One of the dumbest marketing examples in history. You got a strong brand, even so, that your brand name became a verb in multiple languages. (we say twittern in German!) Something other companies dream about and then you change the brand name. That is probably on the top of the dumbest decisions scale!

What's sad is that all it would have taken was for people to genuinely listen to him for several minutes. He has never hidden his over-sized ego and under-sized talents.

A scam from day one. Like buying a square foot of land in Scotland so you can declare yourself a Laird.

Still waiting for those mythical Brexit benefits. Come on Mogg, where are they?

Dude thought peeps would buy fake clothes, food, drink, everything for a fake human and live a fake life there instead of actually living a real life. The % of the population who would do this is in single digits Max.

I watched that. I think they found a couple of empty bottles.

Hold up OP, memes were already well established and the internet was two decades old when Segway debuted.

They ran ahead of the books and that's what happened. You just have to read the books as fast as Martin writes them. I still haven't finished Dance of Dragons. But I've read about fifty books since I started it.

Highly overrated. Yes, you can spend all your money at the sweet shop or pizzeria and game the whole day and no one complains ... but you won't, because rent, food, transport has to be paid too, and the household chores and work are waiting for you. So many duties and it never ends...

They did have consequences in at least Europe afaik

I wish everyone would simply ignore these people

It wasn't the cost that flopped it. 3D movies have been around for over a hundred years, but each time new technology has been used to do it they hype has always been greater than the reality and each time they have eventually flopped. Why? Because I don't want to have to wear your stupid glasses that stop me seeing properly, that's why.

That was the year I turned 40yo. YAY!

They still exist in niche applications, and have been quietly evolving for the last years. In 2023 Luxottica's RayBan launched a line of AR-equipped glasses developed from Google Glass patents. Google glass was a technology demonstrator, never meant to be "fashionable"; the tech is now slowly creeping into the mass market.

Sure made a great documentary, though…

Ah yes, Google Plus...I remember those ancient times lol

Walmart in Germany... However, the Wendy's in the Netherlands (and Belgium and Luxemburg) is a success, main reason is the fact that it is a local fastfood-chain that existed before the US one expanded towards Europe. The US company tried and tries their luck at court over and over again to claim name rights, and every time they loose. Btw: Wendy is the name of the daughter of the Dutch founder. And a German horse magazine for teens bears that name, too.

I did appreciate the guy who turned "Naruto Run" into a verb.

The OG NFT.

I love my curved monitor, but at least you sit straight in front of it unlike in front of a TV.

Don't forget the "Murder Hornets" of 2019/2020. American news media loves fear mongering.

I've made roblox games more engaging.

And 2005, and 2000, and 1998, and 1995, and 1991, and 1988, and 1984, and 1980, and 1976. Do you see how this works?

Never even heard of it.....

This movie f*****g sucks. And Scientology is ridiculous! Can't believe people still fall for that bad science fiction story! If you haven't heard of it, please read about the Galactic Overlord Xenu, who bombed the Earth with Hydrogen Bombs. Why Scientologists aren't laughed at constantly is beyond me.

American remakes of British comedy shows rarely work because the sense of humours are different. The Office and Shameless are rare exceptions because they adapted for American audiences. It should have come as a surprise to no-one that US versions of The Inbetweeners, the IT crowd, Absolutely Fabulous, Men Behaving Badly or Gavin and Stacey flopped.

Oh, I didn't know that the scooter system didn't work so well elsewhere, here in Finland it's been a great succeess in bigger cities. (except they are gathered away in the winter). They cost about the same as a bus ticket, a bit more if you drive long, but they offer flexibility the busses can't. And this is even greater achievement, because busses here work extremely well.

The end result is you need to buy Coca-Cola from Mexico if you want to drink "real" Coca-Cola because the Coca-Cola "Classic" sold in most places is using high fructose corn syrup instead of cane sugar.

Remember, you are unique, just like everyone else.

I don't remember this either.