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It seems like a cool company and much needed as well, but I'm a bit puzzled by the political rhetoric mixed into the marketing page. It's not even that there's
by qwtel 10y ago
It seems like a cool company and much needed as well, but I'm a bit puzzled by the political rhetoric mixed into the marketing page. It's not even that there's politics involved at all (after all you could make the argument that Tesla/SpaceX are like that as well), it's just how short-sighted it is.
Ignoring for a moment that the "bloodsucking middleman" of today were the hot new shit in their time, what other than innocent looking gifs do we have in way of them not becoming bloodsuckers themselves, once or if they reach a position with that kind of pricing power? It's easy to act all nice when you don't have a choice anyway...
Also, the company shipping the product from the producer to the customer seems pretty "in the middle" to me, no matter their size or political ideas.
- daxfohl 10y agoComparing a company with a horrible homepage gif that helped out a fortune cookie company, to Tesla/SpaceX? So 2028. (No idea what that's supposed to mean).
- Jarwain 10y agoIf it didn't come across, there is no fortune cookie company. Blackbox created the site and product for the fortune cookie company to advertise their actual product: distribution.
- BHSPitMonkey 10y agoThese are the makers of Cards Against Humanity you're talking about; it's simply their sense of humor.
- qwtel 10y agothat would make sense...
- dceddia 10y agoI think that line is pretty smart actually. It's funny, and more importantly, it echoes a worldview that many artists and creatives share -- business is slimy, middlemen are bloodsuckers, and "I just want to sell my thing and make a living doing what I love." Not saying they all feel this way, but it looks to me like Blackbox knows their audience.