The unconscious TV conspiracy

created by Lunarloki

(thing) by Lunarloki (1.3 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Jun 19 2001 at 9:58:45

TV is stupid on purpose for the express means of selling things. When exposed to incessant, flicking stupidity, people begin to absorb stupidity in a way best described as mental osmosis. Since you can sell just about anything to someone who doesn't think, then it's in the interest of television producers to encourage stupidity, for, as most people who've seen commercials know, the TV shows are brought to you (i.e. funded) by people who want to sell you stuff.

It would seem that the wit usually absent from the 22 minutes or so of programming (and the word programming doesn't just refer to the schedule) has been poured into the commercials that take up the rest of the time. A hell of a lot more thought goes into how to sell a candy bar than what the people drinking coffee on the comfy couch are going to say next week on Friends.

Guard your brain well.

Deconstruction of every single television advertisement, ever	Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television	TV Sucks	Just say no to TV
TV is the alien sitting in our home	I hate the TV	mental osmosis	The problem is you're not paranoid enough!
As seen on TV	If I ever have kids, I will kick the TV in and hurl it out the window	Video News Releases	Douglas Rushkoff
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The Society of the Spectacle	subliminal messages	itlan

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