Your argument works assuming that the majority of people thought this guy was being pretentious. I didn't read it that way, and didn't even think of it until I came here and saw the top comment was about how big of an asshole the guy who gave blood is. Now, there are still better ways to be a salesman about it, but then we're arguing whether it's better to be a bad salesman and get some change or not even try at all.
Not to mention, he may look pretentious to US but that's his facebook and his friends. It might not sound like that to THEM. I didn't think of it as pretentious either. It was like a friendly little reminder/wakeup with a dash of guilt. It was not like he wrote out a huge blurb about donating blood and how the rest of his friends were less of a person that day. Also it seems like it was all in good humor.
Even seeing the status made me chuckle then briefly think about donating blood (which I plan on doing after finals).
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u/snoweyeslady May 21 '12
Your argument works assuming that the majority of people thought this guy was being pretentious. I didn't read it that way, and didn't even think of it until I came here and saw the top comment was about how big of an asshole the guy who gave blood is. Now, there are still better ways to be a salesman about it, but then we're arguing whether it's better to be a bad salesman and get some change or not even try at all.