r/comics • u/shave_your_eyebrows Shave Your Eyebrows • 9h ago

OC- Animated [OC] America's Greatest Sin

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u/Hairy_Ad8674 8h ago

I mean Dubai chocolate is literally worse then the some of its parts. Novelty and cost has a large impact on how a product is received. Hersheys is incredibly commonplace and affordable and has been for a long time. But in a world where it was new and marketed like Dubai chocolate was it would be the biggest trend in chocolate with other chocolatiers trying to do there spin on the msg flavor.

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u/Nymethny 8h ago

Yeah, and Dubai chocolate is quite far from being the best chocolate in the world, no matter how they want to market themselves. Only Instagram influencers buy into that.

Just like nobody thinks miller is really "the champagne of beers".

But also Dubai chocolate tastes fine. Nobody has an instant disgusted reaction when trying Dubai chocolate (unless they hate pistachios). That can't be said for Hershey's.

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u/Hairy_Ad8674 8h ago

Weihenstephaner didn’t try to make there own version of miller. But well respected brands like Lindt did make a Dubai chocolate bar. Your argument is based on your emotional reaction to a thing you don’t like and not engaging with the substance of my statement.

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u/Nymethny 7h ago

Fine, sure, the miller comparison was bad. Doesn't change the fact that very few people would say Dubai chocolate is the best chocolate in the world, it's a trend, the fancy new thing, a fad that will eventually fade.

And even if it doesn't, it's still a bad comparison with Hershey's because it doesn't matter whether it's mass-produced or a tiny small-batch production, cheap or prohibitively expensive, it's the taste that most people outside of America hate.

If Dubai chocolate had such a polarizing taste, it would never have gotten the popularity it has right now.