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Old 07-23-2025, 01:32 PM
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The other day my wife asked me to pick up some Tide laundry detergent. I thought Tide was Tide and I just had to figure out which size to buy. Nothing to it!

I was wrong. When I went to the store, there were dozens of Tide laundry detergents! According to the website there are actually 57 separate Tide products!!

I didn’t buy it because I wasn't sure which one she wanted!

57 variations of one laundry detergent seems excessive!


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Old 07-23-2025, 01:49 PM
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The other day my wife asked me to pick up some Tide laundry detergent. I thought Tide was Tide and I just had to figure out which size to buy. Nothing to it!

I was wrong. When I went to the store, there were dozens of Tide laundry detergents! According to the website there are actually 57 separate Tide products!!

I didn’t buy it because I wasn't sure which one she wanted!

57 variations of one laundry detergent seems excessive!


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Do we really need 57 variations of Tide detergent?

Just competing with Heinz
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Old 07-23-2025, 04:29 PM
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CMD (can’t make decision) was actually a grant to study of highly intelligent students, with “lack of common sense” for mundane decisions.

Actual task to pick up a pound of ground round. Study group answer.
They only had ground hamburger or ground chuck, so no purchase.

Sadly I will admit one of boys dated top in her field young women Harvard graduate, with two PHDs and MD, by age 24.
She could make split second decisions in her field, but send her to the grocery, for something specific, CMD was her downfall. He stopped dating her after 2 years, not because of CMD, or lack of common sense.

Her downfall, She chewed with her mouth open
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CMD (can’t make decision) was actually a grant to study of highly intelligent students, with “lack of common sense” for mundane decisions.

Actual task to pick up a pound of ground round. Study group answer.
They only had ground hamburger or ground chuck, so no purchase.

Sadly I will admit one of boys dated top in her field young women Harvard graduate, with two PHDs and MD, by age 24.
She could make split second decisions in her field, but send her to the grocery, for something specific, CMD was her downfall. He stopped dating her after 2 years, not because of CMD, or lack of common sense.

Her downfall, She chewed with her mouth open
That's funny! Tide is our go to detergent no matter how complicated it is for the inexperienced shopper.
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Old 07-24-2025, 04:49 AM
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They have different flavors for the tide pod eaters
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CMD (can’t make decision) was actually a grant to study of highly intelligent students, with “lack of common sense” for mundane decisions.

Actual task to pick up a pound of ground round. Study group answer.
They only had ground hamburger or ground chuck, so no purchase.

Sadly I will admit one of boys dated top in her field young women Harvard graduate, with two PHDs and MD, by age 24.
She could make split second decisions in her field, but send her to the grocery, for something specific, CMD was her downfall. He stopped dating her after 2 years, not because of CMD, or lack of common sense.

Her downfall, She chewed with her mouth open
Pick it by fat content. The lower fat product will likely be ground round.
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After almost 54 years of marriage I know the answer to the OP question.

Its a female thing. Average male could care less.
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After almost 54 years of marriage I know the answer to the OP question.

Its a female thing. Average male could care less.
How much less? Asking for a random stranger?
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The other day my wife asked me to pick up some Tide laundry detergent. I thought Tide was Tide and I just had to figure out which size to buy. Nothing to it!

I was wrong. When I went to the store, there were dozens of Tide laundry detergents! According to the website there are actually 57 separate Tide products!!

I didn’t buy it because I wasn't sure which one she wanted!

57 variations of one laundry detergent seems excessive!


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I don’t like tide, it makes me itch.
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I don’t like tide, it makes me itch.
Have you tried all 57 varieties??

For a Tide detergent that minimizes itching, Tide Free & Gentle is the best choice.
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How much less? Asking for a random stranger?
Very much less
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The other day my wife asked me to pick up some Tide laundry detergent. I thought Tide was Tide and I just had to figure out which size to buy. Nothing to it!

I was wrong. When I went to the store, there were dozens of Tide laundry detergents! According to the website there are actually 57 separate Tide products!!

I didn’t buy it because I wasn't sure which one she wanted!

57 variations of one laundry detergent seems excessive!


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These are the questions in life you really spend time contemplating and asking the free world?
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Old 07-25-2025, 06:08 AM
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These are the questions in life you really spend time contemplating and asking the free world?
Yes. It happened to me and I started thinking that we live in a world that has too many choices. Wouldn’t 25 types of Tide be more than enough? This is clearly a first world problem.

Psychologist Barry Schwartz, in The Paradox of Choice (2004), argues this can make people less happy.

And some people read the question and even respond.

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Yep, the paralysis of choice.
Personally, when in doubt, I get the cheapest.
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Old 07-25-2025, 06:19 AM
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There is a weird reason why so many Tide variants are offered. It’s not because they are all needed or all sell well. It’s because they want to create a bigger footprint on the store shelves. By offering so many different products the shopper walking down the detergent aisle sees nothing but Tide products.
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