I looooove north Georgia

sometimes an outsider knows the special spots

We have the little grand canyon that's good for a quick lark

It looks like the grand canyon

But it's tiny

Really cute tbh

The grand canyon is hard to soak in bc of its massive scale

Kind of just looks like a painting in real life

man, that commercial was stupid cringe

Super kawaii OH EM GEE UwU

"I'll be straight" @Praxi that's the one thing he isn't.

right, so bad lol

@Matt Christiansen has the right of it, IF I go in that store, I just want some damn boots without being bludgeoned over the head with your political message.

It has to do with the demographic shift of rei patrons

Same with Patagonia

They're aware and embracing

Faustian deal

wat

Demographic shift

Is it an actual shift though? Or just a vocal minority?

🤔

even the mexicans and sand niggers don't like this shit

Def a shift

so who are they advertising to

flaming faggots aren't big outdoorsy people

Go into rei and see how many dirt bags you see

they're a tiny portion of society in general

if that's their actual thinking

any source that I can quote on that in the off chance I get into a conversation @slowed ?

they're targeting the wrong demographic

and they should all be fired

@Praxi slow is just wrong

@Praxi I can probably dig up a quote from the Patagonia founder on it, rei might be trickier

it's just because all these corporate ad agencies have been pozzed

that's literally all it is

and look at how it gets posted everywhere

even bad publicity is good publicity

there's some of that too

Yvon has mentioned in interviews how he was worried about the "patagucci" people

The average consumerist zombie normie will see it and forget, but they might remember REI or whatever when they think they need something.

I go to rei because they have helpful, nice, staff and a great return policy