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I recently found out that it's not common to always buy the same brand of generic food types like apple juice, fish fingers, cereal,...
Wait...people are just changing up brands haphazardly when they go shopping? Do they investigate the brand and make a rational choice beforehand, or are they 1700s trans-Atlantic risk-takers just upheaving their entire lives on a whim?
get this right, it genuinely shocked me too. some people just... look at the product, and then go "i'll buy that!" and then they buy it. they are not even making a conscious choice when doing this. their brain intuitively tells them "yes, this one" and they don't have to think it out.
more often than not, the product that wins is the product with the better or "flashy" packaging and style. that's one reason why they spend all that money on advertising and branding. to me, it's sooo strange. why would you not read up on your choice beforehand, or at least investigate each packet to check for food aversions, find out which one is the best $/unit value, etc? why should the packet the food is in, have any substantial bearing on your choice of purchase? (there are edge cases where the packet matters, i know)
to answer your question, yeah there is a lot of risk-takers out there!😱
I'll get what's cheapest. Apple juice is apple juice. If it's bad apple juice, I'll remember.
ahh you must watch out for the "[fruit] juice" vs "[fruit] juice drink" meme
on the packet somewhere, it will specify, for the example of your case, "apple juice", or "apple juice drink"
anything that is a "juice drink" is just not the good stuff. a "juice drink" can have basically anything they want in there, with some 0.0001% real fruit to cover themselves legally. always look out for "juice" on it's own, that's the 100% real stuff
i say this because i got bitten by buying the cheapest apple "juice" once, to find out it was a "juice drink", i.e not apple juice.
Oh. Everything I get is definitely not real juice. lol
Check this article out!
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-fallible-mind/201708/why-advertising-falls-flat-in-individuals-autism
oh god it's not just "some people" are influenced, it's "most people" are influenced?? 💀
it's no wonder that "influencer" is a job title, yikes!
also, this line made me laugh:
when they spell out the reasons like this, it's very funny because it's written like we're specimens in a zoo (imagine the david attenborough voice), and that we're all acting strangely. no, we're the ones acting rational, you're the strange ones!
that's a nice article. glad to see my reasoning validated. thank you for sharing ❤️
I'm happy you enjoyed it. We have a lot to be proud of. You're welcome!