Sonntag, 4. September 2011

Victims of dissatisfaction

We are not "safe" from them. As soon as you turn on the computer, TV, radio, even when you walk on the street, you're being obducted by the ridiculously huge amount of adverts and commercials. Honestly, I can't see the point. Why the fuck do I have to buy something right now, for example an iPhone? No, I won't buy anything right now, frankly, I won't buy it at all. Why should I? Because having the iPhone (for e.g.) will make my life less miserable and automatically imply a dash of coolness to my appearance? Wrong. If you don't buy what's being seductively offered on the market you'll feel unsatisfied. The whole system is unconsciously made to target and terrorise our mind with the feel of need and greed which of course rises if we see our neighbours showing off with a new gadget that can clean your ass after you left a dump in the toilet (I bet my ass that sooner or later you won't even have to shower anymore or clean your house, because one day some superclever inventor will build a gadget that will practically live for you.).
Wall Street, Time's Square, Piccadilly Circus, Tokio's main streets, they're all filled with commercials and only Heaven knows the use of it. No one acutally pays attention to what's being showed on the big screens, the tourists are just standing to marvel at the colours that race from one corner of the monitor to the other.
And since we're talking about commercials: if you pay attention to what a company tries to sell you, you'll die because you laughed too hard or because the stupidity of society and your own anger choked you. Every gadget's purpose is to make your life more comfortable. Like, remember those struck dumb, brain dead roller scooters on which you have barely enough place to stand up straight on and then control your driving direction with a handle bar that resembles the one a bike has? Exactly. WHAT THE HELL DO YOU NEED THAT FOR? YOU WERE BORN WITH LEGS, FUCKING USE THEM! And for Barney Stinson's sake, you look overretarded when cruising around on them in the city.
We need to have a simpler life. And investing your money on adverts is totally useless. Sure, it may work on brains of complete wealthy idiots who have to have everything. That's what they live for, instead of chilling in the nature and setting up the rule not to use any media for one week per month. It's how I roll and I'm perfectly fine with it.

Try it out: As soons as the commercials break during a movie you're watching, just switch off the TV and turn it on in 5 or 10 minutes and you'll feel much more relaxed.

Yours, Sascha

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