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

OC- Animated [OC] America's Greatest Sin

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u/apixelops 9h ago

So like does your product have to be shit to become "global" in the US? Like I know I can get good candy and good food at ethnic stores, bodegas, regional chains or even specific statewide stores - but why is it that all the US food products that "make it big" enough to export all taste like unfettered ass?

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u/_Ub1k 7h ago

Traditionally Americans favored consistency over quality. Historically in food production some amount of average quality needed to be sacrificed to ensure high consistency.

Millennials as a market force have kind have broken this trend, hence the "Millennials are killing Applebee's" meme or the association of millennials with craft beer. American corporate restaurant chains like Applebee's serve bad food, but the entire experience will be identical in every location. Budweiser tastes like piss, but every can will taste and feel identical.

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u/puzzlebuns 7h ago

I think you mean "value" not consistency. Bang for your buck so to speak.

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u/RemarkableShip1811 4h ago

It's absolutely consistency, value applies to both consistency and quality and is more of just the graph itself rather than points on the graph.