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Neighbors looking out for each other.
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So..it was a joke? You aren't actually one of those morons who believe corporate brain washing made him post this?
Hailcorporate is supposed to be a way of calling out marketing posts disguised as real events.
Considering the note was signed "your neighbor" and outlines a set of events that would be incredibly unlikely in real life, and there's a specific brand called out to "stop this from happening to you"...
I'm not OP and I'm not the person you were replying to, and maybe this makes me a cynic, but since it doesn't matter either way for this post I'd say the advice to protect your catalytic converter is good advice and I'm going to intentionally avoid the named brand on the likelihood that they tried to guerilla market and have people spread their ad for them which is what I see.
I think that's a bad idea just because if this is not guerilla marketing, it might actually be the best choice. The thing to do is research the brand.
I disagree, but I'm willing to accept it as my hangup. It's potentially problematic, but I feel a strong hatred towards being manipulated into buying something. I feel that way about this product, and am actively choosing to never consider giving them money because of that.
If it weren't a catalytic converter protector, maybe I'd give them more consideration, but seeing as how this is literally a strip of conductive material that sets off an alarm if it's cut as compared to beefier metal options that will physically delay and deter thieves, and I don't live in an area with really much of any rate of catalytic converter theft, and I don't like what I've perceived to be a scummy marketing tactic, I'm out.
I have no idea what the product is like in this case, so that's fair. And I would, of course, not presume to tell you how to spend your money. I guess I'm thinking about similar "friendly suggestions" I have gotten to use Linux over the years which, if I didn't know Linux wasn't (inherently) commercial, might have thought meant that Linux was an inferior product that was being guerilla marketed. And I would only know that by looking it up.
Not the best analogy, but I hope you understand what I'm trying to say.
Yeah, my approach is definitely not "one size fits all", but in this case I feel fine about it.
Fuck me, you managed to shoehorn your use of linux into a conversation about cars. Bravo.
It was the first example I could think of off the top of my head. I honestly don't give a shit if someone doesn't use Linux.