My favorite shows used to have commercials for Tonka trucks. Then they had commercials for beer, condoms, and rock albums. Now they have commercials for hip replacement law suits. How on earth does my TV know what I need?
It’s just the matrix Neo (Jim)…
Morpheus: I imagine that right now, you’re feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?
Neo: You could say that.
Morpheus: I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that’s not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?
Neo: No.
Morpheus: Why not?
Neo: Because I don’t like the idea that I’m not in control of my life.
Morpheus: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life, that there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I’m talking about?
Neo: The Matrix.
Morpheus: Do you want to know what it is?
Neo: Yes.
Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work… when you go to church… when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.
Do you have one of those smart tv’s? I’ll bet that’s it.
You guys are hilarious
In a bit more serious tone… advertisers are chasing a certain demographic. The same demographic they have been targeting since the 1960’s. They know the big money is in the hands of the “baby boomers” so most marketing is focused on that demographic. That is the serious reason the ads you see always seem to “know” you.
I’ll stop there since my mind is wondering into verboten subjects that stream from this idea. To sum it up, you are a baby boomer and the world has been warped to revolve around that generation. In about 15 years you won’t understand the ads at all because marketers will have moved on to the new moneyed class.
Paul
I don’t know if this has anything to do with the topic at all but click on one of the scantily clad pretty young girls in their underwear on the side advertising column in Facebook and they must think all you want to see is ads for pretty young scantily clad women in their underwear. Sheesh!
You kill me, Keith! ;D
Because you are a unique person the individual needs that can’t be duplicated … just like everyone else.
Here’s a “fun” diversion. Check out market demographic reports for your zip code.
You’ll see a map and on the left are demographic groups that make up the majority of residents in that zip code. Click on some and read the descriptions. They are very specific. Down to potential hobbies, cars you might drive, magazines you subscribe too, etc. And this is just what is available for free!
;D
Funny stuff majorvices, funny stuff!
What about Viagra and Cialis?
I’ve privately polled the rest of the responders on this thread Denny, and they are not getting any ads for Cialis or Viagra. Sooo, what’s up?
This thread is getting better and better ;D
That’s what the Viagra is for…
Don’t feel bad. I watch commercials and say; “I can’t afford a new car, I’m not looking to get engaged, I don’t think I need to smell better, and I don’t need a pill to make me better.”
Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t change any of it. But the only thing that is advertised that I say, “I need that,” Is pizza.
It’s the drug ads that amaze. They all list why you should be on this or that for 10 seconds and then 50 seconds on side effects and outcomes that could be life threatening. The worst one I’ve seen is the testosterone replacement ad that talks about doing all the things young men can do but then says don’t let members of the opposite sex come in contact with treated areas. Isn’t contact with the opposite sex the primary driver for taking the drug in most men’s minds? Do these adds really work?
My son had to write a commercial in some class in grade school and he added a list similar to this at the end of his add.
“Do not use if you are/have ever been/ever plan to be/know anyone who ever has been/is/plans to get pregnant.
Do not use is you currently process oxygen. Do not use while driving or have ever smelled exhaust from a 2 or 4 stroke engine, have touched or ever think you will have to touch any petroleum derived product.
…”
It went on and on. The teacher thought it was hysterical.
Paul
Ah, perhaps there is hope for the future after all.
Love it. ;D
Ads? Don’t watch anything in real time, and >> past the BS.
Football games I record and then start watching an hour later.
past commercials and halftime gets me to the end of the game as the game gets there in real time.
I watch all of the NFL games worth watching via DirecTV Short Cuts. The entire game in 30 minutes. Each play back to back, snap to whistle. No comments, no commercials.
Getting old beats the shit out of the alternative.
Same here. I couldn’t tell you any movies that are playing or have come out in the past 3 years because I never watch commercials. The rare times I actually put on live TV my 3-year old starts bugging out because he doesn’t understand why I can’t skip the commercials.
It’s the best for sports. I can watch a full 3-hour UFC PPV, plus 2 hours of the FS1 prelims in 2-3 hours depending on how many fights go to decision. I work a lot of weekends, so I end up watching the Pats games late at night after the whole family is asleep and can do it in under 2 hours (faster if I’m in a rush).