The Complaint Bracelet

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Would complaining about the bracelet cause it to self destruct, or disappear into some dimensional void?

Probably not, BUT those rubber braclets are notoriuos, at least in my home,
for being particular about the heat they are subjected to.

They tend to act like an old rubber band and fall apart.
So.... if it were to self destruct and your... 2o days weren't over yet, what does that mean?

[3894]

Originally Posted by Ponine

So.... if it were to self destruct and your... 2o days weren't over yet, what does that mean?

You'd complain to their Customer Service dep't.!

[thecorndogwalker]

Originally Posted by Ponine

So.... if it were to self destruct and your... 2o days weren't over yet, what does that mean?

Dont worry because in 20 days, the holy spirit called oprah will come up with another dingbat must thing to have....

[Morrigoon]

I like the idea itself though... causing people to think more about how frequently they are negative and whiny. Turning that around can effect major changes in their lives: more people will want to be around them, they will be viewed as better workers, they will be less likely to negatively impact those around them.

But you don't need some obnoxious purple bracelet for that, just run down to Wal-mart and spend $5 on a decent piece of costume jewelry that will suffice and not look so ridiculous or announce to the world that you're engaging in self-improvement.

...oh wait. Half the people doing it will be doing it just SO they can tell the world they're doing it. Sing their own praises and whatnot. Some things should be done on one's own, with grace and discretion, and not evangelized to all within hearing distance.

(Holy sh*t, did I just advocate discretion???)

[lashbear]

If you hit submit on the form without entering email details you get this:



Email MARKETING..... Boy, I bet the marketing team LOVES Oprah for her uncanny ability to harvest hundreds of thousands of willing email addresses for them.

I know, I'm a cynic.

[lashbear]

Further to that.... their official site http://www.getresponse.com/ makes for interesting (or horrifying) reading, depending on how much you value your privacy.

Sell your soul to the marketing devil for a free rubber bracelet. (but don't complain about the marketing spam afterwards)

[€uroMeinke]

This reminds me of behaviorist approaches to change habits, which I guess complaining might be one. It requires wearing a simple rubber band on your wrist which you snap whenever you catch yourself engaging in the habit you intend to change (negative reinforcement). I suppose you can do the same with the bracelet, and flip it to it's message as a further positive reinforcement.

Still, the whole thing strikes me as lame.

[lindyhop]

Well Oprah didn't invent this although they sort of make it look like she did.

I read about this a while ago, I think I even heard a piece on NPR. It was a minister who started it within his church and other people heard about it so it spread. And then Oprah happened.

I like the idea itself because I hate negativity. But I also really like to complain. I wonder if there's some way around it. For example, isn't it delightful how annoying the traffic was today?

[wendybeth]

Just about the only thing Oprah has invented is herself. Everything else is stolen under the guise of promoting, excepting Jonathon Franzen's work and that other guy who got nailed for fraudulent memoirs. She was pretty damn quick to distance her ass from him, wasn't she?

[Gemini Cricket]

I can't wait to see who's on the cover of O Magazine this month...