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Celeb News: Grimes: Stop Wrapping Christmas Gifts
Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by AvrilLaQueen
I am more shocked certain members not seeing hypocrisy, but oh well
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when u buy a CD, do you open the package, take the CD out, and then throw away the cover and then the rest of the packaging? I think tha **** not! unless you like having your CDs being scratched
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Member Since: 4/12/2012
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Queen! That's why I only use vegan gift wrap.
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Member Since: 6/15/2011
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Some of y'all should really consider joining a debate club because y'all are seriously convinced that you sound smart with your illogical, nonsensical arguments.
Disposable wrapping paper =/= album art. Doesn't take a genius to understand why they're not remotely comparable.
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Member Since: 6/19/2012
Posts: 29,579
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Originally posted by AvrilLaQueen
I am more shocked certain members not seeing hypocrisy, but oh well
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There's no hypocrisy; she's making an innocent suggestion, nothing else.
This idea that someone who offers suggestions to be more environmentally friendly must pass some green living purity test to not be a hypocrite is asinine.
But that way of thinking is to be expected from people who are so sensitive and reactionary to anything they perceive as SJW thinking. Forget actually engaging with the completely logical point she's raising, shutting her down from the jump to look edgy >>>
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Member Since: 8/19/2006
Posts: 6,475
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Originally posted by Lyrical.
Jesus got gifts on Christmas so it's okay
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Yeah, and I'm sure that the star guided the Three Wise Men to the nearest Pottery Barn first so they could wrap them...
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 15,921
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Originally posted by Yndda
when u buy a CD, do you open the package, take the CD out, and then throw away the cover and then the rest of the packaging? I think tha **** not! unless you like having your CDs being scratched
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but that album cover is pretty useless standing there, isn't it? what purpose is it for print thousands of it when people will just look at it and then move on with their lives doing more important things with their lives
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Originally posted by Artemisia
There's no hypocrisy; she's making an innocent suggestion, nothing else.
This idea that someone who offers suggestions to be more environmentally friendly must pass some green living purity test to not be a hypocrite is asinine.
But that way of thinking is to be expected from people who are so sensitive and reactionary to anything they perceive as SJW thinking. Forget actually engaging with the completely logical point she's raising, shutting her down from the jump to look edgy >>>
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Guurl, I agreed with her point she made. What part do you not understand about calling out her hypocrisy tho, when she herself plays a different role in endangering environment? What's the difference with wrapped paper ending in trash and her standing in shelves collecting dust?
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Quote:
Originally posted by AvrilLaQueen
but that album cover is pretty useless standing there, isn't it? what purpose is it for print thousands of it when people will just look at it and then move on with their lives doing more important things with their lives
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to make the album stand out, to make it identifiable, to expand on the record's aesthetics, to protect the CD overall from damage, etc…
did you seriously just ask that? wow question, do you think artists should start packaging their music in plastic bags?
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Member Since: 6/19/2012
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Originally posted by AvrilLaQueen
Guurl, I agreed with her point she made. What part do you not understand about calling out her hypocrisy tho, when she herself plays a different role in endangering environment? What's the difference with wrapped paper ending in trash and her standing in shelves collecting dust?
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Everyone does. Which is why she's trying to advocate for making some kind of difference. And you're here calling her a hypocrite.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Like her saying this is going to make any sort of difference in the world. She just sounds like she wants to be offended.
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Member Since: 8/19/2006
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Member Since: 6/9/2012
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It's for one day a year, she can chill.
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Member Since: 9/3/2011
Posts: 22,014
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Originally posted by Adonia
Like her saying this is going to make any sort of difference in the world. She just sounds like she wants to be offended.
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So people with progressive ideas should just keep their mouths shut because they're too progressive?? Yikes.
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Originally posted by Blatboy
It's for one day a year, she can chill.
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Americans generate 25% more trash during the Holiday season, i.e. 5 million extra tons.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Yndda
to make the album stand out, to make it identifiable, to expand on the record's aesthetics, to protect the CD overall from damage, etc…
did you seriously just ask that? wow question, do you think artists should start packaging their music in plastic bags?
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this is all that's needed, no covers. Just CD with her name and title
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Originally posted by Artemisia
Everyone does. Which is why she's trying to advocate for making some kind of difference. And you're here calling her a hypocrite.
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And I applaud her for speaking out, but I'm just showing how she needs to look at how she treats papers and wastes them as well.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Haus
So people with progressive ideas should just keep their mouths shut because they're too progressive?? Yikes.
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That's not what I meant, sorry if it came out that way! It was more of just the fact that she tweeted this after most people have already wrapped their presents. Seems like bad timing tbh
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 11/5/2010
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Originally posted by Blatboy
It's for one day a year, she can chill.
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Gift wrapping happens year around. Birthdays, valentine's day, mother's day, father's day, hihi
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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I agree I bought so many gifts but I didn't wrap a single one
I initially sent several to be wrapped by someone capable but then I just gave up and used the bag I bought them with as wrapping.
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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jesus she was just saying, the overreaction + unnecessary backlash
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Well she is right
Edit: Mess at so many people being unnecessarily angry over this
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Member Since: 8/19/2006
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Quote:
Originally posted by AvrilLaQueen
this is all that's needed, no covers. Just CD with her name and title
And I applaud her for speaking out, but I'm just showing how she needs to look at how she treats papers and wastes them as well.
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Except that the album art is that, ART. It's the creative work of photographers, artists, graphic designers, etc. It might not be needed, but it's a much nobler endeavor than paper that is mass-produced for the sole purpose of being torn apart and thrown in the garbage.
Now, whether people appreciate that art and give it the respect it's due, that's another story. In a similar vein, we can also debate whether physical album copies are being made in quantities that are far above the true demand for them (which is truly wasteful).
However, that's most likely not her decision but the label's. The fact that she wants her art (or someone's art) to be published physically and bundled with her music does not, to me, make her wasteful.
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