 01-07-2020 11:10am

drinks stella - obviously beats the wife

lacoste - assume they're a howiya
leinster jersey bet around a beer belly - knob

big black puffy jackets - impoverished

bmw - likes to injure cyclists

stoneill · 01-07-2020 11:48am

Anyone that wear anything with the brand name emblazoned across it will always be sub-human.

jam_mac_jam · 01-07-2020 11:55am

Nervous Laugh wrote: »

The Apple hate is bizarre.

Read a thread the other day where some eejit said it's a 'brand for f*tards'.

I use iPhones because I like iOS better than Android. I use a Macbook because I prefer a Unix based OS than Windows. I prefer programming/scripting on a Macbook. However, I still wouldn't rule out using Windows in the future. Especially given that W10 offers bash shell.

So you see, I'm not a clueless sheep. Merely a person with a preference. People would do well not judge everybody by the type of phone/laptop etc. they use. That, my friends, is what a f*cktard would do.

Edit: I do enjoy my Amazon Fire Tablet too. Cheap and does what I need it to.

I agree with you, if people prefer Apple products so what. However the comments about you only prefer anything else is frequently commented that you just can't afford it and are really jealous.

It goes both ways the Apple love can be quite eye rolling too.

01-07-2020 12:01pm

I am afraid I do even though I know my assumptions are unfair. My guilty reading pleasure is the Daily Mail App for God sake and I have been known to watch an episode or twelve of RHOOC. Then there's my love of craft beers.

Anyways. My list:
Michael Kors wearers. It's not an assumption as such that I make more of a "hmm how tasteless".
This isn't really a brand but parents who give their babies those ready made dinners. It only takes a few minutes to cook and mash up some veg. Why would you give your child processed stuff?
Men who wear grey tracksuit bottoms that have elasticated ankles. I immediately think they are a 'ne'er do well'.
Anyone who has a designer logo covering most of their body. It looks tacky and ridiculous.

Most of the assumptions I make though aren't associated with particular brands.

ILoveYourVibes · 01-07-2020 12:01pm

stoneill wrote: »

Anyone that wear anything with the brand name emblazoned across it will always be sub-human.

To be brandless without exception tho is the same as wearing a brand tho...some brands of clothing partic designer clothing make their brandless designs even more expensive than their branded ones ...people will pay extra to get the same thing with without the logo.

quokula · 01-07-2020 12:12pm

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?

As a developer, Apple make it more difficult for you to do nasty things like spy on users and install all kinds of malware. This means you have to jump through several hoops that can make life awkward when you want to do genuine things like conduct user tests. Android is like the wild west where you can put out any old crap that messes up people's phones and it's all totally fine.

Which is why a 5 year old iPhone will still run like new (apart from battery degradation, though the EU got onto them about that so it may not be an issue with their new devices) while a typical 5 year old android device that hasn't been meticulously maintained by its owner is only fit for the bin.

Kaybaykwah · 01-07-2020 12:20pm

stoneill wrote: »

Anyone that wear anything with the brand name emblazoned across it will always be sub-human.

Yeah. Why would you want emblazoned when you can get your favorite brand name tattooed, or better yet, scarified.

ILoveYourVibes · 01-07-2020 12:31pm

Kaybaykwah wrote: »

Yeah. Why would you want emblazoned when you can get your favorite brand name tattooed, or better yet, scarified.

What if they rebrand , change up their logo???:(

Maybe you could auction yourself off as a rarity in that case!

01-07-2020 12:33pm

Yes I do.

When i see a girl carrying a box of Durex I take here to be a slut.

murpho999 · 01-07-2020 12:40pm

sweet_trip wrote: »

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.

Calling Apple users "sheep" is the most sheep like behaviour I have seen in the last few years.

sweet_trip wrote: »

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.

The anger that from non-Apple users over people that use Apple is baffling to me.

Also filled with errors, you don't need iTunes or any Apple software to use them.

I don't think anybody uses iPhones for the 'look'. Yes, when they first came out but nowadays they're so commonplace that nobody takes notice and the majority are in cases anyway.

Just let people buy and use any phone they want, it has no impact on your life whatsoever.

RandomViewer · 01-07-2020 12:41pm

Ush1 wrote: »

Aldi sell most of the things you listed.

Think the German stores are more basic, they had to adapt for the Irish market.

murpho999 · 01-07-2020 1:00pm

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Not a particular brand but I know a good few lads who would buy the cheapest sh1te and chuck it away after a few years because they can't be arsed looking after it and like to have something brand new in their hands. Drives me mad to see this carry on. The fella getting the cheap gutless daysul Golf on the Puckleberry-P and 'ah shur just trade it in 3 years time' would be one of them.

Also anyone who buys an Alexa or an OK Google is a sheep who doesn't mind being spied upon

I use Alexa, and I love it.

I can use voice to play any music I want. I can play any radio station I want.
I have routines set up to control lights and switches.
It's great for setting multiple timers when cooking.
That's just a few uses.

So go away with that stupid sheep comment.

As for spying, you're right I don't care and also don't really believe it happens.
Even so , my life is not that interesting and nor have I noticed targeted advertising based on conversations I've had.

Really, just put the tin foil hat away and let people enjoy their smart speakers.

Kaybaykwah · 01-07-2020 1:03pm

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

What if they rebrand , change up their logo???:(

Maybe you could auction yourself off as a rarity in that case!

Yes, if you may have to wait it out sometime when brands fall out of favor.
That's why it is better to stick with old favorites like "Mother" rather than Adidas in the universe of tattoos.

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

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