[ale] [OT] The Marketing Deluded Consumer Society Explained

[Jim Philips]

  On 07/13/2010 11:43 AM, Larry Johnson wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     that was hysterical!!!
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>     On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Michael Hirsch
>     <mdhirsch at gmail.com <mailto:mdhirsch at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Aaron Ruscetta
>         <arxaaron at gmail.com <mailto:arxaaron at gmail.com>> wrote:
>         >  iPhone  vs  HTC  Evo Android
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>         > Also, may be too true to be funny.
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>         > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg
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>         No, that was so true it was hilarious.  I laughed till I cried.
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>         Michael
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> It's absolutely true (and hilarious).  But phones aren't the worst 
> arena where the marketing stupidity kicks in.  As a cyclist I watch 
> people become convinced that their weekend and evening cycling 
> (requires that they be equipped for the Tour De France.  About three 
> years ago I did the MAAC's One Love Century (hundred mile bike ride) 
> and wound up partnering with a guy who spent the last 20 miles of the 
> ride trying to convince me that the reason I was struggling was that 
> my $1000 road bike was inadequate, and that I should have a $5000 bike 
> with a $400 wheelset like his.  I tried to explain as gently as I 
> could, that no, it was because I was (at that time) 57 years old, had 
> already ridden 80 miles, and the temperature had reached 103 degrees.  
> I expected to struggle, and having the latest in carbon fiber 
> technology would only have helped me marginally.
>
> Larry

Years back, I had a strong interest in photography and even worked in a 
camera store for a few months. We were constantly seeing customers who 
wouldn't be satisfied unless they had the most expensive camera. The 
same people wouldn't spend $40 on a photography course that would teach 
them the basics of composing a shot. In those years, the most creative 
pictures I saw were taken by a hobbyist who was using a pinhole camera 
that scrolled strips of 10 in. film. He built the whole rig himself.
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