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    Corporations supporting pride are canaries in the coalmine. When they stop chirping, you know something is wrong.

    Besides, I don’t like cynicism. Yeah, most big corps don’t give a fuck. And this is what this meme is about. But regular gays work everywhere, and support does make a difference in those places

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      Absolutely - rainbow capitalism can be a problem, and actively attacking that rainbow capitalism from a place of bigotry-in-power can be a far bigger problem. Visibility and representation matter.

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      Exactly. I fucking hate rainbow capitalism, but it’s disturbing to see how in the last few years I’ve seen less and less rainbow logos and flags.

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        Exactly. I fucking hate rainbow capitalism, but it’s disturbing to see how in the last few years I’ve seen less and less rainbow logos and flags.

        Well, if the homophobes hate it, and the LGBT people constantly post “I SEE THROUGH YOUR BULLSHIT” why should they bother anymore?

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          When LGBT people say, “I SEE THROUGH YOUR BULLSHIT”, we’re not saying please do even less. We’re saying, “please back up your superficial displays with real, meaningful support”. Do more, not less!

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            Fair viewpoint, but the majority of memes I see are lacking the “make more authentic” part.

            To be honest, I think some of those memes are being made as false flags to discourage corporates from doing pride stuff, some are accelerationists that just want to shit on corpos, and the rest are lefties sick of the kind of support that only comes after the battle has been won.

            I agree with your desire, having more assistance during the strugge, and aiding the struggle in other places, not just “the west”

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          Idk this has similar energy to “If conservatives hate foreigners and progressives see through the bullshit PR - why shouldn’t Shein just continue using child slaves?”

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      I hear you. My reaction to the banks/other massive conglomerates draping colors for whichever things will retain the most customers that day/week/month is the same as the people who wait until the Super Bowl and then show up at work decked out in Eagles gear. It’s sad that it has to be tied to something so fake but the support isn’t exactly going to be turned down.

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    I’m not sure whether I want this to be read by GLADOS or Cave Johnson. Both would deliver the hell out of these lines.

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    I saw this or something similar a few years ago.

    It’s outdated today. Aperture is a defense contractor that wouldn’t risk upsetting trump.

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    Can hear Cave Johnson saying that, it’s missing an off script line after “your favourite colour of gay”

    Cave Johnson standing away from the mic: what do you mean the colour gay? Gays not a colour! It’s a rainbow, it’s all the colours! Who wrote this script? I want them fired, fire them now!

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    Some conservative is gonna see this and start a “Boycot Aperture Science” campaign.

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    Yeah and now that certain companies run the risk of getting flattened into the ground by Trump, only those companies that actually gave a shit continue to support Pride.

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    I’ll do my own pandering thank you. With a collection of clear virtue signals, a rigorous purity filter and a crew of fanatical moderators.

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      Much more pronounced too. It goes way beyond a few posters and flags. Xmas songs, trees,food etc. It’s on everything all over the place. Pride needs to really up its game to get up to Xmas level.

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          And keep it up till halfway the summer when you switch out for Halloween…

          You might get accused of waging a war on Easter though. I suggest joining forces with the Easter Bunny, hares that lay eggs are queer as can be.

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    He didn’t say “Chariots!”, so we know it was a Cave Johnson from an alternate universe.