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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 4578" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>I always credited those old TV commercials for children's toys that never lived up to the imagery for teaching us to be skeptical, but lately I've been picking up on commercials that are just nuts, if you pay attention to the context or details. One recently selling a water bottle with filter built-in so you can purify tap water, shows a housewife offering filtered water to an eskimo drinking out of some bay or perhaps the ocean. Either case seems like it would be much too salty to drink, no wonder he preferred the filtered tap water. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I guess we are supposed to ASSume they are drinking from a Glacial lake? Real eskimos melt snow and ice for drinking water, or get it from inland glacial lakes. </p><p></p><p>OK let me get to my point... There is an old joke about playing poker. If you are in a game and can't figure out who the patsy is, "you are the patsy". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. For the last few years I have been seeing more and more TV ads where it isn't obvious who is selling what and why. So I would rephrase that old poker joke into, "if somebody is spending big money for a TV ad, to alter your opinions and behavior, and you don't recognize who is doing that to you and what their agenda is, .......then you are the Patsy". At least all those ads pushing pecker medicine are obvious about what they are doing. </p><p></p><p>Don't be the patsy, always pay attention to who is trying to influence you, and why. it may not be in your best interest to blindly accept what they are pushing at you. </p><p></p><p>JR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 4578, member: 126"] I always credited those old TV commercials for children's toys that never lived up to the imagery for teaching us to be skeptical, but lately I've been picking up on commercials that are just nuts, if you pay attention to the context or details. One recently selling a water bottle with filter built-in so you can purify tap water, shows a housewife offering filtered water to an eskimo drinking out of some bay or perhaps the ocean. Either case seems like it would be much too salty to drink, no wonder he preferred the filtered tap water. :-) I guess we are supposed to ASSume they are drinking from a Glacial lake? Real eskimos melt snow and ice for drinking water, or get it from inland glacial lakes. OK let me get to my point... There is an old joke about playing poker. If you are in a game and can't figure out who the patsy is, "you are the patsy". :-). For the last few years I have been seeing more and more TV ads where it isn't obvious who is selling what and why. So I would rephrase that old poker joke into, "if somebody is spending big money for a TV ad, to alter your opinions and behavior, and you don't recognize who is doing that to you and what their agenda is, .......then you are the Patsy". At least all those ads pushing pecker medicine are obvious about what they are doing. Don't be the patsy, always pay attention to who is trying to influence you, and why. it may not be in your best interest to blindly accept what they are pushing at you. JR [/QUOTE]
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