Artsy Oct 23, 2012 at 11:59 am

WE MAKE #3

Marjorie Skinner
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Wish they'd clean those little white spots off their logo, but they can leave my initials on there, I'm OK with that.
Todd Mecklem on October 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM Report this
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"The creatives over at Wieden+Kennedy want you to know that they are not just commercial shills."

To the "creatives" at W + K, and all of the other "creatives" is this city. The creatives at NASA can put a man on the moon and take pictures of other galaxies. Your commercial is neither creative nor art.
on October 23, 2012 at 2:00 PM Report this
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Let's judge participating artists for being talented (how they were selected in the first place) and commercially viable (they earn paychecks). (Lucky) Sell-outs!

Let's now also ridicule them for any non-commercial efforts. Imagine the nerve, I mean, clearly only un- or under-employed creatives are worthy of the Mercury's support.

I find the writer's schoolyard-tone "a bit irksome."
Angie Maurer on October 24, 2012 at 2:11 PM Report this
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… Says an 8-year veteran of WK.

"Clearly," I publicized the event. Are you so unaware of how privileged a job at Wieden is that you can't take a little ribbing?

I know I feel that way about the Merc. It's not like I'm punching down, here.
Marjorie on October 24, 2012 at 4:17 PM Report this
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An 8-year veteran of WK? Uhh, nope. In the spirit of journalism and not of trolling, I'll leave it at that.

And then, in the spirit of momentum—your misplaced ad hominem notwithstanding—I'll leave the argument alone as well.

My time commenting might better have been spent thanking my (non-WK) employer for selflessly giving me a paycheck. I wouldn't want to seem ungracious or unaware.
Angie Maurer on October 25, 2012 at 1:36 PM Report this
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Maybe you should go ahead and thank your (non-WK) employer for selflessly giving you a paycheck even though you're here at 1:36 pm on a workday trolling the mean threads of this shitty magazine. But maybe that's what "creatives" do these days to convince other "creatives" that they are actually creative and not in fact just clueless proxies going around pinteresting ideas not their own and believing deep down that they have a single original and creative thought inside their head. TROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
on October 25, 2012 at 3:58 PM Report this

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