I ain't no meteorologist, but I'm pretty sure snow and ice are two different things. So it's actually a terrible name for a snowplow (but I admire the thought regardless)
Now if you were naming one of these suckers though...
I ain't no meteorologist, but I'm pretty sure snow and ice are two different things. So it's actually a terrible name for a snowplow (but I admire the thought regardless)
Now if you were naming one of these suckers though...
It's all fun and games until your dog drone breaks and the programming defaults to "evil/military", causing it to toy with you as it stalks you across an empty wasteland.
Ha, look at this optimist believing the police robot dogs would ever be set to something other than evil.
It's all fun and games until your dog drone breaks and the programming defaults to "evil/military", causing it to toy with you as it stalks you across an empty wasteland.
Ha, look at this optimist believing the police robot dogs would ever be set to something other than evil.
My low effort meme would be the D&D alignment chart with the robot under Lawful and Chaotic Evils, then a packing crate for the rest.
I ain't no meteorologist, but I'm pretty sure snow and ice are two different things. So it's actually a terrible name for a snowplow (but I admire the thought regardless)
Now if you were naming one of these suckers though...
Would naming a plow “salt life” get you in trouble for copyright infringement?
you can't copyright a phrase. you can trademark it, but if you wanted to bring a case you'd have to prove that the person using your trademark was intentionally trying to cause market confusion or profit off of your branding, which would probably be hard to do with a municipal snowplow.
Salt Life co-founder arrested on manslaughter charges, police say
A co-founder of Salt Life, the ocean-centric apparel brand, was arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with the killing of an 18-year-old woman in South Florida, court records show.
Michael Troy Hutto, 54, appeared in court via videolink Monday in Palm Beach County, where a judge set bond at $255,000. In addition to manslaughter, Hutto is also charged with possession of a weapon during a felony.
Hutto was arrested October 30 at Baptist Medical Center South in Jacksonville, Florida, and booked into the Duval County jail by Riviera Beach Police and Florida Highway Patrol in connection with the killing, the highway patrol tweeted last week.
Now mind you, there were good intentions here, as the very next tweet made it clear they were publicizing a new initiative to help female employees progress in culinary careers:
If they want to, of course. Yet only 20% of chefs are women. We're on a mission to change the gender ratio in the restaurant industry by empowering female employees with the opportunity to pursue a culinary career.
But that said, posting that first tweet - on International Women's Day, of all days - is pretty "yikes".
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They either did that to get viral outrage or were just dumb. Either way, really dumb and inappropriate.
Could have said it a 1000 different ways and still gotten them sweet clicks. "Women should be running the kitchen" is still awful but better.
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I think they should have put the 1 of 2 notation on the first tweet. Gets you the WTF reaction while clearly indicating that there's more to the statement
They either did that to get viral outrage or were just dumb. Either way, really dumb and inappropriate.
Could have said it a 1000 different ways and still gotten them sweet clicks. "Women should be running the kitchen" is still awful but better.
Their strategy did manage to get it to show up in this thread, while otherwise I'd probably never have heard anything about it. Whether the bad pr is worth the extra attention for them, I'm not sure.
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They either did that to get viral outrage or were just dumb. Either way, really dumb and inappropriate.
Could have said it a 1000 different ways and still gotten them sweet clicks. "Women should be running the kitchen" is still awful but better.
Their strategy did manage to get it to show up in this thread, while otherwise I'd probably never have heard anything about it. Whether the bad pr is worth the extra attention for them, I'm not sure.
I'm going to say if they wanted to drive clicks, the clicks driven far outweigh the negative PR as the follow up is good PR
Every time someone points out how bad this looks that brand account ducks under the point so it misses completely. Whoever is in charge needs to yank this PR person off the computer with a quickness
You know how a kid who wants attention will act out, or a cat that isn't being petted on schedule will start knocking shit off the table? That shit works.
Sure, they just pissed you off, but they're also the only burger joint in your brain right after they did that. And in that hour or two that they're at the top of the brain-burger-heap x% of people they pissed off are going to enter am-i-hungry-or-just-bored mode with Burger King seeded in their brain.
You know how a kid who wants attention will act out, or a cat that isn't being petted on schedule will start knocking shit off the table? That shit works.
Sure, they just pissed you off, but they're also the only burger joint in your brain right after they did that. And in that hour or two that they're at the top of the brain-burger-heap x% of people they pissed off are going to enter am-i-hungry-or-just-bored mode with Burger King seeded in their brain.
Yeah it's good marketing.
I don't like that it's good marketing.
But I don't have a say in that.
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They either did that to get viral outrage or were just dumb. Either way, really dumb and inappropriate.
Could have said it a 1000 different ways and still gotten them sweet clicks. "Women should be running the kitchen" is still awful but better.
It's the former. This is the same advertising company that was going to put wifi hotspots on homeless people. Generating outrage is their entire schtick.
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As far as I'm concerned anyone who takes their cues from Twitter gets what they deserve. If you read that first tweet and your first response was outrage and, moreover, not bothering to read further, then I really don't give a shit what you think about pretty much anything.
But yeah, in terms of PR it was probably the wrong move, even if it drove clicks.
From what I'm reading, alt-right groups are already retweeting the first of the two posts (but not the second one). So... free publicity yay?
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Yeah because alt-right groups are known for engaging honestly and thoughtfully with any media in any context so you gotta make sure to cater your communications to ensure that they absolutely cannot under any circumstances fuck with it.
Yeah because alt-right groups are known for engaging honestly and thoughtfully with any media in any context so you gotta make sure to cater your communications to ensure that they absolutely cannot under any circumstances fuck with it.
You don't hand them a sound bite on a silver platter, which is exactly what BK did by separating the tweets for clicks
Yeah because alt-right groups are known for engaging honestly and thoughtfully with any media in any context so you gotta make sure to cater your communications to ensure that they absolutely cannot under any circumstances fuck with it.
You don't hand them a sound bite on a silver platter, which is exactly what BK did by separating the tweets for clicks
From what I'm reading, alt-right groups are already retweeting the first of the two posts (but not the second one). So... free publicity yay?
Meh it's not like they hadn't made that "joke" themselves at 00:01 this morning. Nor is anyone gonna be all "well if BK's is saying this shit it must be OK".
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How about some actual bad news gone right?
An anti-abortionist decided to bring a concealed gun to a protest outside a clinic, because nothing says "pro-life" like wanting to end a bunch of it.
Mary Lindsey, who appeared in the court livestream as the reported victim, said the assault stemmed from a brief argument at a residence in Sturgis. According to Lindsey, she and Harris had been dating at the time.
Harris was represented at the court examination by attorney Paul Gipson.
About seven minutes into the proceeding, Deborah Davis, assistant to the prosecuting attorney and representing Lindsey, said she believed Lindsey and Harris were in close proximity during the livestream, based on Lindsey’s answers and body language.
Middleton then asked Harris to divulge the address where he was. Harris gave a house number on East Lafayette Street.
Middleton told Harris to go outside with his cell-phone and take a photograph of the house number. Harris declined, saying he was limited by low phone battery and that his device was connected to a charger.
A few moments later, Davis said the police were at the door of Lindsey’s confirmed location to check on her. Lindsey was instructed to go to the door to speak to police.
“We may need to adjourn this, your Honor,” Davis said to Middleton.
Lindsey's connection to the court proceeding went offline after it showed her speaking to police outside the home. Moments later, Lindsey’s livestream came back online, showing Harris inside on Lindsey's phone and in the custody of police. Davis briefly “face-palmed” upon the reveal that Harris was at the same location as Lindsey.
“Your Honor, me and Mary both don’t want the no-contact,” Harris said. “I ask that be dropped. I’m sorry I lied to you. I knew the cops were outside. I don't know why I...”
Middleton interrupted Harris.
“Mr. Harris, my advice is, don’t say anything else,” Middleton said to Harris. “The hearing is adjourned. Your bond is canceled. If you have $10 million, you can’t bond out. In addition, the prosecutor’s probably also going to charge you with obstruction of justice.”
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Snow is a form of ice. It's a perfectly good name.
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Some of those even have salt in their names!
Yeah they're both overwhelming white.
Ha, look at this optimist believing the police robot dogs would ever be set to something other than evil.
My low effort meme would be the D&D alignment chart with the robot under Lawful and Chaotic Evils, then a packing crate for the rest.
At least around here snowplows are also de-icer spreaders.
you can't copyright a phrase. you can trademark it, but if you wanted to bring a case you'd have to prove that the person using your trademark was intentionally trying to cause market confusion or profit off of your branding, which would probably be hard to do with a municipal snowplow.
The actual story is super sad, so don't actually click that link.
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There's not enough confidence for the other one. Need to massage the data more before we see a rise in the second.
Looks like it's hard on the virus 60 days after injection.
I see the main gone right in that the cops used their body cams correctly, turning them on before they did anything.
Sometimes cops get it right (if feels like this happens more often when they don't have guns as an option, but that's a multi-page argument I don't wanna get into right now).
Now mind you, there were good intentions here, as the very next tweet made it clear they were publicizing a new initiative to help female employees progress in culinary careers:
But that said, posting that first tweet - on International Women's Day, of all days - is pretty "yikes".
Could have said it a 1000 different ways and still gotten them sweet clicks. "Women should be running the kitchen" is still awful but better.
Their strategy did manage to get it to show up in this thread, while otherwise I'd probably never have heard anything about it. Whether the bad pr is worth the extra attention for them, I'm not sure.
I'm going to say if they wanted to drive clicks, the clicks driven far outweigh the negative PR as the follow up is good PR
Sure, they just pissed you off, but they're also the only burger joint in your brain right after they did that. And in that hour or two that they're at the top of the brain-burger-heap x% of people they pissed off are going to enter am-i-hungry-or-just-bored mode with Burger King seeded in their brain.
Yeah it's good marketing.
I don't like that it's good marketing.
But I don't have a say in that.
It's the former. This is the same advertising company that was going to put wifi hotspots on homeless people. Generating outrage is their entire schtick.
But yeah, in terms of PR it was probably the wrong move, even if it drove clicks.
You don't hand them a sound bite on a silver platter, which is exactly what BK did by separating the tweets for clicks
Nah fuck 'em.
Meh it's not like they hadn't made that "joke" themselves at 00:01 this morning. Nor is anyone gonna be all "well if BK's is saying this shit it must be OK".
An anti-abortionist decided to bring a concealed gun to a protest outside a clinic, because nothing says "pro-life" like wanting to end a bunch of it.
He shot himself in the leg and will be charged with bringing a firearm to a protest.
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