ex-runner wrote:
First question, why do you care?
Second question, how are they 'gay pride' shoes? I don't see a rainbow or any other markings to let the wearer show his/her support for LGBTQ.
1. I teach Economics, and I am fascinated with the concept of providing meaningful incentives.
2. It is stated in the name and description of the shoe in the link I provided.
DISGUSTING
I hope Nike comes out with something similar.
theJeff wrote:
Would you mind sharing the publication you are talking about? That is interesting. (I teach APUSH.)
I read High Country News and one of their newsletters called Indian Country News. Lots of interesting things going on among the Native American communities these days.
In recent years, I've noticed around the pride parade, everybody wears rainbow pride shirts with their company's logo on it. Not sure if employees give this away or people choose to buy a "pride" t-shirt with a Facebook logo on it or what.
The whole "pride" thing has sold out - we should try Humility Month!
Virtue signaling.
Will this product fit in my rectum?
Wonderin' wrote:
Virtue signaling.
I'd take this one step further and apply Havel's greengrocer to this. It's not genuine altruism, it's sending a signal that says "here's a product that very few people will buy but we're offering it anyway. Please don't boycott our company or cause us any trouble. We don't want trouble."
Karl Hungus wrote:
Wonderin' wrote:
Virtue signaling.
I'd take this one step further and apply Havel's greengrocer to this. It's not genuine altruism, it's sending a signal that says "here's a product that very few people will buy but we're offering it anyway. Please don't boycott our company or cause us any trouble. We don't want trouble."
...and yet, still no size 14 Adizero ?
Hardloper wrote:
In recent years, I've noticed around the pride parade, everybody wears rainbow pride shirts with their company's logo on it. Not sure if employees give this away or people choose to buy a "pride" t-shirt with a Facebook logo on it or what.
The whole "pride" thing has sold out - we should try Humility Month!
Although I know that you enjoy your trolling, I find that a lack of recognition of others' humanity and a general trend of dehumanization to be among the biggest issues facing our country these days. A month focus solely on humility and our common humanity would be welcome.
Two things:
1. theJeff is a snowflake and a troll.
2. Anytime someone uses the phrase "virtue signaling," I know they live in their parents' basement and have posters of Alex Jones on their wall.
altwrong wrote:
Two things:
1. theJeff is a snowflake and a troll.
That seems unkind, but I forgive you.
theJeff wrote:
Would you care if a shoe company came out (npi) with a shoe concering the 2nd Amendment?
Definitely. We need to keep our 2nd Amendment rights pure and free from lifestyle based marketing.
theJeff wrote:
ex-runner wrote:
First question, why do you care?
Second question, how are they 'gay pride' shoes? I don't see a rainbow or any other markings to let the wearer show his/her support for LGBTQ.
1. I teach Economics, and I am fascinated with the concept of providing meaningful incentives.
You teach high school, so nice try.
Adidas suffered a backlash because they aren't dropping Kanye who recently went completely off the deep end (again) and need to make some recourse. Since the average American has the attention span of about .5 second, this should do the trick.
A pangender otherkin wrote:
I went to order a pair but it was very offensive when they asked me to select Male or Female sizing.
LOL Very clever!
theJeff wrote:
Just maybe... wrote:
Maybe you’re over thinking it.
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Or maybe you are under-thinking it...
Would you care if a shoe company came out (npi) with a shoe concering the 2nd Amendment? Or BLM? Or Metoo? At what point does support become pandering? If Adidas is planning to donate a portion of their proceeds to an LGBQ-themed organization, they failed to mention it on the webpage...
You are definitely overthinking it. The shoe isn't for you - at least that you'll admit. So why are you wasting time thinking about it? And frankly, if they did release some shoe geared to your particular fairy tale, why would you spend anymore time thinking about it other than, "Yeah, I'll buy them, " or , "No, I won't".
Is it a source of pride for me? The shoe in itself is not, but I am proud that we live in an environment where Adidas feels they can successfully market such a shoe.
Do I feel pandered to? Marketing is always about pandering. It is what it is.
1) I'd be more pleased if they were donating a portion of the profit to an LGBTQ organization but I didn't see that on the website (if it's there I missed it). It does kind of feel like total pandering with no real community concern when companies just sell "pride" things for the sake of being a company that sells "pride" things.
2) I would never have guessed that those shoes were supposed to be Pride related. They look like a Pride flag that has been out in the sun for two decades, not like normal Pride gear which is as loud as possible. Looks like Adidas wanted to jump on the pride bandwagon in the quietest, least-commited way possible.
So gays have different feet than hetero's ?
Had no idea.
mehhhhh wrote:
It does kind of feel like total pandering with no real community concern when companies just sell "pride" things for the sake of being a company that sells "pride" things.
Isn't that sort of the definition of marketing and sales? When General Mills puts Tom Brady on the front of a Wheaties box, are they pandering and just selling Patriots things for the sake of selling Patriots things? No. They are aware that a certain cross-section of America is more likely to buy Wheaties if they throw Tom Brady on the front.