J'Lo's divorce

[mrvette]

...Just because the media is there doesn't mean you have to pay attention to them. We already know how to ignore commercials; why can't that be applied to other things, like political ads, or even whole shows or even a media outlet?...

That might be the case for you (and I) but alas it's not the case if you take a (any) nation as a whole. If it was true, advertisement would be long gone.
Ads can fuck your brain without even you paying attention.
The more you know about human brain the more you realize that most of the time people goes in "cruise control" mode, unknowingly, relying on archaic mechanisms of the brain.
The actual part of real conscious actions is small, and most of the time wrong, because we suck at taking decision due to of that thing called emotion.
Advertisers, PRs, marketing strategists, politicians all know that all too well.
It's their dark force, the pathos.

One simple example : prices all being somethings99.99, I mean, come on, isn't it like treating consumers as idiots?
I don't want to be subliminally told that it's cheaper that it is, because it's a lie.

Personal rule :
Unless I asked for it, if the media talks to my emotions rather than to my brain, I'm know I'm being someone's bitch.

some time in the late 1800's there was this marketing guru that told of partly what you said....and so his marketing was woven into the PROGRESSIVE movement....I forget the name....but it reads the same as PAVLOV ....

and you be amazed the amount of clerks I converse with and see a sign that says xxx.95 whatever and I say the next buck up, they glance at me like it's a sunny revelation or some shit.....

seriously.....

spent over 25 years in retail, then home remodeling contractor for another 25 or so....used to be a TV shop manager back in the vacuum tube daze....

be a LONG time....

 

[DeeVeeEight]

. . . . and that somebody is always Someone Else. As in, it's Someone Else's fault, or, Someone Else should do something (or not be able to do something).

While I would agree that money screws up the election of public servants, it's people who cast the votes.

I agree with "compromise and moderation". There us no "us vs. them" -- the government is us. The problem is that government is used to force values onto everyone.

It used to be that having the ability to make choices and achieve things for yourself was valued. Now, it seems like people want to have Someone Else do that, so if it goes wrong they can have someone other than themselves to blame. People just don't want to accept the consequences when a choice that they made doesn't work out the way they wanted it to.

Oh, what were we talking about . . . that's right, Jenny on the Block. Now that she's single, I wonder if I have a shot?

Just because the media is there doesn't mean you have to pay attention to them. We already know how to ignore commercials; why can't that be applied to other things, like political ads, or even whole shows or even a media outlet?

Sorry, it's a little warm this afternoon, and I'm thinking it's about time for a cold beverage and a nap, so I'm having trouble producing cohesive thoughts of more than a sentence or two.

Mike

It doesn't matter if you vote Democratic, Republican, Independent or Tea Party. The whole political process has turned into a scam to placate the masses into thinking that they can do something when the reality is just the opposite. If we can vote ourselves out of trouble then why are we neck deep in shit and constantly being burdened with more taxes and government controls? It doesn't matter who is in the White House - put Betty Boop in there and the shit will roll down the hill just the same. :rain:

 

[Belgian1979vette]

. . . . and that somebody is always Someone Else. As in, it's Someone Else's fault, or, Someone Else should do something (or not be able to do something).

While I would agree that money screws up the election of public servants, it's people who cast the votes.

I agree with "compromise and moderation". There us no "us vs. them" -- the government is us. The problem is that government is used to force values onto everyone.

It used to be that having the ability to make choices and achieve things for yourself was valued. Now, it seems like people want to have Someone Else do that, so if it goes wrong they can have someone other than themselves to blame. People just don't want to accept the consequences when a choice that they made doesn't work out the way they wanted it to.

Oh, what were we talking about . . . that's right, Jenny on the Block. Now that she's single, I wonder if I have a shot?

Just because the media is there doesn't mean you have to pay attention to them. We already know how to ignore commercials; why can't that be applied to other things, like political ads, or even whole shows or even a media outlet?

Sorry, it's a little warm this afternoon, and I'm thinking it's about time for a cold beverage and a nap, so I'm having trouble producing cohesive thoughts of more than a sentence or two.

Mike

It doesn't matter if you vote Democratic, Republican, Independent or Tea Party. The whole political process has turned into a scam to placate the masses into thinking that they can do something when the reality is just the opposite. If we can vote ourselves out of trouble then why are we neck deep in shit and constantly being burdened with more taxes and government controls? It doesn't matter who is in the White House - put Betty Boop in there and the shit will roll down the hill just the same. :rain:

Seems like the same shit is happening all over the fucking globe.

Recently i was discussing the crisis with someone. Seems like all my generation has ever known are crisis's. I know a lot of people in my generation are giving up on all hope. This is creating a mayor gap between the babyboom generation and the Y generation as far as having knowledge being passed on to the next generation.

Sadly, but true, the world is a shitty place these days.