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[–]GoValidateYourselfuseful lesbian 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's because to them, 'Pride' is just another theme, an aesthetic, a brand, divorced from the origin of the word. It's an empty slogan dressed up as rainbows and buying shit they don't need. Just like the name 'Amazon' doesn't evoke the rain forest anymore in most peoples' minds, 'Tide' doesn't evoke the ocean and 'Starbucks' doesn't evoke 'Moby-Dick'. It's all empty, empty bullshit. Sorry for the ramble.

[–]reluctant_commenter 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Just like the name 'Amazon' doesn't evoke the rain forest anymore in most peoples' minds, 'Tide' doesn't evoke the ocean and 'Starbucks' doesn't evoke 'Moby-Dick'. It's all empty, empty bullshit.

Yikes, that's so, so true. I suppose that was the original intention of those names. The idea that Amazon would invoke the rain forest is laughable.

Sorry for the ramble.

No, your comment was great! :)

[–]GoValidateYourselfuseful lesbian 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks Reluctant :)

[–]reluctant_commenter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No prob, just being honest :)