Comments on: Japan Says: Have a Coke (and an Ad) and a Smile! http://www.vagabondish.com/japan-says-have-a-coke-and-an-ad-and-a-smile/ The Travelzine for Today's Vagabond Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:29:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.vagabondish.com/japan-says-have-a-coke-and-an-ad-and-a-smile/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Mike Mon, 14 May 2007 00:12:57 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/japan-says-have-a-coke-and-an-ad-and-a-smile/#comment-277 Oh absolutely, Ben. From a consumer perspective, the ridiculously low levels to which corporate marketing agencies will stoop to plaster ads on <em>anything</em> is despicable. But as a professional marketing/design geek myself, I salute the Japanese for their innovative spirit. It's a weird dichotomy, I know. Given the choice, I'm with you though: Coke can <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stuff+your+sorries+in+a+sack" rel="nofollow">stuff their ads in a sack</a> and I'll pay my fifty cents, thank you very much. Oh absolutely, Ben. From a consumer perspective, the ridiculously low levels to which corporate marketing agencies will stoop to plaster ads on anything is despicable.

But as a professional marketing/design geek myself, I salute the Japanese for their innovative spirit. It’s a weird dichotomy, I know.

Given the choice, I’m with you though: Coke can stuff their ads in a sack and I’ll pay my fifty cents, thank you very much.

]]> By: Ben http://www.vagabondish.com/japan-says-have-a-coke-and-an-ad-and-a-smile/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Ben Fri, 11 May 2007 20:07:19 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/japan-says-have-a-coke-and-an-ad-and-a-smile/#comment-270 But is it worth it? Not to be the overly-political downer, but the high concentration of advertising the world over gives me a headache. I'll pay my 50 cents for a coke, if only for the sake of keeping the mental environment a little cleaner. But is it worth it?

Not to be the overly-political downer, but the high concentration of advertising the world over gives me a headache.

I’ll pay my 50 cents for a coke, if only for the sake of keeping the mental environment a little cleaner.

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