Is There Truth in Advertising?
The marketing industry has its fair share of deception and bullshit. From “Do-Nothing” infomercials to self-proclaimed “Gurus,” it seems like everyone’s out to beat you up and take your lunch money.
Well personally, I think it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. If people are begging you for cash, they clearly don’t know how to get rich fast.
And let’s not kid ourselves about those supposed free iPhones. If time equals money, then spending 50 billion hours on online surveys ain’t exactly free.
Sure, I’ll concede that there’s an ounce of truth in advertising. Hell, pharmaceutical commercials are too honest. I mean, have you ever seen those commercials? One minute you’re watching a cheerful montage of newfound vitality, and the next you’re bombarded with a laundry list of potential side effects…
“RELAXOFT may cause nosebleeds, baldness, memory loss, swollen ankles, facial boils, excessive earwax, uncontrollable cursing, an urge to play in the mud, road-rage, snoring while awake, perjury, atheism, and a compulsion to spit at small pets.”
Well, isn’t that lovely? Next time, I think I’ll just tough out the headache.
All of these side-effects lead to bigger questions. Like, if I’m feeling under the weather and my partner offers me medicine, should I fight him? Should I slap it out of his hand? After all, the medicine might have caused the sickness in the first place.
And while pharmaceutical ads get points for partial honesty, they’re not entirely off the hook. In many other ways, they’re just as confusing and misleading. For example, they often feature scenes unrelated to the product.
Vagisil commercials have cheerleaders performing routines. Male enhancement commercials have politicians playing golf. Every herpes commercials can be summed up as: “I have herpes.” “I don’t.” “Let’s ride bicycles.”
Ultimately, when it comes to medication, I don’t pay much attention to the advertisements. It’s best to let the doctors decide what’s right for me. They usually know what they’re talking about. Well, emphasis on usually. I once had a doctor whose office plants were always dead. I couldn’t help but wonder if I could trust him with my life.
127 Comments
Sammy
yea I know right? But yes I'm still alive. And I did it again today/tonight for like 7 hours.
haha
Janet
WOW. Your using CUTENEWS?? That's amazing how you can decorate it this well. xD
You no steal Miranda's b-day cake.
Miranda's b-day cake, for me eat.
You no EAT!!!!!
Ahhh, lmfao. But really; you can't have a slice, haha.
JK JK.
Ben
Oh and I have added you to my affiliates, thanks for accepting 😀
Ben
Wow, four math classes! Well good luck on all of them 🙂
I guess PE isn't so bad, it's sometimes a nice break from other boring classes but I don't really like it.
Yeah I have fairly long hair. Used to have shorter hair but I find I look much better with longer hair because I also have a big head.
Really, you volunteer at nursing homes? That's so cool! Yeah, old people are the nicest. I mean I can see that the ones I'm around are sometimes not so nice to each other, I guess I can see their faults. But they are really nice! 😀
Frou Frou was really good, but I am still a huge Imogen Heap fan. I love all her music so much, I can't wait to get her new album and I also want her first one.
OH MY GOD! That is SO weird. I used to be obsessed with Missy Elliott. Well maybe not quite obsessed but I loved her so much and I still do except now I know about a lot more music. Same here, I pretty much have all of Pass That Dutch and Teary Eyed memorized as well as some of her other songs. Her songs are really amazing, and she's way more than just another black female rapper, that's for sure.
Kissliin
man, you sure are right. advertising can be too honest. especially those facial ones. if you look more closely, in the little corner, you can see "results may vary"
hmmm…not really convincing.
man, MJ's death really took a huge toll on people. and he was planning on a tour too! which sucks. we just lost a big chunk of history right there.
ANA
lmaoo!!!!!
this made me laugh outloud like 5 times..
and my whole family is like asleep and dead downstairs..
so now
ya my mom just came upstairs wondering why I was laughing..
look what you got me into! lmao!
and yeahhh lady gaga was pretty impressive..
i watched her on youtube because i'm stupid and missed her performace because i needed to get water from downstairs ?
i know my life sucks..
and next time i'm watching informercials..
i'll be thinking of this blog LOL
Gillian
Although the fact that he's done it before, and now he's doing it again, just proves that he hasn't learned his lesson and he probably won't until people stop giving him attention, whether its negative or positive.
Merete
naaaaaaaaaw. thanks 🙂 <3
(you too, when that time comes xp)
Merete
Ahhh.. stupid me >.<
but have to go to bed and sleep now. talk to you tomorrow. oki? 🙂
peace.
Justin
Test #2
Amanda
okie dokie! Thanks!
Merete
you said: "Not much here. My boyfriend’s at work and I’m stuck at his house… bored out of my mind! I might see the Proposal tomorrow, so I’m excited about that."
I'm confused :s
nothing muc, returning comments 🙂 <3
Amanda
why thank you! I was pretty scared to go on it, but it looked pretty cool and everyone said that it wasnt that scary;
sure! I'll add you to thee group! (:
Merete
yeah, offcourse I am. I'm a awesome host (hh)
nice 😀
sup?
Jill
Yeah except I'm not looking too cute lol
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