AMERICA REACTS TO WAL-MART’S NEW LOGO…
On Sunday I posted Wal-Mart’s new logo and made the comment that what it reminded me most of was Kurt Vonnegut’s use of an asterisk to symbolize an anus. I am not the only person to make that observation.
The comments to Armin’s post on Brand New are hilarious:
looks like a sphincter?
Walmart; assholes.
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so whats the Asterisk supposed to refer to: *don’t mind the starving people in china making our stuff *oops sorry for the stuff disintegrating your foot
Maybe it’s just me, but the new burst looks like the negative space in the Star Wars Galactic Empire logo. Coincidence?
Walmart* Fucking America’s working class in the sphincter since 1962
It’s like a ring of golden cannons, all aimed at small-town America. The blue, of course, represents the depression Wal-Mart employees cannot afford to medicate.
People seem hung up on the yellow mark. It is ugly, but my suspicion is that it was born of Target-envy.
It’s the Wallpaper* logo!!
Glad I’m not the only one who saw an asshole. Somebody goatse that logo stat!
Is that yellow logo thing that formerly-ubiquitous-in-ads smiley face being blown up?
I’m surprised no one has noticed that the burst is a rip-off of Kurt Vonnegut’s drawing of an asshole in “Breakfast of Champions.”
So how many hundreds of thousands of dollars did Wal-Mart pay for its new asshole?
THE golden plated asshole of corporate America. Perhaps this will spawn a new award-The Golden Anus !
Shalom SF,
I like it! Now, what should be the criteria for winning the prestigious award?
B’shalom,
Jeff
WalMart has set the “gold standard” for NO standards. Perhaps the criteria should be “How low can you go?”
Shalom SF,
It’s your idea. Who would you nominate first?
B’shalom,
Jeff
How about the George W. Bush administration? After,WalMart,isn’t that just about the lowest?
Shalom SF,
Aw, come on. That’s too easy!
B’shalom,
Jeff
Jeff,tell that to the war widows and the wounded veterans,or the homeless and jobless,to Katrina victims(the living ones,that is), to the Americans poisoned by leaded toys and tainted food,by elderly who either buy gas or meds now-just a few of the low legacy points resulting from Bush’s crony capitalism and lobbyist induced policies. Then, ask THEM how “easy” it is. And while you’re at it,ask them who they would nominate.
Shalom SF.
Don’t get so serious about an award named The Golden Anus.
B’shalom,
Jeff
I beg to differ.Remember the “Golden Rule”? He who has the gold makes the rules? I submit we ALL need to get serious about the gold plated assholes in our society-TOP DOWN- and STOP being enablers.
Perhaps I should have said from the “bottom up”,since we are referring to the golden orifice. BTW,orifice begins with the prefix for gold-“or”.
Shalom SF,
That’s true, you’re absolutely right.
But I was thinking of an award more along the lines of the Golden Fleece awards presented by the late Senator William Proxmire (D-Wisc.) who regularly hung the perpertrators of wasteful government spending out to dry.
B’shalom,
Jeff
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the new logo is called a spark.I guess it is suppose to spark the econmy.
Shalom Walmartmole,
I’m sorry, Walmart can call it anything it likes, but it’s still an asshole. Kurt Vonnegut has spoken!
B’shalom,
Jeff
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