1. Banners
    Dismiss Notice

Advertising - are we stupid?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by loopyloosy, Jan 11, 2007.

Users Viewing Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 0)

Page 1 of 2
  1. loopyloosy

    loopyloosy Registered User

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2002
    Messages:
    4,991
    Likes Received:
    2
    Location:
    location, location.
    Advertising - are we stupid?

    Advertising is a cruel illusion is it not? We are sold pictures of human happiness, love, friendship, pleasure, sociability etc but it links them to a place which cannot provide it - the market.

    The pretty little girl dancing round the summertime garden - PERSIL WASHING POWDER

    The half naked waif of a woman wrapped in silken cloth smiling - GALAXY CHOCOLATE

    The young twenty-something woman who is adjusting her veil in a mirror and a young girl is sitting beside her - BEAUTIFUL PERFUME

    what a pile of utter tosh!!

    We know this is a con, but how come we still get suckered in?

    Attached Files:

    • 5337.jpg
      5337.jpg
      File size:
      10.6 KB
      Views:
      280
    loopyloosy, Jan 11, 2007
    #1
  2. 1615634792921.png
  3. Mr.B.ThatsMe

    Mr.B.ThatsMe 'yi raji puff

    Joined:
    Mar 7, 2005
    Messages:
    7,490
    Likes Received:
    1
    Location:
    Crawcrook
    Well.. we have to wash our clothes, most of us like to gobble some chocolate down once in a while and perfume makes you smell nice :p

    Adverts rarely make me go out and buy something I wasn't already considering tbh although I do see some dire attempts at marketing schemes going on..
    Mr.B.ThatsMe, Jan 11, 2007
    #2
  4. Rossy

    Rossy . Staff

    Joined:
    Jul 31, 2004
    Messages:
    7,809
    Likes Received:
    180
    Location:
    Posts:456780000000000000000
    I think advertising is given more credit than it deserves. It's nothing more than a mild annoyance for me.
    Rossy, Jan 11, 2007
    #3
  5. Yosef Ha'Kohain

    Yosef Ha'Kohain Registered User

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2001
    Messages:
    20,386
    Likes Received:
    5
    Location:
    Zion
    marketing is a smear on the history of mankind.
    Yosef Ha'Kohain, Jan 11, 2007
    #4
  6. loopyloosy

    loopyloosy Registered User

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2002
    Messages:
    4,991
    Likes Received:
    2
    Location:
    location, location.
    isnt it just joe.

    Its a shamless exhibition of our most desired things, happiness, love and friendship to get us to buy a JML ironing board cover or some other bit of mindless crap.

    AAAAAAAAAH it pisses me right off
    loopyloosy, Jan 11, 2007
    #5
  7. Mr.B.ThatsMe

    Mr.B.ThatsMe 'yi raji puff

    Joined:
    Mar 7, 2005
    Messages:
    7,490
    Likes Received:
    1
    Location:
    Crawcrook
    Actually I've seen the advert for that and it looks ok tbh..
    Mr.B.ThatsMe, Jan 11, 2007
    #6
  8. loopyloosy

    loopyloosy Registered User

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2002
    Messages:
    4,991
    Likes Received:
    2
    Location:
    location, location.
    :lol: :lol:
    loopyloosy, Jan 11, 2007
    #7
  9. Alexander

    Alexander Registered User

    Joined:
    Jun 12, 2002
    Messages:
    14,006
    Likes Received:
    0
    Advertising is needed, end of. Can you imagine how hard shopping would be if there was no advertising.
    Alexander, Jan 11, 2007
    #8
  10. RAVERBABY1980

    RAVERBABY1980 hardcore to the bone

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2006
    Messages:
    389
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    club overload, germany
    i have to agree totally here...

    i have never bought anything that i have seen advertised simply cos of the advert.
    i prefer to wait till all the adverts are finished for that product then go buy it when its cheap..:lol:

    Attached Files:

    RAVERBABY1980, Jan 11, 2007
    #9
  11. BRID

    BRID Has name in red. Staff

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2003
    Messages:
    8,239
    Likes Received:
    218
    Location:
    Ever changing
    Yeah you might actually have to spend time and effort making your mind up about something - instead of having someone else make it up for you.

    Marketing is never going to go away - although its ingenious just how people can flog stuff to each other these days. Feels a bit like that story 'The Emperors New Clothes' sometimes with the tat people convince themselves they need.
    BRID, Jan 11, 2007
    #10
  12. Alexander

    Alexander Registered User

    Joined:
    Jun 12, 2002
    Messages:
    14,006
    Likes Received:
    0
    its not really a case of that though is it? can you really imagine a world without any advertising? you would literally only here about products through word of mouth or by trawling round shops on a regular basis looking what stuff each retailer sold.

    It would be a nightmare!!!!
    Alexander, Jan 11, 2007
    #11
  13. Rossy

    Rossy . Staff

    Joined:
    Jul 31, 2004
    Messages:
    7,809
    Likes Received:
    180
    Location:
    Posts:456780000000000000000
    On another note how good are those price drop tv type channels on digital?

    I love the contrived effort they go into to sell a fucking toaster or something.

    You know it's fucking shit yet you know that someone, somewhere is going to be convinced to buy a fucking £10 diamond or some utter bollocks like that because two cunts on digital said how amazing it was.
    Rossy, Jan 11, 2007
    #12
  14. Mr.B.ThatsMe

    Mr.B.ThatsMe 'yi raji puff

    Joined:
    Mar 7, 2005
    Messages:
    7,490
    Likes Received:
    1
    Location:
    Crawcrook
    TV advertising wouldn't go a miss. I doubt it really helps many people decide on buying something. I definately haven't seen an advert for a long time that's made me want it.
    Mr.B.ThatsMe, Jan 11, 2007
    #13
  15. loopyloosy

    loopyloosy Registered User

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2002
    Messages:
    4,991
    Likes Received:
    2
    Location:
    location, location.
    well that way you wouldnt be sold things you dont need, you could just have one big consumer review centre, much easier.

    advertising is souless.
    loopyloosy, Jan 11, 2007
    #14
  16. scruf

    scruf Registered User

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2002
    Messages:
    9,672
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Islington, London
    marketing and advertising is a fundamental trait of human nature, each and every one of us does it every single day in a no more conceited or contrived way than any of the examples you've listed..
    scruf, Jan 12, 2007
    #15
  17. Mr.B.ThatsMe

    Mr.B.ThatsMe 'yi raji puff

    Joined:
    Mar 7, 2005
    Messages:
    7,490
    Likes Received:
    1
    Location:
    Crawcrook
    yet TV advertising is still the worst.
    Mr.B.ThatsMe, Jan 12, 2007
    #16
  18. French William

    French William _________________

    Joined:
    Oct 24, 2005
    Messages:
    6,219
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Luxembourg
    Touch melodramatic?
    French William, Jan 12, 2007
    #17
  19. Basic Instinct

    Basic Instinct Registered User

    Joined:
    Jun 7, 2003
    Messages:
    10,854
    Likes Received:
    1
    TV advertising works, especially on children at christmas. :evil:
    Basic Instinct, Jan 12, 2007
    #18
  20. Oasis

    Oasis Peter North-east

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2004
    Messages:
    8,023
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Seaham
    Advertising doesn't bother me, it might make me aware of a product I've never heard about.
    Oasis, Jan 12, 2007
    #19
  21. Phil Mitchell

    Phil Mitchell check me a dollar brer?

    Joined:
    May 19, 2005
    Messages:
    8,831
    Likes Received:
    1
    Location:
    Melbourne
    Advertising is absolute genius at work
    Phil Mitchell, Jan 12, 2007
    #20
Page 1 of 2

Share This Page