Companies spend big bucks to make us remember them. They put billboards along the roads, run commercials during the Super Bowl, and have celebrities posting their products on social media. But whatever message they're trying to send, ultimately it's the relationship we have with them that matters.
A few days ago, Reddit user NotANameReally posted a question on the platform: "If brands were brutally honest, what brand would have what slogan?" And people responded. From IKEA and YouTube to Nike and Google, no business was safe. Continue scrolling and check out their poetic truth bombs. They're grrrrrrreat!
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Internet Explorer
Or Firefox - I have no idea why but Chrome and Chromium-based browsers like Brave lag like crazy on my laptop, Firefox and Waterfox don't.
And the amount of RAM that Chrome chews up is just frightening.
Load More Replies...Love when you try to change the default browser. “Have you tried Edge, it’s good honest” 😂😂
When I setup a system. I keep the installers for Chrome and Firefox on a portable hard drive so IE is totally useless to me.
Yeah, Agreed, but Microsoft's new Chromium based browser is quite good. Its basically Chrome without Google.
NotANameReally said the idea to ask this question wasn't that spotaneous. "[I thought of it] sitting down, trying to come up with something to post that would make people think, enjoy reading, and replying to," the Reddit user told Bored Panda.
According to them, the discussion that followed was a really pleasant one. "Every reply seemed very relatable to everyone, including me. My favorites were all the funny Comcast comments and the Taco Bell comment by Ferrrociousb. It said, "Taco Bell: you can make 32 different things with those 5 ingredients, why mess with perfection?"
IKEA
I have a friend who goes on dates with her hubby to IKEA b/c of the "adventure". ....... I am now terrified of IKEA stores.
Daim - yum! I once got lost in an IKEA in Germany. Could not read anything or speak German. I had to look for the arrows to get out. Took me about 45 minutes or so. He stayed with the car with the luggage in the parking lot, & was getting worried. I did not buy the Daim bars. To be fair, we were not vacationing in Germany - just passing through in the rental car.
Friskies
All hail Tardar Sause, the once and future queen of the internet!
Load More Replies...Unless your cat is LuLu from YouTube's Kittisaurus. He eats EVERYTHING, even Durian.
My cat's are lucky to get facy feast,the store was once out and we tried something different and they wouldn't eat! For dry food we feed them Purina one
My boys like some of them. But Friskies is not the healthiest option for cats.
Communications and Outreach Team Leader at Creatopy, Diana Bolboaca, likes to think of a brand like a person. So if its logo is like its face, a slogan is like its voice. It either catches your attention and speaks to you or you can't really understand what it is blabbering about.
"You know how important first impressions are," Bolboaca wrote. "[But] not all big brands have catchy slogans, though, while some of them create a new one for each major campaign. So no, having a catchy tagline or slogan is not the cornerstone of success and ... you don’t need to hit the nail right on the head the first time."
wikipedia: go there to check a single fact and realize three hours later that you now know the entire history of gamestop.
Load More Replies...Trojan
You're either too young or too catholic to be here, my friend ;-)
Load More Replies..."But having a catchy slogan up your sleeve is undoubtedly a great way to cut corners when approaching your audience, and a useful tool in your arsenal when it’s time to get creative," Bolboaca explained.
The creative said that slogans are meant to persuade and act as a shadow identity of a brand while promoting a specific product or service—a genuinely successful slogan is also a long-term commitment. A good slogan is memorable, positive, and sets its brand apart as well as highlights its benefits.
Tesla
And deeply wierd, which is the one thing Musk has managed to copy
Load More Replies...At least they’re trying. Points for still believing in scientific innovation and advancement.
oh, snap! Is it possible to get second hand burn from an insult that hot?
If only they were, maybe they wouldn't need to subsist on government incentives.
The Simpsons
I'm totally convinced that God is watching the Simpsons and taking notes! :D
i have no doubt god laughed their ass off when Homer called Jesus Jebus.
Load More Replies...I think this is a bit deeper than that. Like things done in past decades will reflect to the future.
Load More Replies...From a consumer point of view, NotANameReally thinks slogans need to be honest to let us know what the business is about instead of being vague or straight up lying but being too open might bring hatred towards the company or a massive loss of consumers that they used to have before. So they need to be balanced.
Twitter, where a woman can be completely "cancelled" and made to leave social media because of a joke made over a decade ago despite the fact she has become the most wholesome person I was ever subbed to, meanwhile twitter is also where a guy can sext and manipulate minors and be defended for it. (looking at Jenna Marbles (love her) and james charles (can go die in a fire pls) here)
Agree. We cannot keep looking back on something from ten or fifteen years ago through the eyes of today. We are in a very different world from even three years ago. What was acceptable then is unacceptable now. Also if that person was young when they said something potentially racist or homophobic, you have to judge them on how they are now they have grown as a person. James Charles is a good example of how someone is using their position and influence in a negative way. Not only is he completely toxic as a person, it feels very much like he using being gay in 2021 as a license to make questionable choices. He won't be dragged for what he has done because so many feel like dragging someone who is openly gay could be deemed as being homophobic and that could come back on them down the line.
Load More Replies...no one's career should be ruined for their personal opinions unless it's illegal activity. i can be racist in my mind but perfectly polite to every human on earth at the same time. (btw, i hate all humans equally, so don't mock equal opportunity racists)
I hate the thing going on with Twitter rt now...I am happy because when I see ignorant people i see good people calling out their bs and actually teaching em stuff too💀 but I hate the whole cancel culture...like wtf...the most annoying example i have seen yet is people constantly hating on camila cabello...like leave it alone you cannot decide what she gets to do....she reposted some bad stuff...and she apologized and she healed...if you don't wanna accept don't...stop bringing it up everywhere just to spread hate and then the same people defend lil Nas x who was islamophobic, fatphobic, insulted several woman and made remarks about their appearance etc and they defend him just cause Islam doesn't tolerate homosexuality....well neither does many other religions- that's clearly so sexist. 🙄
Bhardi’s Dad is right. Even if you said it years ago you should still be held accountable for it.
They may have been taken to task by everyone they knew already and many they didn’t. They may have become benevolent souls and moved on like human people do. It is not your right on f’n Twitter to go after someone when you have no context or idea what that person has done since then. I guess knowing what is right your entire life is pretty safe but Jesus that’s boring.
Load More Replies...If your parents had thought about that fortunately we wouldn't be having this conversation
Nike
Hot Pockets
Gilette Woman
Blue is primary color. Pink is blue, red and white. This is why it costs more! No? Ok, let me think of something else then...
maybe because its designed specifically to be thrown after two days
Load More Replies...Gillette and Venus razors actually have different designs in the blade head and the handle contour - Gillette is not quiet about how the two are differently designed (https://www.rd.com/article/mens-and-womens-razors-whats-the-difference/). At the end of the day, no one is holding you at gunpoint - buy whichever one you want.
Actually the razor in the pic is better than men's razor. It doesn't irritate the skin as much and you can reuse it for a very long time (I'm shaving legs and armpits regularly - razor will last 6 months). I made my male friend to try shave his face with my razor (new blade of course) and his skin had almost no rash (compared to men's blades)
I’ve used pink lady razors and I can tell you that the ones I have used are superior to the male blue equivalent
That's why I give a f*** and buy mens shavers. If it is made to shave a face every day, I can shave my legs with it once a week 8-)
I price compared last time and they cost the same? Online are cheaper though
Target
Q-Tips
I use them for my drawing projects (they're fantastic for blending).
It's included on every package of Q- tips under warnings to not put them in your ear canal, but hardly anyone reads the box 😀
What are they for then, if not to clean your ears?
Load More Replies...I wouldn't say "likely". The majority of the population uses these at least weekly and won't get ear infections. It's a possibility, but not a very strong one.
Load More Replies...Instant Ramen
you'd be much better off with beans and rice. Most of these noodles are chemical franken-noodles that are gastrointestinal disasters waiting to happen. So delicious, so very deadly.
You are right! Beans and rice are budget friendly, and healthy too.
Load More Replies...same... my favourite is the orange ones on the very bottom very right.
Load More Replies...The one I bought had little pieces of red plastic in it that came out in 'the end.'
Starbucks
haha. its like telephone. how dose Henry morph into hanbri? who knows.
Load More Replies...Where the quality of their coffee is so bad, you have to mask it with a whole lot of expensive crap
Starbucks: where you get scowled at for asking for a large instead of a Vente.
Pay a luxury for an average product from someone who refuses to spell your name correctly and get's your idiotically complicated/precise order wrong, twice.
WebMD
Except if you're a woman, then it might also be pregnancy...but it's probably cancer.
These websites are the bane of the medical profession. Repeat after me: WEBMD sells ads for profit; Google did not go to medical school.
Not just cancer, but cancer with it's own cancers and metastesis. Then top it with Bipolar Schizophenic Depression just to make sure... ;o)
Yes, you must train your Instagram very well, and then it can actually be a source of joy. Mine is art and ferrets
Load More Replies...this caption also works on r/animalcrossing. HOW DO YOU GET UR ISLANDS TO LOOK LIKE THAT.
Amazon
I also don't use Whole Foods, or read Washington Post. Bezos owns, I walk away. My 2021 resolution. till Amazon unionizes, no Bezos!
Load More Replies...I have to own up: I probably created Jeff's 1/2 fortune just by myself. I should feel sorry, but I can't help but use the site all the time. It has everything dang it.
You aren't alone, there are millions of us in the boat with you.
Load More Replies...True so damn true. I’ve shames myself out of having my kitty litter delivered. You could go to hell for such things.
Slowly starting to realize their prices aren’t that much better...I bought some medicine for my cat that was $7 cheaper on chewy
Bing
Nope I removed bing from the search engines of my browsers. Worse search engine ever. Hated the commercials where the guy stares into the distance and starts spouting off a bunch of crap
Bing is for lazy people who use default settings. It's the default search engine for the default browser for windows. It gets them a good amount of traffic.
I always panic when Bing tries to load on my desktop. I keep thinking I uninstalled it but it keeps coming back!
Hey Bing, thanks for using that weird font so I know right away I'm not on Google!
When you can't figure out how to change the default browser on Windows :/
Disney
Where all animated films are destined for multiple live action remakes.
Youtube
I use adblock! It's why I quit Spotify, because Spotify bans adblockers.
Load More Replies...skip to the end of the video then go to the beginning to remove ads
you say that when over half this site is reddit crossposts
Load More Replies...I would tell you where I am right now but, yeah, I think a lot of us are
Load More Replies...Reddit has a lot of peer pressure and makes people hate things without a good reason; Like what wrong with Fortnite?
The title states EXACTLY what it is for. It's the only time I use it
Ryanair
"The exits are situated here, here and here. In the unlikely event that the cabin decompresses, please have your credit card ready as you will need to swipe it to pay for the oxygen and mask which are extra"
After the pandemic i find that even more possible to happen
Load More Replies...Ryan Air will soon start charging people to breathe on flights. The cabin pressure will be such that in order to stay alive, you have to pay for an oxygen mask to keep you alive. O'Leary will charge per cubic foot of air.
Given some stuff I've seen about Ryanair... Yeah, I'm gonna walk. And paddle.
Altoids
My dad would take small fishing lures in them so he didn't have to lug a tackle box. Also great for things like beads and split rings
UPS
FedEx should be: "We'll hire USPS to deliver it. We're just not that into you."
No. UPS is pretty good. Fedex is the worst one. I've had packages cross country twice and be within 20 miles and then go 800 miles away and then come back. Routinely.
Their customer service blows. They have lockers for dropping off and picking up packages here but they have not worked in over a year. If you return a package, many time the vendor will send this QR code, which means you have to take it to a UPS store. The one near me is only open noon to 5, which is work hours. Which means takeing it to the next town over, about 20 miles away. Have been notified a package has been delivered, only to find out its stll out for delivery. The driver is fat fingering the delivery to pump up their stats.
Applebee’s
Wish
I dunno, most of my wish purchases have been exactly what I paid for.
Load More Replies...So true. I would never order from Wish. Not after what I’ve been hearing about this site.
It's not that bad. You really get exactly what you pay for and it's mostly the same stuff that is resold on amazon for a higer price. I get a lot of model building equipment there. You shouldn't buy electronics or stuff that's usually expensive, that's all.
Load More Replies...Exactly why I love wish. Same products with other websites, ten times cheaper.
If you don't get it you get your money back. Always.
Load More Replies...Walmart
For quick stuff I go there. I do most of my grocery shopping at Winco, a employee owned grocery store.
Apple
I just bought a couple of new Nokia smart phones for under $200 and I'm happy with them. I don't need expensive iPhones or Samsung. I use my phone to make calls, play Candy Crush Soda and take pictures of my cats. That's all I need.
Well it's better to be poor and live within your means than to be poor and waste your money trying to look like what you're not
Or, “you bought one back in the day and you don’t want to learn a new operating system”
Ah, but don't most apple phones break/crack/shatter easily? I've had my google pixel for 2 years now with tons of dropping from carpet to rocks and there isn't a single scratch. I don't even use a screen protector either.
Load More Replies...Apple products integrate flawlessly with each other, their products are updated for sometimes a decade after release, and you basically never have to worry about viruses. If the Apple ecosystem is what you want then go for it, if it’s not then don’t. No need for flame wars over it.
Nope. I dont buy any crapple products. The cult of mac is these people under the delusion that their inferior products are better. paying double for something does not mean it better. You're just stupid
Mountain Dew
We watched a documentary in school once where parents gave mountain dew to their 2-3 year olds...
Yellow Pages
There are still older people who rely on print-based information... like my mother. They could make it an opt-in/out situation.
Load More Replies...You zip these up in a duffel bag and pretend it’s the ransom money
I'd propose everybody should return them to sender, even they have to pay money for the delivery. Then YP should be done once and for all.
And that's just the yellow pages there's another two with white pages.
Always shocked when I find one of these on my doorstep. I immediately toss it.
Adblocker
This one is just stupid, since many ads cannot be skipped without an ad blocker. I use Adblock Plus and a couple of site specific ones, and I don't see any ads ever - not on YouTube, Facebook, this site, or any others. If you ever come across a site that will not show you the page before turning off your ad blocker, you would do well to move on and avoid it, because along with their flood of ads, they also want to deliver tracking cookies and other data mining code.
Precisely. And these sites rarely have unique content. For instance, I just copy the news headline on a 'blocked' site and find the content elsewhere.
Load More Replies...65,051 ads blocked by ABP... glad I didn't have to push a "skip ad" button for each!
8870 for me. I had a different adblocker before it though.
Load More Replies...a good one will mute unskippable ads. I think we all want that on our tv when streaming is unavailable
Gap Kids
Drano
Think about it as they are bad at unclogging pipes.
Load More Replies...Sulfuric acid is one of the ingredients to make meth. So if you see an excessive amount of chemical cans in the trash its probably a meth lab.
Gucci
FYR: people of the Tayal tribe in Taiwan wouldn't wear Gucci if you paid them. In Tayal, Gucci means sh/t.
Bmw
Also, speed limits are for the poor. Lane markings are for the poor. This badge says I OWN THE ROAD AND LAWS DO NOT APPLY TO ME BEYATCHES!
Curious note, this doesn't actual apply to all models of BMW - Just the styles driven by salesmen, middle managers, and soccer moms.
Load More Replies...Adobe
I hate Adobe for that reason. What happened to being able to just buy photoshop on a disc? It’s frightening to see how quickly so many companies are moving towards subscriptions to milk wallets better. I get that subscriptions ensure you always have the latest version, but the pricing is insane.
Subscriptions aren't to ensure you always have the latest version, they're to ensure you can't "share" their software with anyone else. Either way it is total BS and I hate Adobe too. Btw, gimp.com is a free version of Photoshop.
Load More Replies...United Airlines
Payless Shoes
All I know is that I wore through Kenneth Coles one time I bought them in about 2 months. I never wore through PayLess in less than two years.
One thing I don't skimp on... quality footwear. Always on sale, of course.
True. Never buy cheap shoes if you can afford to buy good quality shoes.
Spirit Airlines
Do yourself a favor and pick almost any other airline
Load More Replies...Can’t speak for Spirit, but Frontier has got to be the sketchiest airline I’ve ever flown on. It’s like if someone turned a public bathroom into a plane.
"Spirit Air: Every flight is a spiritual experience." as in.... you pray the whole time. Even my aunt, an atheist, was mutterin ga prayer on Spirit.
Hummer
If your wealthy and you know it, honk your Hummer: If you're wealthy and you know it, and you'd like to really show it: Honk your Hummer.
This.....thing....fell apart at slightest muddy road
Load More Replies...Bud Light
My dad judges people by what beer they drink. Apparently bud light drinkers are terrible.
Load More Replies...What is the similarity between a Budweiser and a canoe? It's f*****g close to water...
Most Europeans feel insulted that this thing is even considered to be "beer".
It's not for people who like beer, it's for people who like to pee a lot.
i actually like Budweiser Prohibition Brew... not a big beer drinker but sometimes don't want a sweet soft-drink.
Guess YOU'VE never been offered a Milwaukee's Best Light! The person doing the offering is NOT your friend.
i cant have alcohol its a religious condition i also cant have pork
Taco Bell
You know I was born because of taco bell. Lets not go into details but my mom had A HUGE BURRITO before having me O.o
WELCOM BACK TO THINGS THE WOARLD DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW, STARRRINGGG THIS GUY! (XD what even is that story tho now I want to know more)
Load More Replies...Staples
They're always barren when I'm in there. They must do better with online sales.
Viagra
Mcdonald’s
Pepsi
When soda/cola/pop comes wiht a moral dilemma, I am ever mmore grateful I gave up the stuff 20 years ago.
Yeah I like Coke slightly more, but Pepsi is very similar.
Load More Replies...Waffle House
Never eaten in one, but if a Waffle House is closed, s**t has gotten real.
Comcast
here its 500 channels and nothing to watch. We have a choise of spectrum, dish, or direct tv. all suck
Slack
i log out of all work stuff at 5pm. If some a*shole calls my personal number I tell them I an not on call, put in a ticket in our ticketing system
Nestle
And the criminality! They steal water - period. That is why I avoid Nestlevil products like Chernobyl.
Burger King
If I crave a fast food burger I’m going to Wendy’s. If Wendy’s is closed, A&W.
If I do eat fast food, it's KFC or Taco Bell (there aren't that many of the latter in the UK). PS I used to get sick every time after eating at TB in Canada in the good ol' days but never here... it does take a while for them to put your order together though.
Grubhub
Have you noticed the characters all have a belly bulge as if the have all been sitting around just eating fast food from grub hub?
Load More Replies...Grubhub perks gives you deals on the food you love. The kind of deals that make you boogie. *Grubhub music intensifies* Get the food you love with Grubhub. Grub what you love.
The Onion
Geico
Captain Crunch
Punish the roof of your mouth. What doesn't kill it makes it stronger.
Harbor Freight
Pizza Hut
Lol. I'm surprised they are still in business. No matter who I'm with or where I am, if pizza is ordered, no one ever even mentions Pizza Hut.
If any of you folks get a chance, try Mr. Jim's Pizza. It's really good and yes, I work there.
I like all pizza! So I disagree with this statement but agree with everyone who says what their favorite pizza is🤷
Coca-Cola
HA true actually coca cola was part of THE REASON plastic pollutin is killing so much soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo but they blame US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ea
Konami
Tinder
Tide
I honestly don't know how they're still in business. Everyone I know *hates* Tide.
At&t
Ah yes, the only company on which I had to file an FCC complaint to get proper customer service. An 8 month nightmare.
Ex-Lax
Volvo
Hughesnet
Citadel Llc
BoredPanda - Come for the art and comics, stay to fight about politics.
True! And usually American politics. I get it, we have problems. But they're all problems I already know exist. And people who don't think these problems exist probably still won't be swayed with 40 tweets from educated people about it.
Load More Replies...Toyota - I’m not going to brag about my new beige Camry, but it’ll go about four times farther than the average American car.
When you haven't even seen half of these companies .__.
Comedy Central: "Did you like that episode? That's great! Cause we'll be showing it 20 more times this week."
Nickelodeon - We squeeze and absorb in dirty waters a sponge for 20 and more years
Albert Heijn (supermarket): "No matter what you want to cook tonight, we just sold out a key ingrediënt."
BoredPanda - Come for the art and comics, stay to fight about politics.
True! And usually American politics. I get it, we have problems. But they're all problems I already know exist. And people who don't think these problems exist probably still won't be swayed with 40 tweets from educated people about it.
Load More Replies...Toyota - I’m not going to brag about my new beige Camry, but it’ll go about four times farther than the average American car.
When you haven't even seen half of these companies .__.
Comedy Central: "Did you like that episode? That's great! Cause we'll be showing it 20 more times this week."
Nickelodeon - We squeeze and absorb in dirty waters a sponge for 20 and more years
Albert Heijn (supermarket): "No matter what you want to cook tonight, we just sold out a key ingrediënt."
