• Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    That is a viscerally ugly fridge. Why do americans like this crap? Everyone here fucking hates brands. They make everything ugly as fuck.

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      As a burger, my stance is that if a brand wants me to advertise for them, they better give me their shit for free.

    • KobaCumTribute [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      I kind of assume that one must have started out as a front counter display in a convenience store or something, then been sold or salvaged when the store shut down. The glass door and general shape makes it look like a store display, to say nothing of the advertising. Like that glass door compromises the insulation, and as a result more of the overall volume gets devoted to cramming in a bigger cooling setup to compensate, all so anyone walking past can see inside.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Lots of Americans like ads, brands, etc. Phrases like "build one's brand" seem perfectly normal. I had a look at Jimmy Buffet's Wikipedia page the other day. He markets himself as "laid back". In reality he's a businessman who makes music. He has been working hard for many decades to build his brand to incredible levels of financial success. He's got a net worth of ~$1 billion. He didn't get that insane amount of money by lounging in a hammock.

      Buffett is one of the world's richest musicians, with a net worth as of 2023 of $1 billion.

      [...]

      "Business ventures" section

      I think a lot of his fans are devoted to him for reasons they would never admit to. In American culture - there is a clear worship of fame and money.

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        He has been working hard for many decades to build his brand to incredible levels of financial success

        His underpaid restaurant employees have been working hard to build his brand to incredible success.