I was eating some chocolate when I imagined a world where Hershey’s was widely accepted, even by elitists, as the best chocolate.

Is consumer elitism just a facade for pretentious contrarians? Or are there things where even most snobs agree with the masses?

Also, I mean that the product is intrinsically considered to be the best option. I’m not considering social products where the user network makes the experience.

Edit: I was not eating Hershey’s. Hershey’s being the best chocolate is a bizarro universe in this hypothetical.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Xerox.

    Velcro.

    And up until a few years ago, Google.

    Case and Point: We call the non-brand versions of the products by the mainstream product name and not the object’s name. We ended up calling all copies “Xeroxes,” all hook & loops “Velcro,” and when we tell someone to search for it on the internet, we say “Google it.” Becsuse, for a time, these were the best versions of their class.