How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
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How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
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Re: How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
#2Love BIC!
From pens to ChatGPT. What a ride.-
Re: How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
#3Love BIC! From pens to ChatGPT. What a ride.-
It’s a service not a product.
Re: How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
#4Love BIC! From pens to ChatGPT. What a ride.-
Every feature Google / Apple releases gets millions of users in days.
ChatGPT is but a fad that has no moat.
Re: How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
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#7It's not very comfortable, its hard edges are unpleasant for the fingers and it feels too thin.
The flimsy cap gets lost easy and there is an endless amount of ballpoint pens you can click, that don't even need a cap in the first place.
Average clicking ballpoint pens have a plastic that's more comfortable to suck, lick and bite.
I always hated them.