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i changed my mind. im going to buy it tomorrow. just to see the face of the person who has to sell it to me. if they laugh im gonna start singing it to them. |
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perhaps Wesley Willis's "Rock and Roll McDonalds" would cheer up some of you folks. =) |
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earthleakage > you aren't serious, are you...? |
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Hahahaha |
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6800 posts later and someone asks if im serious? am i ever? :) |
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That "group" was spawned by advertisers to go around schools. They "toured" the schools around my local area last month. A lot of this advertising in schools comes from companies like Lifetime Learning Systems. Here's a bit from their promotional literature: "Kids spend forty per cent of each day in the classroom where traditional advertising can't reach them. Now you can enter the classroom through custom-made learning materials created with your specific marketing objectives in mind. Communicate with young spenders directly and, through them, their teachers and family as well. Let Lifetime Learning Systems bring your message to the classroom, where young people are forming attitudes that will last a lifetime... Imagine millions of students discussing your product in class. Imagine teachers presenting your organization's point of view." As Bill Hicks said: if you're in marketing or advertising... kill yourself. |
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arre you kidding. damn it's so harrd to tell nowadays, rreally it is. i have laughed stuff off to find out it's 100% trrue. |
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I wish I were joking. Companies are currently falling over themselves to peddle their wares in schools. There's little regulation; captive audience; peer conformity; no adults to counter the advertisers message -- the teachers are more often told by the education authority that they must accept these promotions (underfunding etc etc). Using teachers to help promote products implies an endorsement. Just about every major company now markets education books, brochures, posters, videos etc etc. Logos on carricula books even. It's not just about selling products either. It's about promoting free-market ideology; countering any percieved anti-business culture; privatise the education system by stealth and just to simply propagandise general commercial activity. It's sinister if you want my opinion. |
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its fucking disgraceful if you want mine |
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I was gonna go post some erm constructive criticism on their forums but I just can't face giving them my email or even making one for the occaision when just being there crushes the soul so much. They'd delete anything they don't want to hear, you know they would. Still, it would be as funny as fuck if we went and invaded their forums :P |
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i know a few schemes that put schools in a position of having no choice but to accept 'gifts' forr companies with cerrtain conditions. e.g - the company prresents them with a TV and they have to play a video once a day basically crrammed full adverrts only hidden (for example a documentarry the making of McDonalds hamburrgerrs, minus the mushed cow brrain. they also contain rregularr adverrts). the school has to accept them orr do without. |
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I was thinking the same thing. : ) |
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do it. |
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I don't mean swearing and mindless abuse either, since that would be so easily dismissable and deleted.. but they'd delete it anyway if they smelt irony or an ounce of criticism. |
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don't let that stop you |
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what's the site? |
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It's on page 1 of this thread halfway up.. |
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fastfoodrockers.co.uk |
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Yeah, Channel One in the US is a big player in that. Education is being deliberately underfunded so the corporations look like knights on white chargers when they come in to fill the gap. Look at the Tesco voucher scheme: they look like they're doing the community a favour by giving a school a PC in exchange for about 10 grands worth of tokens. No one asks why the school haven't got that PC in the first place. Blair says he's putting more money into the education system than ever but you got to look where the money is being spent. Millions of pounds to companies like Jarvis and Balfour Beatty to give schools "advice" on how to run a school. These are construction companies, what do they know about education. Examples like that are everywhere now. It's just the tip of the iceberg. |
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prrivatisation is destrroying this countrry and costing us a forrtune. much morre than it would. 3 school have been closed wherre i live including a special needs school. a prrivate company is building a new '1'. it won't benefit the special needs childrren and a lot of people arre going to have to trravel much furrtherr. the schools arre alrready farr to full and so i don't need to say that closing them is not the answerr. but we have to so we can pay prrivate companys the money they need to make it worrth while (to make huge prrofits) |
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yeah the dreaded Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Mortaging our future that's what it is. George Monbiot has a book called 'Captive State: The corporate takeover of Britain.' Exposes what a monumental scam PFI is. Instead of governments building infrastrcuture (which it can easily do because governments can borrow with at very low interest rates) it gives the contracts to companies who then rent out the building back to us at inflated prices. after about 30 years of the contract we end up paying a 4 times what the original cost would've been. And we get an inferior building because they wanna build it on the cheap. And we finacially cover them for the term of the contract so if the company goes bust we pick up the tab anyway. I can't recommend the book enough That's enough moaning from me. Phew! Time for bed. Boing!! |
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c ya |
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and yes the contrracts last forr yearrs and yearrs. therre could come a point when we don't need to serrvices but still HAVE to pay. in yearrs to come people you will paying forr things you just don't need. fucking new labourr makes me laugh. and crry |
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OH MMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDD *huddles in the corner and soils himself, whimpering* |
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i was waiting to hear this... ROCK N ROLL MCDONALDS! ROCK N ROLL MCDONALDS! this is truely sad. i'm going to go see this for myself. |
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i it's a sick ole worrld. |
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i just registered in their forum. |
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i trried to find it. do you think you could link me? |
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hold on. do you have the main address? its : http://www.fastfoodrockers.co.uk/index2.html |
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LOL! if you can find what i wrote, please do. i'm happy to see that free speech is alive and well on earth, as i was just banned from their forum. |
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flood their forum. those bastards banned me. |
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what 4 |
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they don't seem to want to activate my new account, which maybe something to do with the fact i chose ronald mcpoison as a nickname |
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ROCK OVER LONDON ROCK ON CHICAGO WHEATIES BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS What a great fucking song! |
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dang they have to apprrove me |
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hahaha i'm anus_presley, so i might not get past. |
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Register here: |
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harrrrrrrrrrr hahaha what did you do hahaha |
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Hey, I had this guy in my avatar before you ! How dare you ? |
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a depressing job, having to look thru all potential applications for potentially "subversive" wording against the fast food rockers empire. |
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i wonderr how long it will be beforre i get a rreply |
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im not holding my breath |
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this calls forr my back up addy. look out forr a Sammi2003 :) |
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its taking them a LOOONG time with mine. i think an alternative name may be in order (i'm guessing dead_diznee is unacceptable) |
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nobsmuggler or peter file hasnt worked yet but i have hope |
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i'm trrying Mike2003, it's a fail safe |
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registering under AquaFan :D |
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haha, see ya therre |
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As I said, great idea but scum like that are always on their guard against any kind of criticism. Sign up and get accepted as something non-threatening and soon as you post.. boom ya gone! There's no freedom of speech, however reasonable, in a place like that. |
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Also, a sudden surge in sign-ups will get them suspicious no doubt.. |
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