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Why do we buy clothes that advertise brands? They should be paying us!

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[bonfireofthebrands]

If I could find a non-branded t-shirt for sale on my high street, I'd wear it. Except I can't because every shop is now a chain store, and their logos are splashed over everything.

[SunnyD2004]

Bullshit - you can buy loads of unbranded stuff. Gap, M&S etc all sell stuff without visible logos on the outside if you look.

[bonfireofthebrands]

You're right, you can buy less branded clothes from those places - if dressing like a retired librarian is your thing.

The point, surely, is that lots of people seem to feel comfortable advertising large brands on their chest - some people pay a premium for it. That's got to be the second best marketing trick of all time, after bottled mineral water.

[brubee2k]

@bonfireofthebrands HAH! bottled water. Now THAT'S consumerism.

And it really is hard to find decent clothing without a logo somewhere. Most of my shirts are from concerts. They might represent something, but at least they represent me.

[dervishmadwhirler]

@hlake1990 dude, you are not serious, are you? "Brands are what makes the world go round." And YOU tell people to get a life?

[dervishmadwhirler]

"I'm security, I 'm in charge" yeah right...funny how people in security think they have any real authority. As if wearing a shirt with badges on it makes you have power.

[aveyowyns]

that's so weird...

even in Canada, it is mostly black people working in sports stores...

[MaSteRKuSH010]

The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything. Albert Einstein.

The slogans of Newspeak are, War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength. George Orwell.

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[AntiMusick]

Sports are the worst for Branding.

please remake this video with that guy going to the world HQ for adidas in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

[AntiMusick]

LOL, that's what I've been saying to people for years who I see wearing a large easily visible brand label on their clothing ... how much did they pay you to wear that... but sometimes promo t-shirts are free... they make good work shirts and rags. Yeah brand name Rags. LOL

[Consumerman007]

And that's exactly the problem brain dead people like you don't see what's wrong with that. What corporation are you from ? What corporation owns your child?  What corporation will buy your future? Wake up!

[hlake1990]

please, this guy needs to get a life if he's got nothing better to do than this. Brands are what make the world go round. Everything and everyone is a brand.

[krissy4nik]

You know i used to be this way in highschool and it was really pervasive. I remember about 4 years ago when hollister got big i HAD to buy at least one hollister shirt or i would die. I went to the store and got one but the one i got was wrong because it didnt SAY hollister so i get a new one that had hollister printed on it but everyone knew the printed ones where the cheap ones and the logo faded so i had to get the stitched in one . Its really sad alot of kids are like that now.Its absurd.