In this age of woke BULLSHIT, there's a lot of companies that decided to cow-tow to these Communist agitators and give in to their demands. Being sane and rational, I decided that these people were either cowardly, foolish or both. Therefore, I cut them off and decided to boycott them all until further notice. (And possibly forever...)
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| And unlike the 2020 election, this ballot can't be 'lost' by the post office... :P |
Here's the list of companies that got Das Boot and the reasons why:
The Sonic Drive-In by my house...
Why would I boycott a local burger joint? Because I specifically tell them NO mayo and then they slather the sandwich with mayo. When the burger looks like Ron Jeremy splooged all over your lunch, then that is a company that clearly doesn't give a fuck about what the customer wants or is simply incompetent. Either way, they do NOT deserve my business.
McDonald's
Not only are their burgers greasy enough to lube my car's suspension, the service also tends to suck near 100% of the time. Also, their shake machine is always broken. And this is by design. McDonald's has had a decades-long partnership with the company that makes their ice cream machines. Franchise owners are required to use only these machines and only the company's repair techs. It's really expensive for them.
This same ice cream machine manufacturer sells their same product to numerous other fast food franchises like Chick-Fil-A and Wendy's. Yet, those restaurant chains are NOT known for always having a broken shake machine. Coincidence? Not at all. This was by design. McDonald's and their corporate partners are doing this to squeeze money out of their franchise-owners. Simply put, McDonald's is one of the most crooked corporations on Earth, screwing over even their own employees, to say nothing of customers. That is not a company that deserves my business.
Gillette
Remember that bullshit woke ad from January 2020 that accused all men of having toxic masculinity and trying to lecture us all into stopping that (supposed) toxic behavior? If not, you can view it here.
I hate when companies get involved in politics. I just want them to sell me things, not start some annoying (and probably VERY uninformed) discussion on public policy decisions or social issues.
Also, I decided that I was really sick of paying a damned King's ransom for those cartridge razors that they sell under the Gillette Fusion brand. Since then, I have completely changed the way that I shave. I have blogged about this twice. You can read those posts here and here.
Also, that stunt caused Gillette's parent company to lose EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS in the month of January 2020 alone. This is also where the mainstream first heard the phrase 'Get Woke, Go Broke' for the first time. I am not sure when I first heard the phrase, but it was years earlier before that incident.
Netflix
There are many things I could complain about with this company. However, all of them pale in comparison to the fact that they started streaming a movie called 'Cuties', which features 11 year-old girls twerking like strippers. No, I am not exaggerating in any way. Yes, that is quite disgusting and more than enough reason to cancel that subscription. Besides, I don't always have time for watching TV. No need to pay $14 a month for something I won't use.
Also, I wasn't all that crazy about them pushing various Leftist agendas, either. What's the point of putting homosexual characters in damned near every original show of theirs, regardless of whether or not it was thematically relevant to the plot? They also decided to join the corporations supporting the BLM bandwagon, which was also a no-go. That's why I didn't go with Dollar Shave Club when I decided to eject Gillette from my life.
Nike
Their shoes cost too much, don't really last very long anymore and I hate their little shit-stirring 'spokesman' Colin Kaepernick. Therefore, I have no further use for Nike as a company. Screw them. They will never get another damned dime out of me. If I actually watched sports, I'd probably start boycotting the NFL too, just because of that worthless/racist asshole. Let this be a VERY important lesson in the necessity of intense background checks/research about a celebrity/social media influencer before hiring them to do endorsements/promotion campaigns.
Seriously Nike, what made you think that hiring some America-hating racist piece of shit with a Mohammedan girlfriend whispering into his ear like Jezebel was a good idea?
Pepsi
Not only do I prefer Coke products, Dr. Pepper, 7-Up and RC Cola, I am also not happy with them getting rid of Aunt Jemima. Some considered that brand to be based on a racist stereotype, but that is not the image that I had of the brand.
When I thought of Aunt Jemima, I thought about childhood Saturday mornings filled with pancakes for breakfast, cartoons and Nintendo games in the living room. The syrup brands used were often different. It could have been Aunt Jemima, Mrs. Butterworth or Log Cabin. However, Aunt Jemima being gone now means that yet another happy part of my childhood has gone by the wayside. Thanks a lot, Woke Mafia. Bastards...
Also, did anyone else notice that NO ONE seemed to have a problem with Aunt Jemima until 2020? She had been around for over a century by that point. Yet, no one makes any complaints until Corporate America decides to bend over for that domestic terror group called BLM. WTF, Pepsi? Where are your balls?
Sony's PlayStation division
I don't like how they are recording people over the voice chat for online games with the PS4 & PS5, even if I don't typically play online games. Either way, my conversations with other players are my business, not theirs. Why the Hell would they care if I talk smack to my friends and call them a faggot/loser/shitbag/noob/whatever after I owned their ass in a first-person shooter game? That's part of the fun, Jackasses.
Also, their EULA for the PS5 specifically bans talking smack against the Chinese Communist Party anywhere in the world. That violates my freedom of speech as an American. It's also an example of a multi-national corporation helping an EVIL government to subvert Human Liberty. Fuck PlayStation. I will NOT be giving them my business ever again. From this point forward, I'm sticking with Nintendo, PC games and maybe Microsoft if their consoles become more affordable. (And they don't do something that gets them put on this not-so-illustrious list...)
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I fully expect this list to get longer over time. However, I think this is enough for a single blog post.
- Lord Publius
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EDIT 22 Jun 2021:
We have one more addition to this awful list...
Victoria's Secret
Truth be told, I have never actually bought anything from this brand for any female acquaintance of mine. However, I won't be changing that in the future, either. Replacing the VS Angels with an ugly and mean-spirited lesbian like Megan Rapinoe turns off every male customer that brand ever had. (And probably quite a few female ones too.)
I know that VS's parent company had to reverse their dwindling sales, but what made them think that this was a good idea? I can just hear the lamentations of adolescent boys across America right now...
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| EVERY teenaged boy across America right now... |
EDIT 20 July 2021:
2 more additions to the list...
Subway Sandwiches
They are getting the boot for the same reason as Victoria's Secret: they hired Megan Rapinoe. Their product quality has also gone down hill in recent years. Their customer service was never really that good at most locations. They also have so many locations that it's hard for franchise owners to make money. Also, they did once have an even worse spokesman with that child molester Jared Fogle. Kinda hard to forget about that, even if the company had no idea that he was the worst kind of degenerate homosexual...
Black Rifle Coffee Company
These people pass themselves off as being patriots. Then they decide to support that domestic terror group Black Lives Matter and disavow Kyle Rittenhouse. I wasn't there when Kyle ended up shooting someone and I will reserve my opinion on that matter until all the facts are revealed. I do like the fact that the guy he shot was a convicted pedophile, though. Thank you for your service to Civilization, Mr. Rittenhouse.
However, supporting BLM is unacceptable. Insulting their customer base doesn't help, either. Looks like I will stick with my favorite local New Orleans brand Community Coffee instead. I love that brand so much that I had friends and relatives at home send it to me while I was stationed overseas in Korea years ago. Black Rifle could have convinced me to try their product eventually, but not now. The owners of that company, like that shitbag John Kerry, are living proof that not all Veterans are good people.
