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In reply to the discussion: Reason people buy AR-15 type guns is similar to the reason why people buy Huge SUVs... [View all]Locrian
(4,522 posts)41. not just AR15
Or SUVs, or cars, or guns, or....
We're ALL manipulated by marketing. The gun manufactures / industry's "products" are "advertised" 24/7/365 in just about every TV/Movie/Game etc. They are shown as tools of the hero, as ways to solve problems, as ways to 'save the day' etc.
Then there's the "zombie apocalypse", TV "shooter" reality shows, etc, etc, etc.
We need to start looking at some of this as a marketing issue - that's what's driving a lot of these 'new' bubble and fear/fantasy buyers..
Look at the crazy sales of the iPhone FFS. Similar marketing phenomenon/craze, except you can't shoot 20 people with an iPhone.
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Reason people buy AR-15 type guns is similar to the reason why people buy Huge SUVs... [View all]
srican69
Jan 2013
OP
Husbands buy huge SUV's for their wives and kids because big means more protection
DainBramaged
Jan 2013
#1
I cant find the peer reviewed article but here is the interview on CBS 60 minutes
srican69
Jan 2013
#23
Go back to DU v.2 and search under my old name "Cryingshame". I posted this info numerous times.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#52
Same psychology as the bullet bumpers on the '55 Cad - "don't mess with me" message to others.
leveymg
Jan 2013
#62
Is the study about cars "peer-reviewed," or your opinion about AR-15s and reptiles?
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#34
A search of Psychlit shows no peer-reviewed articles for Clotaire Rapaille.
Jackpine Radical
Jan 2013
#39
"peer reviewed" is the most absurdly overused DU phrase. Rapaille makes a living on marketing psych
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#56
"four-wheel-drive behemoth carries more carrots than climbing gear" Americans? "carrots"?
Yavin4
Jan 2013
#77
I too used to often dismiss others when they aptly illustrate me as an idiot.
LanternWaste
Jan 2013
#220
I drove station wagons which hold a shitload VERY comfortably. Without endangering other drivers.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#57
How many station wagons are there now that don't cost a forutne you can afford?
DainBramaged
Jan 2013
#65
CAFE standards and the chicken tax discourage the production of large station wagons
JVS
Jan 2013
#208
Wow, a 1 second google search finds quite a few. But don't let facts get in the way of your fail.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#92
Compared to big SUVs? Yes, they are. Is your google broke? $28,995 - $116,925
we can do it
Jan 2013
#105
You folks ain't changing America's driving or buying habits for the next 50 years
DainBramaged
Jan 2013
#98
Spoken like someone with their head truly in the sand about climate change
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#200
If you don't think DU makes a difference, and think we shouldn't live other people's lives
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#216
Her FACTS are exactly correct. SUV's were intentionally marketed this way. INTENTIONALLY. I've poste
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#50
Husbands buy big SUVs because of their small penises. Not because they are safe.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#69
Oh now I'm going to have to call the waaaambulance. It's big I'll be safe.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#72
Same here, but pretty equal between sexes, they are rarely dirty, let alone muddy.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#196
accusations of union bashing are the last refuge of the left wing scoundrel
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#201
First SUVs, then AR-15s (something "peer-reviewed?"), then [bada-BOOM] com-pen-sa-ting! nt
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#36
When controllers speak of "predictability," that means they are about to relieve their load. nt
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#42
We'd all be able to see better if their over-sized asses would get out of the way.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#175
Given the compensating, reptilian peer-reviews, psychology should meld with shamanism. nt
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#38
We need to understand them only for the purpose of devising more personal insults. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#74
Nothin' says I'm the boss like leather seats and 10 mpg and seating for 12
we can do it
Jan 2013
#124
True...we have to drown out the voices of the extremes from both sides...n/t
Sekhmets Daughter
Jan 2013
#55
We use a pick up for farm work. How does shoveling manure into your SUV work?
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#58
I have an SUV cuz it is hard to get through 6+" of snow in the mountains in a car
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#17
This thread is reading more like a SNL skit!!! All we need now are the visuals!!! LOL
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#112
My SUV gets better mileage than an XC90 so you want me to get a vehicle that uses more gas?
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#194
So you stab your working brothers and sisters in the back, and buy a non US union made car
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#203
He, he..., but don't forget that in places like cupcake land that's bragging rights for women too.
patrice
Jan 2013
#31
fortune 500 companies flock to him to pay millions of dollars .. you still think he needs to get out
srican69
Jan 2013
#33
SUVs mean that you'll survive a crash with a smaller vehicle, it's a kind of bullying
flamingdem
Jan 2013
#43
Ever drive by a fast food joint? The drive thru's full of dudes in SUVs most of the time.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#159
Funny, they have the opposite effect on me, I am flung out of orbit unless sucked into a milkshake..
we can do it
Jan 2013
#161
It NEVER fails, people have a personal bone to pick with SUV's so DU is the bashing grounds
DainBramaged
Jan 2013
#67
Thoughtless, shallow pseudo mass mind-reading post is thoughtless and shallow
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#84
It seems they both have the "I am more important than everyone else" attitude.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#129
So, like SUVs, AR15s are LESS safe than other models, despite accounting for <3% of gun homicide? nt
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#142
People who are obsessed with the correlation of penis size and personal possessions
sylvi
Jan 2013
#166
"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."
JVS
Jan 2013
#213
the reason is.....GROUPTHINK!!! yay narrow-minded insulting fools who can't read!
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#207
My guess is that like other commodities, Madison Avenue has done a bang-up job
LanternWaste
Jan 2013
#219