well fwiw it is known (and denied, heads-in-sand style) that gen Z is v "conservative" (in the dubiously limiting L/R 1D nomenclature) i've always been adidas so i don't have much to think about on this one (if i'd always been nike i doubt i'd think much or change either, but)https://twitter.com/EvanMcM/status/1046400960476712962 …
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incidentally, "conservative" here just means we wear athleticwear for, or to signal participation in, athletics. as such we expect athleticwear brands to promote an image of performance and athleticism this is lifestyle brand adverts 101. nike's image is not pure athletics now
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(admittedly, being professionally woke not only consumes all productive / working hours, but appears to gobble up any remaining time one might devote to such athletic pursuits as running and lifting and fucking. so, ymmv if you are a millennial approaching your midlife crisis.)
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ALSO, lest there be any undue confusion w/r/t gen Z, "conservative" also means conservative about wasting irreplaceable resources like our motherfucking time and we grew up on YT. anyone with YT can see what cops are up to. this whole thing makes no goddamn sense:
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1) kneeling is a *fine* choice. unlike you shitheads who block motorways & kill people enroute to hospitals, kneeling has zero impact on people's intrinsic liberties 2) kaep picked kneeling (vs standing silent) w/ help from mil friends, to convey respect while delivering the msg
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we know this and have known this forever bc it's information and ~all info exists online with trivial delay so this situation is perplexing, inasmuch as we *cannot into* why a 2-week topic at most remains atop the zeitgeist, unsolved, no consensus, TWENTY-SIX MONTHS AND COUNTING
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yeah. it's not like i expect everyone to agree 100%, but 26 mo. in, all three tribes maintain their own factsets. Not different interpretations of observations -- literally incompatible "facts", which none of them bother to try to vet or observe or spot-check for accuracy
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these "factsets" are all inaccurate, and yet the tribes yell and polarize, instead of spending 1% of that time and energy on checking their datasets
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the good news is english has some of the best words for times like this f l a b b e r g a s t
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2. violence at the hands of suspects.
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