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  1. #101
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    Quote Originally Posted by RockyR View Post
    In fairness... if you're drinking Miller Lite, you need SOMETHING to be excited about.


    Hey!! I knew we'd find something we could agree on!!
    A glass with you sir!
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    Quote Originally Posted by RockyR View Post
    In fairness... if you're drinking Miller Lite, you need SOMETHING to be excited about.
    VERY true! I'd say this goes for any major label, light or otherwise.

    Quote Originally Posted by DWFII View Post
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    Imagine a television commercial...not in prime time but not at 3AM either:

    The announcer comes on extolling the virtues of this "new" handbag for the ladies--lots of pockets, an adjustable strap, zippers inside for your small items, etc.

    And then, in an hyper-excited voice-- "the best thing of all about this bag...it's genuine faux leather!! For only $19.95!"

    I wonder, in passing, how many here have actually seen an adult faux in the wild?

    I saw that commercial. I remember it clearly. It changed my life in a small way.
    Well, they had to start harvesting the "faux" with Nauga having been hunted to extinction to upholster all those easy chairs.

    ith:

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    Quote Originally Posted by DWFII View Post
    I wonder, in passing, how many here have actually seen an adult faux in the wild?




    Quote Originally Posted by artificer View Post
    The most amazing thing to me about marketing today is this (and most people never notice it, have you [collective you, not specifically directed at anyone]?)

    Companies advertise new packaging almost as much as they do the actual product.

    Beer in a new "wide mouth" bottle. Soda in specifically designed boxes to better fit your fridge. The "Speed and conveniece" of a new easy open bag.

    It's mental.

    These companies are, quite literally, saying that "we're selling a new delivery system for our same old crap", and people get excited about it.

    I point to Miller Lite's new VORTEX BOTTLE as the perfect example.
    From one of my favorite comedies movies TOMMY BOY:

    Tommy: Let's think about this for a sec, Ted. Why would somebody put a guarantee on a box? Hmmm, very interesting.
    Ted Nelson, Customer: Go on, I'm listening.
    Tommy: Here's the way I see it, Ted. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box 'cause he wants you to feel all warm and toasty inside.
    Ted Nelson, Customer: Yeah, makes a man feel good.
    Tommy: 'Course it does. Why shouldn't it? Ya figure you put that little box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right, Ted?
    [chuckles until he sees that Ted is not laughing]
    Ted Nelson, Customer: [impatiently] What's your point?
    Tommy: The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.
    Ted Nelson, Customer: But why do they put a guarantee on the box?
    Tommy: Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of ****. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me.
    Ted Nelson, Customer: [pause] Okay, I'll buy from you.
    Tommy: Well, that's...
    Tommy/Richard Hayden: ...What?

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    Here's what I have to say: isn't much of this argument really based in over population? There is a huge over abundance of people. Those people need jobs. They can't ALL become craftsmen can they? Wouldn't the craftsmen in this forum agree that not everyone can do what they can, regardless of training? (ex. A man in my pipe band has been at it 8 years and is still at the beginners table and still can't pull off a clean D throw.) There are too many unskilled persons. One reason the old way died is because the population exploded and couldn't support the masses.
    Let YOUR utterance be always with graciousness, seasoned with salt, so as to know how you ought to give an answer to each one.
    Colossians 4:6

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