The fandom making jokes in S3 about Tomoe and Gabriel signing an arranged marriage contract for their children, then receiving confirmation that we were very much correct two seasons later.
It’s definitely…interesting…the way any criticism of ethically unsound consumerist tendencies by popular artists (musicians, writers, everyone) is swiftly shut down with cries of “no one’s making you buy it!” And “you don’t have to buy them all.” No, ma’am, I do not, but that’s irrelevant to the point, isn’t it?
It seems morally repulsive to me, (someone who grew up solidly working-middle class, mind you) that anyone would want to sell five versions of the same book, all with different additional content, especially if some of it is relevant to the overarching story.
I do not think you should have to buy three copies of the same album just to access the entire track list. It’s all just a blatant money grab. That’s an indefensible fact, it serves no purpose otherwise.
I find it unethical and distasteful, but worse still is the way other fans respond to this kind of critique. I often find myself wondering (as someone now disabled and decidedly not middle class) whether all these people grew up rich? Because surely they must have if they have no sense of how classist these kinds of marketing strategies really are, or if they do, they immediately shut down any discussion of it.
Why defend them with such ferocity? “They’re allowed to do whatever they want” and “they’re not responsible for your frivolous spending” - sure, but that doesn’t mean we should stay quiet or shy away from calling it what it is.
Update: didn’t end up getting a membership because I found knockoff “I can’t believe it’s not butter” in the Jojamart. It was just vegan butter and the packaging said “I can believe it’s not butter”.
Imagine going on an impassioned rant about being a “TRUE SWIFTIE (c) 😤” only to turn around and tag your post as “taylurking.” Babe just say you want to get noticed by Taylor and leave �� hit your head on the way out with that higher moral ground you’re trying to take BYE
S/o to my male colleague who cured my little crush on him by saying he was achieving “maximum outcome with minimal effort” bc he didn’t have to talk to a girl on a dating app before she agreed to meet him next time she was in town
Ew, thanks for reminding me that you’re just a man, it’s just what you do