"Austin FC enter multi-year deal with YETI to be official jersey sponsor" (MLSsoccer.com - Monday, 2/10/20) (Austin FC) GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
The only thing wrong with that picture is the goon in the middle. I wonder when he will exit the team and cash out... THat’s a nice sponsor though. I didn’t know YETI is based in Austin. Texas doesn’t strike me as a state that would draw an environmentally conscious company.
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You're the one making your points without short, declarative sentences. I'm trying to understand how Yeti is an environmentally-conscious company. Yeti is apparently best-known for coolers made from polyethylene, i.e. plastic. https://telltalereview.com/what-are-yeti-coolers-made-of/ And these coolers are used to transport individual drinks, like the plastic water bottles you showed, into the wilderness where, no doubt, they are littered about by the aborigine-for-the-weekend-types who overspend for the privilege. So, again, without being obtuse, what's the environmentally-conscious component of this corporation? Please answer in declarative sentences, without saying "ummm," using pictures or implying that I am being obtuse in my good faith questions. Thank you.
redding is to california as midland/odessa is to texas austin is to texas what San Jose is to california
- Um, no. My point about Redding is that the stereotype of CA is LA, SF and to a lesser extent Silicon Valley, maybe some wine country snobbery pulled in as well. Nothing you'll find in Redding. While the Texas stereotype blinds the observer to the possibility of a progressive, tech savvy, culturally relevant place like Austin.
Do I know Redding? I wouldn't say I know it, but, I have been there several times. I know it has less than 100,000 residents and votes conservative. Austin has over 900,000 residents and votes democratic. Obviously there are other things you can compare. Explain your reasoning. I think OWN(yew)ED comparison is much more accurate.
This seems relevant to the rapacious movement of MLS (and other pro sports) franchises: If you’re looking for the foundational myth of the mindset of America’s most popular socialist . . . the episode that truly fueled his rage against capitalism was the same one that broke millions of other hearts in his native Brooklyn. When the Brooklyn Dodgers left New York for Los Angeles after the 1957 season, it created a grudge that Sanders — and countless other Dodger fans of a certain age — has never entirely let go of. As he recently told the Times: “It was like they would move the Brooklyn Bridge to California. How can you move the Brooklyn Bridge to California?” For a person who has been largely reluctant to open up about the major influences on his life, what happened to the Dodgers is one thing about which he is always willing to talk. “I don’t want to tell you that was the sole reason that I’ve developed the politics that I’ve developed. But as a kid, I did see in that case about the greed of one particular company. And that impacted me.” . . . https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/1...ism-is-rooted-in-a-baseball-myth-about-greed/
"The best advice is not to go looking for the yeti in the first place. Alternatively, if you do see one, then run." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science...-scientists-use-dna-evidence-in-bid-to-solve/
I just found it amusing someone could not believe there was a city in Texas that would be home to a seemingly progressive company like YETI. First, I was flipping the comparison, like how could there be a place like Redding in CA Using the voting demographic... You can normalize the population to the land footprint. I had some tool in a '60/'70s vintage chevy, - all cleaned up but still trailing tell tail grayish "you need new rings and valves" exhaust smoke - flip me off on Lafayette one day as he passed me driving a '09 Nissan Altima with a Hillary '16 bumper sticker, so I understand there are outliers everywhere.
Ok, fair enough. Texas is a changin'. Like California, the big urban areas, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio are pretty much blue now, with the rural counties red. And Austin, which has become a high tech center, is attracting a younger, more progressive population. That they could be home to a company like Yeti does not surprise me at least.
That says nothing. San Francisco and San Jose are both deep shades of blue, and yet they're culturally quite different. (San Jose doesn't get tourists, for example, so I'm told). Austin is utterly unlike any other city in Texas.
I don’t know if Yeti is a green company or just greenwashing, but this was in the announcement of the Yeti Austin FC relationship: The partnership with YETI, a brand deeply rooted in conservation and supporting outdoor lifestyles, offers a platform for both Austin brands to launch green initiatives that include the development of comprehensive recycling, compost and water refill policies and practices at Austin FC’s stadium. In addition, YETI and Austin FC will have the opportunity to partner in leaguewide programming such as MLS Greener Goals week and the limited-edition, eco-friendly jersey product designed for Earth Week.
Hello there 🤩 pic.twitter.com/D7Q4hgIDzz— Austin FC (@AustinFC) February 25, 2020 GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G