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by The Black Forrest » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:03 pm
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by Kaggeceria » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:04 pm
by The Black Forrest » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:09 pm
Painisia wrote:Everybody should stop hating Nike. I am regularly using Nike in my gym class
by Internationalist Bastard » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:09 pm
Painisia wrote:Everybody should stop hating Nike. I am regularly using Nike in my gym class
by The Black Forrest » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:10 pm
by Evil Dictators Happyland » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:12 pm
by Vassenor » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:13 pm
by Internationalist Bastard » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:16 pm
by Freezic Vast » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:18 pm
Evil Dictators Happyland wrote:I am curious about the Nike thing. I understand boycotting them, but destroying their products after you've bought them doesn't harm them in any way, shape, or form. (If anything, it might actually help them, if people end up buying replacement socks from Nike. It's unlikely, but there's probably at least one person out there stupid enough to do that.)
by Evil Dictators Happyland » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:23 pm
Freezic Vast wrote:Evil Dictators Happyland wrote:I am curious about the Nike thing. I understand boycotting them, but destroying their products after you've bought them doesn't harm them in any way, shape, or form. (If anything, it might actually help them, if people end up buying replacement socks from Nike. It's unlikely, but there's probably at least one person out there stupid enough to do that.)
People have done that for years, buying a rivals product and then burning/destroying it in protest. Have we forgotten what happened when the PS4 and XBox One were both released, and people were buying and smashing the consoles. I don't necessarily understand the concept either though, just seems like a waste of money, it'd be better to just not buy Nike products and buy their rivals stuff.
by An Alan Smithee Nation » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:24 pm
by Vassenor » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:25 pm
by Freezic Vast » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:26 pm
Evil Dictators Happyland wrote:Freezic Vast wrote:People have done that for years, buying a rivals product and then burning/destroying it in protest. Have we forgotten what happened when the PS4 and XBox One were both released, and people were buying and smashing the consoles. I don't necessarily understand the concept either though, just seems like a waste of money, it'd be better to just not buy Nike products and buy their rivals stuff.
If you buy a product and then destroy it, you still paid for it. The company (usually) doesn't care what you do with it after you buy it, since they got their money. Boycotting the product would be infinitely more helpful, since 1) you get a similar product and 2) you didn't pay the people you hate. That's just basic economics.
I feel like I'd be less confused about this if the people doing it weren't the ones who frequently brag about being economically literate.
by Ifreann » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:28 pm
Evil Dictators Happyland wrote:I am curious about the Nike thing. I understand boycotting them, but destroying their products after you've bought them doesn't harm them in any way, shape, or form. (If anything, it might actually help them, if people end up buying replacement socks from Nike. It's unlikely, but there's probably at least one person out there stupid enough to do that.)
by The Black Forrest » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:33 pm
by The Black Forrest » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:35 pm
Evil Dictators Happyland wrote:I am curious about the Nike thing. I understand boycotting them, but destroying their products after you've bought them doesn't harm them in any way, shape, or form. (If anything, it might actually help them, if people end up buying replacement socks from Nike. It's unlikely, but there's probably at least one person out there stupid enough to do that.)
by The Black Forrest » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:36 pm
Ifreann wrote:Evil Dictators Happyland wrote:I am curious about the Nike thing. I understand boycotting them, but destroying their products after you've bought them doesn't harm them in any way, shape, or form. (If anything, it might actually help them, if people end up buying replacement socks from Nike. It's unlikely, but there's probably at least one person out there stupid enough to do that.)
It's not about harming Nike, it's about showing people that you are very mad indeed at the kneeling football man.
by Telconi » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:39 pm
The Black Forrest wrote:Evil Dictators Happyland wrote:I am curious about the Nike thing. I understand boycotting them, but destroying their products after you've bought them doesn't harm them in any way, shape, or form. (If anything, it might actually help them, if people end up buying replacement socks from Nike. It's unlikely, but there's probably at least one person out there stupid enough to do that.)
Well? If you go back in time to the Exxon Valdez spill. People were "exxon is the devil! BOYCOTT!!!!" Exxon dropped prices and then the excuses came out for why the stopped boycotting....
by Thermodolia » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:41 pm
by Evil Dictators Happyland » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:44 pm
The Black Forrest wrote:Evil Dictators Happyland wrote:I am curious about the Nike thing. I understand boycotting them, but destroying their products after you've bought them doesn't harm them in any way, shape, or form. (If anything, it might actually help them, if people end up buying replacement socks from Nike. It's unlikely, but there's probably at least one person out there stupid enough to do that.)
Well? If you go back in time to the Exxon Valdez spill. People were "exxon is the devil! BOYCOTT!!!!" Exxon dropped prices and then the excuses came out for why the stopped boycotting....
by Washington Resistance Army » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:44 pm
Vassenor wrote:Kaggeceria wrote:...at a hearing for a Supreme Court nominee. And he's right.
But hey if you wanna cherry pick quotes and post them out of context then go right ahead. You have every right to be wrong.
And this is what you consider to be "something real"?
So let's see the whole quote including the context.
by Thermodolia » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:45 pm
Evil Dictators Happyland wrote:The Black Forrest wrote:
Well? If you go back in time to the Exxon Valdez spill. People were "exxon is the devil! BOYCOTT!!!!" Exxon dropped prices and then the excuses came out for why the stopped boycotting....
Even in that case, Exxon still lost money because they had to drop prices. Not as much as they would have if the boycott had continued, but still some.
If something similar is happening with Nike (I don't know if it is, since everything I can find online talking about it is talking about their stock prices, not their products), then that could make at least some sense, but the whole issue is just... idiotic.
And it's not like Nike wasn't expecting something like this to happen, anyway. They knew what was coming when they signed the man's contract. Literally the only people here who stand to lose a lot of money are the ones ripping their footwear in half.
by Farnhamia » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:47 pm
Thermodolia wrote:Evil Dictators Happyland wrote:Even in that case, Exxon still lost money because they had to drop prices. Not as much as they would have if the boycott had continued, but still some.
If something similar is happening with Nike (I don't know if it is, since everything I can find online talking about it is talking about their stock prices, not their products), then that could make at least some sense, but the whole issue is just... idiotic.
And it's not like Nike wasn't expecting something like this to happen, anyway. They knew what was coming when they signed the man's contract. Literally the only people here who stand to lose a lot of money are the ones ripping their footwear in half.
Something I saw said that they had a 4 Billion drop in sales revenue
by Thermodolia » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:50 pm
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