FATAL, now roll an anal circumference saving throw.
redhorsejacket
joined 2 years ago
Dis u?
I'm not comfortable with companies using any kind of marketing tactics.
Now, I felt like I was fairly gentle in pointing out the absurd nature of that statement. I even readily acknowledged what I assumed to be your intent, i.e. there are absolutely marketing tactics which go beyond the pale. But, as I, and others, have pointed out, you're the one operating on your own personal definition of marketing here, which is in contradiction to what that concept actually is. Any intro to business class will tell you that marketing is, essentially, ANYTHING an entity does to inform people of its services. It's an enormous umbrella, which includes tactics both odious and innocuous. It is as readily applicable to the gal who posts on Facebook that she'll do your hair for $20 as it is Facebook selling that information to a third party so she can be served targeted salon equipment advertisements.
All I'm saying is, if you say "all marketing is bad", you need to be prepared for people to call you out on the hyperbole of that statement. Therefore, you might consider arguing the point you actually intend to make (which is good and I agree with you about!), instead of leading with a statement which you don't actually believe.
Calling you Chicken Little was facetious, but meant to be a gentle dig at the hyperbole. Still, I shouldn't have said it, and I apologize.
Take it easy there, Chicken Little. "I'm uncomfortable with any kind of marketing" is so hyperbolic, it's almost parody. Putting the name of your business above the door? Thats marketing. Creating a website where customers can find and engage your services? That's marketing. A minority-owned business proudly owning that status? That's marketing. A friend telling you about the great meal they had the other day from a local restaurant? Believe it or not, that's marketing.
Marketing is not evil in and of itself. Unless humanity returns to a tribal social structure where you can count the number of non-related acquaintances you know on your fingers, it is a necessary component of operating a business. Of course, you're 100% right that there have been dubious applications of the principle, but again, you're throwing the baby out with the bath water, and it hampers the salient point that you're trying to make.
I didn't even realize that there was another strike ongoing until yesterday, when I watched this Maggie Robertson (Vampire Dommy Mommy from RE8) interview. She even mentions that word wasn't really out there about it at the time of the interview. Glad to hear it resolved enough that the union was willing to end the strike.
Man. I really need to start watching movies from the French New Wave. I knew Alphaville was technically a science fiction story, but I didn't realize how far I to the genre Godard leaned.
High Hopes by Mike Leigh seems like it at least partially checks that box.
I can see where they'd get the idea, though they really ought to realize that rat tails do not necessarily mean rodent. Trans folks are obviously marsupials.
I figured, but I'm incapable of letting an opportunity to make a bad pun pass me by.
Tangentially related book recommendation for folks wandering through the thread who are disappointed that AOC isn't announcing she's taking over the role of Storm for the X-Men: The Power by Naomi Alderman. They turned it into a TV series, though I don't know anything about the adaptation. The premise is that women across the world all of a sudden develop the ability to generate electric fields (like an electric eel) powerful enough to stun or kill. The book then details, through a variety of narrators, the social and political ramifications of this across a variety of cultures. I thought it was a fun yarn, at any rate.
A picture really is worth a thousand words. Nailed my exact impression haha
I feel like I just leveled up my descriptive abilities for RPG DMing purposes.
Not wholly accurate to say I don't know the lyrics, as I've since gone through and found a translation, but it's not at the fore of my mind while listening. Lo Vi by Amanda Miguel (particularly this live performance) is a stunner of a song.