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Hyacathusarullistad ,
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Well shit. This is a problem for me, since the Kleenex brand is the only one with a lotioned variety that stores in my neck of the woods seem to carry. My seasonal allergies get so bad that normal/un-lotioned tissues leave my nose rubbed raw, even if I'm medicated.

blaine ,

Thanks to the N7 logo next to your name, I read this comment in Commander Shepard's voice. "Kleenex brand - now with LOTION! - is the only tissue on the Citadel that I'll trust my nose to!"

Hyacathusarullistad ,
@Hyacathusarullistad@kbin.social avatar

It genuinely is my favourite facial tissue on the Citadel.

mycatiskai ,

I really left to wonder whether the unique complexity is that they can’t produce it for cheap enough and would rather not produce it at all rather than not make as much money as they did the year before.

Companies would probably prefer to lose business completely than not make as much money as they could.

Pyr_Pressure ,

That’s a possibility but another is that they would have to operate at a loss, which I would understand shutting down since they wouldn’t make any profit at all.

PetDinosaurs ,

It’s called a genericized trademark. There’s plenty, including aspirin and heroin.

It’s also common to call these Kleenex in the US.

Definitely seems like a strange decision.

Xylinna ,
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I assume velcro is another one?

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks ,

Yep, that’s why there’s so many things called hook and loop, to avoid the trademark.

JimmyChanga ,

Hoover is one, where I am at least

PetDinosaurs ,

Americans don’t usually use Hoover to refer to a vacuum as a noun like the Brits do, though. It’s sometimes used as a verb though.

JimmyChanga ,

Saran wrap was one from my childhood, mum still uses a lot of these, I mostly say cling film these days

nogooduser ,

Also sellotape instead of sticky tape.

thecrotch ,

Xerox, linoleum

Nurgle ,

Bandaid

bisq ,

What’s the generic for linoleum? I wasn’t aware that this was a brand name

cyanarchy ,

I had to look this up. The inventor never trademarked the name and it was used by a competitor almost immediately. He lost a lawsuit over linoleum becoming a generic term 14 years after it’s invention. There were other brand names but linoleum became a generic term almost as soon as the product was widespread.

bisq ,

Is Teflon a genericized trademark? Not sure I’d there’s any diff between that and Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)?

ShakeThatYam , (edited )
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I heard that in the South every carbonated beverage is a Coke. However, I don’t understand how this works practically. If you wanted a Sprite, would you order a Coke-Sprite?

Also Heroin, but Bayer probably is fine with letting that trademark lapse. (Also Aspirin was a Bayer trademark).

candybrie ,

No, you’d order a sprite. It’s not like people order Soda-Sprite or Pop-Sprite. It only might get confusing for coke. And even then, usually, you can infer it they mean the general idea or, specifically, cocacola.

SeaJ , (edited )

It’s more like if someone asks if you want a soda, they would instead ask if you want a Coke. You would then ask what kind they have. If you want a specific type at a restaurant, you would just say the kind you wanted.

PetDinosaurs ,

This is the best explanation of this particular phenomenon that I think I’ve ever heard.

Fredselfish ,
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Guess you will just have to use another type of Kleenex then.

But speaking of that did you know Dumpster is a brand name? It one those things we call it that but that is a company brand.

NotMyOldRedditName ,

I’m too lazy to check if what you say is true, but damn, I never knew that one if so.

King3d ,

Trademarked by Dempster Brothers, Inc. in 1963, dumpster is originally a portmanteau of the word dump and the last name Dempster.

NotMyOldRedditName ,

Well then, I’m gonna have to fun fact some friends on that one.

Kichae ,

Dumpster brand trash bins are top of the line! This is a TrashCo waste disposal unit.

transmatrix ,

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