Bombarded by advertisers; are we fish lured by the bait?

Remember when TiVO offered consumers a way to bypass commercials?   Looks as if the online ability to remove advertisements is becoming more difficult as we “get use” to using services such as YouTube and other various online mags that pop up ads in which the close or X isnt intuitively visible to the user until they look…otherwise they are forced to watch more garbage for the brain.

No matter where you go…you are targeted by advertisers looking to hone in on your interests and lifestyle tastes.    Imagine if there were more depth information availible online such as a person’s insecurities, self image issues,   desire to be younger, etc?   I think looking younger and the pursuit we often see celebrities pitch on late night infomericials is a pursuit in ego.    Reality is,  we all grow old and why not embrace it?   Rather than look like a “hot chick with big fake boobs and a down symdrome look.”   Big lips and big boobs seem to be the clencher for straight men looking for hot California babes.    So much for intellectual pursuits.

As you can see from the sample above. too much plastic surgery usually leads to looking like a person who has been injected with too much filler and not enough substance.

You Finding Ling Ling?

I feel very very sorry for the Ling Ling!

Actually,   please dont think I find animal cruelty funny….but I first came across this photo in Maximum Rock and Roll.. a killer punk rock zine that use to only be a $1.00 !   I bought it monthly to find out about new punk bands and concerts.   In the back of the magazine was where all the record labels pimped various punk bands…and where bands could go ape shit and come up with the sickest album cover or political statment without worrying about someone getting offended.    I ate up all of the imagery as many of the images went beyond the sugar coated synth pop cold war rhetoric that was so common place in music during the early 1980’s.

On MTV bands like WHAM,  Flock of Seagulls, Billy Idol were constantly played…..the formula was cast…meanwhile…. the only way to find the soundtrack to growing up in suburbia……in Central California where shopping malls and cinemaramas were everywhere…..meanwhile….I was rebelling against my parents cause they fought all the time,  school seemed like a plot to alienate me even further…..that is until I heard Fang’s song “You’re Cracked.”   The Dead Kennedys,  Black Flag,   X,  Wurm,  Pariah, Suicidal Tendencies….all of which gave me the strength I needed to walk past all of the rich kids and jocks who seemed to get off on making stupid comments.

Thinking ahead..

Questions to Ask Yourself

If you meet the basics, you’re off to a good start. Your answers to the following questions aren’t part of the application process, but can help you decide if a law enforcement career with the KCSO could be right for you.

• Do I tend to size up situations pretty quickly and prioritize what to do next, even in rapidly changing situations with several different things going on at once?
• Am I pretty good at staying calm during emergency situations and making good decisions without having to have every last detail answered for me first?
• Do I enjoy identifying problems and digging into possible causes and solutions? Am I resourceful?
• Am I willing to work in dangerous situations and use physical force to overcome resistance if necessary, up to and including use of deadly force?
• Am I consistently a dependable and honest person, able to adhere to the highest standards of ethical conduct?
• Am I self-disciplined in my emotions, avoiding saying and doing things that are inappropriate or disrespectful to others, even under stress?
• Am I diplomatic, tactful and respectful of others, and prone to conveying empathy and understanding when I am dealing with others?
• Do I work well as a part of a team?
• Do any of the disqualifiers apply to me?