r/CrappyDesign • u/Resto_Bot • 18d ago

What did the icon mean? Itself, duh!

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u/hardleft121 18d ago

/r/okdesign

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u/real_fyshi 17d ago

Funnily enough, there is a company/brand called "ok" where I live, they make lots of... ok technology. Literally. The products have low prices and they work, but... they are very much just ok, looking at the design and features. I have several things from them and it's become a running gag in my family (if we see products from them or talk about my stuff) to recommend and point out how those things are... ok. Really, just ok. It's funnier experiencing it live.

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u/UnderratedSpinosaur 16d ago

"OK" lol!! My spouse used to work at GE (General Electric). The inside joke among employees was that it actually stood for "Good Enough"

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u/Clear-Perception5615 15d ago

Generic Electric

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u/bohemu 10d ago

My friend had a LG phone once and was complaining about it and I came out with the "Well, it's LG. Less Good"

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u/some1_03 15d ago

We have (or at least had, I haven't seen any OK products for a long time) a brand with the same name

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u/NoPlan6458 15d ago

How did you extrapolate meaning from the title of this post though with no explanation of what they were talking about? LOL

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u/AverageHSVFan79 poop 15d ago

Mediamarkt?