I bring swag from my previous employers to whatever employer I am currently at :)
Let them know how much I care about company spirit.
this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2025
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Nobody can pay me enough for me to carry their logo as free publicity.
I wear logoed clothing because the logo acts as identification and grants me special acess to fenced off areas, which I otherwise wouldn't be able to lawfully acess. But when the clock is off, the logo is off.
What am I going to do, buy my own backpack and lug their laptop back and forth in that? I'll gladly take a free backpack
Do you get to choose it with a budget or they buy whatever cheap, uncomfortable thing was available? I'd much rather use my own equipment if I'm gonna be using it everyday.
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My company has to pay for my steel tip shoes, yet they don't buy them branded
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Personally I find it to be bad OPSEC, it just puts a big target on a potential victim from bad actors that are specifically targetting that business.
If some nefarious actor wants to target me and steal my work laptop out of the work bag with the work logo on it, 🤷. I just work there, bro. Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Which snap apart the instant you try to carry more than a laptop and some chocolate wrappers with'em...
That's why I only buy Deuter Backpacks. Look hideous, are expensive, but don't fuck up my back and are practical and 100% reliable
People run around with nike logos
And pay for it. People are walking ads
Same with shopping bags with supermarket logos
This is why I've always loved unmarked clothes since I was in middle school. When I was a kid I was very cynical about being branded
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I just realized how odd it would be to see people walking around in brandless clothes. As odd as when someone removes all the badges from their car.
The advertising has been so prevalent for so long that it has been normalized. Fascinating.
You mean like a suit? Like plenty of clothing, designer or not, has no branding at all.
Is it? I just checked and my current attire has no visible branding on it.
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Sure, but good luck finding a decent quality running shoe without conspicuous branding at a local shop though.
Can't wear it, if they don't make it.
This is why I spent my highschool years in combat boots. Ankle support, tough soles, the same footwear was great for hiking, shopping, whatever. Inconspicuous if your pant legs cover them. Like $40 at the time. Lasted me beyond school.
Only downside was I lived in a desert so too much time outside would make them really hot. That, and I got a lot of people scuffing them going "HEY ARE THOSE STEEL TOE?!" (they were not)
Meanwhile shoes that fall apart in 3 months had some giant billboard logo so you'd have to keep up with their latest image, I guess. Gross.
Thanks for mentioning that. I have no idea how to judge a shoe's quality. I have to do some research
brb, gonna run a marathon in a pair of Oxfords
There's a cyberpunk novel called Feed in which some teenager got a trendy Nike tattoo that would force him to say "Nike" in every sentence. I think that's the next step in our deliberate effort to pay for the privilege of branding ourselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BYFbXJKJ8U
Transcript for those that don't want to watch the video: Secretary of State: I'm Secretary of State, brought to you by Carl's Jr. Pvt. Joe Bowers: Why do you keep saying that? Secretary of State: Because they pay me everytime I do.
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That sounds like those youtubers
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Linard! Why Isn't your GPS tracking device working.
I'll fix it right away
One year later
Linard, I need to commend you, you've been in office 24/7 365.
Yeah, they did the branding thing to people too.
Yes, with the backpacks.
Didn’t you read the screenshot?
He’s not talking about backpacks
Yes, he is.
Didn’t you read the screenshot?
I’m talking about the commenter in this thread, not the post OP
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