Defaced Double-Wall Insulated Stainless Steel Tumbler
- The ultimate mediocre travel mug meets the ultimate mediocre company
- Double-walled, vacuum-insulated stainless steel, blah blah blah
- Choose 12, 16, or 20-ounce capacity, if you can be bothered
- Hand-wash recommended to preserve our advertisement for all eternity
- OFFICIAL MEH MERCHANDISE! Don’t settle for expensive imitations
Oh shit, did we just ruin these?
Ever have somebody at a booth try to hand you a free t-shirt or polo shirt or hat, and think “Yeah, looks nice - why’d you have to go and smear your stupid logo all over it?”
We’re not sure if what we did to these tumblers made them more enticing, or less.
On the positive side, we do OK with branded merch. Some of you weirdos actually want people to know you’re one of our fans. Smaller, useful items can withstand logo defacement better than clothing: we’re more likely to use a branded flashlight than wear a branded jacket. And beyond all that, the message inherent in our logo - “meh” - makes a statement about your worldview that, say, “Xcentrys Solutions” would not.
On the negative side, it’s still a logo. It still makes the tumbler feel like a gift-bag giveaway from a not-very-prestigious work conference. It still cheapens the entire visual environment in which we live today.
But it doesn’t cheapen this tumbler very much, because frankly, it doesn’t have very far to fall. It’s adequate low-cost insurance against your first-string travel mug going missing. It’s not like we’ve stencilled an Arby’s logo onto the hood of a Maybach. We’re not talking about a Breitling watch brought to you by Axe Body Spray.
So, is we is or is we ain’t stupid for branding these? Maybe our logo renders these unusable to you - or maybe it turns them into a fun collectible. If you belong to the latter group, we have some t-shirts you might be interested…
