[ale] [OT] The Marketing Deluded Consumer Society Explained

[Jim Kinney]

OMG! OMG! OT POST! OT POST! THE SKY IS FALLING!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!



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On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com>wrote:

>  On 07/13/2010 11:43 AM, Larry Johnson wrote:
>
>
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> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> that was hysterical!!!
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Aaron Ruscetta <arxaaron at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >  iPhone  vs  HTC  Evo Android
>>> >
>>>  > Also, may be too true to be funny.
>>> >
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg
>>>
>>>  No, that was so true it was hilarious.  I laughed till I cried.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>
>
> It's absolutely true (and hilarious).  But phones aren't the worst arena
> where the marketing stupidity kicks in.  As a cyclist I watch people become
> convinced that their weekend and evening cycling (requires that they be
> equipped for the Tour De France.  About three years ago I did the MAAC's One
> Love Century (hundred mile bike ride) and wound up partnering with a guy who
> spent the last 20 miles of the ride trying to convince me that the reason I
> was struggling was that my $1000 road bike was inadequate, and that I should
> have a $5000 bike with a $400 wheelset like his.  I tried to explain as
> gently as I could, that no, it was because I was (at that time) 57 years
> old, had already ridden 80 miles, and the temperature had reached 103
> degrees.  I expected to struggle, and having the latest in carbon fiber
> technology would only have helped me marginally.
>
> Larry
>
>
> Years back, I had a strong interest in photography and even worked in a
> camera store for a few months. We were constantly seeing customers who
> wouldn't be satisfied unless they had the most expensive camera. The same
> people wouldn't spend $40 on a photography course that would teach them the
> basics of composing a shot. In those years, the most creative pictures I saw
> were taken by a hobbyist who was using a pinhole camera that scrolled strips
> of 10 in. film. He built the whole rig himself.
>
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