Post by The Curmudgeon on May 21, 2007 21:12:01 GMT 2
You know what's REALLY started pissing me off recently? People who will buy anything, ANYTHING, because they've seen it on TV.
Examples? Well, there's this stupid bag going around with the words "I AM NOT A PLASTIC BAG" -
it retails for £5, but because some dead-eyed celebrities were seen carrying it, just because those vapid celebrity gossip mags talked about them, every vaccous whore HAS TO HAVE ONE. So much so that when they went on sale at a supermarket recently, people were sleeping outside overnight to be first in the queue. They sell on ebay for more than £100.
And why? Because girls are TOLD TO BUY IT. Imagine how much these stupid things will be worth in a years time? You won't even be able to sell it for £5.
Then there's this shit going around called "Reggae Reggae Sauce" which, as you would imagine, is a (Jamaican Jerk) sauce which you put on food. Simple enough, right? Now normally this wouldn't be a big deal but BECAUSE it was on a TV show (Dragon's Den) - people HAD to have it. Shops couldn't cope with the demand and had to put up signs saying they had none let. This is a genuine conversation I overheard which pretty much sums up the mentality involved here..
Person One: I don't even know why I want this.
Person Two: (Laughs) Then why are you buying it?
Person One: I don't know. I don't even like this sort of stuff.
I swear to God I'm not making that up. I really wish I was though.
There are other examples, I'm sure, but this is two of the most recent examples of the sheer empty-headed, tell-us-what-to-do zombie culture we live in today.
Deeply depressing.
Examples? Well, there's this stupid bag going around with the words "I AM NOT A PLASTIC BAG" -
it retails for £5, but because some dead-eyed celebrities were seen carrying it, just because those vapid celebrity gossip mags talked about them, every vaccous whore HAS TO HAVE ONE. So much so that when they went on sale at a supermarket recently, people were sleeping outside overnight to be first in the queue. They sell on ebay for more than £100.
And why? Because girls are TOLD TO BUY IT. Imagine how much these stupid things will be worth in a years time? You won't even be able to sell it for £5.
Then there's this shit going around called "Reggae Reggae Sauce" which, as you would imagine, is a (Jamaican Jerk) sauce which you put on food. Simple enough, right? Now normally this wouldn't be a big deal but BECAUSE it was on a TV show (Dragon's Den) - people HAD to have it. Shops couldn't cope with the demand and had to put up signs saying they had none let. This is a genuine conversation I overheard which pretty much sums up the mentality involved here..
Person One: I don't even know why I want this.
Person Two: (Laughs) Then why are you buying it?
Person One: I don't know. I don't even like this sort of stuff.
I swear to God I'm not making that up. I really wish I was though.
There are other examples, I'm sure, but this is two of the most recent examples of the sheer empty-headed, tell-us-what-to-do zombie culture we live in today.
Deeply depressing.
