Fake sentiment from Starbuck$
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2024
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Since it’s hand drawn I’d bet that a manager is sick of that one regular making the new kid cry all the time. Otherwise, I agree, corporate virtue signaling is gross.
Pretty sure the managers were instructed to create these
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&insightstoken=bcid_s.qfGPZFWaYGqQ*ccid_%2Bp8Y9kVZ&rtpu=%2fcamera%3frtpu%3dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bing.com%253A9943%252Fvisualsearch%26form%3dSBIRDI&iss=VSI&sbisrc=ImgPicker&idpbck=1&sbifsz=1080+x+1440+%c2%b7+41.59+kB+%c2%b7+jpeg&sbifnm=1000006833.jpg&thw=1080&thh=1440&ptime=88&dlen=56780&expw=3024&exph=4032&sobj=0&selectedindex=3&id=FC0C5B67FC1D5E8CF9474C027938ABBE5A471535&ccid=cvmWLx3u&vt=4&sim=1&simid=608050636852178549&ck=50AD4B32C24B2B95FD160CC8EDEAED2B&thid=OIP.cvmWLx3ua4XUNrxs4gGc8QHaJ4&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F1nv318cv7ok61.jpg&cdnurl=https%3A%2F%2Fth.bing.com%2Fth%2Fid%2FR.72f9962f1dee6b85d436bc6ce2019cf1%3Frik%3DNRVHWr6rOHkCTA%26pid%3DImgRaw%26r%3D0&pivotparams=insightsToken%3Dbcid_T.qfGPZFWaYGqxcxoNWLuD9SqbotqVTdP1o&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0
Holy tracking codes, Batman.
Are there tracking codes? I thought I removed them? The rest is the image search code... please point out if that isn't the case here
I don't use or know bing, and that link loads like a great white nothing. So I guess I'll take your word for it
It's just an image search with the full URL included, but whatever
Just saying the link didn’t work on my phone or pc, but whatever
Yeah I can’t see anything either
Weird, it works even if I choose a random VPN and private browser, it is a reverse image search showing many of those "hand drawn" starbuck$ signs with the exact same text from the last few years
"Be kind while we fight against your rights to organize!"
This would be great if wasn't a subtle ad for Starbucks
The idea is to implant the idea of Starbucks in your mind by having the logo there so when you think of coffee you are more likely to think of Starbucks
100% the Lemmy response I expected.
What a weird response. This is literally how marketing works.
Are you suggesting that Starbucks gives a single fuck beyond trying to post quotes that might go viral with their logo directly next to them? Why else would they have their logo right there?
I've been noticing a trend of defensiveness when people get called out for astroturfing and I can't tell if you're defensive because you know what you're doing, or because you don't want to acknowledge that you're accidentally doing it.
This has no affect on whether I’m going to get Starbucks or not. Maybe I’m just an exception to this weird fucking subliminal message bullshit everybody cries about on here. All my response is in reference to is knowing what everybody is going to say before they even say it on here.
When I see this, I think some 17-year-old barista wrote it out and it doesn’t go beyond that. regardless, I won’t be buying Starbucks anytime soon.
In response to your edit: I wasn’t being defensive. I was stating a fact. I simply don’t care about branding in any regard. If this makes you buy Starbucks, I’m sure you were going to buy it anyway lol. It’s just funny on here that any brand being anywhere sends people into a fit.
You've misunderstood marketing at a fundamental level if you think your decision not to get Starbucks immediately is at all relevant.
The intent is to impact your subconscious with a certain positive perception of the brand. You don't have a choice in it, that's why it's subconscious. Just seeing the brand at all increases the likelihood that more people will consider the brand in the future.
And it doesn't have to be you. It's a statistics game of X people see it so Y% are more likely to choose Starbucks.
I’ll blur it out next time. Maybe I’ll put a Lemmy logo on there.
Sorry for coming off aggressive when I'm sure you weren't intending to post an ad.
I'd just like to avoid Lemmy ending up like Reddit where every other post is driven by a company's social media coordinator.
No problem, I agree.
Be kind to each other, you're all under the same boot. Pay no attention to the 5 toes of corporations keeping you all there
Isn't there some degree of slavery in the coffee bean industry?
Isn't there some degree of slavery in ~~the coffee bean industry~~ everything?!
FTFY, and yes. There is no such thing as ethical consumerism. Someone somewhere is living an absolutely horrifically shit life to enable each and every one of our modern marvels. Impoverished, exploited, all but ignored masses are the foundational labor at the root of all of it. What are you doing about it? Likely as much as any of the other billions of us in the middle. Oh, and the sun's going to implode and engulf the entire system in life-quenching nuclear fire in a few billion years. So, there's that, too
More than just some, most brands pay a pittance of the price of beans to their suppliers.
I’m sure there is. There is in practically everything we buy.
Why do they use capital R
Text transcription:
Today, you could be standing next to someone who is tRying theiR best not to fall apaRt. WhateveR you do today, do it with kindness in youR heaRt. <3
I am not a bot, and this action was peRfoRmed manually.
To subliminally make you think about Reddit.
Wow, effective
Clearly for more Arrr
Why haven't I seen that lazer-beam-crab picture posted as a response to this yet?
On the other hand you could make the note and, in the end, don't we all want to be remembered?