Things you're really, really NOT into. (not music)

Padraic wrote:

Dorothy L Sayers wrote many of the Guinness advertising slogans and jingle-lyrics in the 1920s (not sure whether she was responsible for that particular one - it dates from right the time). She is also credited with coining the phrase "It pays to advertise"

Edited by Dean - January 11 2011 at 15:05

Epignosis wrote: Saperlipopette! wrote: Epignosis wrote: Saperlipopette! wrote: Epignosis wrote: Now that's a rather indefensible thing to say- giving yourself, your friends, relatives, neighbors and the like a pass because they're "all wrong at times," A jeez.. Yes I'm giving everyone that has no interest in promoting one spesific product instead of another a pass. Comparing those, and saying that since your neighbour and the advertising company might both be wrong, there's really no difference, and we should trust or distrust both equally, is absurd  (but basically how Equality7-2... concludes) Well, I don't know why you would do that. By the way, when people go to job interviews, are they not pitching themselves?  Would you then accuse your neighbors and friends who try to get a job of being devious advertisers?  Some people work in advertising for a living. I believe those people in general would try to sell whatever product they get payed to sell. Equality2-7... thinks ads are good for the consumer. I don't get how it can be good as its not about real information, only selling. This has nothing to do with someone trying to get a job. If this person is lying or pretending to be something they're not to get the job, I might respect them a little less. Just like I would find a100% honest advertisement more sympathetic than a manipulative ad based on lies. The main point is that I'm really not into ads, and Reality2-7.. dislikes that. Product testing is sometimes payed for and false, our neighbour might be wrong or work in the company he reccomoends, but all that is beside the point. The principle is that its wiser to trust what you believe is an independent source.  The only thing worse than a crappy commercial for some junk, is a great commercial for the same junk. I am a consumer.  I like most ads.  Many of them are entertaining and remind me to buy pizza and beer, which I also like.  I appreciate that.  By the way, what in this world is about real information?  The news?  When a person actively tries to get a job, he is trying to sell himself.  He is advertising himself.  He is pitching himself to employers.  What makes him different than a person trying to sell a product?  By the way, how do you know which ads are lies and which ones are honest?  You suggest that you automatically can tell.  I'm interested in knowing how. Wiser to trust independent sources?  Sure, but who is arguing against that?  Here's the thing- if you are angry about ads because they are manipulative, is it because you've been screwed so many times in the past?  If it is, then maybe it's your problem and you need to stop believing everything you see and hear.

You're a nitpicker. Just how is it difficult to understand my opinion?  Why do you have to bring up a person trying to get a job? A person trying to sell themselves or something he or she made is not the issue. Because that's not a part of the commercial world of advertising, is it? No I haven't been screwed. Is that the only reason you can think of for disliking ads? I can't believe anyone actually likes it, but I now know you and some others do. Neither nazis or religious fundamentalists has ever screwed me over, but I don't like them either. Shouldn't be possible according to your logic.

I dislike ads because its all over the place, taking up space on the radio, TV (which I rarely listen to/look at) newspapers, in the cities, making a beautiful street or building look ugly and cheap. If advertising was someting obscure and quiet for geeks, like stamp collecting, I wouldn't mind.

Btw: Someone else in this thread compared independent sources with ads, and saw no difference. It was sort of a reply to that.

^Especially if I ever learn how to spell his name without looking it up... 

Notice on how this (negative) thread (started after the other) is twice as long as its (positive) sister

And what the hell are green eggs?

Sean Trane wrote: Snow Dog wrote: And what the hell are green eggs?   Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast???

To hell with green eggs.  Try to eat one of these:
Preserved duck eggs are a traditional Chinese delicacy, and although known as "1000-year-old eggs" they are rarely more than 100 days old. According to radio-show host Chef Meng, it's a common dish, sometimes known as pidan, that is made by coating duck or chicken eggs in a clay-like plaster of red earth, garden lime, salt, wood ash, and tea. To prevent the eggs from sticking, and for an attractive presentation, the chef advises layering and wrapping individual eggs in rice husks and packing them into an airtight container.

GaryB wrote: I'm really NOT into...   commercials (I NEVER listen to radio or watch TV)

But you visit Prog Archives. 

Sean Trane wrote: Snow Dog wrote: And what the hell are green eggs?   Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast???

Green eggs were created to use in a famous children's book by Dr. Seuss called Green Eggs and Ham-they do not exist really, but made for a funny and original kid's story
            The main character of the book goes on and on about how much he hates them, rhyming away until oblivion
         the concept of there being fluorescent ones was made up by me just as a joke
         And Slarti, now i know what to get you for Christmas next year! (wish i could say this with fluorescent green lettering)

Dr. Seuss has tried to cross the Atlantic several times and failed. It will (thankfully) remain a uniquely Untied States thing, much like The Three Stooges, another USA export that never arrived in Europe.

Epignosis wrote: Dean wrote: Dr. Seuss has tried to cross the Atlantic several times and failed. It will (thankfully) remain a uniquely Untied States thing, much like The Three Stooges, another USA export that never arrived in Europe. Oh, a wise guy, eh?