Well, you won't be finding anymore ads on my blog. Gone are the advertisements for taxidermy, impotence, Russian girls, and borderline legal weight loss products. Why? Not too sure, but I do have an idea. I did get $26 in Google dollars for clicks, much of which was probably thanks to my avid clicking mom. I love my mom. However, she's been doing it for 2 months. Why pull my account now? Hmmmmm. I don't think it's a coincidence that the day I write about the new washing machine they have at the Vatican is the day my Adsense account gets disabled, "we found that your AdSense account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers". oooooooooooohhhhhhh. Don't want to rock the single most internationally powerful social institution's boat. Nooooooooo wayyyyyyyyy. You can have your Russian girls and borderline legal weight loss products, but freedom of speech, that's just not going to happen.
Coincidence or not, I do have to mention that media is controlled absolutely by the corporate world. This is not conspiracy theory, this is fact. The corporate world literally owns the media and can legally make any kind of news and advertisements they want as long as it does not impinge on human rights. Or the Catholic Church, which happens to have a pretty decent legal department and control over most western consumers. Monogamy for women, polygamy for men, and lots of babies for everyone. Not much different than any other religion minus the kickass Vatican lawyers. Got to sell those video games so when the world runs out of breathable air and drinkable water, the next generation won't even notice because they've reached level 10 in Warcraft. I don't even know, I lost interest in video games shortly after Atari came out.
My roommate gave me a good exercise once, check out some of the highlighted ads in a magazine, newspaper, on TV or online that are directed to consumers in your area. Then go to the grocery store or a major department store. See how much of this product is available on the shelves or what the stores are pushing that day/week. It will surprise you. Watch a major cooking show. Go to Walmart and see what they have in the frozen food section afterwards. It is usually there unless it's a repeat from the previous year. Even then, you'll probably still find it, with an expiration date of 3 years from the week of the show. Got to love frozen foods and all their salted chemicals and glory. And people think my cooking kills.
It is also not coincidence that, for example, cosmetic companies never have that new colour advertised in a magazine. They actually only have about a dozen or so in stock to begin with. These companies have chosen to hype their products, thinking you'll go back every week to check for that colour, giving them every opportunity to push all their other crap on you. Well, most people go back every week looking for it. I just threaten to streak through their store naked and drunk. They panic and the limited edition "baby baby pink" lipstick magically appears.
Hype advertising is especially true when it comes to video games at Christmas time. If you actually do find the PSP 3000 or Nintendo 360xxxxxxx for your kid, you're paying a week's wages for it. And you don't even care! Because your kid is happy and you can leave for work in the morning without the poor little bastard clinging on to your leg. The new era of childcare, "Little Timmy, it's time I tell you that I'm not your real mom/dad. I have to go to work now...". Reason #1 I shouldn't have kids. There's nothing like feeding their worst nightmares in order to keep them quiet. But if I do have kids, I want a boy and I want to name him Timmy. My dad was king at feeding my worst nightmares growing up, I believed in the boogeyman until I was 14. I faithfully ran home every night when the street lights came on. Although when I turned 14, death-by-boogeyman didn't seem so bad and then it just lost all effect on me.
The government loves it. They can control us with debt and consumerism. No unexpected social change will ever come out of a society waiting for the next Zelda or Mario Brothers. I do have to say though, it's better than being controlled by guns and famine. I really shouldn't complain too much, I don't have a gun to the back of my head and I can eat peanut butter, bacon, cheese, and cake anytime I want. Hell, I can eat it altogether, melt the cheese over the peanut butter and bacon and pour onto cheesecake. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......I should go look for jobs now.
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