Dear Honda Marketing Executive,
Please stop mining my memories in order to make a buck. First Star Wars, now Ferris Bueller? Have you ever had an original thought? You are a soulless, unimaginative douchebag without an ounce of creativity.
Thanks.
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If you’ve visited Google Maps lately, you may have noticed that Google is proudly displaying a link near the top of the page that says “New! Get indoor maps on your phone. Learn more.” This link leads to a flashy splashy interactive demo of Google Maps’ latest features, including indoor mapping of places like shopping malls and department stores. The demo shows a smart phone displaying a Google map of a department store along with a prompt to click the “4″ and see a map of the store’s fourth floor. After doing that, a new prompt says, “Go back to the floor you are at.”
Really, Google marketing team? Really? “You are at?” Despite its billions of dollars, Google apparently can’t afford to hire a copywriter or a proofreader who advanced beyond third grade English? Really, Google? Really? That’s not just stupid. It’s stoopid.
“A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall Street and politicians who might express sympathy for the protests, according to a memo obtained by the MSNBC program “Up w/ Chris Hayes.”
The proposal was written on the letterhead of the lobbying firm Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford and addressed to one of CLGC’s clients, the American Bankers Association.
CLGC’s memo proposes that the ABA pay CLGC $850,000 to conduct “opposition research” on Occupy Wall Street in order to construct “negative narratives” about the protests and allied politicians. The memo also asserts that Democratic victories in 2012 would be detrimental for Wall Street and targets specific races in which it says Wall Street would benefit by electing Republicans instead.
According to the memo, if Democrats embrace OWS, “This would mean more than just short-term political discomfort for Wall Street. …It has the potential to have very long-lasting political, policy and financial impacts on the companies in the center of the bullseye.”
The memo also suggests that Democratic victories in 2012 should not be the ABA’s biggest concern. “…(T)he bigger concern,” the memo says, “should be that Republicans will no longer defend Wall Street companies.”
Two of the memo’s authors, partners Sam Geduldig and Jay Cranford, previously worked for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Geduldig joined CLGC before Boehner became speaker; Cranford joined CLGC this year after serving as the speaker’s assistant for policy. A third partner, Steve Clark, is reportedly “tight” with Boehner, according to a story by Roll Call that CLGC features on its website.”
The rest of the story here
Saw this great idea at Good Magazine. One way to send a protest message to the big Wall Street banks who are responsible for the economic collapse. Use their own junk mail. Watch the video at Good Magazine to see how.
The following is submitted as yet one more piece of evidence that Corporate America is guilty of crimes against the English language:
Job Description
The Company
Tiny Prints is propelling the art of traditional social expression into the digital age. The company has spent over¹ 6 years creating a unique and compelling online site that meets virtually every conceivable personal or business stationery need…. This is a unique opportunity to play a highly impactful role² with an industry trailblazer in a huge and rapidly transitioning³ market.Why Tiny Prints?
We are not interested in politics or titles. We are interested in performance and moving the needle!4 Our teams are both innovative and disciplined utilizing5 the best minds on our projects to collaborate on a solution.Our products are personal and based on happy moments i.e. birthdays, wedding, engagements, and child births6. We are looking for people that think it is cool to make a difference in others lives as a living7.
Why Senior UI Designer at Tiny Prints?
You’ll be the principal architect of the company’s user experience, crafting user environments that seamlessly and successfully meld multiple elements of usability – from complex and highly interactive tools and templates to frictionless8 customer service and ecommerce functionality.
¹ “more than”. See also English 101
² Just say to have an impact, for God’s sake
³ Why use this silly word? Because the words changing or evolving don’t have enough syllables, apparently
4 Wow. Here’s a candidate for Unsuck It
5 Again. Why go with a clear, two-syllable word like using, when there is a three-syllable douchey-sounding word like utilizing?
6 As opposed to… adult births?
7 Could this sentence be any more awkward?
8 When was the last time you heard a real person say frictionless? Never, that’s when. So why use such a stupid, nonsensical word?
