Man everytime I hear about Pepsi (as in the brand) Pepsiman always is brought up. Makes me wonder why they stopped using him when everyone brings him up all the time (even if it’s out of meme value)

@@smelly2897 Maybe something about that "general audience" internet culture and it's humor are still foreign to most, maybe it's actually not very effective. That or corporations are too focused on being sanitized and modernized.

@@smelly2897 it was only used in certain markets, in the mid 90s on, the only reason why the mascot was remembered was the ads from that era and the games existence in the west

@@pixeljacked8047 yeah i know it was only in Japan and stuff but it’s more fun than just a logo. Like everybody recognizes the Mcdonald’s logo but Mcdonaldland exists and people like it’s characters

Unironically, yes please. I would fucking love that.

Oh fuck, hi Lute, big fan of your videos

They were probably eating it up. You might be suprised how out of touch some peoppe in high positions are amd also into weird stuff like esoteric number magic shit

This is the kind of shit that upper management buys into wholeheartedly tbh

Watch the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey but replace the monolith with a Pepsi can and you'll get the picture.

Honestly the crazier thing than this whole situation is the fact that it worked.

thats the best to describe this

this podcast always has some wild shit, its awesome

You say that but the last episode was literally about Jeffery Dahmer.

@@dogmendogmen I think that's what I like, they do chris chan documentaries, or jeffrey dahmer's alleged internet history. it really wants to be unique even when covering something overdone

@@dogmendogmen Sure, but it is an aspect of him that is not often covered. I had never heard of all of that stuff before. Though i'll admit I don't know much about Dahmer.

Yeah this reminded me uncomfortably of when I studied web & graphic design and got an inkling of what pitching a design is like

I genuinely believe that not only did the designer wholly believed everything said in this entire document. I also think the whole room was eating out of his hands save for 1 or 2 people

As someone who works in (non-corpo) marketing and communications... yeah. If it makes you feel any better, the graphic designers are just as much into this as the people they're pitching to. It's not drugs that they're on, it's circle jerking. It's a group of people on either side just vibing really intensely and exchanging buzzwords. If you're not in the conversation, it's complete nonsense, but when you're in it, you get it. It's a very weird space to exist in. Like the DNA arrows and shit at the start are completely unintelligible, but they would have made perfect sense to the designers, and when explained, the team they were pitching to would have understood it completely too. I hate this shit, it's too much talking for which image looks the nicest to my bosses, the clients. Docs like this are like a thesis for the designer as to how they came up with the design. They aren't usually this intense, but Pepsi is such an enormous company that I'm not surprised that they went in with the lost sea scrolls. Small and public sector clients won't expect this from you, brother, don't be discouraged.

@@OPTIMUSL1ME i assure you as a web designer this type of pitch is exactly what we do when have to sell something. we have to pull extravagance out of every design decision. we can't just say we did it because it looks better or functions we have to justify to idiots why it is better in every conceivable aspect including how it will be easier to maintain than what the competitors are doing. imagine trying to explain to somebody who doesn't know how a car works and questions why even include a steering wheel level of out of touch.

I was listening to this while working at a fast food place and kinda just staring in awe and confusion at the Pepsi machine across from me, tldr: verbal signal jammer

Jesus fucking Christ this is a deep deep pull. I'm glad Uli is legit doing pretty well these days. He even swam in blue water! It makes me smile to think about.

...? Please explain.

​@creativeusername7951 google Ulillillia for yourself and you'll figure it out.

​@@creativeusername7951 He's a somewhat legendary internet figure known for the bizarre way he expressed himself. Clearly mentally ill and connecting things in strange ways. Played Bubsy 3D for over 1,000 hours. There are interesting videos on him

Nice reference, should I watch Mad Men?

@@tivvy2vs21 Yeah it’s a pretty good show. Matthew Weiner the show runner is apparently a weird asshole but the show is good

Do you know how to read? He wrote Mad Man not Mad Men, completely diferent topic.

@@thatguynobodywants3716 never heard of it

Oh, I guess not

I wonder if Sega board meetings are this insane

It’s all quite universal on the whole too...

I second this

They should talk about the Pooh’s Adventures wiki too. That is a fucking rabbit hole

@@LongSinceDead1 I second this

​@@LongSinceDead1compact disc

That's still too many

I'm so confused what that is

@@TheRealJaydenJohnson Thing that lets you listen to the podcast on most apps

@@TheRealJaydenJohnsonRSS feed is this really useful thing that most sites had. It was just a means of basically subscribing without having to go check every single individual site you were following the feed from. KZfaq used to have the feature too. But a ton of sites removed it because they want you to visit the site and not get it all on some off platform thing without ads.

and if my comment got eaten by code, RSS feeds are basically a means to get updates from sites/people that doesn’t involve going to a bunch of individual sites and have it aggregated in one place. It was and still is an incredibly useful feature that most of the internet seems to have forgotten about.

@@TheGuyWhoIsSitting And with Spotify killing stuff like Spotifeed, the RSS feed is really useful.

All AI derives from humans, all its patterns are inherited.

@@mitakemiyao they are probably just making a longer video

my favorite part of the Vantablack fiasco is the sidestory people always bring up about his Chicago “Cloud Gate” sculpture. apparently he used to hate that everyone calls it the Bean even though it’s. literally a giant metal bean. lol

My mom heard that story and her first reaction was "sounds like they're exes"

Yeah, if you hold yourself to any standard at all, you're already miles ahead of the pack. Learning all the institutions I assumed "monoliths" as a child were actually run by stupid, fallible humans has been vital

We will find the angle Starting with convention On to innovation Everything's connected

@@joejoe644 Here we have a circle Smooth and inoffensive This will be the basis For your revolution

Gravity is crucial. Geomagnetism.

@@CupertinoEffect With some calculation We will find your logo

I so wish I could post a picture of Johnny five aces..

The logo leak was very popular online and internet man Niel Cicirega(or w/e) made a song abt it.

Yeah, you don't sell the steak, you sell the sizzle.

​@@AdoochiTrue!

Its just like my web design class you have to try to convince people you just reinvented the wheel or else youre toast.

That wasn't the actual main motivator behind the decision, in case you're somehow serious

@@quantumblur_3145 what was it then?

They balance each other out

also definitely make stickers! that's such a good idea!

Praying got Netlore's grand return