I got $1 says "Love The Pain" pops in this thread

I also got $1 says Lionel Sanders name is somehow mentioned in this thread

Trump😂

Before of After POTUS?

I'm definitely boycotting Love the Pain.

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Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.

Definition of a self-fulfilling prophesy :-)

Also, no. I do not actively, purposely boycott any companies.

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Cars.

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Two wheels good. Four wheels bad.

Love the pain. No explanations needed.

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2x Deca-Ironman World Cup (10 Ironmans in 10 days), 2x Quintuple Ironman World Cup (5 Ironmans in 5 days), Ultraman, Ultra Marathoner, and I once did an Ironman.

Jimmy Johns. I don't support big game hunting for sport...so when the news that the founder enjoyed the activity I stopped buying their subs.
A local brewery based on treatment of employees. Luckily there are thousands of other options.
All things Trump, during and after this stint. Before I just thought he was a rich buffoon with some ties sold at Macy's and a TV show. With that said I guess I unconsciously boycotted him then based on the terrible tie collection...

Powertap

Mcdonalds
Bottled water
Bank of America
Cable TV

Slowtwitch.

I haven’t paid the subscription fee in years.

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Walmart

I've never had a positive experience. I've always received a sub-par product, slower than promised, in stores that tend to be disgusting.

Pro football (American).

Liar. I think you've paid Every. Single. Cent.

Southwest Airlines.

So the Walmart Kellogs Frosted Flakes, Diet Coke and Little Friskies Cat food are sub-par?

That's good to know. Thanks for the info.

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Me too. Pro football and Nike.

I really like the Sam's club near my house. I tend to use Amazon first before I will drive to the Walmart.

Ryanair. Because they are shoite and treat passengers with distain, screwing them over for every opaque add-on-penalty they can.

No more Giro or Camelbaks... as the holding company are a bunch of gun-pushing NRA fanatics.

Specialized. As their attitude to a cracked frame totally sucked (chain stay cracked in middle on a full susser. Said stays are not part of frame (FFS really, they were on it when I bought the FRAME !) And so only have 12 month warranty rather than 5 years that the warranty on a frame implies. t-hoossseerrs).
Their loss since; road bike, TT bike and new full suss MTB all purposely avoided Specialized, for a $90 chainstay (which probably cost them $10 to make).

Endura. After spending $3k+ over the years, another disdainful attitude to me as customer on a returned cycling jacket for repair (just wanted it repaired as was still pristine with a small handful of wears, I was not even asking for replacement, just a fix) with a huge gaping hole where stitching was missing from original manufacture (retail shop closed down so couldn't return there).

Any company that pushes a political or SJW agenda, Gillette just got added.

I’ve been boycotting McDonald’s and the other main fast food joints for the past 25 years. I’ve gone hungry on a couple of road trips when I didn’t have food with me, but maybe only a few times over all these years. To be honest, I’m not even sure I can even articulate why I’ve been doing it!

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From the internet: Love the Pain.

Brick and mortar (San Diego area): Moment Bicycle and Pulse Endurance stores.

This thread reminds me why I hate learning people's political views.

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The point is, ladies and gentleman, that speed, for lack of a better word, is good. Speed is right, Speed works. Speed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

What don't you like about them? PM if you don't want to post details. (I'm not affiliated with either, just curious as a sometime-customer of each)

Wahoo (customer service sucks)
Chick-fil-A
Vista Brands
Anything Time Warner Cable
Citibank

I have a black list.

New Balance. Bought a pair of trail running shoes. The leather on the toe was coated with a black rubberized paint. The sole of the shoe wrapped up over the toe and was bonded not to the leather but this coating. It took very few runs for the coating to peel away from the leather. I ended up cutting the top part of the sole off with scissors. On the black list because there is no way that company did any product testing whatsoever. Fuck them.

Gore Wear. Received a pair of leg and arm warmers as a gift. The elastic at the top of both was like what you put on a pair of women's panties. No product testing was necessary. With casual inspection it was obvious they would have poor durability. Rubber strands began popping out on the second or third use. On the black list. Fuck them.

I have a bunch of others for the same reason: Poor engineering that would have been revealed if the company cared enough about their customers to do product testing.

UFC. I was one of the suckers that went to Vegas with a family of six expecting to see a UFC event in Vegas. Then 2 days before I was supposed to go they moved it to Los Angeles.

Trek as I’ve had poor experiences a multiple trek stores.

Boycott - stop interaction with as a punishment or protest.

Nope. I avoid places and companies because I don't like their products or trust them, but there are few places I won't go if they are otherwise the best option at the time. Hell, if I'm hungry enough and they are nearby (and it isn't Sunday) I would even eat that chicken joint.

I don't see how an individual can boycott a company in practice. They will never know.

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"...the street finds its own uses for things"

Same here. Life is too short to worry about which companies I’m supposed to be mad at. Plus, the people who work there are just trying to make a living, same as me.

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Not a fan of Speedplay and Specialized's business ethics. I hate that Garmin software locks devices to have running, cycling and multisport lines ... (I'll get over it)

*owns 2 pairs of speedplay and 1 specialized bike*

Spirit Air

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Yeungling beer. Specifically.

Look it up.

Avoid?
Also, if at all possible Walmart, Michaels, Starbucks, one specific local Italian restaurant, most fake food restaurant chains ala Chilis etc.

Giro, after I found out...

I absolutely "boycott" products or companies. For instance, GM has decided to close the plant in Ontario and send those jobs elsewhere. So I figure if they aren't going to invest the our population, I won't be purchasing their products. I also have other products I boycott for lack of service or other decisions they have made.

Why do you hate Pennsylvania?

So many incidents of slow slow service. Not on my list for a suit.

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Nobody looked? All companies send money and support to campaigns. I can’t boycott them all as I’d starve.

But Yeungling went out of its way to be a vocal supporter of the Cheeto in Chief.

Giro? I’m not anti gun but that association was enough for me. Vista outdoors, NRA, Giro.

I agree with having guns but that was a bad time for them to insert their foot in their mouth.

I try to avoid Dicks sporting goods and I won’t buy anything from Yeti.

Not sure i have boycotted per se.

I am more of a person that tries to support a good lbs. It is not that i do not buy online... i do often as my tastes are exotic. But i try to get stuff from the lbs.

I kind of avoid cheap bike clothing brands. The good stuff really is worth it. Castelli and sportful are great.

I also like a lot of smaller boutique brands. They tend to produce or customize things to my unique needs (darimo, berk).

So i guess i kind of biycott bigger brands like specialized, giant, trek. It is a but silly.

 

As for those who are boycotting companies for social/political/religious reasons, I have a serious question for all of you....do all of your friends and family share precisely the same social, political, religious views as you? Mine certainly don’t; if I have no objection to having a friend who has a different view of such things I have a hard time boycotting an entire company for a similar reason

Peloton

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I was having a hard time of thinking of something... but you nailed it.

that and a fancy ramen noodle house near me with sucky service.

Raley's Grocery Store Farmers Market Organic Vegetable Soup after I literally just took a bite which included a long strand of hair...as I was reading through this thread. No joke.

Anything to do with Hincapie. He doped and retired before he got any real penalties.

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boycott lionels youtube channel

This.

I would like to boycott pork knowing how sows are treated in general...would also like to boycott meat altogether but I like the taste too much :(

My friend boycotts any product that uses advertises "non-GMO" as a selling point. They even quit using carbopro when they added it (I got a free half container).

Serious answer - my friends more or less do share my views and those that don't aren't far enough away that we're diametrically opposed. Also we have enough mutual respect to agree to disagree.

Corporations aren't people, nor are they my friends. They are businesses that I buy goods and services from and if I don't approve of something they have done, my only recourse is to not give them my money. I disapprove of this virtual signaling that is not only patronizing, but I suspect insincere. Maybe my own stoppage of my patronage will have no effect, but I will still know that I have voted with my money.

We're going Lavender Room on this. But virtue signalling is precisely what you're doing here. I don't mean that as a pejorative. I don't see announcing what you feel to be appropriate, good behavior as wrong in any way. But it is virtue signalling.

Careful, “PKnight” started this thread. /pink.

I agree that if I took to Facebook or social media to declare that I was not going to use a certain product any more, that it would indeed be virtue signaling, however, (and you'll have to trust me on this) I am not. I simply answered the direct question of the original poster. I keep my politics and opinions to myself unless asked.

It's hard to support companies that become anti-second amendment when incidents happen. Although I haven't stopped shopping at Dicks, the fact that they don't carry guns chafes my hide.

Yuengling as a beer is American, you should get a truck load of Molson to drown these sins /s

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FACEBOOK.... I want nothing to do with em.

Fiji water. You could argue its just smart business and ok that someone are stupid enough to pay 2x the price for it to be named fiji, but it just really pisses me off. It is water.

If you weren't supposed to eat pork, God wouldn't have made pigs so tasty.

Any movie with Ben Stiller in it.

Egg McMuffin 2 for $4 are the shit!
Me and my son share them often.

I agree. I used to boycott Nike because of the Oregon Project and bullying of Olympic athletes. But I realized I am the only one suffering in this boycott. Nike doesn’t give a shit if even 1M people boycott them. Heck my wife didn’t give a shit and kept buying Nike. So I decided life is too short for these bullshit stances. Now the Nike Pegasus Turbo is my favorite shoe.

I boycott all exotic cars over $200k value, houses over 10k sq feet, expensive caviar, penthouses in hotels, private jets, and celery and okra.

what's wrong with celery? That's essential for a good Caesar.

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I tend to boycott Christian businesses like hobby lobby and chick fillet - I don't want my money contributing to their "moral causes". I also won't buy from Jimmy John's. I just can't bring myself to give money to a business that forces $8/he sandwich makers to sign non-compete clauses. Similar reason for never eating at Panera.

I find it interesting on your part since Dicks is about the LAST place I'd ever go if I were in the market for a gun. Yeungling was one of my go-to affordable beers for about 10 years. I can't imagine Dicks provides you with that level of enjoyment as Yeungling does. Yeungling is good stuff. I just don't like it when corporations use their power like that. Hence, I currently have it out for Facebook/Starbucks/Yeungling, etc.......It's getting hard to not have one company or another turn an issue into a profit motive for their bases.

Yeungling/Starbucks/Dicks is easy, buy local. That's more American anyway to support small business. I drink coffee from the local shop using local roasted beans. I drink local beer that doesn't spout it's mouth off for or against a cause to sell cases of beer.

Either way, the REI/Dicks thing..... it's not anti-2nd. Saying it's anti-2A isn't very genuine. I'm pro 2A but very against things like sales to under 18, bump stocks, assaults, etc.... Anti-2A means you want to repeal the 2A. You think a good ole boy Southern liberal is going to give up all the guns. Hell no. Not all "good ole boys" in the south are righties. And those liberal ones still want to hunt and shoot.

Stores wanted to age restrict purchases but the laws make it so they can't do that. It's all or nothing. So, that's not anti-2A. Most places still wanted to sell guns.

People taste pretty similar to pigs.
I believe many firefighters don't eat pork because the smell reminds them of nasty professional experiences....
It's also a likely reason why pork is considered unclean or is prohibited as food by several religions. If you're trying to steer people away from cannibalism, best to avoid things that taste similar?

Just saying

You have experience?

Facebook, Fiji water, and Walmart off the top of my head.

I do have to use facebook to make announcements for my son's scout troop, but I get in and get out. Probably spend 2 minutes there a week. I pre-write my message somewhere else and then copy-paste it in there and close it.

Walmart is a horror show, seemingly promoting and celebrating the worst aspects of mankind and dumbing down of humanity. My family quotes me as saying, "I see things in there that should never be, and cannot be unseen."

Shipping water, one of the heaviest goods on Earth, from Fiji to anywhere and acting like this is a great thing... that company ought to be the first to be choked out by global warming.

I would boycott Trump companies, but they go bankrupt too fast and are too tacky to want anything they make anyway.

Cannondale.

Apocalyptic customer service. Refused a warranty claim on seat-tube-top-tube junction because my 'seat had been too high'. Apparently the max extension line in on the seatpost had to be below the seat tube slot or some such crap. I've always had max line at top of seat tube. Bike shop had a WTF moment - but it's deep in the owner's manual. Cause (according to a friend with PhD in Materials Science who's also a fabricator) was poor weld penetration.

Cannondale's suggestion was to give me a discount on a new bike. So, I spend more money on a bike by their lights that cannot be fitted to me. And will be breaking soon. And I'll have to buy ANOTHER new one.

I break frames - always. I've broken every bike I've ever owned, and every road bike was at the seat stay to rear dropout junction - chromo, alloy, carbon. Every time it's been warrantied. Other than Cannondale.

McDonalds and other fast food burgers if I have a choice- the price has become nearly as high as going out to an actual restaurant

BP gasoline- we all remember

Zipp even if I had the money

Dunkin Donuts- worst coffee ever (I should be ashamed as a New Englander but it’s true)

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I still lapped everyone on the couch!

Every once in a while I try to do a non-WTC year. Hardly a real boycott, just trying to counterbalance market dominance that has become too big.

Also any sponsor actively supporting/promoting dopers. Not that I actively research that, but whenever I somehow become aware of such cases it is definitely a deterrent from that brand.

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YOU'RE DRAFTING!

Sure, haven't you?

Yuengling is the oldest American Brewery in continuous Operation. I not only enjoy their beer, I'm mad their distribution chain desires seems to be like that of In N Out. They won't go past the Mississippi. So I'm only slowly drinking a case of cans I have.

Honestly, not to devolve this conversation. Dicks is most definitely not pro-2nd Amendment. Do I get enjoyment out of shopping there, not really. It's more of a last resort or only go to the Mall type deal. However, their product offering has done more to deter me than anything. Because you're right, going there to purchase firearms was kind of meh if you were looking into anything beyond shotguns and pistols. But this is more about removing an easy distribution mechanism from the American people. Has REI ever carried firearms or ammo? I don't remember back in the 90s if they did. I wear mostly Hokas these days and the only Hoka they got are fishing hooks.

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Two big Italian cycling companies that have had multiple poor customer service/warranty issues for me.

It seems like people boycott companies for the most ridiculous reason these days. Nike, NFL, Chick-fil-a, Giro, etc. boycotts all just seem silly to me. I buy the products that give me the most value for my money and the best customer experience. I couldn't care less the political beliefs of the owner, who is featured in commercials, or what other products that company does/doesn't offer.

McDonald’s is still cheaper than a regular restaurant and there’s no tipping and it’s quick going through the drive through. I rarely go there but if I do it’s typically after a long workout and I just need a quick meal with a giant coke.

Is it really anti-second amendment? One could argue it's more PR and Marketing. It's not like they're out there stopping others from selling guns or lobbying congress to ban all guns.

you should add Wells Fargo to your bank ban list

You could have stopped there.

Is this really a boycott?

It may seem silly, but even though I may disagree with Strobro I support his choice to not shop somewhere. I like that use of consumer power against larger interests.

The shopping public must remember their rights in a capitalistic world. Corporations yield unreal power in government, corporations have more power than government.

The reason I defend a choice is that is because it isn't always some blow hard CEO making a Tweet or FB post. There is sometimes hard cash flowing from the coffers of organizations to shady PACS and organizations. Cash that influences policy. Then the lies. A-la-Facebook lying to Congress and blowing money to divert policy and attention away from themselves.

There has to be a fuse.

Users could end Facebook and ruin them tomorrow if they wanted. Instead of being consumerist morons we could say 'nuff is 'nuff and all log off for a month.

I hear sooooo many complaints about stuff from people continuing to patronize places. I just don't get that.

If we want the power to the people we have to stop patronizing places that exert undue influence on our republic.

My kids buy this. :(

It’s the concept. Last time I went to McDonalds it cost $18 for me and my daughter. She’s 10. For maybe $22 I could have gone to The Fix in Worcester Ma and had one of the best burgers in all of New England rather than one of the worst.

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I still lapped everyone on the couch!

I boycott all burger chains since reading "Fast Food Nation" about 15 years ago. I'm not putting that crap in my body..

There are several local restaurants that I stopped going to because they started pushing political candidates with which I disagreed back in 2012.

Fiji water is still cheaper than Ted or Voss water...and I think those are just distilled water from the sewer plant.

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If you weren't supposed to eat pork, God wouldn't have made pigs so tasty
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SPAM specifically

Allegedly

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"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Escape at Dannemora was pretty good, but he only directed it

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Yeungling is garbage water, so that's not hard for me

However, at first it was hard to pass up $15.99 15-packs of All Day IPA

Strike One was selling out

Someone from another forum alerted me to Strike Two & Strike Three

https://detroit.eater.com/...acial-discrimination

https://www.metrotimes.com/...homophobia-after-all

... but 21st Amendment Brew Free or Die IPA is $16.99/15-pack = the extra dollar won't kill me

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Women - for more than a night.

The Brits - because we wanted to be independent and they were A holes about it

For me I don't do the political / spokesperson / agenda boycott. I'm buying a product, if it's a good product, I'll continue to buy it.

Except for McDonalds. Years ago they ran an ad campaign with the most annoying jingle ever, and I vowed to not step foot in their restaurants again for putting that vile tune in my head, usually for several minutes after the commercial aired. Plus, I noticed the patronage of said restaurants... I don't even want to share the same air with some of these people, yuck. Easy to drive by them and get something elsewhere for ~$1 more. The only thing I miss is the fries, those are the absolute best fast food fries anywhere.

Trek. Because Lance.

Yeah, I know, I'll get over it some day. Maybe.

I think the religious reasons have more to do with trichinosis. Not knowing about parasitic infections, its easy to assume that if you get sick eating a certain animal means that God doesn't want you to eat that...

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Little Friskies is shit. I tried it once and never again. It's on the Boycott list;)

USAT - I try at least. For fee that keeps growing I feel I get nothing. I want course distance certification (and safety.. side roads no slow zones).

WTC - taking out grass roots races, killing Olympic distance racing.

Since people bring up McDonald's... I boycott anything that makes false healthy claims. They haven't done that recently, but I still won't go there

Don’t like the smell. It’s ok when cooked like in chicken noodle soup. But fresh and raw, it’s very pungent to me.

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I had a really bad experience with a bike fit @ Moment Bicycle. It wasn't a bad fit, just very bad customer service.

Pulse Endurance: Expensive AF. They do "bike fits" for people but they are not really good at it, and they sell you whatever bike they want to get rid of. I have a friend that is 5'9" and they sold her a 48cm bike. She looks huge on her bike, and her fit is horrendous.

when do you realize that you are the problem if you break every frame ...

He has to be doing something wrong. Seat stay to rear dropout junction.. something with how the rear wheel is being tightened down with the QR? Frames don't just break all the time. At the risk of sounding insensitive is rider weight the problem?

Boycott: Comcast, Apple, M-Dot/USAT.

Avoid except when absolutely necessary: Dick's, Macy's, Kohl's, Newark and JFK. All for being just below-average at absolutely everything and not trying/caring to fix it.

There should also be a list of companies you can't live without...keep the forum balanced and all. That's a much longer list than the boycott/avoid list. :)

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Boycott? Based on AutomaticJack's definition, I boycott nothing. There are lots of items and companies I avoid, but will occasionally buy depending on my purchase criteria.

I will never buy a product from Toshiba. It could be best in class and the least expensive. I will go elsewhere or go without. Same for Konsberg Group, but I don't think I'm a potential customer anyway.

well, not "all guns" but bans are bans

here's the letter from the CEO



and he put the stockholder's money where his mouth is; they paid lobbyists. I guess that's what "implore" means.

Dick's Sporting Goods hires lobbyists on gun control

See, I take it a step further. I boycott anyone who sponsored him. Nike, Trek, Oakley, et al. They supported him when they had to have known he was doping and then dropped him when the Reasoned Decision came out. Either way they are not getting my money 💰.

Fair call re weight. But at my heaviest was 230 or so at 6'6", normally 210-215.

Used to be able to punch out 2000+ watts in a max sprint, and probably not the most gentle style of rider - think sit and grind as most former rowers do.

And it'd been a long day - should have read chainstay/rear dropout junction.

I'd love to be able to say that it was an error that I had made - I'd have had several more months of cycling in my life if there had been anything re skewers. I've done the break downtube at head tube junction, forks...

As noted, the common factor is one large Australian.

Ha, that's great criteria... Then I'd be curious which sponsor brands you do patronise... Though not really

Ditto. They are the worst. Other airline I won't fly is Allegiant

When it all went down I really looked for a second hand US Postal trek... They were going cheap and I thought it could have ironic appeal and at the same time be like riding a bonnie and Clyde getaway car from planet Hollywood

But then all the other riders started coming out with confessions and busts, so then the scandal wasn't that special...

I still want a t-shirt hanging at my bike shop that says something like. "win the ultimate fun bike ride with Lance Armstrong"

I've got one.....

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Same.

Companies that push ANY political agenda? Or just political agendas that you disagree with?

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You don't like Single Jewish Women's agendas?

Pepsi products, except that I had a tough time avoiding Gatorade when I did marathons, IM, and long distance swims. More specifically, I avoid the core Pepsi products, namely the sodas.

The backstory is that I graduated from Emory University. I haven't had a Poopsi product since I applied for early decision admission in the Fall of 1989. Emory has a long-term relationship with The Coca-Cola Company. Emory and Coke are both in Atlanta. Early investments were made in the company by the University. Eventually, heirs of the company attended Emory, and the former Chairman donated $103M when that was a big sum. Several buildings are named for Coke people: Woodruff PE Center, Woodruff School of Nursing, Goizueta Business School, Candler Library, Dobbs University Center, etc. It's a point of pride among alumni to decidedly avoid non-Coke products. I once asked for advice on Facebook about disposing of an unopened diet Pepsi can that was lodged under my car tire. I obviously wasn't going to touch it with my bare hands! Not even kidding, I eventually picked it up with fireplace tongs and tossed it in the recycling bin after my Mrs opened it and poured it down the storm sewer.

When I did train for and race marathons, 70.3, and IM races, I SPECIFICALLY asked the aid stations that served Cola's to show me the bottles or cans so I'd be sure I wasn't drinking Poopsi. Yeah, I was that guy, and I'm sure I'd get the backing of almost every other alumna/us throughout history. I have been on record as saying that I could be in the late stages on a hot-weather IM (like the ones I did in Louisville), cramping, dehydrated, hyponatremic, and nearing death, and I'd risk death by refusing Pepsi. True story.

If this is serious it sounds like you have a serious mental issue and should probably seek help.

Yuengling is amazing.

But if you think it's piss, where do you rate Budweiser or MGD? And IPAs are definitely the most overhyped beer styled and taste like actual piss.

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Me and MANY other alumni have this "mental issue." It's not a disorder. And I'd say it's probably much less fanatical than people who are the "Number 1 Fan!" of any college or pro sports team, with all that entails. Consider those who risk life and limb to watch pro football in outdoor stadiums in January snow storms. Emory competes in Division III athletics, and other than being ambivalent to WashU, Kenyon, or Williams sports teams, that's all we've got. Who cares about the Bears, the Lords and Ladies, or the Ephs, when we've got Pepsi to hate?

I don't even drink much soda any more. I just definitely wouldn't touch a Pepsi under all conceivable circumstances. Being stranded in the desert, I'd have to be ASSURED that I'd live after drinking a Pepsi, just so I could spend the rest of my life doing my penance.

I forgot to mention that I'd rather pass out and have to be taken to medical before I'd drink pickle juice. 140triwife is of the same opinion.

I didn't say that ...I said "garbage water." I haven't been left drifting in a life raft long enough to know what actual piss tastes like

And yes, IPAs ARE overhyped, but I think some of these barrel-aged stouts & what not might even be worse; especially for the $$$ they're asking

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Yuengling is MGD with brown food coloring. And green bottles? Skunk city.

Not sure where you live, but around here Dick's does carry guns, in fact I have never been in a Dick's that does not carry guns.

I've never really cared to boycott anything but I will go out of my way to never buy Gillette products again after watching that illogical, sloppy and frankly dangerous shit film on youtube.

As an aside- people complain all the time about Trump but forget how he got elected: by appealing to white males who feel marginalized. Gillette's video couldn't be more direct in its effect to marginalize and further isolate that group. Keep pumping out this crap and treat yourself and treat yourselves to another 4 years you pretend-PC heroes!

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My wife works for coke, I totally understand. We don't eat at places with a Pepsi account.

All cigarette companies.

You seem triggered.

After watching the DCR video review, I'm pretty sure I'll be boycotting CVRcade. Not due to any philosophical differences I have with the company or the developers. I just can't bring myself to consider CVRcade as a viable option.

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/...ainer-adventure.html

I boycotted Macy's for carrying Trump products several years before he became president.

I was buying a fair amount of stuff on their website. Then when Trump became very vocal about his racist birtherism, I wrote to them saying I was done until they stopped carrying his products.

Benv wrote:

Chick-fil-A

I tried that, and guess I do. But I broke it once - late night, just off airplane with child and needed food before going to sleep. That was first place we spotted.


There are a bunch of other places I wouldn't buy from for similar reasons. Hobby Lobby is an example. - but like Chick-fil-A that one is not much around where i live, so it's kind of moot.


Vineyard Vines is on my list for sending me a rather racist catalog.

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That seems ridiculous.

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This could also fit nicely under the "Cry Like A Beeyatch" thread...kind of the same thing.

No ... ridiculous would be "I could care less ..."

Otherwise, it checks out, if the person is honest about it

People ARE allowed to not give a shit, y'know? Not everything has to be a life & death moral decision

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"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

It's not a boycott if you just don't like the product. That's just normal market behavior.

It's one thing to joke about this stuff but in reality to actually refuse to touch an object with your bare hands because of its branding is just illogical, immature and stupid. I'd be concerned about you if I knew you IRL...

Oh dear. Come on in to the LR. We'll sort you all out.

Does your vagina feel better now?

Well, he can't come in the main area. He needs to stay on the edges. In the white space. In that area on the edges that is known by it's own name. The margins if you will.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

But that isn't necessarily "anti-2nd Amendment". Most gun owners I know are for most, if not all, of those regulations...

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What’s up with speedplay?

I don't know all the details, but I believe they aggressively went after people trying to sell aftermarket bearings or spindles, or positing instructions on how to service them with off-the-shelf parts.

They must have toned that down, though, because after-market Speedplay spindles and bearings are all over eBay.

Speedplay have been great to me, personally. Several times I've lost bits, like the grease port caps, and they've just sent me new parts for free.

that's ridiculous. I can pick up replacement bearings for my speedplays from a local shop for $25.
They are just Ezo bearing IIRC.
Had to buy lockring pliers though, damnit.

If you're serious, and it sort of seems like you might be, difficult as that is to believe - you are deranged to such an extent that you're the sort of guy who is potentially dangerous given the wrong ideas. Anyone who would rather die than drink a specific brand of cola without even a half coherent reason, makes religious fanatics seem reasonable. And yes, it is essentially the same thing.

You take pride in adherence to a rule that makes zero logical sense, except that you've identified it as criteria for membership of a gang. Not only that but your description makes it clear you consider this institutional hate. Any other illogical, hate based, tribal gangs you've joined? You haven't even given any reason for hating this company. You just said guys from a competing company once gave some money to a university you went to. That constitutes a reason to define yourself by your hate for a drinks company? At best your hate has been bought, and you're proud of it, but there's a much more worrying element to this.

I didn't knew Coca Cola was now a religion in the US.
So for you guys Pepsi is the devil ?

Personally I`m in THE CHURCH OF THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER (with meat balls)
https://www.venganza.org
http://www.pastafarian.co.uk

Are you authorized to have a Pepsi... sorry.... Coca bottle in the nose on you identity pictures on your US Passport ?

I will not participate in any religions activity of the family and I will for sure not enter the McDonalds with them if they choice to do so. I have friends with different world views, however I expect them to respect my boundaries and if they act like a racist/xenophobic person I will them them to shut it or to get lost, no matter whom that person might be.

R'amen to that!

What does this even mean?

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And I'm allowed to ridicule him for not ever caring about any political beliefs of owners. He called caring worthy of ridicule, so back at him. And you if you feel the same.


Nice straw man bro, with the "everything" and "life and death." Well-played. I sure didn't say we should put politics on everything. But some things. Some.

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I think it means ripple is a childish fool/troll and I can disregard his opinion safe in the knowledge that I've missed nothing of value.

A childish rant deserved a childish response. I'm not immune to making a troll-y response.. I'll own it.

As for not knowing what it means, I was implying he was being a whiny beyotch. Which is exactly what I'd expect a thread like this to devolve into. It didn't disappoint.

Trek: for kicking out leMonde and His line of bikes after he publically voiced “concerns “ over doping I the pro Peleton.

Noted.

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The Sun, wouldn't even read it if it was free.

Turns already-shaky "triathlon" thread into platform for self-righteous stump speech. Gets called whiner. Seemed appropriate to me. Like you'd even shop Hobby Lobby anyway.

So you think that asking if somebody's vagina feels better is a legitimate way to suggest they are being "whiny"?
I bet I'm being "whiny" by asking that. I wonder if there's something wrong with my genitalia?

Anyway, you've confirmed my estimation of your mentality (and also explains why you think his post deserves such a ridiculous response).
Quite pathetic

I shop at Michael's (a Hobby Lobby competitor) quite regularly. I bought at the store near me at least four times in the last two months. So in terms of offerings, yes, I'd shop at Hobby Lobby. But I won't because of their anti-LGBTI lobbying.

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Cervelo
Air Canada

Why Cervelo?

I boycott any company that pushes a SIW agenda.

Do you have a problem with the SJ side, or the W side ?

Yuengling
Hobby Lobby
Chick-fil-A (though more of an avoid since I've never been there, even when they were in the lobby of my work building)

Now I'll have to drop Jimmy John's.

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I have a problem with people who use 'social justice' as a pejorative, like several of the posters upthread. I just assume they're SIJs and support SIJ companies.

Ditto

To be clear, Im not feeling marginalized and although I think I will need to check with my therapist, I doubt that an add for razors has had a profound effect on my psyche. I do think its pretty obvious what the flavour of this ad is though and that it will taste very sour to certain demographics. I don't think that sort of messaging is solving problems but rather creating them but more pressingly: I don't want any social messaging with the Venus Proglide I use to shave my legs.

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It's very rare to find a business that is perfect. Assuming the products they produce are equal, I would rather give my money to the company that treats and compensates its employees well, but has a controversial owner or CEO, over one in which the owner or CEO donates to all the trendy sociopolitical movements but treats his employees like crap.

I'm not sure I agree in all cases, but that's very reasonable. I'd take it case by case myself. Volkwagen treats employees well, but really f*cked over a lot of people with the blue diesel scam, just as an example.

But in any case, you're accepting that we sometimes can or even should bring politics (broadly defined to also include treatment of employees) into our business decisions. I completely agree.

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Did I just accidentally stumble into the LR? Haven't been drinking that heavily this morning...

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Just curious why you would boycott a brand based off store level interactions? I'm basing this question with the idea that Trek does not own its stores like Gap/Apple etc.

This thread has made me realize I’m really good at avoiding commercials and social media. I’m blissfully ignorant of the vast majority of the “social positions” of the above-references companies.

Ditto... and as much as some on this thread may be bothered by this... I don't care!

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same here...

Gillette I stopped buying awhile ago.. Would I ever buy gillette again ? not likely. I avoid nike because of Kaperprick. Chik-fil-a ..always closed on Sundays when I want a chicken sandwich.

trigger warning - this is LR territory here.

I was thinking about this, and I think the only "company" (and I'm using that term very loosely here) that I boycott is the Salvation Army donation boxes.

The thing is, I do actually think they do mostly good work. However, I cannot agree with their official positions on LGBTQ issues, so instead I'll put my donations into a different organization that does similar community work as the Salvation Army. for example, we make regular donations to the food bank, we make meals for the local "at-risk" shelter, etc...

There are companies that I don't give my business to because I don't like their product or service, but that's not the same as an actual boycott.

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I was thinking about this, and I think the only "company" (and I'm using that term very loosely here) that I boycott is the Salvation Army donation boxes
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To continue the main forum LR topic, I 'boycott' the United Way. I don't appreciate their guerilla warfare/ peer pressure type tactics at fundraising. They come in, use work time to show their propaganda video, and try to set up a "Our goal is 100% participation" theme in the organization. Then they want us to fill out their direct deposit forms, even if your donation is $0. I can't stand their approach.

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Amazon

i know one day i will not be alone. not today. one day : )

+1

don't want to support near monopoly

Many, but related to the triathlon scene, New Balance and Ironman. New Balance provided abominable customer service for a pair of shoes that failed and Ironman pissed me off because they never responded to multiple inquiries about several race questions I had. Screw them both. I'd rather talk about positive customer service experiences though, which have included Marmot, Big Agnes, Canon Camera, Glock and Chewy. Kudos to them.

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This thread is hilarious. Talk about first world problems. Please child.

• Love me some spicy chicken sandwich and Peppermint Shakes at the Chick-fil-a. BTW, bring back the cole slaw!
• Big Macs are wonderful recovery food
• Walmart is always open late - thank goodness
• Gillette makes a great razor, which I will continue to buy
• I love Giro, and Vista makes awesome targets. For shooting. Real guns. The horror.
• Nike stuff is awesome. And so is New Balance you unamerican haters.
• The Jimmy John's Turkey Tom sandwich is great
• My wife loves Hobby Lobby but it is pure torture to go in there
• Patagonia makes awesome stuff but it is way overpriced
• Dan Empfield drives me batty although sometimes he can be a great human being
• Lastly, I love whatever bottled water is offered for free in the conference room.

However, one thing that seems to be an eternal truth:

American Airlines sucks. They are an enemy of mankind and should never, ever, be patronized. I think I would rather have a Big Mac lunch with that moron trump than fly American Airlines. AA can kiss my Puerto Rican behind. Crap, I'm part of the first world...thank the Lord for that.

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Roka for elitist attitude and ridiculously priced products.
Any fast food. It’s deadly.
Quintana Roo. Stupid name and ugly bikes.
Rudy Project. Cheap as shit quality. Marketing scheme screams “sham-wow”

I quit buying Newtons after having several shoes with premature separation of the lugs from the out sole (e.g., after about 2 months of running in them).

I gave up on St Anthony's triathlon after several years of swim curtailment or cancellation, and getting tired of giving up a weekend for a short course event with all the logistics issues of a long course race.

I boycott any events put on by a certain race director in the Sarasota area after first hand experience with his low quality races.

And I haven't bought a Ford since the transmission in my vehicle disintegrated at only about 70K miles in 2005. (That was the 3rd and last new car I bought from them).

Fast food or large chains and brands like McDs, Starbucks, Nike ..

I don’t think these large corporations are at a big loss without my money. Also, I try to support small and local businesses and brands whenever I can.

But in saying all that I’m bad at boycotting cuz every so often I crave (and then buy and eat) a McDs hash brown. Or when I’m desperate for good coffee in the US I’ll go to Starbucks.

I’ve got a lot of respect for people who’ve got a lot more willpower than me esp when their boycotts are for ethical reasons (not always political as I’ve got lots of friends who care a lot about workers rights).

On the opposite end - I’ll dig deep and give give give to companies who give plenty back to their employees, society and the environment - Patagonia yes I’ll give you $200 for that T-shirt thanks very much.

I would say Gillette after the ad, but I've been using a Mühle R41 with Derby blades for years so yeah, they're not the best a man can get. Not even close.

Not a boycott but: Apple until their quality:price makes sense to me.


Yeah, that BS move has cost them dearly. They're overestimating Jon Jones' worth if you ask me. They're not getting a cent from me until that and the WWE stuff disappears.

I had to go seek out that Gillette ad. What’s the problem with it?

Back on track:

Is there a brand that you boycotted in the past that you no longer boycott because their product is just that good?

ex: I don't buy Crank Brothers stuff because their durability sucks ("we've improved it this time, I swear"), but man if I had a set of race day only shoes for XC or CX racing, I would consider eggbeaters for the ease of entry and mud shedding abilities.

Derby? you need to ubgrade!

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McDonalds. I have nothing against the company. They just literally made me shit my pants 15+ years ago and I’ve only eaten there once since.

Verizon. Loyal customer for 12+ years then they refused to credit me back like a $40 charge that was their fault. After I was already told they would take care of it. BYE!


Sport related: Pearl Izumi did an ad last year that really portrayed cyclists poorly and was basically victim shaming them. They have since deleted that ad series, but they were saying cars have a right to feel frustrated because cyclists are annoying yuppies in spandex. There are other manufacturers I’d prefer to spend my money with.

Tried several brands and they're easily my favourite. Smooth and effective. That said, I know this is a matter of personal preference.

Feather are the sharpest I've tried. Personally a fan of Astra.

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Too aggressive for my taste. Also didn't last as long, but they all last so much longer than disposable that it's a wash.

- not a monopoly; they only own 50% of the market and the #2 is at 6% : )

- also: how is our society better if we get our water / groceries etc. delivered in 24hrs or less even if we dont need it in 24hrs or less? we;re saving time...to do what exactly?

- we (at least a majority of us) are trying to preserve our resources and cut down on pollution but we have no issues asking a truck to deliver our detergent or pet food.

- we seem also not sensitive to the way the "fulfillment centers" treat their employees: talk about 21th century slavery.

- we do not care about the retail world destruction: shopping online is so much more fun than actually walking to stores. you save so much time.

- i stop here for now.

Yeungling (piss water, supports Cheeto-in-Chief)
Sam Adams (not piss water, supports Cheeto-in-Chief)
Dicks (guns are really bad)
Vista Outdoor/Giro/Bell/Camelbak (guns are really bad; had our FP move all our assets from any Vista holdings)
Hobby Lobby (hate is bad; i don't have any hobbies, anyway)
Chic-Fil-Whatever (fast food + religion = tasteless)
Religion (organized, or otherwise)
Gillette (I know right from wrong w/o being lectured by an "ad" for a personal grooming product manufacturer)

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Can you expand on this? I've only done a couple of Greenswell races, and never had a really good or really bad experience with them. What caused you to boycott them?

Now you're shortlisted for a Slowtwitch ban

I am not knocking you at all about your choice since I share many of your same views on a certain person and certain amendment but my opinion of that ad is, like you, I know right from wrong but as you know MANY people do not. But I also didn't think of it as a lecture really. I also do not have cable so I have only seen it once, so maybe my view would be a bit different if it was pushed down my throat like every other commercial seems to be, but I really liked the message because of our current society's viewpoints on many issues.

But for me, I try to "boycott" things that are hate filled or try to spread the message of hate or exclusion or violence. Or making excuses for certain behaviors. My mom went to Michigan State and I have always been a fan but they sure are making it hard to support that school anymore.

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All valid points, and expressed well. Thanks for the perspective about Mich. I have heard similar, before: my wife was at PSU, when Paterno was there, etc.

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Appreciate the feedback! The PSU stuff was crazy too and I am a bit nervous to see what else will come out about other people/organizations because I am unfortunately sure that it has happened other places. I just hope not to either of those levels.

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With you guys on Amazon. That's just too much control for one corporation. I stopped using them over 5 year ago.

Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen

Trek because of Armstrong.

Gillette because of the NE Patriots.

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"Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge. Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; Knowledge without compassion is inhuman." Victor Weisskopf.

Wow you sound like a really strict ethical shopper.... I bet you also avoid daily industries or products that have required decades of constant slave labour, child labour, underpaid labour, unfairly subsidised, cartel driven, polluting carbon, burning of coal, huge volumes of pesticides, animal cruelty, felling rain forests, war funding, price fixing, no sustainable farming or fishing,...at least you are refusing to buy a bike from a local company that tried to support a cyclist in bike racing over 10 years ago

secret life of walter mitty wasn't that bad...and I like the soundtrack.

I was only holding Starsky & Hutch against him, I’d forgotten about Mitty.

The boycott stands!

Sorry but Nike makes cheap gear that doesn’t last.

They also virtue signal while supporting the likes of Ben Roethlisberger and Peyton Manning who have both sexually assaulted women and remain silent.

No thanks.

Just call me Shallow Al.

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Smuckers!

Went to grad school w/ a Smuckers kid. He was an a$$hole. He was fairly down the line, but still my friends & I refused to even give him and 1/8 of a cent.

My little LGBTQ activist eagerly sells out for waffle fries and frozen lemonade

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"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

You will never be able to determine the brand of the clothing I wear - I don't wish to be a billboard and I purposely shun popular/trendy brands. I sometimes ask people if they are getting royalties for wearing that t-shirt with the ridiculously huge underarmour logo (for example). Seriously, the companies should be paying YOU to advertise for them.

you're not alone..


those last two links go to previous posts of mine, as to why I try not to buy anything from Amazon.


Walmart. Bezos explicitly modeled his practices on the worst of Walmart. By way of contrast, Costco pays a living wage to its employees, provides benefits, allows unions, its CEO accepts a human salary: and it outperforms Walmart on most stock market measures.
I'd rather not give any money to Walmart.

Nike - the sweatshops first got my attention, and Nike actually started to change labor practices as a result of the publicity. Then they ran the 'you don't win silver, you lose gold' ads at Atlanta Olympics. That sentiment is reprehensible at best: but particularly poignant was the first Olympic medal ever for a black South African, Hezekiel Sepeng, in the 800m. The medal was silver..
So don't buy Nike anymore. That aggressive win-at-all-costs approach characterizes Nike, and I don't care for it.


I avoid the evangelical self-styled 'Christian' shops of horror like Chick-fil-A, Hobby Lobby, etc. I try to be a Christian, and it seems to me they don't follow Christ's teachings.


of course none of this is anything more than whistling in the wind..

It's hard to make a short list. I'll bring up the things that irk me the most.

IM Branded Foster Grant Sunglasses - yes now I don't buy anything M-Dot branded.

Yes any company with an elitist attitude

Yes any company that smugly pushes a holier than thou Christian agenda.

Nike - glorify reckless alpha male/female athletes = profit. Pull plug when athlete gets busted for really bad things.

Yes any company that leaves a wake of disaster and waste all under (doing for people and the environment)

Any "Race/Walk for (insert and cancer or disease name here)" all your money goes into the big carnival they put on. No one is curing diabetes or cancer renting out a baseball stadium with pony rides and a snow cone truck.

Any new gig/sharing economy platforms. There is a reason the workforce of generations past fought for rights and there are regulations to protect us. I'm not contributing the desperation economics (yes master I'll deliver your whopper for 5 cents pick me pick me)

Amazon - 8 million diesel trucks running around delivering boxes of air space to every address on earth - yay!

Recycling - I worked for a recycling company for 10 years. we are not saving the planet running 8 million diesel trucks picking up empty containers of air and time and energy and CO2 recycling said garbage. Probably Aluminum is the only one worth it. Rest is glorified overhyped expensive trash pickup. We imagine our carboard gets turned into an Amazon box -- it doesn't.

I used to work for Pepsi across much of their global network and tbh it was a great company. I enjoyed it. They owned a lot of other brands such as crisps and snacks as well. There was one particular business unit though who were such a load of absolute bell ends that for 2 years i refused to touch any of their products, despite having a staff shop in the building where we could get tons of the stuff for next to nothing.. I never drank the Pepsi though as i just don't drink sugary crap, ever.

This is all childish irrational nonsense, but worse it's also a dangerous mindset. Tribalism for the sake of it. "Hate" for no reason.
Taking pride in hate makes your mentality/personality highly questionable.
Having no rational reason for that hate and thinking that the fact others like you feel the same way justifies it DOES make it a "mental issue".

This mentality, which unfortunately is not unique to you, is what makes all forms of cruelty, discrimination and basic denial of reality such a major problem. I really don't care whether you like or drink Pepsi or Coke or any other product. I do care that you are intentionally engaging in mindless groupthink. Because it makes you and your fellows a very serious problem for society as a whole.

You are the mindless mob. Easily bought by those with the means and an agenda.
You can easily be shaped to deny climate change, engage in religious or nationalistic fanaticism, and support all sorts of other ridiculous but lethal pretences.

Anything labeled 'organic' or 'non-GMO' or 'natural' in aid of a sales pitch. Because science. And companies that push regressive Left/SJW views. Because I like to keep it real.

Thanks, DOCTOR. I'll be sure to swallow my pride now that you've taken so much of your valuable time, and your obviously superior education and intellect, to excoriate me for a preference I have for a sugary beverage. Where do I send my payment for services, and do you accept health insurance?

While my posts on this subject are very tongue-in-cheek, I accept that it is hard to convey some forms of humor over written messaging. Quite obviously, my posts didn't go over really well, not that I care all that much. And it is even harder for the chronically humorless and uptight busybodies to UNDERSTAND this form of humor, and to refrain from adding their two cents of moral superiority. To be clear, I won't drink Pepsi on purpose, but I'd obviously guzzle it if life depended on it. I'm glad I live in a time and place where I have that kind of choice, or even the choice not to drink diabetes-causing drinks. But also to be clear: I think that the vigor of your response says much more about you than it does me. Get it together.

For the record, my triggered associate, I am quite a critical thinker, which means that I completely agree that climate change is real and devastating, that science shines a light on the darkness of superstition and societal mind control, I left religion long ago, I am an anti-nationalist, and the only "tribes" I belong to are those that believe in the dignity and humanity of all people. I don't watch sports on TV and don't care about fanaticism, though I do own replica football jerseys for the Spanish and German federations, which were gifts, and which are a recognition of my Spanish and German ancestry. I even have a football jersey for a team in Spain, which shares the same name as my family surname. I eagerly await your analysis of these possessions.

I don't like pepsi and I hate pickles. That's all there is. I'm sorry I wasted your time. Go get a massage or smoke a joint or do some mindfulness breathing and chill out, FFS.

Walmart, Home Depot, Lucas Oil, Chick-fil-a, Wells Fargo Bank, Hobby Lobby, Whole Foods. The owners are jerks, they don't get my money.

BP
Exxon
and now Gillette
plus a few others I've probably forgotten over the years

I need to add one to my previous list: Synergy Wetsuits. I got a swimskin from them, had some sizing and chafing troubles and received zero support. They responded to the first of my emails, then refused to answer the next 3 or 4. I'm way more pissed about the disrespect than I am about the fitment problems.

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So you accept your humour didn't work in this medium, but still spend the rest of the post blaming me for taking your post literally.

I dud take your post literally and make no apology for that. It was NOT clear that it was intended as satire, and still isn't. The guy you presented yourself as, deserved that response. Such people unfortunately do exist in large numbers. If that's not who you are, great.

Your response to my reply is plenty questionable itself, but who knows, maybe you're kidding....

You said it - so much better than I did.

Yes as a 90's teen I was a mindless slave to Nike. By 2005? the first Under Armor ads had me laughing.
Their marketing does well playing into that primitive brain that by using their products we suddenly transform into muscled up Adonis "warriors" making threating statements.
http://www.quickmeme.com/p/3vn337

And yes that Mantra - win at all costs.

Just do it, Just do what!? - trip your opponent? Cut the course? Do a doping plan? what the heck......

Remember the Lance Armstrong "What am I on" commercial?

I had to come back to this thread. The girlfriend had to buy something from the Nike outlook store, the huge posters on the wall. Black-n-white dimly lit photos of professional athletes with "I'll kick your @ss" stare down poses"

Annoying - but great comic relief.


R

Muck boots ever since they donate to the anti-hunting campaign. Under armor ever since they gave into the anti-hunters that through a fit over the guy killing a bear with a spear.

Exactly, very well said.

Wattie Ink

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IKEA - I got lost in there the one and only time I went in. Plus it smelled.

Tri Related:
Any Jack Caress event. Not much of a problem these days, but from the LA Tri taking 6 hours to transport T1 gear to the finish/bike stacking debacle to the Catalina Tri bike putting 900 cyclists of all abilities on a 3 mile by 3 loop route with one traffic lane wide (including an out and back up a 2% incline so you had newbies paperboying their way up playing chicken with pros coming back at 40+ mph) to blowing the permits to the Newport Beach Tri to a lot of other examples that have been posted on here.

Nike/Adidas. Just think their products suck. Have had ones from each that have fallen apart prematurely. Many superior brands (Asics, Brooks, Hoka, Saucony, etc).

On Principal:
BP. Covered already, just adding on.

Personal hatred:
American Airlines. Few years ago was flying out on StL. Put us on an MD-80. Even a few years ago, how is that still in service? Engine fan blew on take off after we got maybe 500 ft up. Made it back without incident, but using that old of a plane, having that poor of maintenance and just blowing it off.

Panera. Replaced an Oggis (beer/pizza) that was across the street from my condo. Lost my hangout/dinner option for those nights I was too lazy to cook and/or clean before company came over. Not even Panera's fault; was the landlord, but I still blame them.

Boyer's Coffee. It is just nasty. They sell it at WalMart. On the same level as the stuff you'd get on a backroad gas station that has been sitting all day growing in a pot that has never been cleaned. Avoid Boyer's.

Yes Jack Caress, I mean wow how many times can you be the "helpless victim" canceling races a few days before and its always that darn cities fault, or that darn police department, or that darn fire department...……………….
The last 5 years his story has been like a Scooby Do episode or a Simpsons Episode "Well... if it wasn't for that meddling city the race would have gone on" DUDE JUST STOP!!!

I did Catalina Triathlon 2006-2007 and never went back because of that insane bike course idea. I think there was an ambulance both years. Is Pacific Sports LLC completely defunct now?

I cant stand anything Garmin. I wont do Jimmy Johns or Chick fillet. Even as a gun owner the NRA is a joke. and the orange man in the white house.

100% will never purchase a product from Nike again.

Yeungling beer. Used to be my go to cheap beer. Keep your mouth shut and out of politics and just sell beer please.

How do you managage to boycott USPS?

I assume you bash your own mailbox.

So you've said

https://forum.slowtwitch.com/...ost=6838916#p6838916

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"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Haha, I haven't had my second coffee yet. Saw the topic, replied. Good catch.

By the letter of the law I do not boycott anything but there are a few business and places I do not spend my money.

1. Jack in the Box, after an afternoon session at Lake St in HB I stopped at JnB for a burger, by the time I got back to La Mirada I had puked that diabolical burger.

2. Nike, poor fit and as others have stated, the sweat shops. I love Saucony.

3. Cox Cable the absolute worst customer service of any company I have ever dealt with. I spend my money with Verizon.

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All I Wanted Was A Pepsi, Just One Pepsi

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