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Lasairfiona
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All the hypothetical questions are phrased that way on purpose. If it had a "duh" answer then it wouldn't be any fun to ask regardless of how bone it would be no matter what.
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Uncle Taylorbell
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| Lasairfiona wrote: | | All the hypothetical questions are phrased that way on purpose. If it had a "duh" answer then it wouldn't be any fun to ask regardless of how bone it would be no matter what. |
I'm simply of the opinion that the question's author went for the 'duh, no' question, in order to make himself feel clever, and anyone who disagreed be made to feel like an idiot. Like I say, it's not playing fair. It's intellectual gamesmanship on a rather simplistic level, rather than, say, some interesting intellectual game. |
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Lasairfiona
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Perhaps that is the author's fault for being a twat.
I like intellectual games like this but most of them irk me because of that one-upsmanship shit. I usually know what I would do and why and it amazing me, sometimes, that some people don't.
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lily
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| Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Teh Digital Dragon wrote: | | I’d go so far as to say I think Shakespeare’s works have saved people’s lives, and would continue to do so if I preserved the book. |
they saved mine.
more accurately, performing one of his plays saved mine. gave me something to stay alive for. so god bless shakespeare.
i don't really feel like answering this question though cuz it's stupid and i hate it.
(or maybe because i don't want to admit that i prefer shakespeare to people) |
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Lasairfiona
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| Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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I know what you mean. I have a few things that make me warm and fuzzy for the same reason.
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Sojobo
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| Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Guccipiggy wrote: | | To the other guy: i ment something material. My whole point was that if you bought one of those weird DnD die or something, then that means it was something targetted to you. Why did you buy that one? Why not the other one? In fact, why did you buy the pizza you wanted to? What does pizza means to you? |
The pizza was from I-Five Pizza, who I never would of heard of except for their advertising... which was in the form of a coupon for a $4 one-topping medium pizza delivered. In short, I quite clearly bought value and convenience rather than brand.
Same goes for my last "material" purchase. It was a computer, a Dell, which is a brand name I do not like in the slightest, but it was like $350 for an adequate computer with flatscreen monitor thrown in. Again, for value.
A better example may be my last pair of purchased shoes, which were New Balance. I was absolutely swayed by the brand in this case... but it was because of familiarity with the brand rather than advertising. My last 5 pairs of shoes have been New Balance, because they are fucking comfortable shoes.
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Guccipiggy
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| Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| There you go. I rest my case. |
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Sojobo
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Your "case," as near as I can tell, seemed to be that the creation of "false significance" through advertising was significant.
All my answers involved buying products for real and clear value. No false significance involved.
Am I misunderstanding your point?
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Amilam
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| Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:19 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I'm simply of the opinion that the question's author went for the 'duh, no' question, in order to make himself feel clever, and anyone who disagreed be made to feel like an idiot. Like I say, it's not playing fair. It's intellectual gamesmanship on a rather simplistic level, rather than, say, some interesting intellectual game. |
Such as?
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Major Tom
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as long as it wasn't the last person on earth of the opposite sex, we can make more people.
burn, baby, burn. |
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Guccipiggy
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Advertising gives you the incentive. It underlines the best quality of a product that would work as an interesting incentive to a certain audience and thats how it creates significance. In this case, you place significance on value. Some people would pay more for an extra yummy pizza. Those people have more money; that pizza would be advertised on TV probably and would enhance the taste of it by combining hunger inducing pictures and melted cheese and stuff.
If you're the audience who's interested in value, then theyll probably advertise in a low value format. They will enhance the price of it more instead of the actual taste and quality.
And about the fucking comfortable shoes, that's called brand loyalty. Comfot means something to you, so the brand is significant to something else.
By significance, it's not brand significance. It's what it MEANS. Even designer labels aren't bought because of the brand, but because of the brand signifies: status, quality, money, and another assorted values which vary from designer to designer. For example, the Dolce and Gabanna shopper is fun-loving and succesfull in a charming way. The Gucci shopper is more conservative and all entrepeneurial or something like that, liking the less bold and shiny things in life but having a bit of class etc etc. |
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Lasairfiona
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Many <3s to Gucci for explaining what took an irritating man a whole sememster to teach. ::fumes::
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Feiticeira
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| Amilam wrote: | | Quote: | | I'm simply of the opinion that the question's author went for the 'duh, no' question, in order to make himself feel clever, and anyone who disagreed be made to feel like an idiot. Like I say, it's not playing fair. It's intellectual gamesmanship on a rather simplistic level, rather than, say, some interesting intellectual game. |
Such as? |
SUDOKU! |
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Amilam
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*wimper
Couldn't we play cards or chess instead?
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Teh Digital Dragon
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| lily wrote: | | Teh Digital Dragon wrote: | | I’d go so far as to say I think Shakespeare’s works have saved people’s lives, and would continue to do so if I preserved the book. |
they saved mine.
more accurately, performing one of his plays saved mine. gave me something to stay alive for. so god bless shakespeare.
i don't really feel like answering this question though cuz it's stupid and i hate it.
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Oh lily.
I know people suck, but I think life means more than plays. Don't you?
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