Damn! Just when I was going to launch my streaming series "Hunter Red Plays Video Games In His Underwear". It would have been a deep introspective series where I talk about the philosophical concept that underlay many of the video games that are released today..... while in my underwear.
On August 22nd, Time, as well as other online publications later on, picked up on the story of a recent campaign by online underwear company Dear Kate. The campaign features several women, identified as prominent women in tech coding, doing their jobs while dressed in only some of the underwear on sale by Dear Kate. Some people have found this ad to be objectionable, with one tech blogger being quoted as saying“Posing in your underwear undermines the message that you aim to be taken seriously as a technologist,”.
The campaign can be found here, and, as someone who often spends parts of his mornings watching online pornography, in my opinion these pictures aren't particularly titulating. This campaign features women in a staged office situation doing the things that they would do in their jobs. The difference is that they are doing so in their underwear, and that is where the problem is. Other than the fact that these were pictures taken by an online underwear company in order to sell underwear online, why are these women in their underwear? It's not like these women regularly do their jobs wearing only their underwear, so why are they in their underwear? There doesn't seem to be any legitimate reason for it, other than to garner attention due to the distinct possibility that people will object to it-- wait, that's it!
The point of any promotional campaign is to get attention for the product that you are promotion. If the product doesn't get attention than the campaign fails. In that way, this campaign is successful. I mean, I don't remember ever hearing of Dear Kate before, and I spend a lot of time online looking at women in their underwear. This campaign has also gotten the attention of people who object to women being objectified, as well and the people who object to people objecting to women being objectified. This campaign probably got the attention of a lot of people who might be motivated to act with their dollars and support or not support this company. Now the real question: Did this campaign result in increased sales? We'll have to see.
There are things that I know that exist in this world that I will never see. This goes beyond the usuall one million dollars in hard currency stuff. This is stuff that most reasonable men could go out and see that I will never actually go out and see.
Perhaps this is a case of the grass being greener on the other side, but politics seems to be just more awesome outside of America. The arguments are better, the people are more colourful, they actually get shit done, and other things. Even the fights are better, usually because they devolve into actual fighting. I'd love it if Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell actually started fighting, but that's due to me thinking that, with his boxing background, Harry Reid would kick Mitch McConnell's ass.
Also, politicians in America wouldn't be caught dead wearing sexy underwear in public. Most people also wouldn't do this, but politicians in America seem to be especially unlikely to this. This is in all likelihood due to them wanting to not appear to be human in any way. If a person appears to be human, you are more likely to question their authority, and politicians in America live on authority the same way that actual people live on food. Where am I going with this? Nowhere really, I just needed an excuse to post this:
The
following is a statement I made in front of the Utah House Environmental
Affairs Committee in favor of House Bill 8675309. Don't believe me? LOOK IT UP!
For many
years, I have been a fan of Victoria's Secret.
More specifically, I have been a fan of their ads. Victoria's Secret ads are always guaranteed
to make me stop and intently watch.
Most men,
and several women, are fans of the advertisements put out by Victoria's
Secret. Most people attribute the appeal
of these ads to the very fact that they feature some of the most beautiful
women in the world in some of the most revealing clothing in the world. Some people attribute the appeal to people's
love of fashion. They are wrong.
For
years, I attributed my liking of Victoria's Secret ads to the same reasons that
everyone else does. Recently I've been
reexamining why Victoria's Secret ads appeal to me. This is due to this commercial.
This is
an advertisement for Electronic Art's alleged video game Sim City. This ad features Adam Devine in the role of
the mayor... in his underwear. You can
see quite prominently Adam Devine's tighty-whities when he's sitting on the
desk in front of the camera.
What
struck me about this ad is the effect it had on me. When I am skipping through commercials, as I
always do and have done for years, and I fall upon a fragment of any of the new
Sim City ads, I stop skipping. I stop
and intently watch, just like I do with the Victoria's Secret television ads.
The
similar response I have to both of these ads have caused me to reexamine my
behavior as it relates to these ads.
After some thorough soul searching, which is quite hard since I am a
Ginger, I have discovered my true reasons for my intent watching of Victoria's
Secret ads. Denial.
Denial is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is 6,650 km long. Denial is an "international" river as its water resources are shared by eleven countries, namely, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt.In particular, Denial provides the primary water resource and so it is the life artery for its downstream countries such as Egypt and Sudan.
Denial is
something that I suspect will continue to have a great effect on my life. Untill such point that we construct a dam to
more adequately control the flow of denial, this mighty force will continue to
have a great effect on me and the people around me. The construction of such a dam will be
costly, but will also have a great benefit to the community. The hydrological power that can be generated with
the damning of denial can fuel our community's further growth. Also, the great reservoir that will come with
the damning of denial will provide a recreation opportunity for our residents,
as well as possible tourism income. All
these reasons and more are why I urge you to vote for the construction of the
dam of denial. Thank you.
Take your normal superhero origin story. Guy gets powers, guy realizes he has powers, guy goes out to save the world. Now factor this in: the guy has a score to settle.
Everybody wonders what it is that makes them who they are. The Hawk thought that question was securely answered. However a meeting with a boy in a hospital causes him to question everything. Why he is, who he is, what he is, and even if he is.
Eleven years after the events of Consequences Of Mayorust, The Hawk finds himself dealing with many of the same issues that many of us deal with: A less than satisfying job, co-workers of variant annoyance, and a romantic life is unhealthy at best. Thrust into all this is Madison Medina, a well meaning woman who's adversarial relationship with The Hawk morphs into a kind of friendship. Madison, in addition to learning more about herself and her abilities, help to reveal deeper problems inside the organization both she and The Hawk work for.
In every workplace there is a person. A person who doesn't talk to anyone, has walled themselves socially, and seems openly hostile to everyone. Every workplace has this person, even if you don't know of such a person, they're there. The Black Robin Christmas Carol is the story of one of these people. It delves into who this person is, why this person is, and how this person can change for the better.
There is a story. A story of pain, a story of loss, a story of unspeakable horrors, a story that has not been given it's proper attention. Some are ignoring this story. Some are unaware of this story. Some know of this story but are complicit in it's darkness. This is a story that must be told. Told so that the good can stop it and the bad can feel shame for it.
When I thought up thig blog, the name I first thought up was "Random Bullshit". Quickly I recognized that this name would put some people off. Then I thought of the name "Random Bull****". That seemed to be to much clutter. Then I was inspired with the name that dons this blog today.
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