Advertising Runs The World
Advertising runs the world. Like a disease, it's everywhere.
Allow me to prove it to you. Get on your phone, or computer and time how long you can go without seeing an add of any sort. Likely only a handful of seconds. Get in your car, hit the freeway and you're going to have billboards screaming at you from their perches on the side of the road. And then there are the video billboards that nearly blind you if you look at them cause they're so bright. Not to mention they distract you into crashing your car! If I owned a collision repair company I'd want to advertise on those: "now that you've just crashed your car trying to watch our sign; give us a call and we'll charge you lots of money to get it repaired".
If you think about it, advertising is really everywhere. Clothing is a big one. Labels, brands, pictures on them. Everyone has become a walking billboard. Even the food we eat is branded and trademarked. Apples, bananas, etc have stickers on them. Cereal boxes are covered with multiple brand logos, of course, restaurants and fast food are too. Makes me think of the scene in Super Size Me where they find that more children recognize the golden arches than a picture of Jesus, etc.
Cars have big emblems on their hoods/trunks, and right smack in the middle of the steering wheel in case you somehow forget what you're driving. I've always thought that one was funny, cause if I already own the car, you don't need to advertise your brand to me since I already chose it in the first place. Even light bulbs usually have company logos stamped on them.
Animals are branded with family logos. Missionaries wear name tags to advertise. Interesting side note: my Great Grandfather came up with the idea of writing "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" in gold lettering on the side of all chapels. Before him, apparently, the buildings were left unmarked.
When you climb into the shower butt naked and vulnerable; you can bet Dove, NuSkin, and so on, will be staring you down from the shampoo bottle on the wall. Seducing you with their captions: sleek, smooth, soft, shiny, healthy hair.
Unless you strip down in the middle of nowhere, you really can't escape advertising. Like a disease, it's everywhere.
Allow me to prove it to you. Get on your phone, or computer and time how long you can go without seeing an add of any sort. Likely only a handful of seconds. Get in your car, hit the freeway and you're going to have billboards screaming at you from their perches on the side of the road. And then there are the video billboards that nearly blind you if you look at them cause they're so bright. Not to mention they distract you into crashing your car! If I owned a collision repair company I'd want to advertise on those: "now that you've just crashed your car trying to watch our sign; give us a call and we'll charge you lots of money to get it repaired".
If you think about it, advertising is really everywhere. Clothing is a big one. Labels, brands, pictures on them. Everyone has become a walking billboard. Even the food we eat is branded and trademarked. Apples, bananas, etc have stickers on them. Cereal boxes are covered with multiple brand logos, of course, restaurants and fast food are too. Makes me think of the scene in Super Size Me where they find that more children recognize the golden arches than a picture of Jesus, etc.
Cars have big emblems on their hoods/trunks, and right smack in the middle of the steering wheel in case you somehow forget what you're driving. I've always thought that one was funny, cause if I already own the car, you don't need to advertise your brand to me since I already chose it in the first place. Even light bulbs usually have company logos stamped on them.
Animals are branded with family logos. Missionaries wear name tags to advertise. Interesting side note: my Great Grandfather came up with the idea of writing "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" in gold lettering on the side of all chapels. Before him, apparently, the buildings were left unmarked.
When you climb into the shower butt naked and vulnerable; you can bet Dove, NuSkin, and so on, will be staring you down from the shampoo bottle on the wall. Seducing you with their captions: sleek, smooth, soft, shiny, healthy hair.
Unless you strip down in the middle of nowhere, you really can't escape advertising. Like a disease, it's everywhere.
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