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Re:Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns by YurgenJurgensen on Thursday July 23, 2026 @06:13AM (#49019260)
https://xkcd.com/993/

A friend also called this the “Party Cannon effect”, in reference to black metal festival posters. When lavish detail is available at the push of a button, simplicity stands out far more.

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Re:Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns by flobosg on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:00AM (#49020203)
For a bit of context, Party Cannon is a death metal band with this logo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_Cannon#/media/File:Party...
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Re:Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns by tobr on Thursday July 23, 2026 @07:08AM (#49019677)
That XKCD idea is basically the Swedish Blåvitt product line that existed during the 80s and early 90s.
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Re:Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns by icantevenhold on Thursday July 23, 2026 @07:26AM (#49019834)
Germany also has some product lines that have similar brutalist design
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Re:Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns by bccdee on Thursday July 23, 2026 @10:49AM (#49022556)
Or the contemporary "no name" brand in Canada.

https://jacobnelson.ca/2022/01/17/the-beauty-of-no-name/

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