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Browse the REI catalog. Vouri t-shirt, tiny label, $60. Free Fly t-shirt, no label that I can see, $55.
Look if I’m gonna wear brand stuff its gonna be linux
Linus should be paying you for the advertising!
10% off your next Linux purchase.
I think they paid me by letting me use their OS for free. Also, why not talk about something I love to use?
why not talk about something I love
Because capitalism! Nothing has meaning unless you get a monetary value out of it!
I only write this comment because it will get me more only fans subscribers in the long run and one day I can upgrade to selling turbines.
Fuck yeah I love a discount
You’re paying for an ad-free experience with no logo. You could always make your own ad-blocked and cover up the logo on scrape it off if you want the cheaper one with no ads.
Am I doing this right?
Yes. Yes you are.
I would very unironically buy this shirt, hard!
No no you should get paid to wear them
Adidas products are also produced really cheap due to child labour. So that’s another reason to make those cheaper for customers.
Spoiler alert, most stuff in the fashion industry is chocked full of human rights violations.
Climate Town on Shirts: https://youtu.be/8CkgCYPe68Q
But if I stop buying them, won’t I be putting hundreds of children out of work?
No. The shirts will continue to be made and sent to wholesalers, who then dispose of the finished garments in giant landfills.
Truly the circle of life
Yep. Probably the best thing you’ll do all month.
I actually just bought a saddlebag for my bike which was cheaper because it has a (rather inconspicuous) company logo on it.
that’s why I don’t like buying t-shirt with brand logos on, I feel like companies are using me as means to reach out to new customers
I go pretty far to my way to make sure my branded t-shirts are from small to mid-sized online content creators that I enjoy. It works out because they usually put a lot of effort into making sure their stuff is unique
‘Do I get a discount if I take your free gym bag with the name of your gym’. Response is always no and a very weird stare
Also grocery bags. I pay for them, don’t want you logo on it
Also grocery bags. I pay for them, don’t want you logo on it
One alcohol bewerage chain in Russia popularized the blank black bag format in recent years, in theory - to make it less obvious you’ve bought booze. They are sturdy, have good handles, so overall it’s a win. But since they are the most popular source of them, a blank black bag therefore automatically means booze.
It’s damn near impossible to find bags without some greedy shit grocery companies trashy branding all over it. I still use plastic bags. Got a million of them in the weird plastic tub thing that everyone has a million of them in.
People look when I pull out some 15 year old plastic bag is amazing.
I always make car dealers take their own sticker or badge off of any vehicle I buy. I usually offer to keep the advertising in place, in exchange for a discount, but they never take me up on it.
Funny to see this, because I haven’t bought a vehicle in a long time, but I had the EXACT same thought.
I grimace every time I see that hideous “CarMax - - -” decal stuck to the actual car body.
Same with license plate frames that are like “Huge ‘Dicky’ Richard’s Auto Circus Emporium Honda Jeep Lexus - We rub you right!”
At least those just tell me “the driver is likely lazy or can’t identify a screwdriver.” But an actual decal? Yeah they better take it off, and discount me if they scratch it in the process. :p
Obnoxious, man.
At least they aren’t riveting badges onto cars anymore I’ve heard that used to be super common during the 60s and 70s Personally I hate how my 56 bel air has a AAA of Syracuse screwed into the bodywork of my trunk so even if I remove it there’s still going to be a hole in my trunk so I’m personally pretty glad all this branding today are just decals and stickers that can easily be removed with a eraser wheel or plastic blades
Woah that’s particularly egregious! I’m sure it seems like way more trouble than it’s worth, but nowadays maybe it wouldn’t be so hard to replace it with something cool. :)
Like a metal 3D printed badge of some sort or something creative.
I’m sure glad they don’t do that anymore though. The entitlement of forcing customers to be zombie advertisers is so disgusting.
Absolutely. I always shake my head when I get behind a sharp looking vehicle and it’s ruined by a dealer sticker.
I make removal of any dealership branding a condition of purchase.
Hell yeah, brandalism is already too pervasive and just kind of accepted. Good on you.
Trick yourself out until you look like a NASCAR
I can dig the 2040’s.
But of an un branded vibe to it too.
lol yeah
Wow how has that guy been able to look the same during all those years
I want a divorce
Because you look like a horse.
Wait… Is that 2020s really what it looks like now?! Or is the meme just 5 years old?
I have several polo Ralph Lauren clothing items in my home, the logo hasn’t changed significantly in 30+ years in shape or size on the normal polos. They do have some items that have the polo logo or the teddy bear larger but those are in the main Ralph Lauren line for fashion, not the Polo line polo shirts that are a business casual intent
Almost all of my branded shirts were free. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That’s how I get basically all my shirts
I also get shirts from when family members travel. They’re typically “branded” with locations rather than corporate trademarks, though.
The bougie love advertising for free! You know how many yeti stickers I see on cars? It’s a fucking ice chest…
Those Apple stickers. This was in the Bay Area but not that many people work at Apple. Even if they did, who would advertise their employer on their car??
The stickers come free with any of their tech
I’m aware but you don’t need to use them!
They’re stickers.
The universe gets all tensiony if they don’t get stuck on things.
what is “leer” for that matter
Are you referring to seeing “Leer” on the backs of trucks? If so, Leer makes the tonneau covers.
you just used more words I don’t know
The truck bed covers.
still don’t understand why they like to advertise the brand is that like part of their personality? is it the Arch Linux of truck bed covers?
Its a logo applied by the manufacturer.
surely that’s not structurally necessary for its function
The irony is that this is often true. I have always preferred shirts that have minimal advertising on them (preferably none, but a dime sized insignia is generally the best you get) but they are notably harder to find and when you do, they are more expensive. The happy medium I have found is looking for used Polo type shirts that were expensive when new, which I can generally find cheaply because collars aren’t a popular look these days.
You mean blank t-shirts? Because blank t-shirts are usually a lot cheaper than ones with a logo, and most other kinds of shirts I don’t usually see logos on them but maybe we shop in different places. For t-shirts I used to get them from a screen printing vendor because I liked ha ING multiple different colored shirts and they were usually around like 2-3 dollars per shirt depending on the brand
Not bad, but I was mostly referring to brand names, generally with better fabric than just blank t shirts. I have plenty of those shirts that have Pima or other expensive fabrics that I paid $5-20 for a piece used. They are a lot more comfortable, and generally last longer.
Yes yes yes
