I use it because that increasing invasiveness really messes with my ADHD. Ads make me spend extra energy and concentration to filter to what I want (and I won’t buy their crap anyway).
I’m generally pretty covered in metal (and punk for the last couple years) band logos. It’s less of a side effect of buying clothing and more of a choice to directly support artists while giving them free advertising.
Don’t know what I was getting at tbh, I agree with you.
Absolutely my man…I am going to presume you are well versed with Misery Index and Dying Fetus…if not definitely check them out. There’s a decent Death metal band out of Philly called Abortion Survivor you can find on bandcamp
Wearing band logos are very different to wearing brand logos. A band logo stands for something that you love, a brand is just capitalist nihilism; completely meaningless except signaling how much your garment costs and perhaps that you are stupid enough to believe that buying a certain brand says something about you or aligns you with something. Branding is for cattle.
I have a shirt that says Democracy Delivers with a picture of a plane dropping bombs…it’s not a band shirt but I think it’s as neat as my band shirts…but truth be told Grindcore band shirts are usually pretty off-putting visually but most of the time strive to actually make a point
I laughed at the meme, but I also bought branded merch from a brewery whose beer I don’t even drink (unless I’m already drunk) because I was in their gift shop.
Evangelicals call it “prosperity gospel” and it’s a total perversion of Jesus’ teachings. Basically, it claims that rich people deserve to be rich because their wealth is proof that they have God’s favor. It’s used to explain away why preachers are allowed to own private jets, yachts and diamond mines.
Considering I know that Jesus asked his followers to give up earthly possessions to join him, I don’t trust those con artists pretending to be God on earth. God wouldn’t favor people doing the opposite of what he sent his son down to preach.
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