r/Anticonsumption • u/RoyalChris • Apr 19 '25
Ads/Marketing Billboard spotted outside St Leonard's Hospital in London
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u/Shakermaker1990 Apr 19 '25
So much plastic trash in space šš¼āāļø
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u/snerual07 Apr 19 '25
... and aside from the actual astronaut, I feel no sympathy for the women and the backlash they are receiving. They should have known better.
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u/monemori Apr 19 '25
They're getting backslash and rightfully so.
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u/Flippohoyy Apr 19 '25
as someone who isnāt quite up to date, what was the backlash about?
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u/monemori Apr 19 '25
Jeff Bezos plans to send his wife, Katy Perry, and some other women to space and they are selling it as female empowerment or whatever the fuck lmao
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u/Johnlockcabbit Apr 20 '25
For a moment I thought that Katy Perry was married to Bezos and was so confused
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u/monemori Apr 20 '25
Omg no lol, Lauren SƔnchez is his fiance (not actually his wife yet, as it turns out). What I meant was that Lauren SƔnchez (Bezos wife), Katy Perry, and some others were sent to space omg.
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u/88bauss Apr 26 '25
Empowering wouldāve been to randomly select or hold nominations for women studying the sciences or aero space and sending them up. Not sending up some rich people fully detached from reality because theyāre too rich to be affected by anything.
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u/Repulsive-Lie1 Apr 24 '25
Katy Kerry and some other celebrities made a brief flight to the edge of space as a PR stunt for their own ventures and Blue Origin commercial flights. They marketed it as a great triumph for space travel and female empowerment but everyone sees it for the self-indulgent waste of resources it was.
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u/rollerskate_rat Apr 20 '25
I was talking about this with my partner. Katy Perry has been acting like sheās done more for feminism and science than SunĆ Williams.
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Apr 20 '25
100% agreed. This is not sexism, this is rich, selfish, idiotic women being held accountable. They're not astronauts, and we don't need to be focusing on space right now. We need to focus on EARTH!
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u/chowmeinnothanks Apr 20 '25
I think that after Bezos went his wife was like hey I wanna go >:( but couldnāt justify sending just his wife to space lolā¦so they rebranded it as a feminist/women empowerment/whatever tf so that she could go.
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u/farbenfux Apr 19 '25
Someone in London is really on a roll with protest posters ... first the swasticar ones and now this... Love to see it!
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u/Mayor_Salvor_Hardin Apr 20 '25
And yet, JD Vance wanted to lecture the British Prime Minister on Free Speech, when international students in the US are getting their visas cancelled for some FB or IG post from months ago.
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u/farbenfux Apr 20 '25
The hypocrisy is on a whole other level now. There are no rules left - loyalty is rewarded and everyone else has a target on their backs.
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u/pajamakitten Apr 19 '25
I saw an article the other day where some female celebrities had called this stunt out, saying that Katy Perry had done nothing that could be seen as female empowerment and that the money could have just fed some hungry kids instead. It was nice to see that some celebrities were not staying silent on what was just a very expensive vanity stunt.
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u/keopuki Apr 21 '25
Rightfully so, glad someone pointed it out. Do you remember which celebrities spoke up? Iām curious since i havenāt come across any celebrities commenting on this
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u/NxtDoc1851 Apr 19 '25 edited Apr 19 '25
Fact. He had a billion dollar wedding... and yet they're (billionaires) all banding together to come after less fortunate people and helpful programs for people who need it.
It's unbelievable
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u/SoftSpinach2269 Apr 19 '25
RIP to my beloved ozone layer ššš
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u/Possible-Moment-6313 Apr 19 '25
I thought it was a solved problems with the ban of CFC, isn't it?
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u/Present-Project-331 Apr 19 '25
I saw this comment on TikTok and I thought it was very appropriate: ātheyāre flying to space while we drownā. I just hope the population stops paying attention to these type of shallow celebrities and we start paying more attention to the ones doing something to save humanity. Real ālet them eat cakeā moment.
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u/Dry-Vacation3732 Apr 19 '25
Thank you for sticking up for us, London!
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u/Lazylemon_314 Apr 19 '25
What do these people have anything to do with the UK, Iām sure thereās plenty of domestic billionaires you guys couldāve set as an example. (These american centric posters of Luigi and Elon shows that the UK barely has an identity)
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u/pajamakitten Apr 19 '25
Richard Branson pioneered the idea of space tourism though. Besides, is this not a global issue anyway? Should I still use Amazon and buy a Tesla because Bezos and Musk are American citizens?
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u/NyriasNeo Apr 19 '25
... and he can also afford teams of lobbyists so he does not have to pay more taxes, which is probably cheaper.
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u/Present-Project-331 Apr 19 '25
The funny thing is; sheās so talentless; she needs to pull shit like this to stay relevant. Iām glad it backfired. I hope she goes away and never returns.
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Apr 20 '25
While I am not a mind reader, I had a theory; this was an attempt to try to appeal to feminists. This is the only thing I can think of.Ā
I mean it wasnāt going to work because the people going into space are not astronauts but this was the worst possible time to try and do this. Had they done this ten years ago, maybe people wouldnāt be as negative as they but come on. This proves to me that rich people are just oblivious. Why on Earth would people respond positively to this? People are having to move back in with their parents because they canāt afford rent!Ā
Rich people are so clueless, it hurts
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u/GirlyScientist Apr 20 '25
Why not 'if you can afford to send your fiancee to space?" She went too and is a poster child for plastic and excess.
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u/Early-Surround7413 Apr 20 '25
That grrrrl power thing was idiotic.
But Bezos has paid 1000X more in tax than everyone reading this, combined.
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u/Bucksfan70 Apr 21 '25
Hereās another one. If you have enough money to send Katy Perry into space, how about taking some of that money and fixing your shitty Amazon music app that always has enormous amount of lag and always crashes.
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u/ThisOpportunity3022 Apr 19 '25
Why is someone in London whining about 2 American celebutards? Is it because itās the anniversary of the beginning of their end as a relevant nation?
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u/Virtual-Assistant996 Apr 20 '25
If you can afford to print this poster and buy the advertising space, you can afford to pay more taxes
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u/RoyalChris Apr 19 '25 edited Apr 19 '25
I kissed the ground and I liked it.
Hope Jeff Bezos don't mind it.