Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 19, 2020

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    eastern.woods.metal  almost 4 years ago

    Tell the “focus group” to get in front of it

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    hariseldon59  almost 4 years ago

    If it had edges it wouldn’t roll.

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    wallylm  almost 4 years ago

    Apparently, the members of the focus group are all blockheads!

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    kaffekup   almost 4 years ago

    I always loved the scene in “Hitchhiker’s Guide” where they’re inventing the wheel, but it’s triangular. Someone says it won’t work, and Marketing says, “Oh, yeah, Smarty, why don’t you tell us what color it should be?”

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    coomback  almost 4 years ago

    3,500 BC and there’s a man bun ..

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    Bilan  almost 4 years ago

    Bluetooth. That’s what it needs, Bluetooth.

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    Alabama Al  almost 4 years ago

    The focus group also said attach that thing to an axle, put a box on top of it, and add some handles or poles to pull it with and you might then have something.

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    Concretionist  almost 4 years ago

    Well used, a focus group can help tune your offering. But used the wrong way it’s not just a waste of effort, it actually impedes progress because focus groups, on average, don’t like good new stuff, they want exactly what they’re used to… but better.

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    Dtroutma  almost 4 years ago

    Actually, going to grow oats and this was the idea for Cheerios!

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    jvo  almost 4 years ago

    ……the flotation device was born

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    danketaz Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    And eventually they came up with the ice skate.

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    dot-the-I  almost 4 years ago

    I participated in what may have been one of the first of such groups. Ford, for 25 Bucks. For the second generation Mustang (1973). Now “roundly” dismissed as the worst iteration of the popular pony car ever. (Round headlights in square surround, anyone?)

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    dflak  almost 4 years ago

    They should do it the Microsoft way: just field it and let the customers find out what’s wrong with it. Biggest group of beta testers in the world.

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    Andrew Sleeth  almost 4 years ago

    “So we should’ve gone with the octagon all along then.”

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    A Hip loving Canadian...  almost 4 years ago

    I know it’s only rock ’n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do

    (Guittar riff goes here)

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    1953Baby  almost 4 years ago

    So. . .might this have been the impetus for logos and colors?

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    Steverino Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    I don’t know what their problem is. It’s got edges.

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    Michael G.  almost 4 years ago

    That’s nuts!

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    sandpiper  almost 4 years ago

    Simplicity is its own reward and these guys got simple down pat.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    No problem. Paint on a couple of triangles and a swoosh and it’s urban as you like.

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    mistercatworks  almost 4 years ago

    It’s the hammer that needs to be edgier; then he could use it as an ax.

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    For a Just and Peaceful World  almost 4 years ago

    Thus treads were invented.

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    KEA  almost 4 years ago

    Focus groups were how Ford got the Edsel.

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    Say What? Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Stuff the focus group leader in the hole of the wheel, roll it and him down a steep hill, and shout to him, “Edgy enough for you?!”

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    l3i7l  almost 4 years ago

    O~oh? Whatever you say, Mr. Ford.

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    the lost wizard  almost 4 years ago

    Maybe I could reinvent it.

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    Lablubber   almost 4 years ago

    Focus group must be from The Sharper Image.

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Ever hear of “global warming”? It sounded more sinister to a Republican-sponsored (and oil-industry paid-for) focus group than “climate change”, so the word went out from on high that the citizenry would be mollified not so much that the pig didn’t stink as that it had a lovely shade of lipstick.

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    dsjwriter  almost 4 years ago

    An octagon would be edgier than a circle, but less functional if used in transportation.

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    bakana  almost 4 years ago

    It needs white stripes painted on the sides.

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