It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. Blackspot: Bogus or Bogus? Is Adbusters' Blackspot shoe bogus, or is it bogus? Exhibit A: a picture of the "Blackspot sneaker" that I wrote about Sunday:
Exhibit B: a picture of the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Black Unisex Low Sneaker:
Either Adbusters is having a funny at the expense of the gullible, or it is ripping off the Converse design. Either way, it's a major bummer. If Adbusters is having a culture-jam funny, then it's at the expense of people (not corporations) like me who really, truly, sincerely would like to see a sweat-free sneaker become available. If Adbusters is ripping off the Converse design in a real campaign for a sweat-free shoe, then clearly it won't get off the ground legally. Thanks for playing cute with my heart, Adbusters. Thanks for nothing. Return to the Irregular Times Main Page
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