Thread: A Bunch of Sheep

My attitude to advertising is similar to what detroyt and some others have said. It certainly can make me aware of products and services that I might want, but I tend to be frugal, er maybe stingy is a better way of putting it, and obviously some of my tastes are well out of the mainstream. So--I don't buy a whole lot by American standards; I usually research things and don't do much impulse buying; and a fair amount of what I do buy, I learn about by word of mouth or through forums such as this one. And it does help that my family and I watch next to no TV.

We got on a calling list somewhere for focus groups, and I would have been happy to earn forty bucks to sit in a room for an hour or two talking about toothpaste, but every time they'd call me, the person would ask a few questions and tell me sorry, I didn't fit the profile they were looking for. Eventually they stopped calling.

Basically, most advertisers hate me and wish I would go ahead and die, and make room for somebody normal.

~Rich

Originally Posted by Stubear

I dont mind adverts on TV so much, because I usually have one of my guitars with me when I'm watching telly, so I just jam along to the adverts.

If only there were aliens studying you, Stubear, what would they think?! What inferences would they draw from you picking up your guitar and going for it every twenty minutes or so - some form of arcane communication with or act of devotion to the god of the telly?

That made me smile, thanks!

I ashamedly didn't read the whole thread but I'm sick so forgive me lol.

I no longer have a TV, I got sick of repeats and adverts irritate me, I'm 26 and to be honest even when I did have a TV I really didn't pay too much mind to adverts, I tend not to buy a lot, really most of my expenditure goes on shaving stuff or computer stuff, and with both it's only what I like or need, and especially in the case of computer stuff I research it quite thoroughly before I buy it and I buy the best of the type of thing for the fewest pennies I can spend.

When it comes to clothes especially jeans and shirts I tend to buy cheap comfy stuff, the only place I really spend is on suits, and that's only because Daniel Hechter suits are the best fitting suits I ever bought, and also good quality.

Geek

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

You need to do what I do. I flip a coin before every decision I make, so that way it's totally random. advertisers

You don't have horrific scaring to one side of your body as well do you?

Those who say pepsi please are putting themselves among
people who like their liesure with pepsi the drink that's young
so go ahead and take the drink that lets you drink young as you think
yes get the light one the modern light one
now it's pepsi for those who think young.

or how about

Good morning, good morning,
the best to you each morning
with K-e-l-l -o- double good
kellogs best to you

those are both from when I was a kid.

Who can sing the Coca Cola song ???

I'd like to buy the world a Coke ------ all great songs !!!


My name is Mack and I'm hooked on advertising ! There, I've said it.

I like adds if they are funny or clever, i never judge a product based on how good the adds are. Like adds may make me think of something i might need, then ill go off to the internet and spend a few weeks reading about it and assessing it before i buy it.

I buy based on benefit of the product to me, quality and value, the only thing advertising does is alert me to a product I didn't know about.

Also, if I think the ad is stupid or annoying, I boycott that product. I haven't drunk Coca Cola for over five years for that reason.