I don't watch TV much but a couple of nights ago I was watching a show and I saw two commercials that seemed more evil than anything I had seen previously.
The first was for a shampoo that encouraged women to become godesses by using their product. I see that a lot on TV about women being godesses worthy of worship.
The second was for a yogurt that is so good that it is"not catching the bouquet at a wedding good" After which they clinked their yogurt cups together as though getting married is the most distasteful thing on earth. .
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All advertisements inadvertantly fall into three categories, sex, fear and humor. Ad number one is sex. Ad number two is humor.
Christianity, if marketers used the same scale, falls in the category of a fear appeal. And they know that sometimes a fear appeal falls flat on their face and make the advertisor look insensitive and paranoid. Which is precisely what you're doing now.
ArmandT: Only if what is being advertised has no real differences from the competitors, or is wholly a taste thing. "Bigger, stronger faster" ads, ads that show ho wthe product is in fact superior to competition don't work the same way, because there is, on some level, substance there.
On goddess worship, for me at least, the more goddesses the better!
Holy shit, dude, it's just a COMMERCIAL!
Women should be worshiped as the goddesses we are.
Getting married isn't distasteful, the significance placed upon it, however... aw, fuck. I'm going to bed.
1. I'm not entirely sure about the logic behind the whole goddess thing in ads like that, but my guess would be that it's about the woman pampering herself, almost as if she was a goddess. While arguably selfish, I don't think it falls into the category of self-worship.
2. I'd need to see the ad, but I'm guessing there's supposed to be a little thing called humour in there. It seems that you don't understand that.
"The first was for a shampoo that encouraged women to become godesses by using their product. I see that a lot on TV about women being godesses worthy of worship."
OK, I'll face it...I worship women much more than I could ever worship a God. Its what I do. I can see women, and dammit, I do love them so.
"The second was for a yogurt that is so good that it is"not catching the bouquet at a wedding good" After which they clinked their yogurt cups together as though getting married is the most distasteful thing on earth."
I've made fun of that commercial so much for its blatant "look how independant we are" stuff, but there's essentially nothing wrong with it other than it bugging the shit out of me.
I don't watch TV but I watch TV?!
Oh, and commercials are evil. That's why those of us in the civilized 21st-century world now own DVRs.
If these commercials seem "more evil than anything" you'd previously seen, Jsmythe, then you really don't get out of the house much. Or read any books not on your church's "approved list."
If Jsmythe ever watched the Artificial Insemination scene from Pink Flamingoes, his/her head would probably explode!
Clearly, enjoying your own beauty is an awful, awful thing. And so is enjoying your afternoon snack.
(Also: Shampoo clearly makes us objects of worship, and goddesses in our own right. Have you been to the Temple of Fishcakes lately to give me some proper offerings? I just washed my hair this morning. And I conditioned it, too, so I deserve even more offerings. *eyeroll*)
How come whenever these people bring up the subject of "evil," I know I can relax?
When you guys bring up that subject, I think, "Oh shit, murderers, rapists, religious extremists, and daddy lonlegs! Run!"
honestly, I don't like the "become a goddess" type ads myself. They are blatant manipulation and pandering to the delusional. however, while I don't think that's a healthy mindset, I don't know that I'd call it evil.
Yet another reason that nobody will marry or have sex with Jsmythe. So far it's been....
1) Women won't go to work to support him while he goes to school
But of course it has nothing to with him. Nope, nothing wrong with him, he's great marriage material.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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