Every once in a while,
Madison Avenue goes a bit
batty. Or perhaps their clients'
marketing departments go nuts. In any case, the visual and cultural
symptom of this
capitalist brainfart is the deluging of the marketplace with versions of popular products that
completely miss the point of the original. I have no idea why these ideas get approved, time after time. Some may have
nefarious origins (see
New Coke) but most are just loony (see
Twinkies Lite).
Note that merely being an oxymoron doesn't qualify something for this category. Military Intelligence's actual existence may be debated, but in theory it's a good idea (in either its intended or oxymoronic variants).
Without further ado, here are some of my favorites.
...Sometimes I just wish I could turn off some of my brain. Then I feel I'd be right at home in some sense.