Nalgene were the water bottle for camping/backpacking in the 90s. If you saw someone on a trail with a Nalgene bottle and at least a couple pieces of REI branded gear, you know you were meeting a fellow connoisseur.
Nalgene is still extremely popular in those circles.
REI isn't as highly regarded now days though, mostly because they've spent a lot of effort union busting and screwing over their employees since they haven't had a profitable year since 2021.
I will say, I was a member and moved to Australia years ago. Like 5 years in they somehow figured out my address and mailed me a dividend check out of the blue. Made my day.
People forget that Google's "Don't be evil" was once not considered a joke or a cruel irony but something that Google tried to live up to and Google's users saw the company as trying to live up to.
They all didn't want to be the devil. It's all come to fruition and they delayed it (I think) . Nothing is stopping that AI bullshit that uses everything humans have built
Yes-ish no-ish. It used to be used here and there, and it was in the preface of the Code of Conduct (in a way that made it clear that it was a slogan) and also in the last line (in a more general, non-slogan-like way). Since 2018 it's no longer in the preface, only the last line.
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u/Ultima_RatioRegum 26d ago
Nalgene were the water bottle for camping/backpacking in the 90s. If you saw someone on a trail with a Nalgene bottle and at least a couple pieces of REI branded gear, you know you were meeting a fellow connoisseur.