Kansas City is the only place in the world where being nice is an acceptable career strategy and even a job requirement.
To wit . . .
TKC IS THE FIRST TO PRESENT AND ROAST THE PATHOLOGICALLY POLITE AND FAR TOO NICE "TRUEKC" PHOTO BLOG ART PROJECT!!!
Here's the link FIRST on TKC: TrueKC
And I don't even know where to start with all that's wrong with this saccharine and clandestine marketing gimmick.
But I'll try . . .
- On general principal, we object to some start-up huckster walking around and getting po'folk to smile pretty for his camera. What some might call "urban exploring" is little ore than exploitation and unless he's handing out cash (pretty sure no) then this is just another way that a tech mover and shaker is getting over on locals just walking around without their knowledge. That's not to slam all street photography . . . But branding these kindly street people as happy souls joyfully enduring their lives of quiet desperation does nothing less than smear an agenda all over folks just waiting around for the bus.
- In reality . . . This artsy blog project is about 2 weeks away from promoting the toy train streetcar . . . After about 5 posts I got bored and stopped looking but it follows the same not so unique selling proposition that hinges Kansas City residents being too nice to say NO.
- Of course TKC is jealous that this kind of happy-go-lucky project would never float on this blog but that's only because we've stopped caring what anybody thinks and realized that confronting our enemies and the tragic downward spiral Kansas City is far more important than enjoying warm fuzzies and cleaver comments.
I guess what's troubling about this bloggy endeavor is that it follows the same "Kansas City Nice" style of branding that hasn't evolved in this town since the days when J.C. Nichols was kindly segregating this city with a smile . . . This time around, efforts like True KC are pushing a "rainbow gang" or Starship Enterprise crew pose attempting exploit a diversity of d-bags in order to loosen people up and get them prepared for the inevitable soft sell.
More in a bit . . .
I was nice enough to invite two Hobos over for my Sunday Easter Dinner.
ReplyDeleteOf Course they are the pre meal entertainment. After we get a bit of their folksy but wine filled harmonica songs we arm them with rusty butter knives and have them fight it out. Last hobo to tap out wins his own Hormel Cure 81 Ham.
This has been our tradition for a while too. The holidays really bring out the fight in people you thought had nothing left to lose!
Condoms are for the Missie B's crowd who can't take a birth control pill. What the hell is this, 1848?
ReplyDeleteI'm supposed to stick a piece of latex over my donger? I wonder how many of those sex ed scare tactics videos us kids who grew up in the age of AIDS had to sit through- and how many were paid for by the condom people?
If you dont use a condom you will die of AIDS in approx 28 seconds, 29 if you have a high T cell count going in.
I thought Trojans were casings for pork sausage.
ReplyDeleteIn a way, you thought right!
ReplyDeleteThis jackass - Ryan Sellers doesn't even live in KCMO or pay a penny of property taxes according to public record.
ReplyDeleteSo where is this poser working from?
He probably lives in Olathe or Omaha.
ReplyDeleteKauffman robot.
ReplyDeleteLet me guess all of the people in the pictures are giving up their cars to live downtown in one the new market rate apartments!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy happy happy!!!!!!
So kids around the country are going to look at these pictures, and think wow man, I need to move to Kansas City where things are really happening, the people are friendly, and civic responsibility won't interfere with my fun and social life.
ReplyDeleteAsk Tommy Morrision.
ReplyDeleteThe picture is wrong. In Kansas City it's the girls that are PIGS!
ReplyDeleteAccording to Tony they are all cows. Thats why he has all the pictures of fake udders.
ReplyDeleteI love the TIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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