02.04.12

World of swells and lickspittles

Posted in Culture of Lickspittle at 8:16 am by George Smith

I’m always astonished there’s any audience for corporate p.r., in this case a bit of self-congratulation of Corning dressed up as an infomercial. However, I’ve learned that if you tie a tune to something on YouTube that will scoop up surfers searching for corporate commercials, you’ll get view counts. The world is full of lickspittles, those who delight in the brainless warm and fuzzy world corporate advertising displays.

Beautiful laptops, activity tables and super-phones for the haves. All made at Foxconn or places like it.

Occasionally, a shrinking number of upper middle class shoe-shiners who never follow through on their threats and promises will get queasy and start and on-line petition requesting ethical production and fairness to labor.

Mr. Jobs angrily held up his iPhone, angling it so everyone could see the dozens of tiny scratches marring its plastic screen, according to someone who attended the meeting. He then pulled his keys from his jeans.

People will carry this phone in their pocket, he said. People also carry their keys in their pocket. “I won’t sell a product that gets scratched,??? he said tensely. The only solution was using unscratchable glass instead. “I want a glass screen, and I want it perfect in six weeks.??? — the New York Times

2 Comments

  1. Chuck said,

    February 4, 2012 at 10:52 am

    Of course, this infomercial has a narrator with a toff British accent; it’s almost like watching Fox! Don’tcha know that it *must* be true and the speaker intelligent if there’s a British accent behind it–as long as it’s the proper one. Geordie speakers need not apply.

  2. George Smith said,

    February 4, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    Ha. Yeah, no Geordies. For those not in on the joke, this’ll make it clear.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0WTWZRNWNI