[Poll] Does personality influence your decision to buy?
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[Poll] Does personality influence your decision to buy?
If an actor/musician/author/any entertainer isn't the nicest person in the world, does that keep you from buying their stuff even though you know you'd enjoy it?
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I don't shop at Wal*Mart and CS at Best Buy had me not going there for a long time. I can usually get pretty unhappy with things before I say I have had enough. Once I get to that point it's pretty damned hard to bring me back, even if it were reasonable to do so. ComCast is constantly herassing me with "we are under new management" crap and so is AT&T, but once I (we) have made the commitment to leave, you have gone a step beyond a step to far. I'll never go back to ComCast or AT&T if I am given a reasonble choice for an alternative.
As far as entertainers go. It's hard to say. I scoff at some, but I often already have distaste for them. I don't like Sting's music or his politics, but he seems to be living a life. I love Peter Gabriel's music, but often find his politics offensive, but I still listen. If I found him starting to give a lot of money to charities I found offensive, I might stop listening. I like Harrison Ford's politcs and I haven't seen a movie I've liked him in for longer than I can remember. Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon's politics and attitudes are so offensive to me that it colors my ability to seperate them from their work and I don't watch their work. But Sarandon's hubby, Tim Robbins is right there with them and he doesn't bother me. So I couldn't even begin to tell you what straw breaks the camel's back, but it is definately there.
As far as entertainers go. It's hard to say. I scoff at some, but I often already have distaste for them. I don't like Sting's music or his politics, but he seems to be living a life. I love Peter Gabriel's music, but often find his politics offensive, but I still listen. If I found him starting to give a lot of money to charities I found offensive, I might stop listening. I like Harrison Ford's politcs and I haven't seen a movie I've liked him in for longer than I can remember. Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon's politics and attitudes are so offensive to me that it colors my ability to seperate them from their work and I don't watch their work. But Sarandon's hubby, Tim Robbins is right there with them and he doesn't bother me. So I couldn't even begin to tell you what straw breaks the camel's back, but it is definately there.
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I don't like even going to Walmart anymore. If you don't know what you're talking about and refuse to help me, why should I buy from you? I'm just encouraging your behavior.
If you are spending all your time opining about politics instead of making movies and/or music, which is what I PAY YOU to do, why should I listen to you? Remember, I PAY YOU. You do not pay me. I do not have to listen to you. You must listen to me.
If you are spending all your time opining about politics instead of making movies and/or music, which is what I PAY YOU to do, why should I listen to you? Remember, I PAY YOU. You do not pay me. I do not have to listen to you. You must listen to me.
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If were talking about artists and not salespeople then very rarely do I boycott because of the persons personality. For the most part I really don't pay much attention to what the person is like in real life, it's their artistic work that interests me. What they believe or say has as much bearing on what I think of their work as whoever lives in that gray/blue house a block over that I can see out of my window right now does.
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I'm pretty much an a-hole when it comes to service and my buying dollars. If I need help and have to wait a long time for a sales person to show up, I'll walk out and go elsewhere. If I'm at a restaurant and don't get promptly waited on, I'll walk out but not without a few words about customer service for the manager.
Basically, if I'm going to spend my hard earned money, I'm going to spend it with a person who works as hard as I do. Slackers will get nothing out of me.
Other than that, I'm usually a pretty nice guy.
Basically, if I'm going to spend my hard earned money, I'm going to spend it with a person who works as hard as I do. Slackers will get nothing out of me.
Other than that, I'm usually a pretty nice guy.
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Making movies and/or music is their job. They are entitled to have a life and opinions outside of their job the same as anyone else. Now if you are referring to them trying to promote their own ideals within their work of art then I can see how that is a conflict. I don't really like it when I hear of someone using an awards show as their platform for activism either, in that case they need to seperate what they are getting their award for from their own personal lives and ideals.Eel Snave wrote:If you are spending all your time opining about politics instead of making movies and/or music, which is what I PAY YOU to do, why should I listen to you? Remember, I PAY YOU. You do not pay me. I do not have to listen to you. You must listen to me.
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Sure, it influences my decision. Books/music/etc are more intimate than say a DVD player. The person producing it is in some way speaking directly to the viewer/reader/listener. If there is any sincerity and the person is a total shithead, I'd rather not be party. On the other hand, if there is no sincerity like a lot of entertainment today, I guess it doesn't matter.
They don't have to be "nice," but if they're out there playing softball with puppies, no thanks.
They don't have to be "nice," but if they're out there playing softball with puppies, no thanks.
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There is plenty of deserving folks to support; I see no need to waste my time or money on asswipes. I'm pretty tolerant in general, but I loathe ungrateful entertainers - be they pop stars, athletes or opera singers.
In a similar vein, I also refuse to support bad or annoying advertising no matter what the product. I refused to buy Empire Earth, for example, when advertising posters showed a savage chucking a spear at a tank. The poster offended my sensibility - Rick Goodman himself pleaseded with me to give it a shot, but I stuck to my guns and refused. I also stopped shopping at Marshal Fields when they spammed Union Station with their "branding." Last Xmas, I didn't even buy an exclusive CD by my favorite string quartet because it was only sold at Fields.
There is plenty of deserving folks to support; I see no need to waste my time or money on asswipes. I'm pretty tolerant in general, but I loathe ungrateful entertainers - be they pop stars, athletes or opera singers.
In a similar vein, I also refuse to support bad or annoying advertising no matter what the product. I refused to buy Empire Earth, for example, when advertising posters showed a savage chucking a spear at a tank. The poster offended my sensibility - Rick Goodman himself pleaseded with me to give it a shot, but I stuck to my guns and refused. I also stopped shopping at Marshal Fields when they spammed Union Station with their "branding." Last Xmas, I didn't even buy an exclusive CD by my favorite string quartet because it was only sold at Fields.
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