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by Zikes 4318 days ago
Some potential parallels there.

Blatant lies: "Our coffee machines just can't support other companies' k-cups."

Empty promises: "Buy our new coffee machine and it'll enable us to make a lot of new and exciting flavors!" First new flavors out of the gate are durian and Mountain Dew.

I'm looking forward to the inevitable half-hearted apology, which will of course have still more empty promises. Not long after that they'll announce the v3 model, which will have an incompatible DRM to v2, forcing their customers to either upgrade or use off-brand companies' k-cups.
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CaptainZapp 4318 days ago 

  First new flavors out of the gate are durian and Mountain Dew.
Can't be much worse than hazelnut, or vanilla.
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Natsu 4318 days ago
Have you ever had a durian? We actually bought one once, at Christmas.

It was... memorable.

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CaptainZapp 4317 days ago
Actually yes, I did and think it's a wonderful fruit.

The trick, however, is not to buy one and take it home (or to your hotel room), but to buy a ripe durian at a street vendor and let him open it. Eat straight away and keep a lot of napkins available.

While the taste is really amazing (in my opinion) there's no doubt that the stink is amazing too. And nearly impossible to air out of a closed room.

Most hotels in Singapore flat out forbid durian in your room.

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