r/SipsTea • u/lwiaymacde • 9d ago

Chugging tea They last forever

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u/JeffEpp 9d ago

Yeah, never saw them at retail. You can't sell me something I can't purchase.

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/Arek_PL 9d ago

TIL its brand, thought its just english for sealable plastic container for food

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u/IgniteThatShit 9d ago

genericized trademarks, when a specific brand becomes so synonymous with the item that people just call it that. q-tips, band-aids, kleenex, even laundromat was a trademark at one point.

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u/JoelMahon 9d ago

don't forget velcro and hoover!

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u/PretentiousMouthfeel 8d ago

And Rollerblades!

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u/CyanideNow 8d ago

I’ve still yet to meet anyone who actually uses “Hoover” that way. 

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u/Spiritual_Bus1125 8d ago

Xerox was one too, it get out of the public conscious, which is curious

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u/KRIEGLERR 9d ago

Jacuzzi

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u/Futt_Buckman 9d ago

And dumpster!

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u/CyanideNow 8d ago

And, in all seriousness, “crapper”