Animenagerie #33

Animenagerie #33


Ok, I just spotted a great big mistake in #29! I'll see about editing it, and fixing the picture... If anyone has noticed, I actually managed to mix up the 3rd and 4th frames... Hehe, I'll maybe make the change by next update, see if it makes anymore sense!

Right, ranting time. How many of you out there are part of a "Direct-Selling" business? Well, here's my brutally honest opinion about it, so it's going to be a little offensive. Mind you, it's tempered with the experience I've been haveing over the past fw weeks, where my friends seem to have all sold their souls to this form of marketing machine. Doesn't matter what they sell, or who they sell it from (YES, "from"), they've all effected me. So here's my two cents back. It could be an offensive two cents, too. BUT, if you can stick through it, maybe you might learn a thing or two about how to pitch your crap at me...

Ok, go time. Firstly, why don't I like "direct-selling?" Well, for all they say about this letting you meet people, why do I feel like I'm just whoring something? Honestly. It feels like these people, my erstwhile friends, are WHORING stuff. Flogging stuff just seemed sooo much better. And the arguments why I should "sign up" through them are just as pathetic.

I mean, please. I think a lot more than I seem to. And this means I like the way I think and experience things. And so this direct selling method, or at least the approaches my buddies have used so far, don't work on me. I'm serendipitiedly happy with my life right now. I know that I have to think about the future, and I do. Don't you think I do? And here these people come up to me as if I've just woken up from a cave and don't know anything. Dudes, rethink your strategy.

And the way it's presented to me is always the same. "If you join up think of all the money you'll make!" Again, please. If anyone knows me, they'd know that I'm not by nature greedy like that. Hell, I'm a bloody hobbit, if I spend I go ALL OUT. BUT I do of course, know when to save too. So what the f*ck are you waving "Potential Cash" in front of my face for? You might as well be waving a free ticket to heaven:

(ASIDE: Heheh, I like that, the way they say, "You can make up to $!" What I think? "Bullshit!" Why? Exactly. They are relying on the "fact" that I'd get n people to sell stuff for me, all of which will get n people to whore more stuff, again all of which will in turn get n people to... well, you get the picture. And if they don't? Well, simple! "That's why you need to introduce X to as many people as you can!" To which I say, "Sh*t, isn't that how you'd get your $ anyway?" Can't I just save up (which I can) and get my money myself?)
(ASIDE PART TWO: Oh, what's nasty is also how they tend to get all stuck up and lofty when I turn them down as politely as possible: "Okay, let's see you in 3 years when I'm driving my Rolls Royce (sarcasm) and flying around in my private jet. Would you be able to afford thoseby the time I get them?" Which is NOT how I like being talked to. Face it no one likes being treated like that. More on this follows later.)

I LIKE DOING THINGS THE HARD WAY. Yup, you heard it right. Which is why, in the race to steal my soul, Amway has already lost out. Plus, also the fact that I LIKE DOING THINGS MY WAY, or failing that, GIVE ME A GOOD "CHAIN OF COMMAND THAT STILL GIVES ME MY PRIDE. For me, selling stuff to my friends who will then sell stuff to their friends (ad infinitum) to earn money is just a little too easy... Then profitting off from their work? Sorry, that sounds too fishy to me. AND, it doesn't sound too "honourable" to me either. It makes use of others to get YOU the end result. AND don't forget that while OTHER PEOPLE are being whores for YOU, YOU are in turn being whored by whoever recruited you. NOT something I relish thinking about. I value my pride. If that's a fault, then the world is going down the shitpipe. I'll EARN my ticket WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS, thank you very much! I will not, however profitable, take such an advantage of the work of others.

Plus the fact that the direct selling system relies on a large, dynamic network of people to actually be profitable. Not only that, but if you think about it, any "end-users" are actually the ultimate dip-shits, according to the systems presented to me so far. They say it's okay (to be the dip-shit, just let the person you're getting the stuff from take advantage of you and rape you of your hard-earned cash. Remember: he's getting a discount that you're not), but with the knowledge already presented to me, how can that be okay? Now that I know enough about how it works, how can I be satisfied with just being an end-user? As far as I'm concerned, a great deal of spending (by all parties concerned) is involved in the process as well.
And, of course, since this is classified as "Passive income," you actually need to put your "Active Income" into it, don't you? IF you don't, you starve the people "above" you of income. IF your "downline(s) don't, they starve YOU of your cash. SO, it goes that the company running the whole thing is the only one reeling it in. everyone else HAS to spend part of their "active incomes!" Now, from the "philosophies" that these companies dole out, I don't see how that's fair. Even if I was profiting from it. I can't take advantage of people in that way.
Call it a moral thing.

One of the final hurdles is the way you have to register and sign up and be whored to some guy, even if he's your "friend!" What happened to the good ol' days of conscience!? Oh, sure, the guy thinks he's doing you a favour by presenting you this "wonderful" business opportunity. But I'm sure if you're reading this bit, you'll know by now how I feel about all this. Remember, if you want to recruit me, I have to WANT to WORK for you. NOT WHORE "STUFF." Unfortunately, friendship could be a hurdle here, especially if I've known you for a time. Also, you'll have to convince me to abandon morals that I hold to be good and true, because, after all, whore me and you whore my clique: my family, my personal friends (not that I have many), etc. Not something I relish thinking about at all... It also hurts more when Aside Part Two applies to the people I consider my friends...

THEREFORE, TO ALL DIRECT SELLERS: I hope you've been taking notes. If you want to get me, it'd probably be like getting the last boss in the hardest game you've ever played. I like it this way. Mind you, though, the endgame might not be what you expected. What if I told you that you guys are my only friends? Now you see why I don't want to whore you? Okay, anyway, off you go to tailor your strategies for approaching me for "business," and see if your changes make any good.
You guys are supposed to be able to read people, right? Isn't that what you're trained for? I don't think you've read me right even after 2 years...



Ah, I haven't ranted so offensively in a while. Hope these angry rants don't become a habit though... ;p I think I'm being too nice in real life. Anyone notice how quiet I've been lately? There you go. You don't know me.

Anyhow, cheers!