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This Has Simply Got To Stop

Posted: March 28th, 2005 | Author: dave m. | Filed under: eShopping, grousing | 5 Comments »

Just when I thought I had seen every crass manipulation of the original ribbon campaign idea, now they’ve gone too far. Die Hard Ribbons is now selling sports team-themed ribbons. Perhaps most insulting is these “support ribbons” seem to be for teams that no one has ever fucking heard of!!

At least show some respect and produce these awesome ribbons for REAL TEAMS like the Tarheels or the Tigers! Honestly, before I saw the Illinois (which is a state, right?) one, I thought it was a joke and somebody was making ribbons for gangs. Southside? Northside? What about West Coast Marauders? LBC Crew? These are freaking gang names. Let’s be honest. The Product? Bullshit. Execution? Poor. The whole genre of ribbons? Played out.

Guess it’s about time for the Terri Schiavo R.I.P. ribbons, eh? Anyone want to submit a design to cafepress?

5 Comments on “This Has Simply Got To Stop”

  1. 1 John Broome said at 11:32 am on March 29th, 2005:

    I was going to wear a brown ribbon to signify that i didn’t give a shit about anyone’s causes, but it turns out the colon cancer people have already grabbed the brown.

  2. 2 Alan MacHett said at 7:30 pm on March 29th, 2005:

    Whoa, easy on the Illini there, Dave. Yeah, Illinois is a state … much like Vermont … or Florida … or … which are you from again? ;-)

    I guess you haven’t seen the “Fighting Illini” rug just inside my front door. No biggee. Much like you, I couldn’t care less about sports, well, except for football.

    peace!

  3. 3 bVLLETS said at 3:58 pm on March 31st, 2005:

    Lets make an awareness ribbon that you’re aware of the awareness ribbon for the Fighting Illini. ie. Would you like a cookie?

  4. 4 dave m. said at 1:17 am on April 2nd, 2005:

    Okay, I was pretty sure Illinois was a state. Now I fully comprehend that “Fighting Illini” is a football team that wears ribbons and eats cookies.

    YES I would like my brownie now.

  5. 5 Wiliam said at 9:29 pm on December 19th, 2006:

    haha great! I must show that to my friend :D

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