| ▲ | GJim 2 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
> sellout trash A trifle offtopic, but..... In the 1990's and for us Gen-X'ers, the worst thing you could do was to sell out; to take the mans money instead of keeping your integrity. Calling people and bands 'sell outs' (sometimes without justification!) was to insult them. With the rise of 'influencers' the opposite appears to be the case; people go out of their way to sell out and are praised for doing so. This is a massive change in the cultural landscape which perhaps many born in the 2000's aren't aware of. (Being aware of this helps give some perspective to Gen-X media and films like hackers). | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | burningChrome an hour ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
This is exemplified in Wayne's World product scene. I later found out none of the companies shown in the scene had paid for their products to be in the scene. Its also one of the most iconic scenes from the movie. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | riffraff 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
This is insightful. But I'm not sure it's completely true, I think people just have shifted their perception of what selling out means. Content creators on YouTube, for example, get criticized when they literally sell their brand to a larger conglomerate. It seems people do not complain if they do sponsorizations tho. | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | jghn 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
In a sense, society sold out | |||||||||||||||||