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2013-04-06 12:46 9739441 Anonymous (swiss made.jpg 400x400 47kB)
is your country a brand?
0 min later 9739453 Anonymous
no
1 min later 9739485 Anonymous (marca-pais-ranking.png 952x645 65kB)
>>9739441
yes
relevant
1 min later 9739487 Anonymous (made_in_germany.jpg 835x567 77kB)
of course. also, the story behind it is 5/5 bretty good
2 min later 9739513 Anonymous
Biggest brand there is.
3 min later 9739541 Anonymous
>>9739485
>beating the French
Fuck yes
I can sleep happy tonight
3 min later 9739547 Anonymous
not really
you always see stuff that are named from countries
swiss cheese
french bread
english muffin
gajillion other things
nothing really for america, though
4 min later 9739569 Anonymous
>Maldives, Mauritius, Bermuda and Costa Rica on the top 25
>Argentina doesn't
feels nigger
6 min later 9739611 Anonymous
>>9739547
>cars
>fast food
>clothes
>bikes
comes to mind
10 min later 9739658 Anonymous
>>9739611
well yeah we pumped out an astronomical amount of stuff, but I'm talking things that have 'American' in the name
12 min later 9739701 Anonymous
>>9739547
Adding to things like fast foods and jeans, all of your popular culture is exported to other nations.
14 min later 9739722 Anonymous
I don't know.
14 min later 9739735 Anonymous
>>9739701
You don't export a thing.
15 min later 9739745 Anonymous (rofl.jpg 264x191 10kB)
>>9739441
Yes.
15 min later 9739752 Anonymous
>>9739701
I'm talking about shit with our name in it, though
like I'm looking at my fridge in front of me, and they have things called "French doors"..You know
>>9739735
This poster right here
"Russian roulette"
America doesnt have any of that
16 min later 9739763 Anonymous (1340665892932.jpg 600x617 26kB)
>>9739485
Does this mean that if something has "Made in the Maldives" on it, it is considered better quality than something from Austria or the Netherlands?
Please explain
16 min later 9739765 Anonymous
>>9739485
>China not even listed
>Mauritius, Maldives, UAE, Ber fucking Muda, et cetera all listed
>No China
Dude come on at least try.
16 min later 9739766 Anonymous
>>9739547
Are you retarded?!
16 min later 9739770 Anonymous
We maybe have American made steel.
16 min later 9739781 Anonymous
>>9739770
American Pancakes.
17 min later 9739796 Anonymous
>>9739763
read up on brands, dude. not much to do with quality but with market positioning
17 min later 9739805 Anonymous
>>9739658
American hotdogs. We make ones where you put a hole in the bread and the sausage inside (don't even..that's just too easy) and American hotdogs are the ones that have a cut from the outside and the wiener is laid into it.
17 min later 9739807 Anonymous
>>9739770
America Space Craft.
18 min later 9739812 Anonymous (kavli_hambdress.jpg 560x420 78kB)
>>9739658
but you have it where it counts. pic related is the most famous burger dressing in sweden & finland
18 min later 9739825 Anonymous
>>9739781
Swedish meatballs
actually, somebody should start a thread that's like this
18 min later 9739828 Anonymous
>>9739812
They call it 1000 Island Dressing there.
19 min later 9739836 Anonymous
>>9739812
Fucking want to try it
19 min later 9739839 Anonymous
>>9739765
Everyone knows Chinese products are cheap crap. Usually get the job done, but there's always a risk of poisoning something. Dog food, children's milk, the paint on souvenir glasses; all killers.
19 min later 9739849 Anonymous
>>9739839
You mean like all our clothes and half the stuff we buy? Stop spouting shit from 1995
20 min later 9739862 Anonymous
>>9739812
I would wager the general expectation among the American public on this would be "Why would they brand thing as American? Everyone hates us and wants to burn us."
20 min later 9739871 Anonymous
>>9739836
see >>9739828
I'm sure you have.
21 min later 9739886 Anonymous
>>9739547
>freedom
It's just not called American freedom because freedom already implies it's American.
21 min later 9739892 Anonymous
>>9739862
>Everyone hates us and wants to burn us
What planet do you live on? Now you have to be #1 in self-loathing as well?
21 min later 9739901 Anonymous (freeeee.png 317x229 160kB)
Yes? Liberating is what we are known for
22 min later 9739910 Anonymous (SL380627.jpg 400x300 31kB)
>>9739836
>>9739862
It's pretty much the best thing ever. As you can see it has also snuck its way onto traditional Swedish food.
22 min later 9739922 Anonymous (Untitled.jpg 99x54 1kB)
The entire Mcennedy Brand makes me laugh. If only they sold hamburger sauce over here.
23 min later 9739951 Anonymous
>>9739849
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_p et_food_recalls
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_C hinese_milk_scandal
http://www.sfgate.com/world/article /Toxic-cadmium-common-in-China-s-ch eap-jewelry-3276017.php
24 min later 9739962 Anonymous
>>9739836
you probably have it back there only in a different packing and label.
24 min later 9739966 Anonymous (dsc02470.jpg 3264x2448 2982kB)
>>9739922
I didn't even know I had that picture, or why. This is the picture I meant to post.
25 min later 9739985 Anonymous
>>9739892
We don't hate ourselves. We think of ourselves as generally friendly and nice people. We just think the rest of the world hates us.
25 min later 9739988 Anonymous (futurebrand-future[1].png 600x643 80kB)
>>9739765
FutureBrand measured positive associations. "Made in China" is not positive.
Top 15 future brands country brands by FutureBrand.
26 min later 9740019 Anonymous
>>9739988
So.. what does that mean now?
27 min later 9740032 Anonymous
>>9739966
ah this is hilarious.
I buy bagels from this company
Do they just sell shit worldwide?
27 min later 9740034 Anonymous
>>9739988
>implying i'd want anything to do with things that have been made in UAE or vietnam
28 min later 9740073 Anonymous (dubai best desert city.jpg 1600x1200 241kB)
>>9740034
>UAE
yes you would.
Why the fuck not
29 min later 9740086 Anonymous
>>9740019
Their webpage explains it.
http://www.futurebrand.com/news/fut urebrand-launches-the-8th-annual-co untry-brand-index
29 min later 9740090 Anonymous
>>9740032
They certainly don't sell it here. People would laugh at the mere sight of the words "hamburger sauce".
29 min later 9740103 Anonymous
>>9740073
you're aware of the fact that all labour in UAE is done by dirty paki and indian immigrants?
29 min later 9740104 Anonymous
>>9739487
>The label was originally introduced in Britain by the Merchandise Marks Act 1887,[1] to mark foreign produce more obviously, as British society considered foreign produce to be inferior to domestic produce, and tried to get buyers to adhere to the concept of 'buying British. In 1894, the German Reichstag's commission already reported that after suffering slight losses, German manufacturers soon found the label to be of good use since they could distinguish themselves better from the British manufacturers. This led to more and more manufacturers voluntarily applying the label, and not even World War I, in which marks were mandatory in Britain in order to boycott products from countries of the Central Powers, could dent the growing popularity of the mark.
britain you are of genius
30 min later 9740115 Anonymous (1353430952610.jpg 291x315 51kB)
>>9739988
30 min later 9740124 Anonymous (Skjermbilde.png 201x111 25kB)
Does this count?
31 min later 9740149 Anonymous
yes.
32 min later 9740169 Anonymous
>>9740032
>buying bagels from a place other then a bakery
I don't understand the appeal.
32 min later 9740175 Anonymous
We'd probably do well with produce if people weren't so scared of GMC.
32 min later 9740179 Anonymous
>>9740169
it connects to my inner polish jew
33 min later 9740197 Anonymous (1364327037889.jpg 634x596 96kB)
37 min later 9740297 Anonymous
>>9740207
my point is, who would you rather have assemble a product you'd buy; a professional japanese/western european person or an indian who wipes his ass with his bare hands
42 min later 9740397 Anonymous
>>9740297
The best option would clearly be to have it made by grossly underpaid Indians who aren't allowed to wipe their ass until they finish and risk getting shot if the product doesn't pass quality check.
Keeps the quality up, keeps the prices down.
42 min later 9740416 Anonymous (sumg.png 452x370 26kB)
>>9739485
Alpha as fuck, how the fuck we made this?
45 min later 9740482 Anonymous
i dont see how spain, any nordic nation aside from sweden, maritius, costa rica, or uae even made it in the top 50.
nordics got the tin can cookies on lock but i dunno what else of quality they make...
spain makes...high school spanish books?
maldives, mauritius & costa rica are usually considered 3rd world...
uae does what? sell souvenirs to tourists ?
im surprised that indonesia, taiwan, korea, or russia arent in the mix at all.
indonesia: the entire tobacco game/ clothes
taiwan: HTC/toys/clothes
korea: mfn samsung/lg/hyundai/kia/hankook tires/asian airlines/air korea/Hynix/FILA/ sm entertainment
Russia: vodka/vodka/vodka/ weapons
45 min later 9740489 Anonymous
>>9740397
quality is directly influenced by work ethics. unwashed indians will never produce same quality as for example a north german factory.
58 min later 9740798 Anonymous
>>9740197
Someone should shop it to 'Not only am I white, I'm Argentinian too!'
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