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Honest! You are , you really are...

I know you don't believe me but somehow you still want to. It seems that this is what advertising industry is about: tempting the consumer by lame slogans that work again and again, no matter how sophisticated we are.

I am not sure if this is even a rant. I make small bucks myself by blogging for paid per post companies. However, there is something repulsive in this trend of aggressive marketing - which is not so new - that permeates possibly every corner of our lives.

Oh, the temptation. Why everything has to be so complicated? Shouldn't I just give in and finally realize that this is all for my own good and that "advertising helps people keep their jobs"? I don't know, but I can't help feeling violated sometimes.

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Pussy Willow's picture

There's advertising, ZanyNenk, and then there's just plain

rip offs. Lying, misleading and suckering the public is not advertising. But it works because we, the public, are so gullible and so willing to believe, so people keep doing it.

It's time we, the public, stopped buying in to the lies. Don't give in. Keep up the fight. You've got lots of company out here.

Pussy Willow

Catfish's picture

We ain't never giving it up, PW,...

because, in a perverse way, we like being lied to, or being mentally lead in this fashion. I remember back in '79, Burger King had this promotion about their flame broiled burgers while I was in college. At this time, I didn't know that on the other side of the city was a Burger King; all I knew is that we had one at home. So, I came home for Thanksgiving, and instead of thinking about turkey, I just HAD to have that flame broiled, double beef Whopper! And man, it was all I could imagine.

Same kind of thing with people loving to be scared by some of these very disgusting movies lately. It just won't ever stop; Pandora's Box is open forever.

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