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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Brantford, ON. Canada
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Just browsing the net and came across this:
1. Do you feel an overwhelming need to correct someone who gets a product feature wrong? (10 points) *
2. Do you get defensive and argumentive whenever someone says "those really suck!" and he's talking about the brand of car stereo you have? (8 points) *
3. Have you ever used the term "FUD"? (5 points) *
4. Do you even know what it means? (1 point)
5. Have you ever participated in an "Installation Party"? (9 points)
6. Do you subscribe to newsgroups that end in ".advocacy"? (3 points)
7. Do you heckle TV commercials for one brand, but righteously smile at the commercials for its competing brand? (4 points)
8. Have you ever spent longer than 6 seconds exlpaining why a missing feature wasn't really necessary in the first place? (8 points) **
9. Did you choose your bank based on what they run their computers with? (6 points) *
10. Do you call someone who switched from brand A to brand B a "religious convert", "traitor" or "interloper"? (9 points)
11. Do you have any bumper stickers with logos on them? (2 points)
12. Do you use deliberate and derogatory mis-spellings of company or
product names? (eg: "Windoze", "Macinsucks", "Blau****ed" etc.) (7 points) *****
13. Do you cling to any statistic that suggests your favorite brand is doing well, but get deeply resentful with anyone who questions their validity? (10 points) **
14. Are you embarassed to say who you hang out with? (5 points)
For each question you can answer positively, increase your score by the points given. If your score is higher than 2 then keep reading this article to find out how and why you should seek help.
Article:
http://www.disenchanted.com/dis/huma...d_zealots.html
And a great quote from the article:
"Who are these people and why are they wasting their lives to hail a brand of toaster, or stereo equipment, or computer as if it was the difference between good and evil? These folk are known as the Brand Zealots, and they are not your friends."
Have fun, I know there are alot of these guys on this very forum  I've *starred out questions that have pertained to recent topics here
Man, I'm bored.
Chris
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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i'm not that bad. I just buy what works for me.
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1. Do you feel an overwhelming need to correct someone who gets a product feature wrong? (10 points) *
Yes, especially if that person is trying to sell the product to me.
2. Do you get defensive and argumentive whenever someone says "those really suck!" and he's talking about the brand of car stereo you have? (8 points) *
Defensive and argumentative? no. Defensive? If I've had no problems with the product, why not defend it?
3. Have you ever used the term "FUD"? (5 points) *
Probably. A long time ago. Does it still count?
4. Do you even know what it means? (1 point)
Fear, uncertainty and doubt.
5. Have you ever participated in an "Installation Party"? (9 points)
Hell no. Do I look like a Linux geek? Don't answer that.
6. Do you subscribe to newsgroups that end in ".advocacy"? (3 points)
Newsgroups? 
7. Do you heckle TV commercials for one brand, but righteously smile at the commercials for its competing brand? (4 points)
Hmm. If I like brand A and hate brand B. Yes. Otherwise, it's just dumb.
8. Have you ever spent longer than 6 seconds exlpaining why a missing feature wasn't really necessary in the first place? (8 points) **
ALL THE FRICKEN TIME!!!
9. Did you choose your bank based on what they run their computers with? (6 points) *
Nope. They all pretty much seem to use windows, so it was either that or stuff it in the mattress. I don't want to know what's in my mattress. :shuuders:
10. Do you call someone who switched from brand A to brand B a "religious convert", "traitor" or "interloper"? (9 points)
Depends which way they switched. Anyone switching to the Mac can only be a good thing. Right? Right?
11. Do you have any bumper stickers with logos on them? (2 points)
Nope.
12. Do you use deliberate and derogatory mis-spellings of company or
product names? (eg: "Windoze", "Macinsucks", "Blau****ed" etc.) (7 points) *****
I used to. Then I grew up. A little.
13. Do you cling to any statistic that suggests your favorite brand is doing well, but get deeply resentful with anyone who questions their validity? (10 points) **
I'm always pleased to see reports of Mac market share increasing. I ignore the ones that say it isn't.
14. Are you embarassed to say who you hang out with? (5 points)
Of course. That would be the peeps in #macnn. I don't want my family knowing I 'hang' with those sorts of people. 
/me works out his score.
what was the link again?
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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I'm only a Brand Zealot� when it comes to computers and alcohol. 
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"I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you cheer up."
MacBook Pro 15" w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S & iPad 4th-gen. w/ iOS 6.1.2
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There are only a few products I am a brand zealot. Apple computers, of course, and most Sony products. I have a Sony TV, a Sony DVD player, Sony DVD-R disks and so on.
If you find a brand you trust, why change?
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Power Macintosh Dual G4
SGI Indigo2 6.5.21f
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Nashville, TN
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by kmkkid:
[B]
[b]1. Do you feel an overwhelming need to correct someone who gets a product feature wrong? (10 points) *
a)growl
b)correct them to the point of nausea
2. Do you get defensive and argumentive whenever someone says "those really suck!" and he's talking about the brand of car stereo you have? (8 points) *
only mac/PC... then I'm a terror
3. Have you ever used the term "FUD"? (5 points) *
n/a
4. Do you even know what it means? (1 point)
n/a
5. Have you ever participated in an "Installation Party"? (9 points)
sorta
6. Do you subscribe to newsgroups that end in ".advocacy"? (3 points)
n/a
7. Do you heckle TV commercials for one brand, but righteously smile at the commercials for its competing brand? (4 points)
yes...
dell ads- sounds of vomiting
apple- rapt worship
8. Have you ever spent longer than 6 seconds exlpaining why a missing feature wasn't really necessary in the first place? (8 points) **
hell yeah
9. Did you choose your bank based on what they run their computers with? (6 points) *
no
10. Do you call someone who switched from brand A to brand B a "religious convert", "traitor" or "interloper"? (9 points)
I go for Infadel personally... same idea
11. Do you have any bumper stickers with logos on them? (2 points)
Do waterbottles count? I don't drive yet.
12. Do you use deliberate and derogatory mis-spellings of company or
product names? (eg: "Windoze", "Macinsucks", "Blau****ed" etc.) (7 points) *****
Windoze, MicroSh!t, Microsponge... yes
13. Do you cling to any statistic that suggests your favorite brand is doing well, but get deeply resentful with anyone who questions their validity? (10 points) **
Literalist... so no
14. Are you embarassed to say who you hang out with? (5 points)
Geek PRIDE!
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I am a Brand Zealot... and damn proud of it!
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Don't try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.
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Originally posted by DeathToWindows:
7. Do you heckle TV commercials for one brand, but righteously smile at the commercials for its competing brand? (4 points)
yes...
dell ads- sounds of vomiting
apple- rapt worship
I love my mac and will happily buy another (or more) but I absolutely hate, HATE Apple ads. They need to do more. How many times does it need saying?
I see more ads for Cisco on tv than Apple. CISCO! fer cryin' out loud!
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I try not to be a brand zealot as every time i try and support a brand reputation wise I get slapped in the face when i come back...
Example 1:
Windows xp sucks, blah blah blah, it's an unstable piece of crap.
Next day: My g4 crashes and then when I restart the hard drive gets trashed and I loose 40gb of junk
Example 2:
Dell sucks bullets
Next day: I find my monitor all blotchy and stuff..
I dunno but I seem to hate macs now just as much as I hate PCs. They all waste my time
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Aloha
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2002
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By the above questions I'm not a Brand Zealot, not even close!
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"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." Winston Churchill
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Capitol City
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I definately am a brand zealot for Apple, and I really like Canon stuff, but I advised my wife to get the sony digital video cam because it was teh best value as far as I could tell. We haven't regretted that decision.
Microsoft would have to come a long way before I would recommend it to anyone, though. Even if I bought a PC, I don't think I could settle for one of these $400 jobs.
Other brands I like:
Martin Guitars
Simple (shoes)
Subaru
I can't really think of any more...
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