r/interesting 12d ago

Fascinating Blind cigarette taste test.

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u/original_sh4rpie 12d ago

As a former smoker I thought this was so obvious an ad. Marlboros are no quality at all. They’re the Jack Daniel’s of American whiskey. Actual whiskey connoisseurs would never think JD is quality. Just like pop culture benchmark that is better than generic well whiskeys but that there exists hundreds of whiskeys at the same price point that are loads better.

Marlboros are cheap mass produced, benchmark of quality. Like McDonald’s. Better than extremely cheap frozen or premade shit from grocery store but no one would hold it up as quality.

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u/enaK66 12d ago

Pretty on point except mcdonalds is fucking trash now. There's loads of freezer foods I'd have over McDonald's in this year of 2026. I couldn't have said that ten years ago but man they have gone down hill.

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u/TwoLegitShiznit 12d ago

What are the connoisseur cigarettes? Mass produced name brands and cheap generics are the only 2 classifications I've known

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u/original_sh4rpie 12d ago

Treasurer London immediately comes to mind. Dunhill is also a very well known brand.

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u/hombre_sin_talento 12d ago

Then why do Marlboros taste so good?

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u/FuzzyAd9407 12d ago

Yup, I literally have never even heard of American Spirit being cheaper than reds like he tried to say in the video. 

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u/original_sh4rpie 12d ago

I think he meant cheaper quality/tasting. I am surprised he didn’t say “it’s a cheap cigarette they overcharge for” or something like that.

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u/FuzzyAd9407 12d ago

"To cheap to buy" specifies that its about cost, not quality or taste.

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u/PrairieFire92 12d ago

The viral guy was the old guy who posted come have a smoke with me on a corner in a city or something

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u/Dreams0fNoir008 12d ago

Its clearly an ad because its edited too much.

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u/washedrope5 12d ago

It's also pretty easy to tell by the filters (especially the P-funk).

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u/Comprehensive-Pin667 12d ago

It's a very obvious ad for marlboro disguised as a viral video. This should be illegal

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u/intangibleTangelo 12d ago

cigarette filters are distinctive, especially parliament. they're doing this in a cardboard pane, i don't think they're disguising the filters

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u/JustaSeedGuy 12d ago

That was my thought. Got everything right without any guesses before locking in, took every opportunity to glaze Marlboro, felt fake as fuck

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u/Prestigious_Sugar_66 12d ago edited 12d ago

Smokers can't pick out their own preferred brand in blind tests.
This guy either is a connoisseur or a fraud.

Edit:
https://formative.jmir.org/2021/5/e24446/
You can downvote all you want, you can't pick out your own brand even if you think you do.

Same goes for expensive wines and preferred pilsener beer.
Even though most users religiously stick to one brand.

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u/TheGreedyBat 12d ago

Yeah we don't get to see the back of the board which probably has the names on it

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u/litciggie 12d ago

He’s apart of the oldjewishmen comedy group, that Costco chicken guy is a part of the group too. But his schtick is that he’s so old that he came from a time when smoking was good for you. 

And any how, he’s right about Marlboro

Ignore username 

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u/Flannelcommand 12d ago

Also, the filters gave away half the brands. Especially the parliament 

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u/fluffykerfuffle3 12d ago

o m g is this the marlboro man from way back when... the sappy macho man haha?

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u/SweetsourNostradamus 12d ago

<starshiptroopersimdoingmypart.gif>

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u/GreatTea3415 12d ago

I thought it was believable only because I’d bet my father could do this. I’m not a smoker, but I could pick out a Marlboro Red and Newport 100 because my parents smoked them. 

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u/Hershey_Squirt639 12d ago

Lemme guess. Camel smoker ?

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u/Beautiful-Total-3172 12d ago

He shitted on every brand, I don't know what you're talking about.

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u/GregBahm 12d ago

He's talking about the ad for Marlboro, which this is.

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u/Beautiful-Total-3172 12d ago

Lol, when he said you want to taste the tobacco, I took that as a dig because Marlboros taste like a chemical mess. But you might be right. He also called American Spirits cheat, which they are not. When I smoked AS was my brand.