I thought tumblr was where ppl who think they are funny or clever go to add captions to things that are actually funny, and make them less funny through their stupid caption or commentary
Yeah, normalizing pride is a good thing. It’s also pretty funny when chuds lose their shit over “companies going woke” and the like, so I guess it’s not all bad.
Yep. It is a good thing that pride is so mainstream that companies want to do stuff like that to profit off it. It’s much better than if all companies would make anti LGBTQ ads because that’s the most profitable thing. And it still promotes it and makes it more normal, which is super important to anti-stigmatise it as there still are many homophobic (young) people which this might actually influence and help to get more acceptive.
The last pride ad I saw talked about some statistics that only every third gay couple dares to hold hands in public and that this is awful that people can’t just be freely who they are without fearing attacks or hatred. And that this must be changed, etc. I think that was quite nice :))
Hmmm I think I remember seeing something similar at an airport once. I think it’s a good example of a company using their platform to spread a positive message.
Corps use whatever is popular to try and appear modern. This happened with “girls in tech” also. They put some female developer out there to talk about her career, since its inspiring other females.
But the most important thing?
It doesn’t cost them anything and they don’t commit to any actions or results.
Of course companies don’t give a fuck about your gender. You are a consumer. Buy their stuff, that’s all they want. If you are unhappy, you probably buy more stuff, so why make you happy and content?
I also don’t care about your gender. Care about mine? Probably not.
Agreed. As much as I hate the commodification of pride, I’d rather live in a world where corporations are financially incentivised to pay lip service to LGBT rights and issues than financially disincentivised.
I’d rather live in a world where corporations are financially incentivised to pay lip service to LGBT rights and issues than financially disincentivised.
Good point. Maybe it’s good to see advertising not as a force of its own, but as an indicator of a culture’s values? Companies have been co-opting culture for marketing purposes for a really long time, and the fact that now they’re doing it with LGBT+ culture just shows that it’s no longer as stigmatized as it used to be
I once charged my phone by holding it over an induction cooktop. Only for a couple of seconds though as I was afraid to fry my phone, but it did it over 40cm
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