Tuesday, October 28, 2008

NOLA this, NOLA that: Too Meta


Why oh why do we self-promote so much? We have redefined the term self-promote. It's reflexive right? You promote yourself. To others. But what if you constantly promote yourself to yourself? What's the word for that?

I'm so so tired of every business incorporating NOLA into the title, either as a prefix or a suffix. NolaJava, Nolabeans, Nola Brewing Company, Nola Furniture, Nola tattoo, Nola cam, Cafenola...it never ends. How is it a good business strategy if every single business adopts the same technique? Really? And it just gets old. We know we are in New Orleans, nobody is confused about it, so drop it!!!

For instance, if everybody who blogged about New Orleans arranged Nola differently in their blog title, how would you even keep track of what you were reading? Nolablog, blognola, NOblogger, NoblogLa...etc.

The "geaux" spelling is charming though. Geaux Obama! Geaux Hornets! Geaux fuck yourself!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am filled with remorse and self-loathing.

Jeff Elrod said...

i am filled with loathing for denizenolas. y'all also talk about walker percy and "confederacy of dunces" a lot.

stinger839 said...

I like how all New Orleanians are unwilling embracing the New World Order by plastering Fleur de Lis on their bodies, apparel, and property. People think of it as "NOLA Pride"; I just see a branding of slavery to the Merovingian Illuminati.

Anonymous said...

definitely a good point. what about all the tag names on nola.com like nolaman, nolamom, desirenola, nolabama, etc. definitely not all that cool.