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JinnKai, I'm usually not actively anti-culture, but apparently with regards to advertising I have a subconscious button that gets pushed. Things like that drive me away more than anything. A hot half-nekkid chick on a CD cover? Great! I'm not paying $15 for a picture. If the disc is sweet, then I'll pick it up.. otherwise fuggit! I've never had a crush on the polar bears, or Santa... but I buy Coke becuase I like the taste better than other colas. I tend to prefer Dove chocolate, though Nestle and Hershey do just as much advertising. Why? Because I think the flavor is better. Why wouldn't people buy something they WANTED or liked more rather than something that they saw and purchased for the hell of it. No wonder impulse buying is at an all time high. I guess I just don't get it.

I don't like Burger King at all... even for fast food I think it's greasy and tasteless. I'd almost NEVER go to one to begin with, but putting that freaky, pansy-ass king in some retarded commercials, and you've just about permanently lost me as a customer. Am I really the only one that feels this way?

Scott, I agree with you to an extent, but what's so wrong with plots that include advertising? I like to listen to radio morning shows. About 5-6 years ago, it became MUCH more popular for the DJs to read an ad then go to a commercial. I'm a fan of this. Taking 5 seconds out to read an ad, that may be funny (since I usually like morning shows with personalities that entertain me) rather than breaking to a 30 second commercial that probably WON'T be funny.

If I'm watching ER, and the vending machine guy is filling the Coke Machine with tasty red cans... who cares? That's a 3-second scene that's MUCH more powerful than a commercial I probably didn't watch so I could use the john or grab some doritos.