Bonus: The Britons were reluctant to the new American invention for a long time. In the early 1960s tea bags only made up 3% of the market, but in 2007 it had risen to 96%.

      • @Dasnap
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        251 year ago

        They know exactly what they’re doing, they just don’t want to call them pussy sticks.

      • @[email protected]
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        251 year ago

        Back massagers, electric toothbrushes, and shower heads with a “pulse” setting are the trinity of body discovery.

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          191 year ago

          When the firstHarry Potter movie came out the “flying” effect on the broom was just vibration. The reviews for it were incredible. “My six year old loves it but her twelve year old sister can’t be separated from it. I had to get another one for my 17 year old daughter as well!”

    • @Chriszz
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      111 year ago

      No one will stop me from eating silica gel.

      • @scutiger
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        41 year ago

        It says “eat” right there on the package!

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    201 year ago

    Still an inferior way of brewing tea. You are supposed to throw it directly into the (ideally harbor) water, let it steep for a brisk 150 years and then add a shitload of molasses. The superior “Boston Method”

  • @silent2k
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    171 year ago

    American laziness, creating growth since 1776.

  • @reddig33
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    81 year ago

    And now they are commonly made from nylon, which doesn’t easily biodegrade.

  • xuxebiko
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    61 year ago

    so thats why tea made from teabags tastes like an accident.

  • theodewere
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    41 year ago

    right, so Roman Centurions didn’t call it ‘teabagging’ did they