(December 19, 2014 at 1:19 am)Elskidor Wrote: Kinda how I see them, but I know a lot of people like them so I didn't want to step on any loyalist's toes.
The whole notion of 'brand loyalty' going beyond liking a product to where someone feels the would incur the wrath of the faithful is so bizarre and frankly deeply worrying for the human race.
I have always said that manipulating people's psychology in advertising should be as illegal as manipulating peoples biology or body chemistry is. A lot of my friends have unbelievable levels of debt, not just mortgages and bank loans but store credit, deferred loans, credit cards, overdrafts...
This is too fucked up for words.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
