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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:33 AM Original message |
If advertising "disappeared", would your buying habits change much? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. I look long and hard for bargains whenever I can, so without ads I would be hampered |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Same here but some ads have had a profoundly negative effect |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. In the Supply and Demand scenerio.... |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. when an ad screams at me, I scream back at the tube (or radio) and make a note to avoid it |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. How else does one learn about new products? |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. The ads pay for the programs you watch though. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
95. I have cable, so I am paying a lot to watch TV |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Charlie Sheen makes $300,000.00 per half hour episode of a crappy show. |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. Advertising mostly annoys me, but on occasion it is useful. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. The ads for Boeing, CSX, GE, et cetera are not to get you to buy a locomotive. They are to get you |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. It also puts pressure on politicians. It shows they are willing to spend millions |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. it also prevents those channels "news" from saying anything bad about them |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. A+..Bingo... Hole in one.. etc |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. very true |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. As far as grocery shopping goes, I rarely need what they advertise. A potato |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. Ads mostly sell brand names. The rest are the throw out the bait and see what sucker |
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chandler2 (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. Without advertising, you would have far fewer choices nt |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
72. Yes, Proctor & Gamble would not have multiple brands for the same product |
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abluelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. This Boomer Has Lost Her Memory |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
49. Brylcreem a little dab'l do ya'.. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. Ajax the household cleanser..... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. Nobody believes that they are affected by advertising |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. I can believe it |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
65. +1 |
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Louisiana1976 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:14 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. George Carlin once said, "Doctors have invented a cure for which there is no disease." |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #65 |
86. Yeah, like menopause has suddenly become an "ailment" instead of a natural part of life. nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #86 |
102. and all the things that go along with aging, simply MUST be "fixed" |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
85. You said that right. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
101. What was predictable? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
114. People forget how much more intrusive advertising has become in their own lifetimes |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. Advertising |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. +1 - excellent, right there with ya! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. Mad Magazine was instrumental in making many of us early advertisting... |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
61. Which is why it pissed me off that MAD started printing ads a few years back. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
66. +1 from another person "warped" by Mad Magazine |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #66 |
87. Ditto. nt |
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Louisiana1976 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
69. I loved MAD Magazine in my youth (the late 60's through the 70's |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. No. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. me too.. the first word in my google search is CHEAP.. 2nd is free shipping |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. lol |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
15. I hate TV ads |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. Another point |
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Louisiana1976 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
70. Good point. The stuff I use the most I usually buy store brands or generic. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. I purposely DO NOT buy products that have the most ads. |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
91. Well put. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. Not at all. We teach our daughter that ALL marketing is deceitful, & is mind/spirit pollution |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I find it ever so amusing & fun... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Cialis wants you to buy TWO bathtubs |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
73. Their more recent ads have a line about knowing when to get out of the bathtubs! |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. That is a great exercise. |
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greenbird (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
78. That's what we do in our home |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #78 |
111. Your daughter is learning to |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #31 |
84. There's an excellent book I read in the 90s called Age of Propaganda |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Lots of them. I remember all the lyrics to Perry Como songs, too. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I have bowler on one of my leagues, named Libby |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. We have banned cigarette ads on TV for some reason. |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Absolutely agree with you! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I'm reminded of an encounter we had with a "Twinkie-Man" |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Good for your baby! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I miust be the only Mom in the US, who never bought a box of Twinkies |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #42 |
92. That makes two of us. :-) |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. I may have been the one that aired it. Because the power of the snack ads on TV |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #55 |
94. Yep, see the couple of posts below! n/t |
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Louisiana1976 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
71. Or better yet, showed people who actually consumed their products. |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #71 |
93. Yep. Mickey D's has taken to using emaciated college-type guys and girls lately. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
80. try watching an hour of TV aimed at children |
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seeinfweggos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. off subject here |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Indeed it is.. a MIRACLE Sham-Wow! |
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seeinfweggos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. that's really funny |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. just for you.. a preview for my new pic.. a bit cheeky |
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seeinfweggos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. i like, so you did these yourself? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I modify stuff I find |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. Just because a super super rich sport star, or movie star tells you |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. not really |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
44. I don't know. I just think I have changed. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. No, not really, now if coupons disappeared |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
47. Many, many years ago I would go through all the Sunday ads & make note of which store had what. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
74. If I need to buy something, I will check the ads |
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S n o w b a l l (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
50. Advertising works... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #50 |
90. And that from the programmer's perspective, the 'shows' are the actual 'filler' |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #90 |
96. It's not in the same vein at all. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. And given that it takes up such a significant portion of the corporate culture background... |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. Right. And how many times did Bill Hicks appear on David Letterman? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. And how many times was his act censored by Letterman's handlers? |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. That's okay. I was just pointing out the hypocrisy and/or naivete of the purists. |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #100 |
112. I know plenty of folks who work in advertising...should I tell them to kill themselves? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #96 |
107. I watch television shows for "free" |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. Well, but that's it. Just don't watch tv and you won't have to watch insipid, dopey ads. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. I caught a tv ad for Boeing that interspersed weddings, military personnel, & silo missile launches |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. The flag, Mom, apple pie AND a Missile..Gawd bless the yoooesssaaaay |
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S n o w b a l l (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #90 |
113. I considered it a necessary evil when I owned my business.. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. Actually, I owned an HVAC business in the S.F. Bay area |
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S n o w b a l l (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. My store was in LA... |
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seeinfweggos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. the only ads that affect me are the sales in the newspaper |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
54. My buying habits would not change. |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
56. Ads? What are those? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
57. I am affected by ads that inform me of products I did not know existed |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:54 AM Response to Reply #57 |
79. Same here. I'm probably going to buy a mini video camera |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Before you buy one, google the model number & read the customer comments |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
58. It's not really a question of weather you personally ... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
59. Yes somewhat, that's how I find out |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
60. I actually like to know about better products and good deals.... |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
62. Many ads make me less inclines to buy. Sometimes there are no options. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
63. When I stopped watching TV and getting magazines I found that |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
64. A subject I like. I have never done ads. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
67. To find out how it started, watch this documentary. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
75. Luckily, people without an income don't need to worry about this |
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Johnny Noshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
76. If advertising disappeared... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
77. We buy almost nothing by brand name - we shop mostly for house brands, |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
81. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Two of our 3 boys "got the message" and have managed to |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
88. When I was a preschooler, some cereal was advertised as giving you the ability to fly. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
89. Egyptians used papyrus to make sales messages and wall posters. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
98. thinking back to a "simpler" time -- there were still lots of ads |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
99. No. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
106. Yes my buying would change. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
117. I don't think so |
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