i always find the history of amazing products to be fascinating … nerf is no exception!
#tdil nerf was originally the product of childish behaviour and used to have the best slogan ever
so, it’s pretty safe to say that everyone loves a good nerf gun ππ» … you get all the fun of shooting your friends but without the mess and/or pain of a real gun/a paintball gun π«
what you possibly didn’t know, however, is that wasn’t the first product that nerf released! they started out life with the ‘world’s first indoor ball’ π
that isn’t all that interesting, but the way that reyn guyer (the founder) came up with the idea is!
you see, nerf is the product of grown adults throwing foam-rubber rocks at each other in a meeting room π #adulting. after a period of throwing the little rocks, guyer thought – “hey, why don’t we just make a normal sized ball out of this super soft material … then people can throw balls indoors and not break their face!?”
handily, dude worked at a toy company … so they took the idea, developed it and then sold hella loads of them! ππ»
possibly the best thing about the whole thing is that they marketed nerf ball with the slogan “you can’t hurt babies or old people” π … best.slogan.ever π±
byeeeeee π #tdil
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i feel like i’m going to accidentally start a business like this one day π until then, go read some more fun stuff ->here<-
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