Forum Overview :: Biohazard: Code Veronica :: Senor Barborito MetaFilter Post

[quote name="Senor Barborito MetaFilter Post"][quote]BTW, Ryvar, you seem to be awfully proud of your transcendence of the petty brand/anti-brand dichotomy. Maybe you're the forerunner of a new truly emancipated class of meta-rebel consumers. You'll change the world by not caring what people think about which brand you buy.[/quote] I'll ignore the jibe and point out that before marketing really swung into high gear over the course of the last century nearly everybody behaved as I do now. My problem is not with the fact that there are shirts on sale - hell, that's life, and I'm glad that there are. My problem is that there are people who will change their opinion of you based on whether you shop at Target or Hot Topic. We as a species have been brainwashed by the lowest form of life on earth: marketing executives. [quote]I hope I'm not being interpreted as kicking Ryvar in the head, because I found a lot of what he's said here very useful seed for thought;[/quote] Not at all. I've enjoyed debating with you and everyone else here - the only person who seems to be commenting in bad faith is paul!, and given my attitude towards people I'm not especially concerned about this fact. posted by Ryvar at 7:49 AM PST on December 12 [/quote]