Six dollars and sixty-six cents.
Should it be maddening to watch television?
I’m talking about advertising here.
Buy it! You'll like it!
Even the most cute, hilarious advertising you can think of.
What’s wrong with it? Let’s see. How about making the customer want to crawl in the deepest, darkest, blackest hole that he or she can find, gouge his or her eyes out, and cover over the ears?
Sound about right?
It’s bombardment. Selling. Selling. SELLING. SELLING!
It makes the Clutch song “Escape From the Prison Planet” ring that much more true.
Where are we living? What are we doing? And how can we turn it all around.
More questions, yes.
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