If I pay for cable, why should i have to sit through mindless commercials. It seems that advertisers have completely bypassed the idea of showing me their product and encouraging me to buy it. Current ads are designed to confuse the watcher by displaying non-product related imagry then flashing the product name. this does not inspire me to engage in mindless consumerism and i hope that it does not encourage that in others. I tend to get more irritated by the constant repitition of the same stupid ads and become dissuaded to patronize the company and I encourage my friends to do the same.
I cannot go anywhere without some kind of product placement being shoved into my face. I have a particular disdain for people promoting a politician. So many people believe that by promoting that person it will make the undecided voter agree with them. I live nearby a school that is used for voting. At the last election, one particular candidate's supporter put leaflets on all the cars on my street. I would assume thier campaign promise was to "clean up the city." Thank you for cleaning the city and polluting my car. I am glad they lost. To encourage voting, i advise against making me clean up after a politician. Though i will probably have to do it anyway if they are Democrat or Republican.
