JoeBidet

Well when it is 100% associated with a negative message, constructed in a political way that makes it obvious, then it's rather different I'd say...

Also what Banksy did was not mainly with the logo, but with the mascot, an antropomorphised character representing the brand and puting it into a human situation...

I understand the alleged funniness in this, and am in favour of all sort of fair-use (and even unfair-use!) of copyrighted, patented and otherwise trademarked material...

My questioning here, is: aren't we advertising for the golden arches by multiplying them on our own federated servers? In people's brains which have been filled already with this logo from the day of birth, associating it with sugar+fat tastes that speak to the "hmmm! good" part of the brains... seeing this wouldn't trigger a "hmmm! good" reaction, you think?

I thought the whole point of the Fediverse was to give ourselves the chance to define our own standards for interacting as society, through experimenting, and discussing, and finding rough consensus, etc...? ;)

I see your point, but yet I don't give up. Admitting that "the world runs like this" is a self-reinforcing mental block to convince oneself that never will ever change and that there is therefore no point in even trying.

Maybe through discussing these things openly we could raise awareness and build consensus towards onboarding more people with the idea that a corporate brand logo is not just another funny brick to build images with, like the rest, but is something loaded with power, and a history of influence, and often exploitation, etc...? And that one is always serving the interests of this company by re-using their logo in whichever way? (as the cynical PR people say "there is no such thing as bad advertisement"...)

I would somehow react the same if the faces of important historic figures were used trivially, for instance. Even if the purpose is to make people laugh, it is worth reflecting about what images/symbols/powers we propagate...

Sorry for being that party-pooper here :)

It's not about you as a person, but about this imagery and its (brand) symbolism.

Having any image posted here (even if funny haha, or otherwise), containing logos of Google, Amazon, Apple, Palantir, Coca Cola, etc... would be disturbing to me. I am just wondering if others think this way.

These symbols (brand logos) have been hammered in the brains of each and every inhabitants of this planet, through billions invested in spreading the most low-level messages humans have ever invented ("hmmm!" "i love!" "this is great!" and other brainwashing concepts...). I personally love my spaces to be free from brands, brand names, brand logos, and advertising.

Isn't this spam, as it displays a notorious brand name logo?

(or is it me being just too sensitive with my allergy to advertisement?)

old thinkpad FTW!

got a T430s for 115Euros one year ago

go for it!

Because it's run by the people for the people! :)

i agree! ;)

like the rest of the Fediverse: through ingeniosity, community and self-organization!

(understanding "make money" as "pay for its infrastructure and maybe for some dev and other of the essential work now ran by volunteers" not as "profit")

Get off my federated lawn!