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Originally Posted by ngdawg
I think you're taking it in the wrong context. Advertising shows the best of whoever is using the product shown. Ever see a beerbellied old man downing a Budweiser in an ad? Of course not. Beautiful people drink it. Ads show their products in a world of perfect bodies, smiling faces and stylish clothes. Even those 'moms' dusting their livingrooms are perfect and happy. Corporate advertisers hold the gullible to an impossible standard they will try to emulate in frustration. It's not the product being sold in and of itself-it's what it can do for you to help you achieve that ultimate goal of perfection, ie: buy our shit and be loved by all and look good too.
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I agree with everything you said. I disagree with what others are incessantly yammering on about regarding advertising and the popular media: that people are just mindless consumerbots who are powerless to make enlightened and informed choices regarding their own lives. Of course advertising is a wasteland of bald-faced lies and manipulation, that's a given. What I'm saying is that average, reasonable, intelligent people are capable of making the right choices for themselves and their lifestyles that I believe ought not to be mocked and belittled by those who supposedly claim to know better.