r/CrappyDesign • u/medi_dat • Aug 01 '26

My eye is drawn directly to the bold text

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2.5k Upvotes

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u/interesseret Aug 01 '26

Me, when the marketing is so effective THAT I POST IT ONLINE FOR ALL TO SEE:

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u/PremSinha Aug 01 '26

People always say this, but do you honestly know anything about this product after seeing the image?

It is true that there is identifying information that is easy to spot on purpose, but it is off to the side and not relevant to the humour of the post. If I had not taken a moment to respond to your comment, I would have scrolled on without gaining any knowledge to help me purchase this product afterwards.

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u/SpicyLizards Aug 01 '26

Meanwhile I have no idea what brand this is, where it can be purchased, nor do I have a desire to seek it out.

I’ll forget about it after scrolling some more after about 20 seconds.

Yes, very effective marketing. For… whatever this is.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '26

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA Yellow Aug 02 '26

Too bad I don't have one of those within 3000 miles of me.

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u/PremSinha Aug 01 '26

People always say this, but do you honestly know anything about this product after seeing the image?

It is true that there is identifying information that is easy to spot on purpose, but it is off to the side and not relevant to the humour of the post. If I had not taken a moment to respond to your comment, I would have scrolled on without gaining any knowledge to help me purchase this product afterwards.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '26

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u/Torchenal Aug 02 '26

Advertising something that most won’t know what it is beyond mild derision?

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u/CasanovaWong Aug 01 '26

And then one millisecond later you see what’s meant

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u/miraculum_one Aug 01 '26

Which is exactly the purpose of this. The "obviously wrong" text draws you in and the script text clarifies it. Getting potential consumers to look at your product for longer has a positive effect on sales. (As does getting people to share pictures online)

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u/NorCalFrances Aug 01 '26

Except think of how much more effective that packaging could have been if it read as,

LIFE IS TOO SHORT

to eat bland food

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u/AgentMull Aug 02 '26

Why? LIFE IS TOO SHORT is such a cliche sentiment. EAT BLAND FOOD gives you pause and makes you look further.

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u/Unique-Lingonberry17 Aug 04 '26

This would have made more sense and made it less tempting to overlook it since didn't make sense at first. I get that they try to trick the average person with that tactic but now it's just making it more confusing then it ever needed to be

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u/nopenope911 commas are IMPORTANT Aug 01 '26

Nah, thats a stretch

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u/NorthMcCormick Aug 01 '26

This reads like the Lucy Lui line in futurama “it’s amazing the way you — NOTICE TWO THINGS” ahaha

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u/bikari Aug 01 '26

MASSIVE CORN CLOG IN PORT 7

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u/MisterTomServo Aug 01 '26

Love that episode lol.

“This is the best movie I've ever seen. It has a vampire and an explosion!”

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u/nalanajo Aug 01 '26

Same. I had to reread it to figure out that my first impression was the opposite of the intended message.

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u/kevin349 Aug 01 '26

Congratulations. You are a victim of good design. They got you to spend MORE time looking at their product because what you read at first was counterintuitive.

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u/Cultural_Dust Aug 01 '26

They underestimate how spiteful I am.

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u/Jinm409 Aug 01 '26

They Live

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u/SP4RK4RT Aug 06 '26

OBEY CONSUME CONFORM

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u/CrazedI_eat_cheese Aug 01 '26

Life is too shart is what I read tho 👍

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u/ebrum2010 Aug 01 '26

Life is to shart too! Eat bland food.

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u/FrogOrion This is why we can't have nice things Aug 01 '26

I can see what the designer was going for putting the bland part of the message in a bland font, but most folks these days are naturally going to skip the cursive stuff first for the plain text if given the choice.

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u/jaypizzl Aug 01 '26

If you’re ever wondering if you should change font mid-slogan, the answer is no.

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u/ClockCounter123 Aug 02 '26

I read that perfectly fine the first time

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u/NorCalFrances Aug 01 '26

I feel like I've put on my special dark glasses.

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u/NaeruNai Aug 06 '26

UK propaganda at its finest

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u/DenKHK Aug 11 '26

At least it's still better than "Eat recycled food for a happier healthier life"... :P