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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Tips for Chicks #2: Brand Affiliation

Tip: Avoid dudes with obsessive brand affiliation.

At First Glance: You might think that strong brand affiliation would be a good thing in a perspective guy. It shows loyally, perhaps even blind loyalty. Most ladies like a little loyalty... as in "Don't sleep with my sister". While that might be true, if you go with a guy with obsessive brand loyalty you shortly wish he'd hook up with your sister and leave you in peace.

What to Look For: You'll want to avoid guys who strongly advocate one brand of something; especialy if its that brand over another. A common one is Ford vs. Chevy vs. Dodge vs. Those Damn Imports. While cars are one of the most common its not exclusive. Metrosexaul types, for example, will get obsessive about Old Navy, Abercrombie and Fitch, Coach, and that other stuff I know nothing about. It doesn't much matter: Ping over Callaway, Coke over Pepsi, Apple over PC, Budweiser over Coors, Tide over Cheer, whatever. It's all bad.

What is OK: Preference is ok. It's alright to prefer McDonalds over Wendy's (actualy its all crap, but I digress). It's alright to strongly prefer McDonalds over Wendy's. But at some point you need to let it go. At some point the guy needs understand that not all food needs to be McFood. Your boyfriend who loves Ford needs to not be ridding you because you drive a Cavalier. Slack can be given to a guy who works for a particular company. You would expect a regional Nikon Camera sales rep to be biased against Cannon products. Also non-brand obsession is an entirely different thing. Obsession with a political perspective or economic model or even dogs over cats is not covered by this tip.

Why: Guys who are obsessive about a brand are guys who are covering for their utter lack of personality. You'll discover that most such guys don't have any depth. You'll discover that all conversations seem to come back to their brand of choice. You'll discover he thinks that a different preference held by others is a sign of moral weakness. Most importantly. Your going to be bored after you exhaust his brand nonsense and find out it was the extent of his being. And at that point you'll be asking him if he thinks your sister is cute.

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# posted by Max : 8/16/2006 08:23:00 PM  
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You should publish these in a pamphlet! You could leave a stack of them on the bar at your favorite watering hole / "meat market".

--Bro
# posted by Bro : Friday, August 18, 2006 12:25:00 AM
 
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# posted by ZenPanda : Saturday, August 19, 2006 9:48:00 PM
 
The text of the deleted comment read: "obssession is bad no matter what it is about."

Which is not only true but a good comment. Unfortunately the author chooses to remain anonymous.
# posted by Max : Sunday, August 20, 2006 5:01:00 PM
 
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