Re: OT: articles on commercial television debut, 1939 [message #340484] |
Tue, 28 March 2017 07:11 |
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Originally posted by: Bob Eager
On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:48:06 +0000, Huge wrote:
> On 2017-03-27, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2017-03-27, jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
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>>> Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2017-03-26, jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
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>>>> > I'd like to be able to understand the commercials which are airing.
>>>> > I have no idea what ~25% of them are selling.
>>>>
>>>> You don't have to. You're just supposed to buy it.
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>>> How am I supposed to buy it if I have no idea what they're selling?
>>
>> Oh, there you go, thinking again. The goal of advertising is to bypass
>> your reasoning. They don't want you to think about why you want what
>> they're selling
>
> I didn't say "why", I said "what". If I don't know what it is they're
> selling, how can I buy it?
>
> OTOH, top of the list of "why?" - posh watches. What's the point?
> (Rhetorical question).
I may have mentioned these, but make no apology for mentioning them again!
https://www.hoptroff.com/collections/atomic-timepieces
I had to visit on another matter, and at least found a cheap, good coffee
shop in London (Elephant and Castle).
https://goo.gl/maps/4d6L5Uvj4v22
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