A continual rejection of corporate lies tends to lead to a generalized rejection of all. It's just an idea...
I take it as a given that most commercials lie (i.e. present a distorted version of reality):
The truth is exaggerated
Best case scenarios are presented as normal
User happiness is overstated
In short:
Benefits are overstated
Shortcomings understated
And that this is a continual social truth in modern society:
Store mannequins have above average physiques
taller, on pedestals, typically chiseled or stylized features
Pictures of ice cream cones never melt
Lighting is used to 'best display' merchandise
so, it never looks like this at home
And
I'm not really even complaining about this. Just pointing it out,
things look best in the store, at the point of sale, when we buy them:
Newest
Best lighting
Background music playing
Typically not at work
so, during leisure hours
Displayed in custom packaging
so, like gifts
but the reality hid behind pictures
boxes larger than required
and smiling faces of models adorning the package
And
that later on, in the real world, the thing hardly ever lives up to the
bare bones promise of what it can do (it's core function), much less
deliver on the contrived social situation in which it is presented
(and the implicit reason for its purchase: better friends, lovers,
afternoon picnics with the grandchildren, etc.).
I could go on,
but I've probably spent too much time elaborating on the obvious.
Commercials and commercial situations distort the truth.
And here's my thesis, that as a side effect of all this is that
we have developed (all of us) a consumer mind-set; and as such, we view the
world through distorted eyes that are:
Cynical
Resistive
Doubting
Mistrusting
And that this is a direct result of the over-hyped ad-saturated marketing environment in which we live our lives.
In
short, society teaches us to be negative and rejecting of false
promises, which overwhelmingly these days means, all promises.
Please enjoy this rant as part of a complete mental health diet. Preformulated opinions should not be used as a replacement for personal retrospection.