Plants have no marketing budget this is so sad π
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Ok, then. Lets make a list of 11 plants easy to recognised to help society:
- clover
- dandelion
- blackberry thorn
- nettle
- mint. There is different types so this one can be trickier that the others. The leaves are rounded or on the rounded-side and smell like mint when rub btw the finger
- daisy
- daffodil
- cowslip
- mallow
- bindweed
- oaktree
Here you go. Enjoy saving society from its decline.
I'm 14 and this is deep
I'm skeptical about the 10 number, fruits and vegetables are plants.
In fairness if plants had their names written on them, I'd probably be able to identify those as well.
monsanto: "write that down, write that down!"
what... how is this a dystopic thing. put aside the fact that knowing brands helps me make decisions all the time and knowing plants wouldn't help me at all since I'm not a forager... you could get rid of all corporations today and make us live in a perfect, moneyless, classless utopia and 20 years later I could still name maybe 4 different flowers because I don't give a shit what they're called.
Also brand marketing is built to sear their brand into your brain vs. plants who just vibe.
I didn't touch that because that's part of the complaint. I'm saying even accepting that as something to complain about, surely you could have much better things to compare than fucking plant names.
If the names of the plants would be spelled for me under each plant every time then that would greatly enhance my memory.
is the number 1000 based on anything? i'm curious if there have been any studies on the amount of logos most people recognize. 1000 seems high but also not, so i wonder if there's science to back it up
It's obviously bullshit.
Could you imagine sitting through a survey with over a thousand logos and plants to be able to reach this conclusion?π
I think it would be possible to reach this conclusion. Using shorter surveys, like Google opinion surveys or something, asking people if they recognize 2-3 logos at a time, run a few hundred of those surveys over a few years and you could categorize each logo based on % of participants who recognized, anything over like 66% could be considered "generally recognizable" and then count how many generally recognizable logos you had.
Letβs make sure to shame the people being bombarded by advertisements for 90% of their lives. Thatβll motivate them to be more cognizant of botany
This could as easily be read as a critique of modern capitalism for that very reason.
Broccoli, cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, bok choy, turnip, radish, collards and Mustard greens. 10 different plants, easy peasy!
I've got some bad news for you...
I choose not to acknowledge it!
If plants had their names on their leaves I'd recognize a bunch of them as well.
To be fair, corporate logos are specifically designed to take advantage of quirks in human cognition to make them distinct and memorable. Most plants pre-date human cognition, and the ones which don't tend to be the ones people recognize instantly.
while reading your comment I had a weird vision of flowering plants in a far off post-human apocalypse that looked like logos of companies.
Don't give them any ideas.
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