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  1. Whatever happened to generic products? Completely subsumed by store/knockoff brands? Edit: Here's what Chat GPT says: Generic products still exist in stores, but their branding and marketing have evolved significantly since the 1970s. In the past, generic products were often sold with plain packaging, as seen in the image, to emphasize low cost. Here's why the "generic" style has changed: Market Competition: Retailers realized that plain, unattractive packaging limited consumer appeal. Over time, they began introducing "private label" or "store brands" that offered better branding while maintaining lower prices than national brands. Consumer Preferences: Modern consumers tend to associate better packaging with quality. To stay competitive, retailers improved the design and appeal of generic products. Retailer Branding: Many supermarkets now use store brands (e.g., Great Value at Walmart or Kirkland Signature at Costco) as a way to differentiate themselves while still offering lower-cost alternatives. Perceived Value: Companies recognized that products with higher-quality packaging could be priced slightly higher, improving profitability while still being affordable compared to premium brands. Regulations and Labeling: Changes in labeling requirements led to more detailed and visually engaging designs for even budget-friendly products. While the plain-packaged "generic" look has largely disappeared, its spirit lives on in modern store-brand items that cater to budget-conscious shoppers.
  2. Surely "lettuce" is a euphemism.
  3. Say no more.
  4. Agreed. We never had the avocado color appliances, but friends and relatives did. But our parents and grandparents bought them. X did not.
  5. X still not embedding …
  6. Obligatory: Also obligatory: BRB
  7. You just made the list, buddy.
  8. nnm

    Shit My Kid Says

    Not a good first guess at all. Only one vowel, and only one of rstlne. I would have a stern talk with him about his lack of strategy.
  9. IPIHB forum is that way, wordleβ€”-> Wordle 1,320 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #1104 (29.01.2025) 1/6 (100%) πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŽ‰ πŸ§­β­πŸ“πŸš©πŸ—ΏπŸ“œπŸ›‘οΈπŸ‘«πŸͺ™ https://worldle.teuteuf.fr πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1101 4️⃣5️⃣ 7️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ #travle #777 +0 (Perfect) βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ… https://travle.earth Connections Puzzle #598 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
  10. Wordle 1,319 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #1103 (28.01.2025) 1/6 (100%) πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŽ‰ πŸ§­β­πŸ“πŸš©πŸ—ΏπŸ“œπŸ›‘οΈπŸ—£οΈπŸͺ™ https://worldle.teuteuf.fr πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1100 9️⃣4️⃣ 8️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ #travle #776 +0 (Perfect) βœ…βœ…βœ… https://travle.earth Connections Puzzle #597 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Solving purple first is always very satisfying, particularly when green is last.
  11. And fading down the stretch, getting manhandled because their guys were completely conditioned the wrong way by a dinosaur S&C coach they hired off the couch.
  12. I certainly did not have Texags throwing a full-blown temper tantrum over comments made by a color guy on a national broadcast on today’s bingo card. It’s the prom queen thing that set them off. It’s true, and it’s exactly why they’re spun into a frenzy. I will not be at all surprised to hear that he receives death threats over this. Wow.
  13. Sorry, that’s the Boomer and/or greatest generation palate, not X.
  14. Hmmmm. It is absolutely unimaginable why TCU grads should feel superior to TAMU. I don't think it is debatable that CFB is the standard for Texas universities’ fan bases. So let’s see how the two schools stack up this century: OK, TAMU has one 10+win season and 2 seasons ending up in the top 10. Hmmm. TCU has 13 seasons of 10+ wins this century. And 7 top-10 finishes. But I know, I know, SECX3, university size, and stadium size. So yes, from that perspective it is unimaginable.
  15. Sad monkey is sad.
  16. Wordle 1,318 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #1102 (27.01.2025) 1/6 (100%) πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŽ‰ πŸ§­β­πŸ“πŸš©πŸ—ΏπŸ›‘οΈπŸ‘«πŸͺ™ https://worldle.teuteuf.fr Weekly Quordle Challenge 84 6️⃣3️⃣ 4️⃣9️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1099 3️⃣5️⃣ 8️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ #travle #775 +0 (Perfect) βœ…βœ…βœ… https://travle.earth Connections Puzzle #596 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟦🟦πŸŸͺ 🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ
  17. Sunday puzzles. Wordle 1,317 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #1101 (26.01.2025) 1/6 (100%) πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŽ‰ πŸ§­β­πŸ“πŸš©πŸ—ΏπŸ“œπŸ›‘οΈπŸ‘«πŸͺ™ https://worldle.teuteuf.fr πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1098 9️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ #travle #774 +1 πŸŸ§βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ… https://travle.earth Connections Puzzle #595 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
  18. We’re not into stereotyping around here, but ….
  19. Saturday puzzles Wordle 1,316 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #1100 (25.01.2025) 2/6 (100%) 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜➑️ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŽ‰ πŸ§­β­πŸš©πŸ—ΏπŸ“œπŸ‘«πŸͺ™ https://worldle.teuteuf.fr πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1097 7️⃣9️⃣ 8️⃣πŸŸ₯ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 #travle #773 +0 (Perfect) βœ…βœ…βœ… https://travle.earth Connections Puzzle #594 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
  20. I went to a Chipotle in Webster, Tx about 10 years ago. They were out of tortillas. What’s the point of a burrito joint with no tortillas?!?
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