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I think there should be a rule that if you buy a product you should be exempt from seeing an advertisement for that product for at least a year.

Hey Coca Cola, I bought a Coke today from a vending machine.  You can stop blasting me in the face with your nonsense for twelve months.  You got my fifty cents, now leave me alone, please.

Do we really need to be reminded that all this shit exists?

When I was a kid I used to wonder where the TV stars got all their money.  TV was free, so how were they getting paid?  I didn't realize that ads paid for their shows, which in turn paid their salaries.  I also used to wonder what the hell maxi pads were.  Before I was subject to the "changes" portion of my sixth grade education, I just thought that chicks peed their pants every so often.

But anyways, I don't think that commercial ads are really all that necessary nowadays.  I mean, we already know what's out there for the most part.  Has anyone out there been craving a hamburger and rushed to turn on the TV, hoping that some kind of reminder will show up telling you where you can get one?

"Oh man, where's that remote?  I'm freaking starving right now and I want a hamburger!  Where can I get one!  I hope the TV will tell me.  Oh, hey!  That's right!  There's that McDonald's Hamburger joint around the corner!  Thank god I turned on the TV and saw that commercial, otherwise I probably would have starved to death!"

I was listening to my Pandora radio today and of course for the "free" service you are subject to advertisements.  In between a song I liked and a song I hoped would be good I was forced to listen to an ad for Netflix.  I got annoyed, not because of the ad, but because I already use Netflix.  You got me Netflix, you don't have to advertise to me anymore.

If a company were a person then every day would seem like a first date.  They try to impress you, show you the best of what they have to offer, and eventually you spend time with them.  But seriously, if you were dating someone who was constantly talking about themselves and pointing out reasons why you should be with them, you would eventually get annoyed and probably dump them, even if they were improving slightly.

Here's my simple proposal:  Buy a Coke, and you don't have to see another commercial for Coke for a year.  Buy an iPod and you won't have to see an annoying pretentious Apple commercial for 3 years (or until their next big product comes out, whichever comes last).  Buy a Lexus, and you don't have to watch another car commercial for the rest of your life.

Oh, and if you buy Axe Body Spray, you should just probably never hang out with anyone, ever.

Thank you.

tony r