Never Needs Sharpening: Difference between revisions

 

Compare [[Our Product Sucks]], where product flaws are described more honestly and [[Good Bad Bugs]] which is (generally) a software and gaming trope when a bug makes its way into the game, isn't picked up or fixed by the developers, but eventually becomes useful for some reason.

 

* The granddaddy of all [[Never Needs Sharpening]] products was the Ginsu Knife, [[Trope Namer|which was advertised as "never needs sharpening".]] The implication was that they never went dull, which was only technically true. Most Ginsus broke or rusted long before they dulled. Of course, if a Ginsu did last long enough to go dull (about a year) there wasn't much you could do, since Ginsus were thin, brittle, and so heavily serrated that they actually ''couldn't'' be sharpened.

* Of course, estate agents have been doing this for years. No, that house isn't small, it's... cozy! That one isn't over a kebab shop on a main road with 24/7 traffic, it's "moments away from local amenities"! Basement suite? No, it's "bright"!

{{quote| '''[[The Simpsons|Marge Simpson]]''': It's dilapidated!<br />

'''Marge Simpson''': But that one's on fire!<br />

'''Lionel Hutz''': ...Motivated seller! }}