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  1. dandorotik

    dandorotik Member

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    Nomination: The 8 Track Tape

    I'm sure there are ones worse than this, but I would have to nominate the 8 track tape (circa 1973-1977). The 8 track would actually break songs in half, so that you'd be listening to a song like Life in the Fast Lane from The Eagles, it would start to fade out in the middle, you'd have several seconds of silence as it switched tracks, and the song would fade back up to normal volume on the next track. Horrible idea! Plus they always messed up in the player.

    Honorable Mention- New Coke.
     
    #1 dandorotik, Aug 23, 2008
  2. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    I remember the "4-track" tape.
     
    #2 bobrek, Aug 23, 2008
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    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    1. television
    2. air conditioning

    together, these destroyed porch culture.
     
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    sega saturn
     
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  6. dandorotik

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    Thanks, I just spit back Coke on that one. Oh, that's funny- but could very well be true.
     
    #6 dandorotik, Aug 23, 2008
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    Money or currency.
     
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    Breast reductions
     
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    Easy for you to say. :)
     
    #9 Rocketman95, Aug 23, 2008
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    I think New Coke would have to be number one...considering how unanimously it was rejected and how quickly it was replaced by Coke Classic...then again it may been the smartest marketing move ever.


    I'll have to nominate Crocs
     
    #10 JunkyardDwg, Aug 23, 2008
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    1) Crystal Pepsi
    2) Zima
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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    crystal pepsi was freaking incredible.
     
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    Beta VCR tapes
    Anything by that Billy Mays guy that keeps yelling during his commercials.
     
    #15 bigballerj, Aug 23, 2008
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    Britney Spears.
     
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    i second that, and I'm sure SmeggySmeg would agree, too.
     
    #17 heypartner, Aug 23, 2008
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    Laserdisc has to be up there. the discs were 3 times the size of DVDs and 3 times as expensive.
     
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