Random Rants
-
Damn, all of you have dishwashers? Guess I should move into the 21 century
-
Btw don’t get me started on the thermostat. My relationship is pretty much perfect aside from that one thing, but my partner says it’s “freezing” when it’s 75 outside. She’ll put on a coat. Meanwhile I hardly wear my UHFs because I roast in anything much more than a t-shirt
WTB
IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal -
-
@Tago-Mago born in a volcano!
-
@popvulture My wife and I can compromise on ambient temperature, but my frustration is she seems to think that the thermostat in cars is different than the thermostat in homes. I'm on team "set it and forget it" for thermostats in homes and cars, and she is just for homes. So after she's driven I may find the thermostat set to 62 or 98 with the fan turned up all the way.
It is truly a mild annoyance and beyond trivial, but it just baffles me.
Think it, be it.
-
@mclaincausey I think it stems from basic likes and dislikes about the test product. I totally think/believe/agree that we are pre disposed to liking certain smells and associating them with positive attributes that we want a product to have. I can’t have any fragrance/scent in my laundry detergent and run an extra rinse in the dishwasher to minimize the dishwasher pod scent. It never occurred to me the issues that you have,and I don’t remember that kind of stuff happening when my son was that age.
-
@Jett129 yep. The case studies in that book are compelling. Scent is a very powerful thing and there really aren’t too many other levers on a product like dishwasher detergent to form an identity on, and no others that I can think of that can potentially form a habit trigger. But for practical purposes in our house, it has the opposite effect, and perhaps the brand I use is exploiting that non-attribute for folks like us.
While I’m in software, we do similar testing of user preferences so I find it all fascinating. I didn’t know you and your wife were in that domain—very cool.
Tonight I’m looking to experience some scents I brought back in bottles from MX
-
@mclaincausey said in Random Rants:
@popvulture My wife and I can compromise on ambient temperature, but my frustration is she seems to think that the thermostat in cars is different than the thermostat in homes. I'm on team "set it and forget it" for thermostats in homes and cars, and she is just for homes. So after she's driven I may find the thermostat set to 62 or 98 with the fan turned up all the way.
It is truly a mild annoyance and beyond trivial, but it just baffles me.
@mclaincausey don't get me started.
-
@steelworker right?? Like wtf haha
