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Truth in Advertising
I realize that the topic title is an oxymoron. There is very little, if any, truth in advertising. I don't even object too much to that. After all, just the fact that the newspaper or TV station is being paid to print or air some message is fair enough warning to everyone that what they are about to see is bullshit.
The only thing that bothers me is that a lot of people were not born with the intelligence to discern the difference between truth and bullshit.
What I would like to do with this topic is to have you list the TV commercials that you think steps over the line and is exploiting ignorant people. Please don't make a long list...give everyone a chance to participate by listing their "favorite" exploitive commercial.
I will kick off this list with the commercial that makes me want to scream:
1. The ads for the "Payday Loans" things. The ads say that anyone who has a job can walk into their office and get a loan against their next paycheck. They list things like medical problems and car problems as reasons that one might need such a loan. Of course I don't have to tell you that the "loans" carry an ungodly high interest rate and the only way most people can pay off a loan on payday is to take out a new loan with an even higher interest rate.
Ok, it's your turn. List a commercial that makes you feel sorry for any poor, ignorant smuck that believes it. List just one commercial and then mention why it is bullshit and why it bothers you.
The only thing that bothers me is that a lot of people were not born with the intelligence to discern the difference between truth and bullshit.
What I would like to do with this topic is to have you list the TV commercials that you think steps over the line and is exploiting ignorant people. Please don't make a long list...give everyone a chance to participate by listing their "favorite" exploitive commercial.
I will kick off this list with the commercial that makes me want to scream:
1. The ads for the "Payday Loans" things. The ads say that anyone who has a job can walk into their office and get a loan against their next paycheck. They list things like medical problems and car problems as reasons that one might need such a loan. Of course I don't have to tell you that the "loans" carry an ungodly high interest rate and the only way most people can pay off a loan on payday is to take out a new loan with an even higher interest rate.
Ok, it's your turn. List a commercial that makes you feel sorry for any poor, ignorant smuck that believes it. List just one commercial and then mention why it is bullshit and why it bothers you.
Gullible Americans
I don’t like Oprah or P. C. McGraw. They, and people like them, use people to promote themselves and their own riches. They symbolize a lot that is wrong with America. They say they care, throw a little money at a problem now and then, but the monies they amass is at the expense of the misfortunes of others. We are a materialistic and self indulgent nation and we need to stop and think about how the rest of the world sees us. I have friends from other countries who laugh at how shallow Americans are. I can’t laugh…it isn’t funny.
It makes me smile that nothing was sold. The comments of the customers make me sad. Oprah is just a woman who was lucky and found someone to market her properly. How sad that some women don’t think they ‘could fill Oprah’s shoes”. All you have to do is be nice to people. Expensive clothes, like having lots of money, have nothing to do with being great or a good person.
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It makes me smile that nothing was sold. The comments of the customers make me sad. Oprah is just a woman who was lucky and found someone to market her properly. How sad that some women don’t think they ‘could fill Oprah’s shoes”. All you have to do is be nice to people. Expensive clothes, like having lots of money, have nothing to do with being great or a good person.
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WEATHERING THE STORM
I'm hoisting my sail
Heading straight into the wind
Let it crash me against that Jetty
Someone's waiting there with open arms
Like a beacon..waiting for me
I'll survive..and so will we..because
we are brave, and stand strong.
The raging sea.takes us, tries to pound
And break us..But low we will hang on
Head over board might puke. the Dramamine's
Not working, And the night closes in
The night closes IN.!!.???
So with out another minute to waist
I bid you all adieu
I'll Navigate myself to bed
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ahh yes, claybo..Navigate is good, one....I like that..
Heading straight into the wind
Let it crash me against that Jetty
Someone's waiting there with open arms
Like a beacon..waiting for me
I'll survive..and so will we..because
we are brave, and stand strong.
The raging sea.takes us, tries to pound
And break us..But low we will hang on
Head over board might puke. the Dramamine's
Not working, And the night closes in
The night closes IN.!!.???
So with out another minute to waist
I bid you all adieu
I'll Navigate myself to bed
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ahh yes, claybo..Navigate is good, one....I like that..
Medical Bills Question
I take paying bills very seriously. I have a very good credit rating as a result. When I had the surgeries in December, and the radiation treatment in January, I ended up with some bills that my insurance did not full cover.
I immediately set these bills up on a bill pay through my bank, since I couldn't pay them in full. One bill (service done in January, insurance billed and I paid a portion in February, March, April, and will till it's paid) has been turned over to a collection agency.
I am 1) mortified and 2) mystified. I was under the impression that as long as you made regular payments on an account, it could not be sent to collections. Does anyone know what the truth of this is?
I immediately set these bills up on a bill pay through my bank, since I couldn't pay them in full. One bill (service done in January, insurance billed and I paid a portion in February, March, April, and will till it's paid) has been turned over to a collection agency.
I am 1) mortified and 2) mystified. I was under the impression that as long as you made regular payments on an account, it could not be sent to collections. Does anyone know what the truth of this is?
HELP!!!
I just don't get it!! I can't seem to get a banner to stay the correct size!! I did get lucky one time, but I can't remember how I did it that one time. I generally am pretty good at figuring things out, but for some reason, I can make a banner that is 975X105 and yet, photobucket or eons will change the image down to 640X65. Can someone please tell me how to keep the image the correct size, or what I'm doing wrong? I have a number of interesting banner ideas that I'd like to make.
Thanks, Brian
Thanks, Brian
Crochet by Numbers
Has anyone heard of crocheting by numbers? I guess you can turn your personal pictures into Fiber Art. These patterns are not graphs. Would like to learn how to do this.
