An Amazing Demonstration of How Advertising and Peer Pressure Works

[cosmicfolklore]

I'd open a can of mixed veggies and spread that can out over 4 meals of Ramen. Or, crack and egg into the noodles to get a sort of stir fried thing going on. But, it was grad school when I hit the wall. Until we went to that restaurant, I hadn't been able to bring myself to eat it either.

 

[Kobold]

Ramen was the first things my parents allowed me to make on my own. That and steakums. I guess that’s why I was such a tubby bastard growing up.

 

[bullet08]

I still have to have my Nissin Cup Noodles on occasions. Chicken flavor.

 

[BingBong]

I bought a couple of Pot Noodles from the local supermarket, ate one, returned the other. Reason? Didn't get stoned at all, not a tickle.

 

[kcghost]

These fools who call themselves influencers are no talent hacks claiming to tell people how they should do something.

 

[rakovsky]

A serving of the cheapest grocery store ramen noodles that people said was worth $50 because it was so special and good...

It's all about manipulating expectations, confirmation bias, and so forth:

Man Opens ‘5 Star’ Ramen Restaurant Only To Serve Instant Noodles In Elaborate Prank - https://ark.media/record/15370

I'm not surprised. What do you think about Gurkha cigars?

There was a top rated Iron Chef restaurant in a city where I was staying that I dined at out of curiosity. I got the brown noodles. The dinner was kind of bland. Not bad, and overall good, but it felt overpriced. The ambience with the wait staff and customer base in the place implied, "This is special", but it wasn't full of amazing artwork either.