Business
A sad day in juicing
Juicero, the company that made a $700 wi-fi connected juicer (also called the Juicero) that squeezed packs of pre-cut fruits and veggies, has permanently shut its doors. We've posted previously about this company here and here.This closure comes even though the company had recently dropped the price of its machines from $700 to $400. For some reason, there just wasn't enough demand.
Could this have been because of reports that you didn't actually need the juicer? You could squeeze the juice packs by hand just as quickly. Surely not. After all, as the CEO pointed out, the Juicero also scanned the QR code on the juice pack which let it know if a juice pack had expired. This saved users the trouble of having to read the expiration date printed on the packs.
Also, the company wouldn't sell anyone the juice packs unless they had previously bought the machine.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 02, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Products
Navassa Island: Guano Capital of the USA
Wikipedia page.
Navassa Island was claimed for the United States on September 19, 1857, by Peter Duncan, an American sea captain, under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, for the rich guano deposits found on the island, and for not being within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, nor occupied by another government's citizens.
Article from 2012 here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 02, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Excrement, Natural Resources, Nineteenth Century
Follies of the Madmen #323
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 14, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, Excrement, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #322
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 04, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Fashion, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #321
"Dead people like our beer."
From the American Legion magazine for May 1952.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 25, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Horror, 1950s, Alcohol
Follies of the Madmen #320
Sexy Owl Lady is recruiting cigar smokers.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 12, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Tobacco and Smoking, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #319
We've all heard of talking with your hands...
From Radio Mirror magazine, December 1937.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 02, 2017 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Surrealism, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #318
I don't get it. Is "nimble as an ox" good or bad, the before or after status of fueling up with their gas?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 20, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, 1950s, Cars
The Many Lives of the Borden’s Cows
Would today's media consumers accept bobbing paper cutouts in place of CGI?
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 04, 2017 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Food, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #317
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 03, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, 1960s
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