Originally Posted by cartmen34

My wife and I were actually discussing this last night over dinner. A fairly new car company sponsors a block of syndicated sitcoms that we like to watch while eating dinner. So every 5 minutes or so we'll hear "This comedy brought to you by...." Then, literally, every other commercial is an ad for this particular car company.

Anyway, we got to talking about it and we both came to the conclusion that those repeated ads did nothing for us. They did not make us interested in the cars advertised, nor did they make us take any interest in the car company whatsoever.

So, to answer your question...no, ads have no effect on me. I buy products that I need or want, not because the glowing box says to buy something, but because I've decided I like and/or need the product.

Now media mind control is a whole other subject... //turns into a tv zombie..."Must buy stuff...must buy stuff!"