Then there's that woman who sniffs to see if her toilet smells before she answers the front door. And why do the male children on adverts nod condescendingly at their mothers when they find the food she gives them acceptable?
It's all a crazy, invented, inverted world, the world of adverts, glossy mags, ridiculous TV. I have stopped watching telly, pretty much. Such a relief to give up the diet of total nonsense.
There are some programmes that I find distasteful on the freeview channels. Although to be fair, I've never watched more than a couple of minutes. There's the one about some bloke who pigs out on huge meals and one about people having property repossessed. Why do people consider this to be entertainment?
On sunny mornings, I always wonder which of my neighbours is treating themselves for constipation. In the adverts, the woman who takes a laxative at bedtime always steps out the next day to glorious sunshine. In November.
The advert that makes me crossest of all is the chocolate one where the Audrey Hepburn lookalike on the bus exchanges glances with a handsome stranger, then gets off the bus and gets in his car. It undermines all the parents who are trying to impress on their children that they must never get in a car with a stranger.
This thread is cheering me up no end. Is that a bad thing given the purpose? It's just making me glad to be a man really. No need for makeup, I cut my own hair and trim the stubble while I'm there, I buy the same toothpaste I've always bought, a bar of soap covers all of my washing needs, no need for an instruction manual to work my genitals, all nice and simple
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I was once discussing haircuts with a man who was mostly bald. I said "I go to the barber's every six weeks for a number four," and he said, "I have a number two twice a year.". I told him he needed more fibre in his diet.
I go full 0 in the summer. I literally look like one of these smilies most of the time In the winter I leave it a bit longer, not to conserve heat but because a woolly hat will stick to my head like velcro if I have it too short.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
It's just making me glad to be a man really. No need for makeup, I cut my own hair
I can't remember the last time I went out in war paint. I have my hair cut typically every 3 or 4 years. Dad's funeral was the last time, I think. One doesn't have to buy what the advertisers sell. I'm not the target market for most of these ads, so they just either puzzle or annoy me (or both, as in all perfume ads. I just sit there thinking 'wtf?' with those). Presumably if I was the sort of person who buys lots of stuff, I'd find the ads more compelling. It's a bit chicken and egg though.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
It's the radio ones that I find particularly annoying. I used to listen to LBC but the ad breaks were so long and repetitive, that I gave up. Also I found the evening 'What's your favourite biscuit?' topics trotted out by a presenter that hadn't been bothered to do any preparation beyond irritating. Things may have improved re topics - I don't know, but I'm sure the ads are the same.
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And why do the male children on adverts nod condescendingly at their mothers when they find the food she gives them acceptable?
There's the one about some bloke who pigs out on huge meals and one about people having property repossessed.
Why do people consider this to be entertainment?
The advert that makes me crossest of all is the chocolate one where the Audrey Hepburn lookalike on the bus exchanges glances with a handsome stranger, then gets off the bus and gets in his car. It undermines all the parents who are trying to impress on their children that they must never get in a car with a stranger.
I'm not the target market for most of these ads, so they just either puzzle or annoy me (or both, as in all perfume ads. I just sit there thinking 'wtf?' with those). Presumably if I was the sort of person who buys lots of stuff, I'd find the ads more compelling. It's a bit chicken and egg though.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Things may have improved re topics - I don't know, but I'm sure the ads are the same.