I don’t watch commercials; I hate them. These people don’t have the right to talk to me this way, so I refuse. At home I don’t even have TV that shows commercials.
But from time to time, I’ll be somewhere where commercials are shown. It amazes me at how rude and commanding these things can be. When watching them, I often think about all the poor souls that watch them regularly, seeing the same ones tens of times each day.
Eventually these commercials become full associations in the brain. People begin to truly believe them, reiterating these messages subconsciously. This is bad news for the watcher, but great news for the marketer (this effect is their goal: brainwashing).
Of course, there are some great, clever commercials from time to time. But in general, commercials are contributing to people growing less and less aware of what’s really important, what’s reality. It’s pretty sad.
Don’t watch commercials.


