Dumb Starbucks
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- yurimon0
prob someone from china owns it...
- I wonder what the coffee from Star Fucks tastes like?Akagiyama
- I don't know why you post these. It's hardly relevant. These aren't in LA. You are such a fucking troll.monospaced
- If you cant relate this to name spoofing then turn yourself in to a mental hospitalyurimon
- I can, but it's really not related to the actual storymonospaced
- ic. story has nothing to do with name spoofing. oh wait.. your right. its about a matchbox shoe box trademark..thanksyurimon
- patent.. was not aware of that.yurimon
- it's a jokemonospaced
- but was more relevant to the trademark issue of topic, in my opinion, than thesemonospaced
- im busting your chops... saying it light hearted.. :)yurimon
- futuremongolian0
Fielder strikes again. If you haven't watched Nathan For You, do so immediately.
- ********0
- seriously? the exact same photo is just 2 posts up...pango
- Settle down.********
- FUCKutopian
- I CAN'T THIS IS MADNESS!!! I NEED TO FLIP SOME TABLES!!!pango
- AAAARRRRGHGHHHH.********
- these photos add almost nothing to the discussion, unfortunatelymonospaced
- yurimon0
"Erroneous translations from Chinese
Language Log has had a number of posts on the subject of bad translations from English to Chinese that mistakenly use the word "fuck". (This post has links to a few others.) These include:
"Spread to fuck the fruit" (for "Loose dried fruit")
"Fuck the certain price of goods" (for "Dry foods price counter")
"Do you want to fuck what?" (for "What do you want to do?")
The problem, it seems, is that the same character 干 is used in simplified Chinese for words meaning "dry" and "do" and also in the latter sense can mean "fuck". And automatic translation software doesn't always know which one is appropriate ... --FOo (talk) 21:13, 3 May 2008 (UTC)"from wikipedia...
- CygnusZero40
This is actually legal? I know they changed the name by adding dumb, but how can they use the logo and the name starbucks?
- http://www.youtube.c…yurimon
- some parody stuff and stuffs...
i think all coffee were free so... not really a business....pango
- monospaced0
So I can patent a Dumb Matchbox® shoe box and that's okay?
- ********0
They're completely open about ripping off Starbucks, so that means it's a parody?
One could argue that they are hurting Starbucks sales though. If they are competition (whether or not they make any money), is that still legal?
- vaxorcist0
Hmm... Parody and Trademark.... if the South Butt were not a parody, I don't know what is, but....
- ********0
- sureshot0
The world has gone to shit.
- Thanks internet, Russian government, Vietnam, GWB, etc.********
- what, because a comedy group make a parody store? I thought it was quite clevermonospaced
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- the world has gone to shit, because we're full of shitGeorgesIV
- Thanks internet, Russian government, Vietnam, GWB, etc.
//S
:)GeorgesIV
- Thanks internet, Russian government, Vietnam, GWB, etc.
- i_monk0
If there's one thing capitalists hate, it's competition.
- utopian0
If there's one thing capitalists love, it's subsidies.
- akrok0
also a way to get free marketing. every one is talking about it.
do you think it benefits or hurts the original brand?
that location wouldn't other wise not be the best for starbucks as it's hipster town. they usually goes to other coffee places. when i say goes, i mean bike with their fixie. of-course. ;-)
- teh0
Uh oh! Somebody better call Saul!
- teh0
Hmmm!
- teh0
Wouldn't that be funny if this was viral marketing for the new show Better Call Saul?
- CygnusZero40
Yeah I guess I just found it surprising that they can do this without catching all kinds of legal hell from Starbucks.
- teh0
Ok maybe not!
