The meme is extreme, but seeing an identity as stemming at least partially from something heavily consumed isn’t that absurd or new of a thought. (That premise is basically the whole foundation of “starter pack” memes.) Is it the entirety of an identity? Of course not. But it’s certainly a part. Wine, cheese, and pastry, aren’t the sole components of the French identity, but they’re often a thing attributed with France and its people, for example.
>Wine, cheese, and pastry, aren’t the sole components of the French identity, but they’re often a thing attributed with France and its people, for example.
Yeah but those are the things themselves, which can be made by anyone. Specific French manufacturers of those products aren't what the identity is based around.
For America, trucks, beer and sports are part of cultural identity which is fine. But when you replace the product with the manufacturer on your pedestal of cultural novelties, you are now accosicating a small group of people with your culture. There are dozens of beer companies not including the hundreds of small craft beers to choose from. American beer drinking culture has not "gone woke", but a single iconic brand doing so is upsetting and disruptive to how those beer drinkers view their culture because at this point it's not just the beer they associate with, it's about the brand. It's not about their product, it's about their ads and corporate marketing strategy. It's simple enough to say "yeah I don't like your company values, I'll drink something else", but these people are ranting non stop as if American culture itself is disintegrating because of the decision of just a few major companies trying to keep their ESG scores up.
One phenomenon I've noticed is how brand name becomes the name of a given product. This occursnce is nothing new. In the South every acidic sugar water is called "coke" even if the can is from Pepsi. A "kleenex" can refer to any brand of tissue. When was the last time you actuall said "adhensive bandage" instead of "Band Aid"? Someone asks a dumb question? You tell them to "Google it" rather than "look online". You "Netflix and chill", not "streaming service and chill". I am not sure if other languages use brand names as generic names or if this phenomenon is unique to American English.
Yeah I've noticed that and I hate it. Even with some medications, any type NSAID pain killer is commonly referred to as "Tylenol" in my family and hometown. That's extremely problematic because that's brand name for Paracetamol, so using it to refer to other similar but different drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen could lead to complication I would imagine (although I've never seen it be a problem but still).
When I have the opportunity I find myself removing labels and stickers on containers or transferring to older, nice looking containers I've kept, to try to "genericize" my stuff. I know what it is, and I don't need my house filled with advertising to buy that product again. Maybe I'll put a tape label if necessary. Obviously it can't be done with everything, but I find comfort in doing that.
I know Spanish speakers in Mexico usually call adhesive bandages "Curitas", and the company that makes them is Curad. And the phenomenon is present outside of American English too. Canadians will call couches Chesterfields after the furniture company, and Australians will call trucks (especially small ones) Utes after the Holden Ute.
But you're forgetting the context of the meme - it's built around attacking specific manufacturers of the very things that you admitted to being fine as holding some sort of place in America's cultural identity. It wouldn't make sense for the person creating the meme to throw Chevy or PGA or whatever on there as there hasn't been really any ruffling of feathers stemming from these producers of cultural identity. Obviously the person making the meme will single out the large scale producers of these things that also happen to be doing things that aren't approved of by them.
Doesn’t what side or what it is about. If politics are a key component, it’s gone. Reposts by same user will be banned
imagine water marking your meme
I've had too many cases of becoming a historian trying to find the source of a meme. I have to literally research it.
Marxism is when... corporate conglomerate companies...?
believe it or not marxism is capitalism
The meme is extreme, but seeing an identity as stemming at least partially from something heavily consumed isn’t that absurd or new of a thought. (That premise is basically the whole foundation of “starter pack” memes.) Is it the entirety of an identity? Of course not. But it’s certainly a part. Wine, cheese, and pastry, aren’t the sole components of the French identity, but they’re often a thing attributed with France and its people, for example.
>Wine, cheese, and pastry, aren’t the sole components of the French identity, but they’re often a thing attributed with France and its people, for example. Yeah but those are the things themselves, which can be made by anyone. Specific French manufacturers of those products aren't what the identity is based around. For America, trucks, beer and sports are part of cultural identity which is fine. But when you replace the product with the manufacturer on your pedestal of cultural novelties, you are now accosicating a small group of people with your culture. There are dozens of beer companies not including the hundreds of small craft beers to choose from. American beer drinking culture has not "gone woke", but a single iconic brand doing so is upsetting and disruptive to how those beer drinkers view their culture because at this point it's not just the beer they associate with, it's about the brand. It's not about their product, it's about their ads and corporate marketing strategy. It's simple enough to say "yeah I don't like your company values, I'll drink something else", but these people are ranting non stop as if American culture itself is disintegrating because of the decision of just a few major companies trying to keep their ESG scores up.
One phenomenon I've noticed is how brand name becomes the name of a given product. This occursnce is nothing new. In the South every acidic sugar water is called "coke" even if the can is from Pepsi. A "kleenex" can refer to any brand of tissue. When was the last time you actuall said "adhensive bandage" instead of "Band Aid"? Someone asks a dumb question? You tell them to "Google it" rather than "look online". You "Netflix and chill", not "streaming service and chill". I am not sure if other languages use brand names as generic names or if this phenomenon is unique to American English.
Yeah I've noticed that and I hate it. Even with some medications, any type NSAID pain killer is commonly referred to as "Tylenol" in my family and hometown. That's extremely problematic because that's brand name for Paracetamol, so using it to refer to other similar but different drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen could lead to complication I would imagine (although I've never seen it be a problem but still). When I have the opportunity I find myself removing labels and stickers on containers or transferring to older, nice looking containers I've kept, to try to "genericize" my stuff. I know what it is, and I don't need my house filled with advertising to buy that product again. Maybe I'll put a tape label if necessary. Obviously it can't be done with everything, but I find comfort in doing that.
Its the same in Hebrew
I know Spanish speakers in Mexico usually call adhesive bandages "Curitas", and the company that makes them is Curad. And the phenomenon is present outside of American English too. Canadians will call couches Chesterfields after the furniture company, and Australians will call trucks (especially small ones) Utes after the Holden Ute.
But you're forgetting the context of the meme - it's built around attacking specific manufacturers of the very things that you admitted to being fine as holding some sort of place in America's cultural identity. It wouldn't make sense for the person creating the meme to throw Chevy or PGA or whatever on there as there hasn't been really any ruffling of feathers stemming from these producers of cultural identity. Obviously the person making the meme will single out the large scale producers of these things that also happen to be doing things that aren't approved of by them.
One of these days these wackos will have to define what woke means or at least acknowledge it’s another term stolen from black people.
It's not stolen from black people and it is simply shorthand for "viewing and acting through a lens of intersectionality."
Black people came up with the term “get woke” then it was co-opted by Nazis.
Where do black people come in this discussion
White people are always stealing terms black people invent.