Is it shallow, or petty, to decide based on name alone? Yeah, pretty much, but there’s probably something, a product or service or site, that the name has made you gloss right over it or jump to it ASAP.
What are some examples that spring to mind for you?
I actively avoid Fedora Linux.
I feel like that’s the worst name of any brand ever.
It was originally developed in 2003, just as the hat started to come back. The neck beard meme seems to have come about later in the 2000’s (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fedora-shaming).
I avoided the Instant Pot for a long time because it sounded cheap and all those functions couldn’t possibly work well.
I was wrong. I was so wrong.
Mine makes yogurt from milk and yogurt.
It’s a perpetual yogurt machine.
And it makes chili!
Let me get this straight, this machine makes yogurt but one of the ingredients required is yogurt? That’s revolutionary.
Warby Parker. Something about the name just completely frosts me. I know I should grow up and give them a chance (because Luxotica is fucking evil). But it really turns me off. “Warby Parker”…sounds like the name of some kid who’s dad owns racehorses.
I think part of the reason I use Zenni Optical online is because Warby Parker sounds like a place that’ll offer grandma glasses for stupid-expensive prices.
I tried Zenni a couple of times. Really wanted to like them. But the glasses they sent me were horrible. I do have a somewhat complex prescription, though. I suspect for basic prescriptions they are OK.
This is hilarious because it invokes same exact feeling for me when I hear the name. It just screams “New York socialite.”
Glad I’m not the only one. I am highly averse to anything that sounds like a “lifestyle brand”. Hollister and such. I’ll never understand people who wear expensive brand name t-shirts and provide free advertising for giant corporations. Ryan George made a pretty funny YouTube video about this strange phenomenon.
I lived in a city, had occasional need for a car. A car club would have been ideal. Don’t need to spend thousands on a car upfront, don’t need to deal with maintenance, don’t need to secure parking.
Problem? The only car club in town was called whizzgo. Like, a toddler word for urination. Written on all the cars in big colourful letters. No thanks.
When I shop on Amazon and see the obvious China companies that sell the same product but have the strangest names. Definitely avoid those products. If I see a.company only ships via fedex, I avoid doing business with that company. Dang, I know I have more just can’t think of them right now with morning brain.
Edit: I avoid many major brands too. I belive them to be selling because of the name alone rather than having a quality product anymore. Dr Scholls is one of those,
They’re all random names consisting of 7 capital letters too DINGBAO, VXSUFEN, WEGTHOS, etc.
Love it when they consist only of consonants. Saw something along the lines of XYGDLFW the other day
