Comments on: Grant McCracken on Nike http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike Seriously, this could not be more beta Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:45:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: blatanville http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38931 blatanville Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:28:15 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38931 Hey, that's downtown Toronto, y'all! Hey, that's downtown Toronto, y'all!

]]> By: adriana http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38854 adriana Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:09:17 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38854 Ditto! Ditto!

]]> By: shostakobitch http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38758 shostakobitch Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:30:57 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38758 "They Live" indeed. Perhaps if bubble gum ads had been more effective Rowdy Roddy Piper wouldn't have had to kick so much ass. When I watch the paltry compensation I receive for my labors pass through me and onto various consumer debt-holding concerns the feeling I get is almost sexual. I am a vessel that holds up a small part of the system, one day I will be depleted and die. Perhaps by then there will be a way for my corpus to provide some consumer benefit to somebody; an extraction of my economic utility. Just Do It! "They Live" indeed. Perhaps if bubble gum ads had been more effective Rowdy Roddy Piper wouldn't have had to kick so much ass.

When I watch the paltry compensation I receive for my labors pass through me and onto various consumer debt-holding concerns the feeling I get is almost sexual. I am a vessel that holds up a small part of the system, one day I will be depleted and die. Perhaps by then there will be a way for my corpus to provide some consumer benefit to somebody; an extraction of my economic utility.

Just Do It!

]]> By: shaunr http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38721 shaunr Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:48:22 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38721 So, the whole thing's between quotes? So, the whole thing's between quotes?

]]> By: poisonville http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38694 poisonville Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:51:34 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38694 I'm a wet blanket. They live, we sleep. Nothing to see here. I'm a wet blanket. They live, we sleep. Nothing to see here.

]]> By: Dave Bry http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38664 Dave Bry Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:12:14 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38664 Oh. I'm sorry, Nuch! Quick, drink this mind-eraser! Oh. I'm sorry, Nuch!

Quick, drink this mind-eraser!

]]> By: garge http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38662 garge Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:06:40 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38662 I remember we amended the rules to allow Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze to be abbreviated to TMNT2. (We allowed movies) I remember we amended the rules to allow Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze to be abbreviated to TMNT2. (We allowed movies)

]]> By: nuch http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38661 nuch Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:04:30 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38661 Dammit! I haven't had a chance to watch yet, and managed to avoid any Mad Men spoilers until just now. Dammit! I haven't had a chance to watch yet, and managed to avoid any Mad Men spoilers until just now.

]]> By: poisonville http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38660 poisonville Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:02:14 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38660 Thank goodness multinational consumer product companies are offering us a multitude of ways to re-enchant our grinding, routinized lives. Thank goodness multinational consumer product companies are offering us a multitude of ways to re-enchant our grinding, routinized lives.

]]> By: Dave Bry http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38659 Dave Bry Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:00:05 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38659 Whoops. Yes. Nice catch. McCracken has '98 in his piece. Thanks for heads-up. Whoops. Yes. Nice catch. McCracken has '98 in his piece. Thanks for heads-up.

]]> By: Bittersweet http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38658 Bittersweet Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:57:53 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38658 No kidding. Wasn't there some old lady or guy on crutches somewhere in the vicinity? No kidding. Wasn't there some old lady or guy on crutches somewhere in the vicinity?

]]> By: CaptainFantastic http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38649 CaptainFantastic Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:25:29 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38649 Dude was a poor predator. Pick the straggler and wear them down. His attempt at the group hiding behind the trash can, post, etc. was embarrassing. Dude was a poor predator. Pick the straggler and wear them down. His attempt at the group hiding behind the trash can, post, etc. was embarrassing.

]]> By: CaptainFantastic http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38646 CaptainFantastic Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:22:02 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38646 So, 1988. Probably a typo. So, 1988. Probably a typo.

]]> By: dr.funke http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38643 dr.funke Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:19:20 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38643 TV Tag was always way better. It required cognitive skills AND agility. TV Tag was always way better. It required cognitive skills AND agility.

]]> By: paxcincinnatus http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38640 paxcincinnatus Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:12:47 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38640 Yes. <a href="http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:S7mYYO1wD_8J:www.cfar.com/Documents/nikecmp.pdf+just+do+it&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgElKk9feHGyZvoaafDZWYkZNL9sul_ev5yvFdF5dbnAxDtpXqsiktGi7YmotNk9HzcUmhc-wEfFQGiMWsI6j-HCIqRYQ9BS40InoJ4x3KNeSDbFBAbtAegT5ndQdI2Qy6bdAAY&sig=AFQjCNHi7E7Ml_h3nk8vghDl5mXnA_sUlg" rel="nofollow">Last paragraph, first page.</a> Yes. Last paragraph, first page.

]]> By: Adouble http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38637 Adouble Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:02:49 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38637 "who coined the slogan 'Just Do It' for Nike in 1998" Wasn't the "just do it" slogan from the late 80s? "who coined the slogan 'Just Do It' for Nike in 1998"
Wasn't the "just do it" slogan from the late 80s?

]]> By: paxcincinnatus http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/grant-mccracken-on-nike#comment-38634 paxcincinnatus Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:37:14 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18623#comment-38634 At first glance of this post title, I thought it was: <i>Giant Kraken on Nike</i>. At first glance of this post title, I thought it was: Giant Kraken on Nike.

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