"Social Media/The Internet Made Me Do/Buy It!" (Buying, Trying, Visiting, and Doing Things You've Seen Online.)

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YouOnlyLiveTwice said:
This might be off topic, but does anyone remember "The Cinnamon Challenge"?

Well, the internet convinced my "friends" that the cinnamon challenge would be a fun idea for us to try.

Pretty much every single one of us almost choked to death doing this challenge.

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME (OR ANYWHERE)
You get a big spoon, dig a heaping spoonful of cinnamon, put it in your mouth, and try to swallow all of it. If you can swallow it, you win. 99.9% of the time, no one wins.
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uh what
No.

The only thing I remember internet challenge was ice bucket challenge. It was you threw a bucket of ice cold water over someone. You videoed it and spread it round to people and challenged them to do it also.
Now there is a video of me (and another friend) doing this forever on the internet. Not my idea..my 'friend' (am still friends with her lol) thought it was a good idea. I shrieked, and everyone laughed. My other friend broke the bucket.
 
Lynx said:
Oh I'm no early adopter. I wait until there are quite a few unbiased reviews on amazon.

All the things I have bought online are very well and thoroughly tested.
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I do not go near Amazon anymore.
It ruined bricks and mortar bookstores.

Plus the books /dvds it sold, were American publications that were not meant to be sold outside the US, so in some ways it was illegal. I can't explain it, but it did so much damage to the economy. Also their book recommendations were **** can't say the word. Shoddy. It went really downhill and tried to take over EVERYTHING. Pure greed.
 
YouOnlyLiveTwice said:
This might be off topic, but does anyone remember "The Cinnamon Challenge"?

Well, the internet convinced my "friends" that the cinnamon challenge would be a fun idea for us to try.

Pretty much every single one of us almost choked to death doing this challenge.

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME (OR ANYWHERE)
You get a big spoon, dig a heaping spoonful of cinnamon, put it in your mouth, and try to swallow all of it. If you can swallow it, you win. 99.9% of the time, no one wins.
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Nobody could get me to try it because nobody could explain what prize you get. No prize, no tries.
 
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Vanity presses, yes Amazon got involved with that too..was it Createspace or something. Ruined publishing. Now people can just publish misinformation and not be called out for it. As long as it makes money....for Amazon. Many reviewers were not honest.

Nobody should have that much monopoly over everything.
 
Lanolin said:
I do not go near Amazon anymore.
It ruined bricks and mortar bookstores.

Plus the books /dvds it sold, were American publications that were not meant to be sold outside the US, so in some ways it was illegal. I can't explain it, but it did so much damage to the economy. Also their book recommendations were **** can't say the word. Shoddy. It went really downhill and tried to take over EVERYTHING. Pure greed.
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Well, kinda yes and kinda no. It's complicated.

But electric lawn mowers are not new technology unless you are, like, 93 or something. Or maybe for somebody who lives on a remote, isolated island and still thinks digital watches are a pretty neat idea. All the things I get, and all the things I listed in my posts here, are very thoroughly proven technology.
 
Trying to be positive...trip advisor. I think that's a helpful site for travellers, to check if people had a good time at the attractions and weren't ripped off.
But like anything needs to be constantly updated.
Lonely Planet used to publish guidebooks EVERY year. No longer. The phrasebooks are still useful, but travel info gets out of date so quickly.
 
Digital watches? No I still use analogue.

Electric lawnmowers mm no haven't really had big uptake yet. Robovacs, yes. Depends on size of your house/yard.

International Standards don't work everywhere. There used to be NZ standards, and also things like Broadcasting authority but now they seem to be scrapped because everyone wants things cheap, and don't care about quality or even safety, or the lifecycle of the product which will end up in landfill, poisoning the environment.

I was (and still am) a staunch advocate for the environment but a lot of people really just don't care about creation to do anything about it.
 
It was a hard lesson to learn that many people just don't care, or are greedy.
 
Fashion is also something that is problematic, and damaging for women, esp when it was superthin malnourished models advertising every garment, that looked like they were wasting away to fit into something no sane woman would wear. Very exploitative for young girls too. But this wasn't caused by the internet, it was just consumerism gone global.

Used to make own clothes, with quality fabrics but now it's a different world. Most of it's all plastic. And the amount of packaging. ?!
 
Lanolin said:
Digital watches? No I still use analogue.

Electric lawnmowers mm no haven't really had big uptake yet. Robovacs, yes. Depends on size of your house/yard.

International Standards don't work everywhere. There used to be NZ standards, and also things like Broadcasting authority but now they seem to be scrapped because everyone wants things cheap, and don't care about quality or even safety, or the lifecycle of the product which will end up in landfill, poisoning the environment.

I was (and still am) a staunch advocate for the environment but a lot of people really just don't care about creation to do anything about it.
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Huh... Google claims electric mowers have been popular in New Zealand for more than 4 years now.
 
seoulsearch said:
Hey Everyone,

* For the good or for the bad, what things have you tried, bought, or wanted because you saw it online?

* What places do you now want to go to/have gone to because you've saw other people do so online? Did it live up to the hype?

* What hobbies, games, hacks, recipes, sports, and interests have you started because of the internet? Were they worth your time and trouble?

This thread is meant to be a bit of an informal poll of things people have tried solely because of online influence -- and how it's turned out.


My own list includes:

* The discovery of the Drury line of hotels, which offer not only a free breakfast, but also a free dinner in the evening for pretty much the same price as any other hotels in the area. I was able to stay at one and will now always look to see if they have any in the areas I'll be visiting.

* @Tall_Timbers has raved about See's Candy so much, I've decided I simply MUST try them and am waiting for an opportunity... I've found a store about half an hour away, and I'm wondering if I'll be able to snag any bargains after Easter! :cool:

* A long time ago, our dear friend @Mem posted pictures of these adorable, warmable, stuffies that I have been eyeing them ever since, but just haven't taken the plunge yet:

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* I must add that I am personally very thankful for online reviews. There are several things I've wanted to try or visit, but a plethora of bad reviews probably saved me a ton of wasted time, money, and heartache.

How about you?

* What have been some of your experiences with purchasing, visiting, or envying things online, whether good or bad?

In a time when there are so many negatives about social media and the internet, I'd like to think that maybe there are some positives out there, too. :)
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My interest in Electric Vehicles was sparked by the internet. If I replace my 10 year old car, it will be with an EV. Some things are near impossible to buy here apart from the internet. A lot of stores are on line only. I've had one dud experience where I bought some that I ended up not able to return. I've scratched E Bay as a result. I don't buy clothes or shoes. So far, only the one not so good experience.
 
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Lynx said:
Nobody could get me to try it because nobody could explain what prize you get. No prize, no tries.
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I think we made a prize, like “if you can do this, I’ll give you $20” kinda thing.

We were all living together, 9 of us guys, in a big house. (Kind of like a frat house)
 
Peer pressure is what it is.

Electric lawnmowers in past 4 years, well everything kinda stagnated with Covid and then people took to buying new things again when economy improved.

EV uptake is gradually getting up there, it's still super expensive initially and not many charging outlets.

Fuel costs have gone up, so we might be seeing more things being bought online and delivered, covid def impacted and many lucky people, mostly office workers can work from home. WIFI and broadband and bluetooth etc is now more prevalent, and cheaper, when there's a tipping point where things are more economical to be digital, then everyone will buy into it.

I do recall when tv changed to smart tvs, and streaming was available and data now cheaper. So that opens up a lot of things that you could only previously get imported at huge cost. China is now manufacturing cars, seeing a lot more brands of EVs coming from there. Used Japanese cars are what people buy here. But I would not buy a car online without test driving it. That would be very stupid to do that.
 
Also there's a little thing called tariffs that are affecting...everyone who has to deal with the US.
 
Shipping costs, at least here “in the states” is super expensive now
 
YouOnlyLiveTwice said:
Shipping costs, at least here “in the states” is super expensive now
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yep. Everywhere.
A lot of our goods in NZ are imported from Australia, or China and Japan, but still costs in shipping. Very expensive and takes a long time to get things imported from European countries.

It is faster to get things air freighted, but that can only be light things, not really heavy things in big quantities. Because I live in a port city, have easy access to goods. But those who live further away from an airport or container wharf are going to pay more for delivery. And our trains and trucks need fuel too, and roads or rails as infrastructure, it all costs.

Remember the time that huge container ship got stuck in the Panama canal?? It put everyone out. The logistics ground to a halt.
 
Books we had imported from the US, but they'd be printed in China mostly, as dealing with quantity. If the publisher was ethical, they'd get their paper from sustainable forests. Mostly the paper or pulp is from trees in Canada. Otherwise, in the English language, esp classic literature, would get from Britain, and take a long time to get here (nz) being the other side of the world.

People don't really think about these things. Like even sugar, that has to be from somewhere right? It doesn't just magically appear. A whole lot of (slave) labour goes into it. I've been to a sugar refinery and learned what is involved in getting it to the market. Same with meat, been to an abbattoir. Been to an ice cream factory. So interesting to find out how things are made and the journey it makes from growing it, making it, cooking it and getting into your stomach lol
 
Also might add, though some people claim it was the Egyptians who invented paper, it was not. It was actually the Chinese. China, the world's manufacturing hub.
 
OM - I could go on for pages and pages about all the things made in China. Even things designed in other countries, now gets made in China.

One thing about Trump, just didn't seem he had any idea, of the scale of China. And the working conditions, and the amount of things people buy or need that are made in China. I don't think because of gloablisation we could ever go back to the isolationism and protectionism one those trade deals happened. Can try, but it won't work. Realistically, people come to depend on material goods and technology and they want it on a mass scale. Otherwise only the really wealthy can have a good quality of life.
 
Lanolin said:
Also might add, though some people claim it was the Egyptians who invented paper, it was not. It was actually the Chinese. China, the world's manufacturing hub.
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Actually it was an insect that invented paper. They used it as a building material. An insect also invented the underground storage facility.
 
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