“VHS may be cheaper, but Betamax is way better quality. Trust me on this one.”
“CDs are a passing fad like laser disk players. Stick with cassette tapes if you want something portable and permanent.”
“The Yugo is going to be to the 80s what the VW Bug was to the 60s.” The most evil advice I ever received:
Companies love to hire liberal arts majors. A degree in history will get you farther than a degree in business. Advice I’d love to give to people I don’t like:
On interviews, always call the interviewer by his/her first name. Halfway through the interview, assign them a nickname of your own choosing (preferably one related to their physical appearance). It shows warmth and establishes a personal connection. Answer every question truthfully and fully.
No, of course you’re not too old for a nosering. In fact, it will make you look 15 years younger.
Always buy clothing a few sizes too small. It will make you look thinner.
You’re going to Mardi Gras in New Orleans? Listen, the tourist books don’t tell you this, but the best steaks in town are served in the back room of this club called Rawhide… it’s owned and operated by Quakers.
If you need an icebreaker at a party, religion and or politics are always good places to start. Share your views on abortion or gay marriage.
Sampiro, some evidence bears out that your ‘evil advice’ is dead on the money over the long term. A disproportionate number of businesspeople who have gone far have those “useless” history majors.
Bad advice I’ve gotten:
“Disco is not just a fad.” (this from a gym teacher who gave us a disco unit)
“Raising kids: You really don’t get out of it what you put in.” Well, that may be true in many senses, but this advice was given to my husband when I was 8 months pregnant. That’s some crap timing and it’s really not the kind of thing you share, now, is it?
“Put it on your credit card now; you can pay it off when you’re making more money.”
Advice I would give to someone I didn’t like very much:
Always cook bacon in the nude.
The best place to take your car for repairs out of warranty is the dealer.
When your car indicates that it needs power steering fluid, you have at least a couple weeks before it actually needs to be filled.
The best way to defrost your freezer is to chip away at the ice with a knife or similiar sharp, pointy tool.
If someone you are dating/involved with is abusive, don’t worry. Your love for them and theirs for you will change them into the loving, fun, wonderful person that you just know they can be. For sure, this ALWAYS works out.
Krispy-Kreme donuts are a low-fat, healthy food, fortified with 9 essential vitamins and minerals! Enjoy!!
yup, it was much better. I used to babysit for a couple who had a Betamax and the picture and sound were waaaay better on their silly little machine than any VHS I’d owned since. 'parently VHS got the upper hand because they were cheaper or summat
From a technical point of view, BetaMax was much superior to VHS. What killed BetaMax was Sony’s marketing department. They decided to keep it proprietary, so that if you wanted a BetaMax machine you had to buy it from Sony. Meanwhile, the VHS format was proposed as an industry standard and licensed to anyone who wanted to make VCR’s. As a result, VHS flooded the market, and Sony got left in the dust.
Jeez. 1985 called, they want their argument back. :rolleyes:
The worst advice I ever got was from my father, who advised me against buying my first home. We bought in August of 1998. By the time we sold less than 2 years later, we made almost $30,000 on the deal.
I’m this close to pitting you betamax people–so watch it!
Seriously, the fact that betamax is dead and VHS is alive and well shows that betamax was not “better” all around, at least for any non-retarded definition of “better.” See, folks tend to keep buying those products that are better than other products and the inferior product eventually falls by the wayside.
Heh. I had an identical situation. My dad - a smart guy, usually - gave the most dire of warnings against purchasing the house my wife and I had found two and a half years ago, a fixer-upper in a bad neighborhood at a low price. You’ll never resell it, he said. It’ll be a disaster, he said. This house is a money pit, he said.
I am presently under contract to sell said home for $75,000 more than I paid for it. My dad is advising me against buying the new house my wife and I have decided on. We’ve decided not to listen.
Pit away. I do not now, nor have I ever, owned a BetaMax, but I’ve never heard anyone seriously suggest that VHS was a superior format by any standard, on any parameter. If you have reason to think it is, I’d like to hear it.
And no, market success doesn’t constitute evidence of product excellence. Witness the auditory plague of “top 40” music.
