I mean, also, doesn't the door swing both ways, here?
I mean, I don't think Converse has much of reputation for "oh, you appeared in a Converse ad, you must be Very Good People" but at the very least you got to have someone thinking "hey, the marketing department's quality control had plenty of time to kill this ad, and they thought it was okay, so maybe these furry dudes aren't so bad".
Also, I mean, as far as advertising is concerned, being thought of as "bad boys/girls" isn't such a bad thing; it's a bit of "well, here's this thing that some people aren't ready for, but you're ready for it, right?" (I mean, this is pretty much a capitalistic exploitation and consumption of a "counter-" or at least "sub-" culture into the mass culture status quo, which is what has our more Marxist furries in a tizzy, but seeing as how you and I have corporate owned characters as our icons, I think it's safe to say you and I aren't as caught up in that worry.)
I mean, also, doesn't the door swing both ways, here?
I mean, I don't think Converse has much of reputation for "oh, you appeared in a Converse ad, you must be Very Good People" but at the very least you got to have someone thinking "hey, the marketing department's quality control had plenty of time to kill this ad, and they thought it was okay, so maybe these furry dudes aren't so bad".
Also, I mean, as far as advertising is concerned, being thought of as "bad boys/girls" isn't such a bad thing; it's a bit of "well, here's this thing that some people aren't ready for, but you're ready for it, right?" (I mean, this is pretty much a capitalistic exploitation and consumption of a "counter-" or at least "sub-" culture into the mass culture status quo, which is what has our more Marxist furries in a tizzy, but seeing as how you and I have corporate owned characters as our icons, I think it's safe to say you and I aren't as caught up in that worry.)