Good Job IKEA

[Davey Boy 2.0]

those balls were in your hand before they were in your mouth

[rubberdinghy]

nothing we do is good.

[Davey Boy 2.0]

from Facts and Arguments:

Greener than thou "Protecting the environment is seen as a liberal cause, but new research suggests that it may be just as much a 'limousine liberal' cause," Kevin Lewis writes in The Boston Globe. "Researchers were tipped off by surveys showing that people bought the Toyota Prius primarily because it made a personal statement, not because of environmental conservation. This led the researchers [at the University of Minnesota] to theorize that so-called green products allow people to signal not only their altruism but their ability to afford altruism. In other words, green products are now status symbols. In several experiments, people who first read a short story that primed thoughts about status competition were then more likely to prefer a green product. However, when status was taken out of the equation - by telling people that they'd be shopping in private or that the green product was cheaper - people were actually somewhat less likely to prefer the green product. These findings imply that marketers should sell green products as a form of luxury, rather than as a form of charity."

[phishtaper]

it pisses me off to see galen weston hocking his PC Brita on TV smugly saying he's saving the world from plastic bottles when he's the one guilty of selling most of the bottles in the first place.

if he was so concerned, he'd stop selling bottled water period.

hypocrite.

[ollie]

if he was so concerned, he'd stop selling bottled water period.

QFT.