Baseball.

[foopy]

Went to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field today. Beautiful day for a ball game, except I hate baseball, but the company was cool so it was kind of like having a conversation with a giant three-dimensional holographic TV in the background. Whenever I tried to focus on the game my eyes glazed over, but it was great for atmosphere and the occasional

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I really should get an LJ account, shouldn't I?

[anonymous]

I think there's a difference with how they used to name things, and how they do now. Consider Wrigley Field as comapred to Wrigley Spearmint Gum Field. In the same vein, Schottenstein Arena isn't such a terrible name (unless you have to spell it), but the Schottenstein Value City Arena just sounds ridiculous. It's like they're beating you over the head with the fact that they sponsored the arena.
And as for advertisements in general, I think it's partially a matter of saturation. I bet if Coke revived their vintage 1934 ad campaign and smacked it onto every visible surface they could get their greedy little corporate claws on, my tolerance for it would drop pretty quickly. That and I think older ads tend not to say "Drink Coke or you're a fucking loser!" in slightly more veiled terms.

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[caerlas]

Dood, your "cool" linky is dead.