Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post

guthmund · 05-14-2003, 08:25 PM

How is slick advertising and manipulating innate emotions "Nature's Way?"

I'm not going to piss, moan and whine about carrying some extra weight, but neither am I going to be shamed into doing something about it. I get along just fine, I manage to hold down a job, school, and a pretty frantic homelife all by myself and I don't go to the doctor needlessly. When I decide to lose the weight it's going to be for me, not because of society's pity and indifference.

Different people have different reactions to different stimuli. People are addicted to lots of different things; television, the Internet, food, sex, cigarettes, booze, and exercising to name a but a few. While most of the time these 'addictions' can be solved with a simple bit of willpower, sometimes the 'forces that are pitted against them' is too much.

Of the 2 hours of television I watched tonight, I saw 18 of 29 commercials were food related. For a fellow who's particular weakness is food then maybe he is being psychologically overwhelmed.

Don't think your addicted? Take a tally of all the 'extracurricular' activities you participate in.....find the one you spend the most time doing......now don't do it for a week.

If anyone can honestly say they have no vices, or addictions, I apologize, for you are certainly a better person than I.

I said it before and it bears saying again. It's a lot easier find flaws in others than in yourself.

05-14-2003, 08:25 PM	#15 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	How is slick advertising and manipulating innate emotions "Nature's Way?" I'm not going to piss, moan and whine about carrying some extra weight, but neither am I going to be shamed into doing something about it. I get along just fine, I manage to hold down a job, school, and a pretty frantic homelife all by myself and I don't go to the doctor needlessly. When I decide to lose the weight it's going to be for me, not because of society's pity and indifference. Different people have different reactions to different stimuli. People are addicted to lots of different things; television, the Internet, food, sex, cigarettes, booze, and exercising to name a but a few. While most of the time these 'addictions' can be solved with a simple bit of willpower, sometimes the 'forces that are pitted against them' is too much. Of the 2 hours of television I watched tonight, I saw 18 of 29 commercials were food related. For a fellow who's particular weakness is food then maybe he is being psychologically overwhelmed. Don't think your addicted? Take a tally of all the 'extracurricular' activities you participate in.....find the one you spend the most time doing......now don't do it for a week. If anyone can honestly say they have no vices, or addictions, I apologize, for you are certainly a better person than I. I said it before and it bears saying again. It's a lot easier find flaws in others than in yourself. __________________ No signature. None. Seriously. Last edited by guthmund; 05-14-2003 at 08:32 PM..