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i find it amusing that the likes of Ferrari can charge thousands of dollars for hand stitched leather but a few hundos for a steel strap is fail worthy. What kind of Top Gear have you fools been watching? I guess that's the "feeling like a baller" playing its part. Anything to feel good about ourselves in this mad world. And any perceived competition or threat or even distaste can lead to all kinds of means to justify their sense of self worth.
This is what I'm rocking these days. Casio Databank CD40 circa 1984. The original smartwatch.
Haters gon hate
This is what I'm rocking these days. Casio Databank CD40 circa 1984. The original smartwatch.
Haters gon hate
Does this make you shit your pants?
1984 $1000 = 2015 $2260
It's great that you can spot marketing. But why be a willing participant to the game you apparently despise so much?
1984 $1000 = 2015 $2260
It's great that you can spot marketing. But why be a willing participant to the game you apparently despise so much?
I have one of these, below. But wear the Moto 360 almost exclusively now. I have my eye on a Tag Carrera, but have yet to purchase. It seems a bit ill to spend that much on a watch.
Regarding marketing. I don't let marketing determine my choices. I will buy a 911 one day. At the moment, family circumstances call for something more practical. I won't be buying it because of marketing though. I'll be buying it for the 5 year old me who loved them and promised myself that I'd have one before I turned 30.
I have one of these, below. But wear the Moto 360 almost exclusively now. I have my eye on a Tag Carrera, but have yet to purchase. It seems a bit ill to spend that much on a watch.
Regarding marketing. I don't let marketing determine my choices. I will buy a 911 one day. At the moment, family circumstances call for something more practical. I won't be buying it because of marketing though. I'll be buying it for the 5 year old me who loved them and promised myself that I'd have one before I turned 30.
Better go all out and get the 911 Turbo S.
An oncologist neighbor of ours has one. Cabriolet, too. Down right stupid fast. He also has an E46 M3 convertible that he took my sister and his daughters to school in once. Lucky sister of mine.
Of course. But.... If it doesn't influence which product I buy, what does it matter. Should I wash my arse with water? I am always going to buy cheap (but quilted) toilet paper, no matter how much they spend telling me that Andrex is the brand to buy.
I agree that Apple marketing is often sensationalized with word like "Magical" and "Revolutionary", and you look passed that, but unless you live deep in the woods with no electricity, I find it hard to believe that you are able to escape marketing and the influence it has. That's like saying money/price has no influence on your purchases. I can say for certain that some people despise a company based on its marketing tactics which would qualify as an "influence". Nowadays it's rare, but there are people that claim Apple sold 500 million some iPods just because of crafty marketing and its dumb blind followers. I claim that, not only are they very successful at their marketing but I would give them the merit of investing heavily in R&D and new productive capabilities while its competitors spent twice, three times even four times the money into plastering stadiums and public transportation with their advertisement. Apple products of last 15 or so years are very much Iconic and people are idiots regardless of which phone they use. I think there might even be a pie chart or two out there that show a higher IQ amongst iPhone users.
To get back to the toilet paper. Quilted is great. How did you find out about it? TV? Packaging? Voice from the heavens?
That said, technology will not save us and money is the root of all evil. Death to capitalism and crass materialism. PS Fuck AT&T and their evil marketing tactics, and yes anybody that bought the 6 through AT&T's payment plan system are idiots.. more like victims. You should have heard the fucker at the store. He kept telling me how their prices were "transparent" - I kept thinking "What are you the fucking Obama administration?"
To get back to the toilet paper. Quilted is great. How did you find out about it? TV? Packaging? Voice from the heavens?
That said, technology will not save us and money is the root of all evil. Death to capitalism and crass materialism. PS Fuck AT&T and their evil marketing tactics, and yes anybody that bought the 6 through AT&T's payment plan system are idiots.. more like victims. You should have heard the fucker at the store. He kept telling me how their prices were "transparent" - I kept thinking "What are you the fucking Obama administration?"
I actually went to an ATT store for the first time ever yesterday. We have a visitor that wanted to buy a SIM for their phone for the few months they were here. Wasn't bad. Pretty straight forward stuff, but I had just never been to one. Apparently the N6 is only available if you order online? I don't think there was one in the store.
Pittsey could have just used that brand in a public toilet or at a friend's house and liked it?
Pittsey could have just used that brand in a public toilet or at a friend's house and liked it?
I was in Waitrose and looked for toilet roll. I picked up the closest pack to me, because I couldn't give a shit. (intentional pun). It was quilted, I liked it. It's now my go to toilet roll.
Also... I am not anti Apple. I had an ipod. The reason - It was the best portable music player at that time, in my opinion. If someone showed me a pie chart showing that Apple users have a higher IQ, what the fuck would that matter to which device I prefer?
I am not saying I am marketing immune, but I am not easily led. I bought some Louboutin loafers. I think I bought them to tread on poor people, but maybe I was influenced by marketing.
Also... I am not anti Apple. I had an ipod. The reason - It was the best portable music player at that time, in my opinion. If someone showed me a pie chart showing that Apple users have a higher IQ, what the fuck would that matter to which device I prefer?
I am not saying I am marketing immune, but I am not easily led. I bought some Louboutin loafers. I think I bought them to tread on poor people, but maybe I was influenced by marketing.
Speaking of retardedly expensive shoes, I kind of wish I knew what Harrod's was before being dragged there by my parents randomly one day. I wish I knew there were levels to that shit and different rooms full of stuff. Too bad even walking in with a grand wouldn't get you much, forget the fact I don't have shit to my name.
There's a few of those in Knightsbridge. Harrods, Selfridges, Harvey Nicks. I used to do all my shopping at Harvey Nicks. Thankfully.... I grew up and stopped spending so much money on clothes. I no longer spend $500 on a pair of jeans and instead, wear Levis.
Is this the Apple and Lifestyle thread?
Pittsey, you meant £500 right? I liked the point you made about why the pie chart referring to IQ should even make a difference to your preference.
Pittsey, you meant £500 right? I liked the point you made about why the pie chart referring to IQ should even make a difference to your preference.
£350 converted to dollars for our US centric friends.
BTW - Apple is a lifestyle. A religion. A mantra.
The way I feel about the new MacBook is the same way I felt about the MBA when it was first released. Overpriced, underpowered. Just seemed to have been created with wow factor in mind, but not practicality.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/9/8372335/12-inch-macbook-review
Seems like this guy agrees or draws the same comparison. The MBA now is a great notebook and seems to have refined what the Chromebook originally was and now has inspired others to compete with Apple and vice versa to make a great product.
So with all the bells and whistles of the MacBook with its touchpad and screen and battery life, I think this is basically just a prototype of what notebooks will be in a few years. It's full of flaws, but I feel like Apple will refine their own product and other manufacturers will start to take that segment/niche more seriously. I don't know if other vendors have a MacBook competitor. I figured I would have heard about it by now and I would consider myself a more casual tech news follower.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/9/8372335/12-inch-macbook-review
Seems like this guy agrees or draws the same comparison. The MBA now is a great notebook and seems to have refined what the Chromebook originally was and now has inspired others to compete with Apple and vice versa to make a great product.
So with all the bells and whistles of the MacBook with its touchpad and screen and battery life, I think this is basically just a prototype of what notebooks will be in a few years. It's full of flaws, but I feel like Apple will refine their own product and other manufacturers will start to take that segment/niche more seriously. I don't know if other vendors have a MacBook competitor. I figured I would have heard about it by now and I would consider myself a more casual tech news follower.
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