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Slough was a new town, which Betjeman didn't like, and the poem did feature in The Office, with David Brent calling Betjeman overrated.
I did not know that (the latter). Not sure I'd call Betjeman overrated, but possibly a bit of a holder-on to a form of poetry that the rest of the world was leaving behind. Matches his disdain for modernity in other contexts, I guess.
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I did not know that (the latter). Not sure I'd call Betjeman overrated, but possibly a bit of a holder-on to a form of poetry that the rest of the world was leaving behind. Matches his disdain for modernity in other contexts, I guess.
Betjeman was quaintly British and a bit eccentric, as was Philip Larkin who he once interviewed.
I've actually been to Slough. Many years ago I took the train from London and my friends, who lived in a nearby village, came to fetch me. Ah, memories!
Or, for the maker of the candy, maybe just make the candy or don't make the candy? Don't get your panties in a wad about how woke extremists try to handle your marketing? Trust me, their goal is the dream of more control and less freedom. America, right?
If you get sucked in, just remember that the #1 rule in propaganda today is:
Enragement = Less sales.
it’s just stupid. i never liked m&m’s and always found their mascots / commercials annoying. they should just cut to the point and give millennials and beyond what they really want - candy shapes penises
Since you asked... Yes, the untied shoelaces, the go-go boots, the high heels were woefully out of date. They also decided to make the characters friendlier to each other. Are you offended by that too?
No, I'm not the one(s) who is offended. They're making these changes for people who are somehow offended by untied shoelaces and go-go boots on candy characters.
So do you think we shouldn't have any entertainment of any kind where everyone isn't perfectly friendly to everyone else? That's going to be boring, not to mention a completely unrealistic take on life.
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Most large brands update their logos every 3 to 5 years. If it's been more than 5 years, they are really growing moss. This has been a standard practice in the branding/marketing world my entire professional career, there's no more "pressure" now than there was 30 years ago.
Branding and marketing trends have kept me and many other people employed over the years, so I'm all for it. Every time a company updates their brand, it means more people hard at work. It's a good thing.
Mars, Inc. is not "trolling the woke crowd" or being pressured politically. They are simply doing what every smart company does, by keeping their fingers on the pulse of popular culture.
I honestly can't believe you think that. People and companies are being censored and canceled, therefore pressured, left and right.
it’s just stupid. i never liked m&m’s and always found their mascots / commercials annoying. they should just cut to the point and give millennials and beyond what they really want - candy shapes penises
Meh. I'm pretty sure that it was all created by some advertising agency, who presented it to the decision-makers at Mars, who okayed it. But those decision-makers don't actually make the delicious candy, or have any hand in the recipes, and likely have never been on the candy factory floor.
I saw this article about "desexualizing" M&Ms and making the red one less...nuts? and flipped out myself - and wondered the same thing as you. Is their marketing group internal or external?
When I worked at one of the big 3, we had internal and external marketing. External marketing handled the big stuff like the commercials. We were all shown the commercials in the conference room studio at the same time by the outside company before they were blasted out on tv.
The internal marketing looked like a daycare. I was only in my late 20s and they could have been *my* kids...or at least that was the maturity level vibe I was getting from them.
They still had to convince someone in a Mars boardroom that this was a good idea...
Me too!! Let the entire LBGT - XYZ, KBG, etc., etc., support the ignorant candy makers!!
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