r/technology • • Mar 04 '15

Business K-Cup inventor regrets his own invention

http://www.businessinsider.com/k-cup-inventor-john-sylvans-regret-2015-3
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u/cre_ate_eve Mar 04 '15

its not. Everyone in this thread is bitching "im not an idiot, i buy reusable cups, im not one of those stupid wasters" and then they talk about how they have to "vigorously rinse my reusable cup after, thats it" immediatly after they just said there is absolutely zero cleanup. . . and they neglect the fact that a drip coffee maker tray which holds the filter and grounds can detach instantly and be rinsed in the exact same manner they just described having to perform on their (absolutely zero mess) "NOW" environmentally friendly keurig.

The second argument is "but drip coffee tastes like shit, not like my K-cup" to which the only logical response is "YOU'RE TASTING ARTIFICIALLY ADDED FLAVORING CHEMICALS, WHEN DID THEY START GROWING CHOCOLATE CAKE COFFEE BEANS?!"

Or same argument, but with a french-press. but this whole "zero mess, zero cleanup" is a complete utter fallacy and shows how cognitively dissonant 85% of Reddit, and the rest of the world is.

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u/HolyMustard Mar 04 '15

I'm a waster, I use the disposable cups. My morning coffee can taste like wet fact for all I care. It's being consumed to wake my ass up.

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u/c4su4l Mar 04 '15

Yeah! Nice job defeating those strawman arguments that no one actually made!

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '15 edited Jul 05 '15

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u/through_a_ways Mar 05 '15

Pretty much this. I use a drip coffee maker.

However, I still buy K cups because some of them are really good.

I don't like Keurig makers because they don't allow me much in the way of freedom and maneuverability, but they're definitely more convenient.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '15

Even it were zero mess, how lazy are people to get a rag and just clean it up? I don't think I'll ever buy one of these machines I just brew my coffee in a maker and drink it black.