Message from @Ian
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Oh wow. He had that one up for a long time too.
If they can let that ride through all of 2019, then of course they can pull the Merrick Garland argument and claim Trump shouldn't be able to nominate someone in an election year, and of course all of the Senate GOP will concede the point. So ya, anyways...my friend suspects RBG is on end-of-life hospice care, and they're (Dems) keeping it that way as long as they possibly can.
I hope I don't lose my Groyper... 😟
Patriot Front got hit.
UUUHHH I dont think anyone noticed that one gone lol
Im in the VC
@Phillip Wiglesworth - FL it seems like the left thinks they will win in a situation with the breakdown of law and order and federal government authority. I'm not sure what makes them think this but if I was a knee-jerk reactionary larper (MAGA or right of MAGA) I would think twice about welcoming more civil strife just because the left seems to be counting on it.
Why are you in the southwest vc @V.Balboa - PA
Im on Vacation in the southwest region
In discord of course
Lol
So I have a bit of insider info. Probably best this isn't widely shared. My buddy's company just received boards for a new set of Gillette ads and they're apolitical. I'm not sure if this is blowback or planned but usually when a campaign is successful they do more.
My buddy is happy because even though he isn't an identitarian per se he hates making political spots and has been a victim of some metoo crap
@Ian I would believe it. I used to work in advertising and when an ad failed like the Gilette ad, the company would often even switch ad companies. it's a thing that happens from time to time - a company bets big on an "edgy" "topical" ad hoping to catch the spirit of the times, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
@apronandlace Exactly. Though what they did is a widely accepted advertising "style" now. people don't care if a product is god, they care if the product supports their globalism.
*good
It's so strange. Consumers soured on the idea of quality products and instead embraced this sort of hyper lifestyle aspirational political nonsense
haha the Gilette ad was from an affirmative action ad person
"Gillette opted to use Kim Gehrig, one of a new generation of directors showcased by the Free the Bid campaign, which attempts to hire more female directors into advertising."
https://www.marketingweek.com/2019/01/15/mark-ritson-gillette-ad-toxic-masculinity/
"I’ve never seen that kind of negative engagement before. “It’s crucial to make the customer feel bad from the outset and then throughout the ad if you intend to sell to them effectively,” as David Ogilvy never wrote."
@apronandlace Yup. Unfortunately though they've been clearing out male directors and especially white males. Go take a look at the rosters of the top 10 production companies. Lots of women and lots of minorities.
Ironically, the people who liked the gilette ad the most were women .... Do many women buy razors for their men? I don't....
https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/the-data-behind-gillettes-ad-shows-it-had-the-biggest-impact-with-women/
Someome else got hit with the ban hammer I follow but I'm not sure who
There is a major recession coming into film and tv now too. It's just now being felt by minor companies and independent contractors. I suspect they'll use this to layoff lots of men and white people. When they rehire afterward they'll hire using diversity quotas. Remember I said this...
I was actually told by a client once that i had too many white people so I hired a bunch of minority PA's. Needless to say he wasn't happy. When I mentioned that have my crew was jewish he said that didn't count.
*half
I'm still flabbergasted this conversation even happened but they're bolder now and that client is a "friend"
Lots of Executive search firms already have an overwhelming demand from clients to fine a minority for the role. They literally tell the recruiter not to bring forward white men
That doesn’t even cover the internal discussions and politics of promotions and what not
@Rick Flair They call it positive discrimination.
I'm not even kidding. I've heard the term used in board rooms at major ad aganecies in LA
@Rick Flair It's the same in academia; minorities and women are more likely to get hired. As far as I know they don't get tenure at the same rates though (suggesting the bar is lower for them when they're hired).
I work in oil/gas in Texas, it’s even spreading here
Jesus
tahts bad
*thats
I assumed engineering jobs would be immune for a while
I know that I'm a dead man walking in film
They are, it’s more any HR, Finance, marketing roles
When it's over we'll all be answering to lesbian minority women
And I definitely don't have a problem with women but I do have a problem with this