PSA & mini-Rant

[etherial]

Today is "Not One Red Cent Day." Buy absolutely nothing today to protest that whackjob in the round room.

And now for the rant:

Dear Drivers of SUVs who do not clear the snow off of your car:

I am aware, as much as I might wish otherwise, that SUVs are a status symbol. While I disagree with any other things you might claim as 'merit,' your desire to appear to be the most wealthy and adenturous member of the small penis club is understandable, and I cannot begrudge your need to be the most loved man with a small penis.

But do you have no pride in your status symbol? Is it really necessary to create an even greater driving hazard with your vehicle? Surely the other members of the small penis club will find your vehicle that much more phallic if you keep it clean and shining, but no, you instead insist on just turning the wipers on high and driving at 70 miles an hour to clear off your vehicle.

Your Truly,
Man who takes pride in driving his real car.

Comments

[bonisagus.livejournal.com]

I hate that. It doesn't matter who it is. Clean off the roof a bit would you? I like to see when I'm driving but then again I drive a Civic and I am secure in what God and genetics gave me and you can equate the Civic to that however you like :)

[qedrakmar.livejournal.com]

If snow from their car causes an accident, in Massachusetts, they're at fault. Hence, you are theoretically legally obligated to clean all snow off your car... theoretically.

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

Amen! Just because you're tall doesn't mean you get to spew white crap on me. Well, unless you're a tree, then you win (and I ain't talking the Toyota Sequoia either).

I will be buying things today, since I already planned my Grand Opening trip before looking at the date. However, buying things that would make Georgie very upset comes in second to not buying stuff at all.

[neuromancerzss.livejournal.com]

They want to show how rugged and outdoorsie their penis is.

[7threality.livejournal.com]

Today is "Not One Red Cent Day." Buy absolutely nothing today to protest that whackjob in the round room.

I really don't know why people keep trying to do this, because it doesn't do a darn thing. The only message that gets sent is that idealistic people don't have any idea how economy actually works and they look foolish for shouting it out loud.

Even if you could organize such a thing, all the buying that would be done on that day would either be done the day before or the day after, and the merchants profits (and taxes) would therefor be unaffected in the grand scheme of things.

The only time such things work is if you can organize a boycott of specific products when there is an alternative to that product. This causes a specific company to actually lose money because their product isn't selling.

Alternately, you could get people to consume less of a specific item over a long period of time, which would actually hit the bottom line of all the companies that sell that product. However, we've seen how well that works with cars/gas.