Random Thoughts or Whatever

[krautmaster]

The next random question:

Many years ago, I saw a can of "coffee" in a grocery store. It said it was breakfast blend. Underneath that it said "light roast". ???????? Who the @#$&+€¥! Wants hot, black water first thing in the morning? My first sip had better set the tachometer of every single taste bud on redline in a nanosecond!

As it turns out, the lighter the roast the MORE caffeine it has... tasty dark roast has about 1/8 less caffeine... who new ?

Does Light Roast Coffee Really Have More Caffeine Than Dark Roast?

Get the facts on light vs. dark roast coffee. Find out how roast levels influence caffeine content and flavor.

valor.coffee

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

As it turns out, the lighter the roast the MORE caffeine it has... tasty dark roast has about 1/8 less caffeine... who new ?

Does Light Roast Coffee Really Have More Caffeine Than Dark Roast?

Get the facts on light vs. dark roast coffee. Find out how roast levels influence caffeine content and flavor.

valor.coffee

Well, I can always add Stok to dark roast. I need caffeine and flavor. Not mention that the size of my mug more than makes up for the .125% loss.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

See if I can make this short...

In the 80s I worked with a really brilliant guy who was REALLY into the subliminal ad gimmick. He specialized in analyzing magazine ads. He could point out stuff that was just amazingly brazen - - especially in cigarette ads. I won't go into it, but it was basically about all the sexually suggestive messaging.

A lot of ads for alcohol have pictures of demons because when the image registers in the subconscious mind of an alcoholic, he/she feels the need to have a drink. You have to look very closely in order to see them. They're usually in the ice cubes. That's when the expression "the devil is in the details" is literal.

 

[highvoltage_]

more than makes up for the .125% loss.

12.5%

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

12.5%

Close enough for first thing in the morning, before the caffeine had made its way upstairs.

 

[Lord Patrick]

Sex sells.

I prefer it when it's free.

 

[DesertRatt]

Random thought: Have there been any major inventions that the public just refused to accept?

 

[highvoltage_]

Random thought: Have there been any major inventions that the public just refused to accept?

One comes to mind: Betamax. Although a better format, the shorter recording times didn't help and it eventually lost out to VHS.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Random thought: Have there been any major inventions that the public just refused to accept?

After having witnessed some events first hand (forbidden topics), I saw the news reports that were not in any way accurate. Yet, the public chose to believe the news fairytales.

 

[DesertRatt]

After having witnessed some events first hand (forbidden topics), I saw the news reports that were not in any way accurate. Yet, the public chose to believe the news fairytales.

I was thinking more like appliances or tools or gadgets.

The only thing that seems recently rejected by the majority is the "Electric Vehicle". Considering the BIgAuto makers all had major investments planned, and have retraced all that investment and cancelled many plans, I'd say it qualifies as a rejected "invention" (for now).

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

I was thinking more like appliances or tools or gadgets.

The only thing that seems recently rejected by the majority is the "Electric Vehicle". Considering the BIgAuto makers all had major investments planned, and have retraced all that investment and cancelled many plans, I'd say it qualifies as a rejected "invention" (for now).

I misread your post. Sorry.

 

[ta240]

Random thought: Have there been any major inventions that the public just refused to accept?

Google glass died pretty quickly with people calling them creepy and not wanting others to just be able to record them any time.

Ironically, Meta glasses don't seem to be getting any of the same pushback, just a short time later.

 

[ta240]

I was thinking more like appliances or tools or gadgets.

The only thing that seems recently rejected by the majority is the "Electric Vehicle". Considering the BIgAuto makers all had major investments planned, and have retraced all that investment and cancelled many plans, I'd say it qualifies as a rejected "invention" (for now).

At this point I'd probably call it a slower adoption than was anticipated, not quite rejected.

Along the rejected lines I'd think more of things like the Segway. It was supposed to change the world, instead it was just an expensive curiosity and has since even faded from that.

 

[DesertRatt]

Segway

Good call! Yeah, that was a real bomb. More broadly, those electric scooters that used to pollute every street corner seem to have faded away.

 

[highvoltage_]

Segway

And it probably didn't help that Jimi Heselden, the guy who bought Segway, ran his off a cliff in England, killing him.

 

[Te-Te]

And it probably didn't help that Jimi Heselden, the guy who bought Segway, ran his off a cliff in England, killing him.

Yeah, not the best way to promote an item.

 

[DesertRatt]

I dunno.... have the lawyers gone too far?

 

[highvoltage_]

I dunno.... have the lawyers gone too far?

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No, parents are not paying enough attention to their children to keep them out of harm's way.

 

[Mystic]

In honor of Reverend Jesse Jackson (1941-2016) ...

 

[krautmaster]

No, parents are not paying enough attention to their children to keep them out of harm's way.

A slight modification of a Mr. Deeds quote:

"I fear you are underestimating the..." stupidity of the average Joe