Ed on Wal-Mart Commercial

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  • gusturtle
    gusturtle Posts: 443
    PGHmatt wrote:
    the catalyst of our economical decline that is Wal-Mart?

    get up, walk away from your computer, and go outside.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    This had been a very amusing thread.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    Jason P wrote:
    This had been a very amusing thread.

    Yeah, I've enjoyed it too. I just cannot possibly understand how anyone can think that is Ed...LOL!! Holy crap!

    I think of most PJ fans as music snobs...clearly not the case for those deaf-tone retards. :D
  • Matt8townsend
    Matt8townsend Posts: 112
    nathanastin wrote:
    Disagree. Some of that filth is making society worse and must be stopped.

    Freedom of speech is an absolute, there are no if, buts or exceptions.

    If you accept it as a principal and purport to defend it then you must also accept and defend the right for others to say things that you personally find offensive.

    If you disagree with their words and opinions you should not seek to have them silenced but endevor to change them with the weight of your own.
  • newagehippie
    newagehippie Posts: 749
    tie-dye lady wrote:
    hhmmm...I haven't seen nor heard of any restoration in my area where there are THREE SUPER Wal-Mart's within a 15 miles radius...not necessarily saying that it doesn't happen, just all I see is the stores, no restoration...


    There can only be restoration if they build on or through a stream, or on a wetland. Not every store is built on one, most of the SuperWalmarts are in very urbanized areas, thus the stream has long since been destroyed and put into a pipe, only the rural new super walmarts that are expanding the burbs actually destroy streams and wetlands. Trust me, the restoration happens, its all I do, all over the country.....not just for box companies, for a very large number of government, private, and coorporate clients.
    Cheers,
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  • Alessiana
    Alessiana Posts: 329
    Matt8townsend wrote:
    Freedom of speech is an absolute, there are no if, buts or exceptions.

    If you accept it as a principal and purport to defend it then you must also accept and defend the right for others to say things that you personally find offensive.

    If you disagree with their words and opinions you should not seek to have them silenced but endevor to change them with the weight of your own.

    Word.

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  • HoosierJam
    HoosierJam Posts: 104
    sk8nshoot1 wrote:
    And what percentage of your income did you donate...?
    it's also also not a huge percentage of mine and my wife's income. but as a percentage of what money we have after all expenses it is pretty good amount. enough that i did get certain things i would like to "have". i pass on some things in order to donate money and time to charities. besides, i also don't put out press releases or make commercials talking about what i donated to improve my public image.
    nothing as it seems.....
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    DonJon wrote:
    I always hear Wal Mart getting slagged. What do they do (I assume its a large shop/chain) and why are they looked upon so badly?

    Just a naive aussie inquiring. Cheers


    they kill companies

    theyre like crack to commercial manufacturers
  • Restless Soul
    Restless Soul Posts: 805
    iamica wrote:
    I've had friends who've worked for Walmart. All the crap you hear about them is true. Yes, they donate to charities, but they also destroy small businesses, treat their employees like crap, and sell really crappy products. Almost every electronic device or piece of clothing I bought from there didn't last a month.
    My friend has worked there for 4 years. They make her work 12 hour shifts with few breaks and no overtime, and she doesn't get paid that much to begin with. Plus their health insurance is only offered to full time employees in most cases, and most of their employees are part time, yet end up working full time hours.
    Walmart sucks.


    ALL big corporations donate to charity these days. It's called "corporate social responsibility" and it makes them look good in terms of PR. That way they can bang on about how good they are, they did this and that, and gave this much away, and so on, and therefore divert attention away from all their dodgy practices, of which there are many no doubt!
    "We have to change the concept of patriotism to one of “matriotism” — love of humanity that transcends war. A matriarch would never send her own children off to wars that kill other people’s children." Cindy Sheehan
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    London, Wembley, 1996
    London, Wembley, 18 June 2007
    London, O2, 18 August 2009
    London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012
    Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
    London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 06 June 2017
    London, O2, 18 June 2018
    London, O2, 17 July 2018
    Amsterdam, Afas Live (Ed solo), 09 June 2019
    Amsterdam, Afas Live (Ed solo), 10 June 2019



  • Restless Soul
    Restless Soul Posts: 805
    Besides I just listened to that ad and its definitely not him. Close enough but this White Buffalo guy has a distinct accent from somewhere that Ed doesn't have.

    Phew!!
    "We have to change the concept of patriotism to one of “matriotism” — love of humanity that transcends war. A matriarch would never send her own children off to wars that kill other people’s children." Cindy Sheehan
    ---
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    London, Wembley, 1996
    London, Wembley, 18 June 2007
    London, O2, 18 August 2009
    London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012
    Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
    London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 06 June 2017
    London, O2, 18 June 2018
    London, O2, 17 July 2018
    Amsterdam, Afas Live (Ed solo), 09 June 2019
    Amsterdam, Afas Live (Ed solo), 10 June 2019



  • NewJPage
    NewJPage Posts: 3,320
    cincybearcat wrote:
    That is just crap. They put the other businesses out of business because people prefered Wal-Mart. Why blame them for the consumer's choice?

    I'm not a fan of Wal-Mart but the bashing has just become the "IN" thing to do for those that think they are better than everyone else.

    i wonder why all our our kids toys are full of lead??? couldn't have anything to do with wall-mart and the like paying bottom dollar for chinese children to make them using the shittiest quality resources available, not to mention the shitty working conditions. fuck, thing how bad THOSE kids are gonna be fucked up from that??

    seriously people, we are not the only living things on the planet. there is always a reason stuff is cheap at wall-mart, and its to the detriment of people on the other side of the planet. but no!! don't want to burst my american dream bubble i've been living in! must keep enjoying those low low prices!
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  • Alessiana
    Alessiana Posts: 329
    NewJPage wrote:
    its to the detriment of people on the other side of the planet.

    It's obviously a detriment to the people living here.

    And there's something ironic about having the largest employer in the USA be a company that buys things made outside the country to sell in the USA. We are employed to sell things to each other rather than make things.

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    Aless

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  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    NewJPage wrote:
    i wonder why all our our kids toys are full of lead??? couldn't have anything to do with wall-mart and the like paying bottom dollar for chinese children to make them using the shittiest quality resources available, not to mention the shitty working conditions. fuck, thing how bad THOSE kids are gonna be fucked up from that??

    seriously people, we are not the only living things on the planet. there is always a reason stuff is cheap at wall-mart, and its to the detriment of people on the other side of the planet. but no!! don't want to burst my american dream bubble i've been living in! must keep enjoying those low low prices!
    Thank you!
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  • Restless Soul
    Restless Soul Posts: 805
    NewJPage wrote:
    i wonder why all our our kids toys are full of lead??? couldn't have anything to do with wall-mart and the like paying bottom dollar for chinese children to make them using the shittiest quality resources available, not to mention the shitty working conditions. fuck, thing how bad THOSE kids are gonna be fucked up from that??

    seriously people, we are not the only living things on the planet. there is always a reason stuff is cheap at wall-mart, and its to the detriment of people on the other side of the planet. but no!! don't want to burst my american dream bubble i've been living in! must keep enjoying those low low prices!

    Hasn't lead been banned in kids toys, paints, etc? I think they are in Britain.

    We have the same problem with all the cheapie fashion retailers that have sprung up over the past few years here - like Primark, Peacocks and so on. They can afford to provide straight off-the-catwalk dirt cheap knock-offs immediately due to the use of child labour overseas. Primark is a definite culprit. It's pretty disgusting but it feeds off the less well-off in the developed countries who flock to these cheap stores because they can't afford the real thing. It's a vicious cycle with the retailers pulling all the strings.

    But then again, even Gap was caught out recently over their use of child labour.
    "We have to change the concept of patriotism to one of “matriotism” — love of humanity that transcends war. A matriarch would never send her own children off to wars that kill other people’s children." Cindy Sheehan
    ---
    London, Brixton, 14 July 1993
    London, Wembley, 1996
    London, Wembley, 18 June 2007
    London, O2, 18 August 2009
    London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012
    Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
    London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 06 June 2017
    London, O2, 18 June 2018
    London, O2, 17 July 2018
    Amsterdam, Afas Live (Ed solo), 09 June 2019
    Amsterdam, Afas Live (Ed solo), 10 June 2019



  • dangerboy
    dangerboy Posts: 1,569
    if it's not ed, that's the best fucking imitation i've ever heard. i've listened to pearl jam for over 15 years, 20 times live, countless thousands of times during life in general, and saw this commercial on a movie screen with full blaring crystal clear sound. i thought it was ed...

    the link about the buffalo band is dead. going to google it myself now. i'd have bet money it was ed.


    ebay isn't evil people are


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  • wazzukick
    wazzukick Posts: 57
    edwf2000 wrote:
    I'm sure their charitable and do things well, but at the end of the day capitalism is a dirty game. Anyone on top of the money chain haven't gotten there totally ethically, unless of course they can hit a baseball 400 feet.
    Not so sure about that either. Look at Barry Bonds.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    nathanastin wrote:
    Disagree. Some of that filth is making society worse and must be stopped.
    FILTHY WORDS don't make society worse - FILTHY PEOPLE do....
  • 100 Pacer
    100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 9,332
    all4PearlJam wrote:
    FILTHY WORDS don't make society worse - FILTHY PEOPLE do....

    that's interesting YOU should say that! LOL

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  • stupidcorporatewhore
    stupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
    Get_Right wrote:
    wal mart is good for consumers
    their buying power keeps prices low
    and you can get all you need in one stop
    but
    their corporate model is not good for society-a lot of cost cutting trends start with wal mart and trickle to the rest of the country-thats the truth.

    bullshit.
  • Strangest Tribe
    Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    IT'S NOT ED



    and fuck Wal-Mart

    now let this thread die.
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