Acting Badly seems to be gaining in commercials***

[Frankn]

Yes it is growing and probably influencing the young.
You see it in commercials like pringles chips commercial where two youths notice that when they eat chips, the base product explodes on the shelf so they procede to trash the store while laughing.
Gets your attention, yes, but sends the wrong message to youth " it's ok to cause destruction as long as you are having fun"

 

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[spartacus53]

You see Frankn, the problem with this post is how you wrote it....


You should have said the two Utes

 

[Frankn]

But Spart, isn't that an Indian tribe?

 

[Frankn]

Well, just saw another one. Guy and girl in bed. The guy has a piece of food and holds it up to the girls mouth. as she trys to bite it, he yanks it away and eats it himself then smiles. What he is implying is you are nothing and I am everything. Another acting badly commercial. The young are picking up on this as an example of how to act.

 

[Jeffro]

Hmmm, I got one for ya, I won't post the video here, but Google "Liquid Plumr double impact"

I'm really surprised this one made it to the airwaves!

OK I lied- here it is. The mods can get rid of it if they so choose. After all, it was on TV.....

 

[fistfulladirt]

OMG that was hilarious...but baaaaaaaaaaaaaad

 

[FarmerChick]

I haven't seen either commerical. so can't comment.




don't take this TOO WRONG but you need to get out more.
shut off the tv and go detecting. You are thinking too much 'I think' LOL

 

[Frankn]

I use to post, "I Think,Therefore I Am". It's the getting of the logic of life that makes you!
Yes I stold the quote from Descartes.

 

[Frankn]

OK, here's one that emphasizes violent action. A guy and gal with a 20# maul and pick smashing a house to remodel it. I have remolded houses and converted barns and you don't do it violently like that. You more or less carefully dissamble it so you don't harm the part you want to keep. You usually use a saw and crowbar to carefully pry parts out. Besides some of the removed items still have value. Excess violence is influenceing our young.

 

[spartacus53]

Excess violence is influenceing our young.

So do cartoons, ban them while you're at it

 

[Dano Sverige]

Tom & Jerry got banned!

With a couple of mouse clicks the youth of today have access to more porn than a porn star could handle. DVD's like "Saw" and a million others of potential "bad influence" status. Computer/console games of extreme murderous violence.
I hardly think a couple of commercials are gonna change them mate!

 

[Frankn]

The point is these are on the main stream media so they see them as being socially acceptable.

 

[Dano Sverige]

I think a bigger problem is murderers, thugs, rapists and drug dealers earning millions and cult status due to MTV and "music" being spread across main stream TV?

 

[Frankn]

True Dano, but they get their start by acting badly and enjoying it, then the desent into lowlife begins. Most people are not born bad, they are bread bad by the inviroment that surrounds them. That is bad becomes normal to them.

 

[savant365]

Frank,

I don't think TV has as much influence on young people as it does on older folks. Some of us are appalled by what we see on TV because it wasn't allowed when we were younger. I'm 43 now with 2 teenage daughters and I sure don't want them to see 1/2 of the stuff that's on now. BUT...I remember my parents being the same way and my Mom grew up during WWII and she remembers not being allowed to read the newspaper.

I raised my kids to know right from wrong so I'm not too worried about them. What I worry about are the people who were and are raising kids that were never taught the basics. TV, internet, newspapers...it doesn't matter. What matters is whether you were brought up to be respectful of others and not brought up with the belief that you can just go out and do whatever you want. There is a story on Yahoo today that is a perfect example of what I' talking about.

Insight: Florida man sees "cruel" face of U.S. justice - Yahoo! News

This kid still has no clue that HE is responsible for what he did. Now he is upset at how he is being treated. Maybe he was influenced by TV or rap music or whatever but I'll bet you any amount of money that he wasn't raised by anyone who gave a damn about him or how he treated others.

Charlie

 

[FarmerChick]

As much as a younger person 'can see out there on the net or mainstream media' etc etc. IT IS the parents job to balance that.

when it fails it is the parents fault in my mind.....along with possible real mental problems of the individual younger person.

my circle of people rarely go bad. "us' parents make sure of that!!!!!


blame, blame, blame someone else, some media, some council making wrong laws, wrong allownance of 'what' people can say or do on tv, on the net etc. It starts at home. Simple as that for me. As much as I would love more controls from outside sources, you best be sure you have control in your own home!

 

[Frankn]

Yea, you instill the basics but somewhere in there teen years their peer groupe and the ads take over. That's where you begin to see how thick the smarts are upstairs. I have been watching TV from the beginning so I have watched it's progression from one commercial an hour to almost a 50/50 mix on some channels. In fact there are some on direct tv that are all commercial sales.

Some where in your 20's your brain power starts to overwelm the influence of the commercials. When I see 20% off the price, I automaticly think, how much is the price because I have noticed that prices have been jacked up just prior to these sales in some cases.

In my younger days there was truth in advertising and 100% markup on cost was standard. Today It is fast fine print and deseptive images plus make as much profit as you can. The whole moral issue of advertising is in rapid decline. Look at the legal ads. They say sue thy neighbor, Hay those insurance companies get there money from you. Look at the drug ads. They say use this mericle drug to cure this, while in the fine fast print it tells you the # of ways it can kill you. Yes honestity and morals have vanished from advertising.

 

[FarmerChick]

you are right. morals in advertising etc. are getting weaker for world mainstream but again, it comes down to 'more than the basics' need to be taught at home. the old lines----'if it is too good to be true, it isn't!' 'read the fine print' maybe ASK for assistance from a different source/knowlegeable person before signing' etc.

it isn't just basics at home like brush your teeth after a meal. It is HOW TO survive this current world. THAT is what I teach my kid. MY parents taught me. THEIRS taught them.

circumstances change. the 'basics' need to be expanded to include more smarts from the home source.

 

[savant365]

You are right about deceptive advertising alright! It's everywhere. Grocery stores are always offering a deal on something that benefits them instead of the customer. You have to figure it out for yourself though. At least Wal-mart (I can't believe I'm endorsing them lol) puts the price per ounce that you pay on the shelf sticker so you can tell what the best bargain is. Other places you have to be a math wizard and stand there trying to figure it out.

As for their teen years and early 20's, heck yes they are gonna make some mistakes! Didn't we all? Hopefully they learn from them instead of letting it become a pattern. I hate getting taken advantage of and I don't mind calling someone on it. I have embarrassed them more then once out in public by arguing with a manager when something wasn't right. They were embarrassed at the time but they have told me stories since then how they have stood up for themselves and made a place do what they said they would.

I love those extreme couponing shows too, those people figured out how to use their fine print and sneaky tactics against them. It's still a tough world out there but it's different for them then it was for me just like I'm sure it was different for you. Life is only gonna be as fair as you make it.

Charlie

 

[Frankn]

Watch those unit prices they post. One store posted cost per sheet on paper towels. One looked much cheaper until I realised one roll had full size sheets and the other had"select size sheets" which were about 1/2 size. You have watch what they are comparing. Another thing is the quality is dropping. I use to buy solid tuna because it had much less water in the can and I knew it was in fact solid fish. Now solid is large chunks, still better than chunk light which is mush with tuna and some suspect parts. I guess if you like canned susi that is ok, it containg the ground up fish guts etc. nothing is thrown away. Another thing to watch out for is the ad price has not always been changed in there computer. Watch the sale items as she rings them up. I have caught many errors. I always take the ad with me.