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So the place I buy balloons from recently got a new bulk order of 24 inch Tuftex balloons...


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And I have already almost completely bought out that whole order by myself. :|

There's a good lesson to learn here. If you own a balloon shop, you really should advertize to looners. You'll make a shitload of money off large orders. :|

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  On 3/30/2018 at 12:25 AM, Invida said:

You make me almost wish I could be sexually interested in balloons 'cause they look like so much fun.

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Balloons are super fun even if you aren't sexually attracted to them.

Balloons really are the best.

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  On 3/29/2018 at 10:02 PM, TrigunBebop said:

And I have already almost completely bought out that whole order by myself. :|

There's a good lesson i to learn here. If you own a balloon shop, you really should advertize to looners. You'll make a shitload of money off large orders. :|

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I wonder how one would market to looners andd things like that.

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  On 3/30/2018 at 3:13 AM, jackiemarie90 said:

I wonder how one would market to looners andd things like that.

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The first key step would be at least acknowledging that looners exist and supporting (or at least not shaming) them.

One of the major balloon manufacturers has already done this. Awhile back, the Italian balloon manufacturer CATTEX came out and said they appreciated that looners derive so much pleasure from balloons, and that they were proud that so many looners choose their balloons. They also said that they're gonna consider what looners like when designing new balloons in the future.

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  On 3/30/2018 at 4:09 AM, TrigunBebop said:

The first key step would be at least acknowledging that looners exist and supporting (or at least not shaming) them.

One of the major balloon manufacturers has already done this. Awhile back, the Italian balloon manufacturer CATTEX came out and said they appreciated that looners derive so much pleasure from balloons, and that they were proud that so many looners choose their balloons. They also said that they're gonna consider what looners like when designing new balloons in the future.

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In a capitalist society, you would think people would have exploited this by now. I hope people get smart and start marketing to the community. Also why people gotta ruin someone else's good time. idk

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  On 3/30/2018 at 4:15 AM, jackiemarie90 said:

In a capitalist society, you would think people would have exploited this by now. I hope people get smart and start marketing to the community. Also why people gotta ruin someone else's good time. idk

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Well there's always the risk that marketing to a certain niche would alienate the majority. If it became public knowledge that [balloon company] catered to looners, people who are just looking for party decorations might be turned off from the looner association and start boycotting that company.

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  On 3/30/2018 at 4:15 AM, jackiemarie90 said:

In a capitalist society, you would think people would have exploited this by now. I hope people get smart and start marketing to the community. Also why people gotta ruin someone else's good time. idk

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Considering that more and more public places are banning latex balloons due to latex allergy risk, and that far fewer businesses/groups are doing balloon releases during celebrations (Which is a good thing. Balloon releases endanger local wildlife and are more or less just littering on a mass scale.), balloon manufacturers might have to start catering more towards looners in the future if they wanna stay in the balloon business.

Also, I forgot to mention in the last post that CATTEX has actually already made some balloons that cater specifically towards looners. Their 32 inch and 36 inch longneck balloons were developed because looners love to neck balloons, and no other brand really had any 30+ inch balloons with good necking potential (or any necking potential at all, really).

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  On 3/30/2018 at 4:29 AM, TrigunBebop said:

Considering that more and more public places are banning latex balloons due to latex allergy risk, and that far fewer businesses/groups are doing balloon releases during celebrations (Which is a good thing. Balloon releases endanger local wildlife and are more or less just littering on a mass scale.), balloon manufacturers might have to start catering more towards looners in the future if they wanna stay in the balloon business.

Also, I forgot to mention in the last post that CATTEX has actually already made some balloons that cater specifically towards looners. Their 32 inch and 36 inch longneck balloons were developed because looners love to neck balloons, and no other brand really had any 30+ inch balloons with good necking potential (or any necking potential at all, really).

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This is a pretty solid argument right here alone. It's good that you are thinking of the environment too.

Well it's good that there is at least Cattex to market to the community. I also just looked up a video of what necking was. >_>

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  On 3/30/2018 at 4:39 AM, jackiemarie90 said:

This is a pretty solid argument right here alone. It's good that you are thinking of the environment too.

Well it's good that there is at least Cattex to market to the community. I also just looked up a video of what necking was. >_>

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Oops. Sometimes I bust out a looner term and forget to explain what it means. Sorry about that. >.<

But yeah necking just means inflating the neck of the balloon (or making the balloon look like a lightbulb).

Also, I think the other manufacturers might be starting to follow CATTEX's example a little bit. For instance, 36 inch Tuftex balloons are now significantly more neckable than they used to be (and there really isn't much of a functional reason to make a balloon more neckable outside of appealing to looners).

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