A follow up to the McDonald's rant.

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Feed post

There was one test answer that really made me think. It was the essay of our feed test. I myself used the first quote about going out into the nature to see if he had ever truly lived. The combine quote of the feed quote and this made my mind stir. Are we the feed? What are we being feed? Have I myself truly lived? Though we do not have implants in our heads, which you can not simply say enough to and leave be; we are feed through TV ads, billboards, or subliminal messages. We are like cattle and that's what frightened me the most. Most do what we are told being pushed and streamed through cattle shoots to our slaughter. In other words that slaughter is our will being taken from us, or at least that's how I see it. This not so much blend into what I'm saying but I saw that McDonald's is the official sponsor of the Olympics. Not one of my friends understood why I laughed at that. It was like a good joke. Fat greasy food with healthy bodies? That's a little off. Is Mc'ie-D's trying to make them selves look good or were the Olympics just hurting that bad for a rich sponsor? I doubt its the latter. Aside from that small rant, I do believe most people have not lived. I live on a tiny little farm in a tiny typical 1950s black and white town as I said earlier, and in no offense to any one when I say this; however I think Ive live more than most people on campus other than the adventure club that is. I have pictures from the top of every mountain that surrounds Ship and Carlie. I Camp regularly, even in the winter I go camping, and to me that's fun. I'm just a farm boy having a good time. Its how I was raised. However most people tell me that "you're crazy man" or "are you insane?" Aside from that Ive been doing an experiment. I leave my cell phone at my apartment before I go to class, this way I don't become to dependant on it or technology. The results are that I focus more I'm not in a hurry to get out of class as much, I am more at ease. Its very enjoyable, I believe that all my peers should try it. I do not think that once you give your mind to the media that they will ever give it back. Its exactly like Feed. Once you have the implant you cant remove it without dieing. In my opinion Violet was very lucky to not get one until she was seven. Noticing this and how its shocking close to real life I hope that I will be able to not give in to any sort of "Feed" and keep an open mind to all ads, and not fall victim to the media and corporations. My one friend now says "I play video games for the story." He use to be a avid reader, just like myself. Its sad to see how he sits infront of the TV and wont budge from his controler. I still love reading and dont think ill be part of that huge video game craze, at least not until they come out with a W.B. Yeats video game.

Media and ads and how we soak them up like dry sponges .

When asked the question in class am I a/ the target market? I would say yes, and i would safely assume that not just me but every single person is. When I flip through my magazine Super Street (an import tuner mag.) I see ads for everything for your car. Now I own two cars, one is my EG Civic coupe with a D16z6/ y8 hybrid motor, and no its not the gas saver kind; more like the Mustang/ muscle car killer kind. The other is my daily driver, a Toyota Camry. When I flip through Super Street I see all kinds of ads, Turbonetics T3-T04 ball bearing turbos, or Endless Racing coilovers or Falken performance tires. I seem them, and though I may not need them I want, no; i have to have them because Vaughn "Jr." Gittin uses them when he drift races? As absurd as it may sound its true. The worst is that the market may as well say you need this, and like hypnotized puppets of the industry we say in a monotonously voice "We need this." I saw an ad in one of my older Tuner mags. that said "Only the winners WIN the girls." The picture showed a pro drift racer with a whole bunch of girls around him and in the corner of the page you see four fresh new tires, on nice new shiny rims. Now prior to this class I would never have noticed nor would I have really cared about it. However now I see that this ad is saying become live everyone else, fit in, use our product and you'll become a hit with the ladies. Not only that but it was selling the product with sex. "You want a hot girl in your life, well you never will unless you become one of our drones and buy our tires. The girls will flock to you if you do." Is what I got out of that ad. Needless to say I am not a fan. My girlfriend doesn't like me because I use Toyo performance tires on my Civic. Not at all she likes me for me. So after noticing this I flipped through the magazine again and noticed I liked the simple and to the point ads. There is an ad with just the product name and the product, nothing sexual, no hidden phrases. What I use to think was not appealing at all I find now it is the most enjoyable. I believe that if we could get more people notice this themselves then ads will tone down the sex and discrimination. I could be wrong but I hope I'm right. This makes me think again of that tiny town I love and grew up in. There was never any of this when I was a kid, so I think I was saved or at least prolonged from most of the brain washing that has been going on for years. Only in simplicity can we live easier more laid back lives. Why clutter everything with ads and things we think we need but have no use for?