Monday, June 30, 2008

The Disgusting and Creepy Future of Advertising

So you're at the club, you're squinting your eyes to peer across the room to get a good look at the "hot chick" that all your drunk friends are talking way too loudly about. You get a good look, they're right, she's really hot...but you figure, that's a just eye-candy that you'll never get a taste of. However, your drunk friends push you to go and talk to her or at least buy her a drink. So, before you have time to say no, three of your drunk and obnoxious friends are dragging you across the dance floor through walls of annoyed people to talk to her. You arrive at the allocated destination and you wave awkwardly at her and manage to mumble out of your shaking mouth:

"Uh...hi"

The super-hot-way-out-of-your-league chick gives you a funny look which (fortunately) fades into a smile and she responds nonetheless:

"Hi"

Now you're thinking "omg she said hi to me and smiled". All of a sudden you feel like you could teach "how to mac on hot chics 101" and you turn on your sexy-man voice and drop your best one-liners at her. Soon enough, you've got her laughing at all your jokes and giggling at all your actions. Your friends are in dismay, and they awe at your presence. She tells you she wants you to take a picture with her on her camera. She pulls out her impressive new SONY camera and tells you to hold it up to take the picture because she claims you have much longer (not to mention, stronger) arms. *SNAP* you take the picture, and just as you're handing it back to her she tells you how that camera was a birthday present from her dad and it's been the best gift she's gotten since that pony in grade five. You give the camera a double take... and realize that...damn...that really is a nice camera...so, super-hot-way-out-of-your-league chick, tell me more about it. And NOW...they got you. Turns out this girl knows a whole lot about this camera and starts telling you great stories about her adventures with it and all the wonderful things it can do. But one thing she never tells you is that she's an undercover marketing agent for SONY...and you just got played by people who made you think you were Mr.MacDaddy. And, this isn't fiction, it's happening right now, right in your favourite club (PLUSH, ATLANTIS, 686, THE ROYAL, CAPRIS, WILD COYOTE)...and it might've already happened to you. PLUS, this is only 1 of 5 different techniques of advertising that corporations will be using consistently in the future. So, right now, you look up at the image for this post and you think that that's advertising at it's best..."hot girl with a VAIO computer...I want it because sex sells". Sure, it's a very successful form of advertising, but it's not even close to what's the most effective. Don't believe me? read THIS and find out what the disgusting and creepy future of advertising is going to be like.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Good stuff dude. I've been reading your stuff since you sent me your blog link. This is fucking hilarious.

No all you have to do is find a "super-hot-way-out-of-your-league-chick" that will show you the benefits of Trojan condoms and you'll be just fine. :)

Laters,

ted