Thread by @CTZN5

well fwiw it is known (and denied, heads-in-sand style) that gen Z is v "conservative" (in the dubiously limiting L/R 1D nomenclature)

i've always been adidas so i don't have much to think about on this one

(if i'd always been nike i doubt i'd think much or change either, but)

https://twitter.com/EvanMcM/status/1046400960476712962

incidentally, "conservative" here just means

we wear athleticwear for, or to signal participation in, athletics. as such we expect athleticwear brands to promote an image of performance and athleticism

this is lifestyle brand adverts 101. nike's image is not pure athletics now

(admittedly, being professionally woke not only consumes all productive / working hours, but appears to gobble up any remaining time one might devote to such athletic pursuits as running and lifting and fucking. so, ymmv if you are a millennial approaching your midlife crisis.)

ALSO, lest there be any undue confusion w/r/t gen Z, "conservative" also means conservative about wasting irreplaceable resources like our motherfucking time

and we grew up on YT. anyone with YT can see what cops are up to. this whole thing makes no goddamn sense:

1) kneeling is a *fine* choice. unlike you shitheads who block motorways & kill people enroute to hospitals, kneeling has zero impact on people's intrinsic liberties
2) kaep picked kneeling (vs standing silent) w/ help from mil friends, to convey respect while delivering the msg

we know this and have known this forever bc it's information and ~all info exists online with trivial delay

so this situation is perplexing, inasmuch as we *cannot into* why a 2-week topic at most remains atop the zeitgeist, unsolved, no consensus, TWENTY-SIX MONTHS AND COUNTING

which means at this point, as stupid as that is, it is equally stupid that kaep et al continues to pursue this messaging for just as many months, since it clearly failed as a consensus-building effort. indeed, it seems to have broken other weak consensuses (consensi?) somehow

so none of this is reasonable

football is stupider than ever and can no longer be casually enjoyed d/t metastasis of millennial political cancer (untreatable & terminal fyi)

shoe & pizza companies are expending effort and $ on... things that aren't shoe and pizza 改善 (kaizen)

even if sincere, rube goldberg charity wastes resources. if you make shoes or pizza, your job is to make the best fucking shoes and pizza you can figure out

should you determine your purpose is [x activism] instead of shoe or pizza nirvana, great. proceed with deliberate action

but as it is

- kaep's squandering his baller talents while also being an ineffective activist at best, if not actually worsening shit on net
- nike. tired of writing about this so extrapolate
- same applies to NFL but even worse tbh, riding the fence so hard there's streakmarks

NFL actually had the prime position to solve this but they're a bunch of corporate pansies incapable of responding like humans and lacking all creativity beyond fining players and enslaving coeds:

rather than create the obvious win/win/win by uniting tribes, NFL did what everyone else did. picked a tribe and doubled down (while trying to pretend they hadn't bc why not that extra layer or retardation just for fun lol)

somewhere, in a more intelligent universe, this happened twenty-five months ago

day 1 - kaep kneels
day 2 - NFL talks to him, gets story incl. details from above
day 3 - NFL meeting. realizes surefire way NFL wins is by orchestrating a 3-way win. actually, huge $$$ on this route

day 4 - 7: NFL collabs with ESPN to ensure a steelmanned version of Kaep's perspective makes it out there. Wall-to-wall coverage, some random charity events, bring in servicemember celebs to work and talk alongside Kaep & friends. Everyone comes away looking more, vs less, human

day 8 - 14: Coverage and topic expands; NFL+ESPN bring in LEOs. Starts with Kaep, friends, servicemembers joining in charity stuff for fallen cops etc, plus fun shit too bc NFL has stadiums & celebs. Maybe a scrimmage w/ some athletic SWAT dudes vs a handicapped probowl-ish team

As the time goes on the other topics come up periodically and progress. A general understanding for each other's original perspectives is gained, and most importantly, 90% of a moving-forward consensus emerges across all three tribes, while the public watches reality-TV style

Congrats, crisis averted, everyone looks good, better than ever in fact. Not only did Kaep get what he truly wants (likely slightly different than what he thinks he wants) but everyone's better off; tribalism decreased instead of escalating

But here on earth prime we have like zero "great men" in leadership positions, a key prereq

hope this evolves in a favorable direction. cross your fingers that on avg gen Z bosses can supply millennials w/ sufficient "self-actualizing" busywork that they don't wreck anything big