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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:02 pm
by Midnight_Rider
Jean-Seb wrote:gtxtreme19 wrote:Bill tricked me into coming into this epicness again
I almost did last week ! And here I am now...
occasional demons wrote:6(sic)6 wrote:may this be a spam thread I can use to get over 40? lol I want to make a for sale thread
6(sic)6
n00b
Age: 30
Joined: 04 Apr 2010
Posts: 7
Guess he didn't make it.
Epic indeed.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:05 pm
by occasional demons
They are active on the .org, probably could have gotten a shoe in for a FS thread if he'd asked.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:20 pm
by gtxtreme19
Did you use skittles as shot to peen your wrench to make it so shiny? If so that's major epicness
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:33 pm
by occasional demons
LOL, that would be epic!
I just like it for the brand name of the, er, tool...
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:49 pm
by Jean-Seb
Quick question ? Do you a full set of King D.'s tools ? Or just that one ?
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:04 pm
by occasional demons
Just that one. I'm not sure where I even acquired it.
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2017 11:30 pm
by INVUJerry
Bump.
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 11:23 am
by racer12306
Bump
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 7:51 pm
by dvon17
Bump.
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:45 am
by r/tguy02
What is this a series of bumps till we all die?
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 8:37 am
by racer12306
Bump
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 6:20 pm
by theColonel
r/tguy02 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:45 am
What is this a series of bumps till we all die?
Nobody wants to let this thread die a natural death
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:26 pm
by occasional demons
Instead of bumping this, I'll kick a pail of burning gasoline on it...
LOL at all these morons being "offended" at the Ram truck commercial.
Maybe they should direct their anger towards MLK's estate for granting permission, and I'm sure the estate got some sort of compensation. Funny they didn't get offended over Nike and McD's using MLK material in their commercials.
They don't stop to think that possibly some, or all of that funding, is put towards promoting MLK's message? I prefer to think of it in that light, over "selling out".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJFMgz0lk8k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzo15t-48NU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6dwQwMl8xk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlbY1tGARUA
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:13 pm
by JeremyJ
I didn't watch the game, so I never saw the commercial. I do know that at least one of King's living relatives wasn't fond of it and didn't give permission. I think that as long as FCA legitimately got permission from his estate, then the issue is a smaller deal than some have made it out to be. On the other hand, using civil rights icons to sell goods is pretty cheap and it does risk watering down the message over time.
As for the videos, two of them are independently produced and one came out in the eighties (before the internet). The other difference is that McDs was just wishing people a happy MLK Day and the Nikes are literally pushing the message of equality. Personally, I have an issue with the Nikes, because they're grossly overpriced. Trying to push a message of social justice on a pair of $160 shoes seems a little bit ironic to me, and not in a good way. The Ram commercial takes a small clip of a powerful speech and uses it for the sole purpose of...selling trucks. Which seems incredibly trivial in juxtaposition with what was going on for MLK when he gave that speech. So I understand why people don't like it. I'm not boycotting anything or writing nasty letters, but I get it.
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:40 pm
by INVUJerry
I agree. I think it’s rather classless to use a speech like that to promote selling a vehicle.
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:17 pm
by occasional demons
INVUJerry wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:40 pm
I agree. I think it’s rather classless to use a speech like that to promote selling a vehicle.
Just as classless as selling a pair of overpriced shoes.
The Ram commercial is linked above. It honors the people that serve the community in one way or another, they really don't push the truck a whole lot in it. IMHO it was fairly tastefully done.
The Nikes got nothing but praise in the above links.
At least FCA
tried to promote a little unity...
It isn't going to make me go out and buy a Ram, or burn mine to the ground if I owned one. (I don't)
I do know that at least one of King's living relatives wasn't fond of it and didn't give permission
Have a link?
Edit:
Nevermind...
Although the use of King's words and voice was authorized by the King estate, it may have deepened an old wedge between some of his children.
That's all that legally matters... The rest is between the estate and the family, not really any of our business.
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik ... story.html
So, y'all can get your panties in a bunch, but don't blame FCA, or the others for using what they were told they could.
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 7:01 pm
by JeremyJ
Imagine that you believed in a humanitarian cause with so much of your being that you were willing to sacrifice your life for it. Do you think that, decades later, you'd be happy that a company used part of your message to sell goods during a football game? Plenty of companies have attempted to capitalize on important historical figures to sell shit. It's nothing new in this country. I just find it kind of tacky.
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 7:39 pm
by INVUJerry
My panties are in 0 bunches right now. I think it’s classless, but I wasn’t in a market for an FCA product anyway. And they should have honestly thought better of using it. But that’s what faceless corporations do *shrug*
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:16 am
by r/tguy02
Didnt care for the mlk ram commercial myself so I say its a waste. Could've promoted unity without that speech, plenty of other commercials did
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:50 am
by BlackRoseRacing
https://youtu.be/r-3HEyR-c3M
I'm offended over this one too...........
Notice there were not as many complaints about this add, yet everyones complaining about the MLK add........
To each there own......
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:01 pm
by theColonel
Why do you all get offended so easily ?
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:08 pm
by JeremyJ
BlackRoseRacing wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:50 am
[url]Notice there were not as many complaints about this add, yet everyones complaining about the MLK add.......
Apples and oranges. Washington wasn't a disenfranchised civil rights leader who was murdered for his cause.
theColonel wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:01 pm
Why do you all get offended so easily ?
FWIW, I don't think anyone in here was actually offended by anything. A few of us have been trying to shine some light on why someone would be offended, but as Jerry stated earlier, "panties are in 0 bunches right now."
Also, there's a little bit of irony coming from a guy who was offended by the term "zombie Jesus day".
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:32 pm
by Diablo0
theColonel wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:01 pm
Why do you all get offended so easily ?
Offended that someone may be offended? lol
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:58 pm
by theColonel
Diablo0 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:32 pm
theColonel wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:01 pm
Why do you all get offended so easily ?
Offended that someone may be offended? lol
Tired of reading/hearing about "snowflakes" getting offended
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:53 am
by INVUJerry
theColonel wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:58 pm
Diablo0 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:32 pm
theColonel wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:01 pm
Why do you all get offended so easily ?
Offended that someone may be offended? lol
Tired of reading/hearing about "snowflakes" getting offended
Generally if someone uses the term “snowflake” they are the one that is easily offended.
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:16 pm
by JeremyJ
INVUJerry wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:53 am
Generally if someone uses the term “snowflake” they are the one that is easily offended.
QFT
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:55 pm
by INVUJerry
Besides Lane, if anyone here is the triggered snowflake, it’s you and how you acted about the dumb wing on your car. And posting my wagon trying to roast me on the .org page.
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 6:14 pm
by theColonel
INVUJerry wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:53 am
Generally if someone uses the term “snowflake” they are the one that is easily offended.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvVPdyYeaQU
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 6:15 pm
by theColonel
duplicate posting noted
Re: OMG EPIC THREAD
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:24 pm
by INVUJerry
Keep studying Lane. Hopefully someday you’ll stop pointing your finger and realize the problem originates behind the keyboard.