• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    15 hours ago

    Because I could not care less about somehow offending or disrespecting a fucking corporation.

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      11 hours ago

      That’s because you’re not Danish. Lego may be a just another faceless corporation to you, but for us it’s part of our identity. The name was chosen by one man, for his wooden toy business, and the company is still owned by his descendant. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve visited Legoland and I’ve known people in multiple departments of the company. Same goes for a lot of Danes, if they haven’t worked there themselves.

      So it’s not disrespecting some corporation, it’s disrespecting a bunch of Danes as well.

      What I’m curious about is why you feel so strongly about this. I’ve tried hard to be nothing but courteous, while not backing down, and you decide that not only do you need to tell me you don’t care, you need to cuss as well. I get a sense that you do care, I mean, why else respond so forcefully? Are you OK friend?

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        11 hours ago

        Is anybody fucking ok right now?

        I say Lego, generally, but I think it’s silly to care that much, especially when it’s about a corporation. One of the main things shamelessly ruining our planet at the moment.

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          11 hours ago

          Is anybody fucking ok right now?

          Nope

          I say Lego, generally, but I think it’s silly to care that much, especially when it’s about a corporation.

          I know it seems silly, I might even agree that it is. But as I mentioned, Lego is so ingrained in my identity as a Dane that I can’t not speak out. Why keep going then? The noble answer would be that people shouldn’t be able to win arguments by just turning up the aggressiveness. But in reality I’m procrastinating something else.

          One of the main things shamelessly ruining our planet at the moment.

          If you truly believe that every corporation is evil and is ruining the planet, then fight back. And I don’t mean by misusing a name, I mean pitchforks and guillotines. Rise up and seize the means of production… In the meantime please leave the essential part of my childhood that is Lego alone.