Cornell in online Wal-Mart ad

7RayZ · December 2011

orangedive wrote:

You know what's weird: WalMart brings a ton of necessities to people for very low prices. Lots of poor people are able to get things like toilet paper, food, soap, etc because of their low prices. Everyone hates WalMart but no one considers that their business model allows low-income people to afford the stuff they really need.

Oh, and about Chris Cornell...good for him.

its the business perpetuation of low wages.... lower
lower
lower

work, health, ecological standards...down the drain.

like the days of old... "Im workin just for the company store" on the brightside we have "this" because of world wide slave labor :

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-1 ... dberg.html

god forbid the working monkeys should be deft of such culture, who most likely couldnt afford the price of admission

anyway

shall I say this monster is destroying our small town living? Blasting business owners into the shitter.

One more thing, Im wired. My productivity report @ 550 pieces an hour with an accuracy rate of 100%.

Jason P · December 2011

I think we will see online internet sales start to take a chunk out to the retail giants like Walmart ... even Walmart is expanding their online portion.

It will be interesting what the reaction will be when the nation's largest employer starts closing doors and cutting jobs due to the next evolutionary step in shopping.

Also, the new Chris Cornell CD is really good. I suggest either Walmart or Amazon for the lowest price.

7RayZ · December 2011

Dont worry. If the world really falls to shit they are going to be turned into FEMA genocidal warehouses for people. Welcome to the meat grinder.

Jeanwah · December 2011

I would love to see this ad. A link would be great!

on2legs · December 2011

catefrances wrote:

on2legs wrote:

NewJPage wrote:

I think you need to spend more than "several hours" studying economic theory. Volunteering? Um, no. And I live in a so-called "third world" country. I know some of these people. Believe me, their lives are not great.

It doesn't matter that you know these people. Orangedive has studied economic theory and knows that they must be happy making Nike sneakers for next to nothing or else they wouldn't be doing.

Working in a sweatshop has a positive effect on people's lives - its basic economic theory.

well good for orangedive for studying economics... but do you seriously think these people would choose starving over working for next to nothing? would you? fuck knows i wouldnt. theyd be grateful to be able to provide what little they could for their family... and all so that privileged western kids could be like mike. how dare you assume their worth is less than yours. it isnt. you wouldnt work for a pittance... why do you expect they should? shame on you. basic economic theory my arse.

If that post is directed at me you have no ability to grasp sarcasm.

catefrances · December 2011

on2legs wrote:

catefrances wrote:

on2legs wrote:

It doesn't matter that you know these people. Orangedive has studied economic theory and knows that they must be happy making Nike sneakers for next to nothing or else they wouldn't be doing.

Working in a sweatshop has a positive effect on people's lives - its basic economic theory.

well good for orangedive for studying economics... but do you seriously think these people would choose starving over working for next to nothing? would you? fuck knows i wouldnt. theyd be grateful to be able to provide what little they could for their family... and all so that privileged western kids could be like mike. how dare you assume their worth is less than yours. it isnt. you wouldnt work for a pittance... why do you expect they should? shame on you. basic economic theory my arse.

If that post is directed at me you have no ability to grasp sarcasm.

it was and i apologise.. im not exactly working at optimum capacity atm. i can grasp sarcasm... and very well usually... tho might i suggest the use of the winky emoticon to make it clearer.

LikeAnOcean · December 2011

DewieCox wrote:

DischordVision wrote:

orangedive wrote:

You know what's weird: WalMart brings a ton of necessities to people for very low prices. Lots of poor people are able to get things like toilet paper, food, soap, etc because of their low prices. Everyone hates WalMart but no one considers that their business model allows low-income people to afford the stuff they really need.

Oh, and about Chris Cornell...good for him.

that's probably the most pathetic response I've ever read...that's great Wal-Mart keeps the poor in their class..."don't think you're getting anywhere in your life since you're poor and you'll stay that way YET! good ol' Wal-Mart will have you living in high class w/ all our cheap items that will keep you and your family alive!

What does shopping at Walmart have to do with a person being able to make more money?Everything.. cheap labor over sees replacing American jobs.. .

Everything.. cheap labor over sees replacing American jobs..

The U.S. became successful on it's own, but with the world free market, we are thinning out by taking on the rest of the worlds weight.. Sure less people in these sweat shops are starving to death, but at the cost of the middle class here...

It has it's goods and bads depending how you look at it. That's capitalism for you.

on2legs · December 2011

catefrances wrote:

it was and i apologise.. im not exactly working at optimum capacity atm. i can grasp sarcasm... and very well usually... tho might i suggest the use of the winky emoticon to make it clearer.

No problem. Next time I'll slip one of this guys in there

CAVSTARR313 · December 2011

I have never shopped there.. but I have this vision of Wal-Mart... I picture wall to wall sweat pants.. I picture mothers beating their children in front of toys.. I picture people that are so narrow minded that they completely dis-regard small business and its positive impact on their local community so that they can save 10 cents on a box of frozen pizza rolls.. It is a damn shame..

Jeanwah · December 2011

Nobody has a link??

DewieCox · December 2011

Gob wrote:

DewieCox wrote:

What does shopping at Walmart have to do with a person being able to make more money?

Everything.. cheap labor over sees replacing American jobs..

The U.S. became successful on it's own, but with the world free market, we are thinning out by taking on the rest of the worlds weight.. Sure less people in these sweat shops are starving to death, but at the cost of the middle class here...

It has it's goods and bads depending how you look at it. That's capitalism for you.

You may be right, I just don't feel like shopping at Walmart has ever stopped me from getting a better education or looking for a better job.

Sludge Factory · December 2011

This thread is pretty sad in my opinion. A guy comes in here trying to share information about economic theory and instead of anyone actually taking the time to look into it and understand where he is coming from they just decide to emotionalize things and straw man him to death.

In order to understand why things are the way they are economics, as boring as it may seem to some, does need to be understood. Ignoring a certain school of thought just because you don't like what you are hearing is limiting your potential for knowledge. At the very least, it would do well to learn about opposing views and understand the basis of them to back up your own logical argements. Unfortunately I'm not seeing any logical arguments in this thread, just emotional ones.

If people don't ever try to learn about these situations how can we ever actually do something in an effective manner to fix them?

bootlegger10 · December 2011

Cavstarr313 wrote:

I have never shopped there.. but I have this vision of Wal-Mart... I picture wall to wall sweat pants.. I picture mothers beating their children in front of toys.. I picture people that are so narrow minded that they completely dis-regard small business and its positive impact on their local community so that they can save 10 cents on a box of frozen pizza rolls.. It is a damn shame..

It's a damn shame that this is your perception? Because, you've never been there so you cannot possibly know what goes on there or who goes there.

So, you who have never been to Wal-Mart, are calling Wal-Mart shoppers narrow minded, child beaters? I've never been to Mexico, but I picture that the people all wear neon yellow spandex pants. What a funny culture. I don't need to actually go to Mexico to make informed judgements. It is what I picture it to be, so it must be true.

I bet a lot of Wal-Mart shoppers are living on not a lot of money, and need somewhere to go for cheap options.

CAVSTARR313 · December 2011

bootlegger10 wrote:

Cavstarr313 wrote:

I have never shopped there.. but I have this vision of Wal-Mart... I picture wall to wall sweat pants.. I picture mothers beating their children in front of toys.. I picture people that are so narrow minded that they completely dis-regard small business and its positive impact on their local community so that they can save 10 cents on a box of frozen pizza rolls.. It is a damn shame..

It's a damn shame that this is your perception? Because, you've never been there so you cannot possibly know what goes on there or who goes there.

So, you who have never been to Wal-Mart, are calling Wal-Mart shoppers narrow minded, child beaters? I've never been to Mexico, but I picture that they all wear neon yellow spandex pants. What a funny culture.

I bet a lot of Wal-Mart shoppers are living on not a lot of money, and need somewhere to go for cheap options.

It was sort of an exagerated ramble I made last night.. I understand that wal-mart shoppers may not have a lot of money.. But if they could only see the benefits of keeping small business alive and well.. then maybe they could be in a little bit better of an economic position

caifan82 · December 2011

bootlegger10 wrote:

I've never been to Mexico, but I picture that the people all wear neon yellow spandex pants. What a funny culture.

Pfff, spandex is so 80s... neon yellow velvet pants is the country's new dress code. Sometimes a bit too hot, but it just feels so good touching your skin.

brianlux · December 2011

DischordVision wrote:

I'm really just getting at the fact that Wal-Marts of America are almost in every small town and they do drive out the small guys which makes said small town less diverse and more of a commercialized hub of one brand only. There is a science when it comes to retail, merch, consumerism and there's so many other options to run a business.

I have to chime in here because I totally agree. Wal-Mart moved into our small town (population 11,000) and has very negatively impacted several small businesses that have been here for a long time. People who used to make a good, honest living are losing their livelihood those who have been hired by Wal-Mart are having their life energy sucked out by this corporate vampire. And Wal-Mart sells cheap crap that doesn't last long so consumers keep going back for more and in the long-run spend as much or more money than they would if they bought more durable goods from local merchants who carry better products. Where the new Wal-Mart store stands there was, not very long ago, several beautiful oak trees. They tore them all out to build their mega-store, paved a large enough space to park god knows how many cars and planted a few non-indigenous trees. The social fabric of small cities and towns is also affected by Wal-Mart. I work in the used book business in a small store downtown. When people shop in small businesses downtown they talk to each other, get to know each other, create community. When people shop in Wal-Mart they push past each other in a big hurry trying to get to the shortest long line up to pay for the crap they are buying. Wal-Martization is ruining small towns all across America.

Love your community? Don't shop at Wal-Mart.

DewieCox · December 2011

brianlux wrote:

The social fabric of small cities and towns is also affected by Wal-Mart. I work in the used book business in a small store downtown. When people shop in small businesses downtown they talk to each other, get to know each other, create community. When people shop in Wal-Mart they push past each other in a big hurry trying to get to the shortest long line up to pay for the crap they are buying. Wal-Martization is ruining small towns all across America.

Love your community? Don't shop at Wal-Mart.

I don't see how this is Walmart's fault at all. Sounds like assholes being assholes to me.

EDIT: I'm not trying to come off as some big Walmart defender...I worked there. I know they do some shitty stuff(my peeve was working 40 hours for awhile then working 15 hours so I averaged part time hours), but I think some of the stuff they get blamed for is kinda ridiculous.

Not trying to say they are beacons of all that is good, but they give gobs of money to all sorts of charities with a big focus on local stuff. There was almost always some sort of charitable drive type thing goin on.

7RayZ · December 2011

Cavstarr313 wrote:

I have never shopped there.. but I have this vision of Wal-Mart... I picture wall to wall sweat pants.. I picture mothers beating their children in front of toys.. I picture people that are so narrow minded that they completely dis-regard small business and its positive impact on their local community so that they can save 10 cents on a box of frozen pizza rolls.. It is a damn shame..

welcome to the warehouse for the downtrodden.

7RayZ · December 2011

http://soundcheck.walmart.com/chris-cornell

Im suprised it hasnt popped up on mywalmart.com suffering my own wal-mart soundcheck atm. gtfo

Cornell in online Wal-Mart ad

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