Bobby Fisher would like to introduce you to a popular feature of the BOMBIN' Magazine blog altered, just slightly, for you ink junkies: culture jacking.
Whenever relevant, which is almost daily, I highlight another example of evil, corporate bastards (p.s. I am not talking about you Mr. and Mrs. Evil Corporate Bastard Who Might Eventually Buy Us Out So I Can Quit Purchasing That Mexican Swill H and B and Move Up to that fine Panamanian Stuff - you, we like!) who bite down, Rob Patton style, on the exposed jugulars of our respective subcultures and milk us like a sacrilegious succubus with anemia. Basically, in street parlance, I mean: "STOP JACKING OUR STYLE. YOU'RE SO 2000 AND LATE."
[Dear M - If any of the Black Eyed Peas have any tattoos, the above quote is an excellent time to insert one of their pictures and increase hit count, thus making us more attractive to said evil, corporate sponsors.]
[Dear B - No.]
But I digress. Watch and be amazed:
Whenever relevant, which is almost daily, I highlight another example of evil, corporate bastards (p.s. I am not talking about you Mr. and Mrs. Evil Corporate Bastard Who Might Eventually Buy Us Out So I Can Quit Purchasing That Mexican Swill H and B and Move Up to that fine Panamanian Stuff - you, we like!) who bite down, Rob Patton style, on the exposed jugulars of our respective subcultures and milk us like a sacrilegious succubus with anemia. Basically, in street parlance, I mean: "STOP JACKING OUR STYLE. YOU'RE SO 2000 AND LATE."
[Dear M - If any of the Black Eyed Peas have any tattoos, the above quote is an excellent time to insert one of their pictures and increase hit count, thus making us more attractive to said evil, corporate sponsors.]
[Dear B - No.]
But I digress. Watch and be amazed:
Does anyone believe that PalmPre has a friendly hiring policy towards the permanently marked?
Do we believe their corporate culture to be one respectful and supportive of alternative lifestyles?
Or, do we believe that, in their blatant rip-off of a Klondike ad campaign from the late 80s, they have decided to trade upon our culture to create some sort of "street credibility" and "internet buzz"?
Then, I looked at this guy and noticed the vagina-shaped facial hair and the man boobs and realized, no, there is no actual intention of scooping into our river of cool with their quarter water bottles. What then?
Watch the commercial again (and believe you, me - it is indeed a commercial). Doesn't it seem as if they are they painting tattooing as something so abhorent, so beyond the pale of normalcy, that its very practice should be rewarded by the very object that company holds dearest to its heart?
Would you go so far as to get a tattoo?!?!
"Well, gasp, Reverend, I do believe the heathens are attacking. Please stow the slaves and lock up the good china."
I demand that Palm immediately clarify their intention by supporting this misguided piece of promotion and apologize to the tattoo community for forcing me to quote the Black Eyed Peas.
Yawn... Old news, this was reported on BME News on June 1. Maybe someone has spent too much of his time huff'in paint.
I love how the word "first" is in capitals.
I wonder if they even gave this guy a phone.
No, they should give him free phones for life for being stupid... technology advances so quickly that in 3 years people will wonder what the hell this dude has on his arm...
Weird, awful, stupid, unfortunate, etc. Maybe he's friends with the Zune dude.