MAKE IT STOP!!! Stop the rampant consumerism

[Eos]

Remember the old days when a retail business didn't depend on a good holiday shopping season to make or break their entire year?

le sigh

 

[SlitheryDee]

Need money for company but everyone only buy what they need.

No huhu, we make need. Tell them, no we show them that this is what they are supposed to be.

Who would question it when it's presented to all at once? After all, even individual decision will necessarily be based on public opinion, all of which will be based on what is on public media.

Is perfect family that has LuNoHoCo toilet swabber. Disagree? Then Discuss. We love when you discuss. Is free advertising.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: spidey07
<rant>

Just STOP it already. It's getting beyond ridiculous. It's downright puke-worthy. I can't even watch TV without being constantly bombarded by "buy me! buy me! You are worthless unless you buy me!"

1) Some guy decides to pay for his meal in cold hard cash and he is to feel bad about it? fvck that. My cash is good anywhere around the world.
2) Can't piss correctly? Here, take the ipeefreely pill and you're all good.
3) You can't be bothered to actually mop, so buy the disposible mop! Refills sold seprately. JEBUS! Nothing beats a good/hot/wet mop that might actually take, oh, 10 minutes. Learn to freakin' mop you morons.
4) Stop showing young couples in your commercials living in a god-damn 5000 ft^2 mansion smiling.

I'm about as capitalist as they come. But this damned bombardment constantly is why people are so fvcked up. See! You too can be happy! But you have to buy to feel it!

f'ing marketing.

The ironic thing is that spidey probably wrote this on his $2,000 laptop while sitting on his $2,000 leather couch and watching his $2,000 1080p HDTV with the $2,000 sound system.

Face it... most ATOT'ers in general are textbook examples of rampant consumerism!

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob


The ironic thing is that spidey probably wrote this on his $2,000 laptop while sitting on his $2,000 leather couch and watching his $2,000 1080p HDTV with the $2,000 sound system.

What I find amazing is all those things cost exactly $2000! :Q

 

[dartworth]

bad day at the plasma bank?

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob

Originally posted by: spidey07
<rant>

Just STOP it already. It's getting beyond ridiculous. It's downright puke-worthy. I can't even watch TV without being constantly bombarded by "buy me! buy me! You are worthless unless you buy me!"

1) Some guy decides to pay for his meal in cold hard cash and he is to feel bad about it? fvck that. My cash is good anywhere around the world.
2) Can't piss correctly? Here, take the ipeefreely pill and you're all good.
3) You can't be bothered to actually mop, so buy the disposible mop! Refills sold seprately. JEBUS! Nothing beats a good/hot/wet mop that might actually take, oh, 10 minutes. Learn to freakin' mop you morons.
4) Stop showing young couples in your commercials living in a god-damn 5000 ft^2 mansion smiling.

I'm about as capitalist as they come. But this damned bombardment constantly is why people are so fvcked up. See! You too can be happy! But you have to buy to feel it!

f'ing marketing.

The ironic thing is that spidey probably wrote this on his $2,000 laptop while sitting on his $2,000 leather couch and watching his $2,000 1080p HDTV with the $2,000 sound system.

Face it... most ATOT'ers in general are textbook examples of rampant consumerism!

Just to refute...

1) work laptop
2) cheap but nice sofa from buddy that owns furniture shop on clearance
3) no comment on TV
4) no comment on sound system

3&4 are hobbies and don't count towards rabid consumerism.

-edit-
The point being is that one doesn't need to constantly buy stuff. Buy good furniture and it will last you a lifetime, buy good AV and it will last 10+ years. But constantly purchasing drugs and refillable mops/dusters is just stupid IMHO. And I sure as heck don't need to buy something to feel good about myself, I'm a cocky SOB as it is.

Now I need to ready myself for the morning. My Mach3 Razor needs a new blade if you'll excuse me.

 

[JetBlack69]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: ultimatebob

Originally posted by: spidey07
<rant>

Just STOP it already. It's getting beyond ridiculous. It's downright puke-worthy. I can't even watch TV without being constantly bombarded by "buy me! buy me! You are worthless unless you buy me!"

1) Some guy decides to pay for his meal in cold hard cash and he is to feel bad about it? fvck that. My cash is good anywhere around the world.
2) Can't piss correctly? Here, take the ipeefreely pill and you're all good.
3) You can't be bothered to actually mop, so buy the disposible mop! Refills sold seprately. JEBUS! Nothing beats a good/hot/wet mop that might actually take, oh, 10 minutes. Learn to freakin' mop you morons.
4) Stop showing young couples in your commercials living in a god-damn 5000 ft^2 mansion smiling.

I'm about as capitalist as they come. But this damned bombardment constantly is why people are so fvcked up. See! You too can be happy! But you have to buy to feel it!

f'ing marketing.

The ironic thing is that spidey probably wrote this on his $2,000 laptop while sitting on his $2,000 leather couch and watching his $2,000 1080p HDTV with the $2,000 sound system.

Face it... most ATOT'ers in general are textbook examples of rampant consumerism!

Just to refute...

1) work laptop
2) cheap but nice sofa from buddy that owns furniture shop on clearance
3) no comment on TV
4) no comment on sound system

3&4 are hobbies and don't count towards rabid consumerism.

-edit-
The point being is that one doesn't need to constantly buy stuff. Buy good furniture and it will last you a lifetime, buy good AV and it will last 10+ years. But constantly purchasing drugs and refillable mops/dusters is just stupid IMHO. And I sure as heck don't need to buy something to feel good about myself, I'm a cocky SOB as it is.

Now I need to ready myself for the morning. My Mach3 Razor needs a new blade if you'll excuse me.

I've noticed you have a big problem with drugs trying to make people better, why?

 

[BoberFett]

The OP sounds weak minded and should probably just leave society already.

 

[eleison]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: MrChad
Wait, aren't you the one constantly pushing 1080p televisions in all the HDTV threads?

Of course. But I'm only trying to help people make informed decisions.

Nobody needs HDTV. They don't need OP telling them what they should and should not buy. What ever happened to sitting in the living room reading a book???

 

[will889]

Originally posted by: eleison

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: MrChad
Wait, aren't you the one constantly pushing 1080p televisions in all the HDTV threads?

Of course. But I'm only trying to help people make informed decisions.

Nobody needs HDTV. They don't need OP telling them what they should and should not buy. What ever happened to sitting in the living room reading a book???

Pretty good point. I also think computers-gaming consoles-commercials have played a massive role in the de-education of American kids too. Seems to me previous generations of Americans were far smarter on average when they were taught from books and not sitting at computers and getting fragmented information and devalued time.

 

[IGBT]

..you have control. shut it off.

 

[b0mbrman]

Blame your neighbors

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Guess what? THERE IS AN OFF BUTTON!

 

[yhelothar]

That's partly why I hardly ever watch TV anymore.
The news is even worse.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: MrChad
Wait, aren't you the one constantly pushing 1080p televisions in all the HDTV threads?

2007. The year of HDTV.

Not for me, I'm still using the $150 TV I got from ValueAmerica back in the day.

 

[TallBill]

You watch tv? Hahahah, fool.

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: Amused
What I find amazing is all those things cost exactly $2000! :Q

$2,000 Tuesday at Sears.

The only commercials that get me are the ones targeted at children. I think it's a shame what they market to children. I'm not a parent any time soon so I don't know how I'd handle it, but I know it always had me wanting something when I was younger (usually things I didn't need, like the latest soda, cereal or fruit snack).

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: TallBill
You watch tv? Hahahah, fool.

 

[DivideBYZero]

I like stuff.

 

[Turin39789]

That's what you get for watching television. And if you want to help people make an informed decision on HDTV's, it would be - buy one in 4 or 5 years if they drop to near the price of current tv's. Also, if you're not buying a 5000 sq ft McMansion, the 60 incher is going to look stupid on the wall of your modest >1700 sq ft home.

 

[fisheerman]

capitalist capitalize on consumers consumption

which end do you want to be on?


now say that 10 times real fast

-fish

 

[Phokus]

This is why i Tivo and skip all the commercials.

 

[Double Trouble]

I don't blame marketers or advertisers. They are doing their job. I blame the fools that allow advertising to determine their behavior to the extent that they mess up their lives trying to achieve what the commercials tell them they should have.

People are free to ignore ads and nobody's forcing them to buy anything......

 

[rudder]

In the 50's the average house was 1200 sq ft, now its like 2400sq ft. Its because we need a bigger place to store all our stuff.

George Carlin

 

[pontifex]

All we want is a headrush
All we want is to get out of our skin for a while
We have nothing to lose because we don't have anything
Anything we want anyway...
We used to hate people
Now we just make fun of them
It's more effective that way
We don't live
We just scratch on day to day
With nothing but matchbooks and sarcasm in our pockets
And all we are waiting for is for something worth waiting for
Let's admit America gets the celebrities we deserve
Let's stop saying "Don't quote me" because if no one quotes you
You probably haven't said a thing worth saying
We need something to kill the pain of all that nothing inside
We all just want to die a little bit
We fear that pop-culture is the only culture we're ever going to have
We want to stop reading magazines
Stop watching T.V.
Stop caring about Hollywood
But we're addicted to the things we hate
We don't run Washington and no one really does
Ask not what you can do for your country
Ask what your country did to you
The only reason you're still alive is because someone
Has decided to let you live
We owe so much money we're not broke we're broken
We're so poor we can't even pay attention
So what do you want?
You want to be famous and rich and happy
But you're terrified you have nothing to offer this world
Nothing to say and no way to say it
But you can say it in three languages
You are more than the sum of what you consume
Desire is not an occupation
You are alternately thrilled and desperate
Skyhigh and ******
Let's stop praying for someone to save us and start saving ourselves
Let's stop this and start over
Let's go out - let's keep going
This is your life - this is your ****** life
We need something to kill the pain of all that nothing inside
Quit whining you haven't done anything wrong because frankly
You haven't done much of anything
Someone's writing down your mistakes
Someone's documenting your downfall