Why do some people insist on only buying branded products?

Do they not trust their own judgement?

Do they not see that they're paying more just to have that branded product advertised to them?

'As seen on TV' doesn't mean 'better', it usually just means dearer.

#AdvertisingSucks #AdvertsSuck #StupidityTax

There is always such urgency and anxiety associated with advertising. Back when I had television (probably 15 years now) it was such a loud and insistent intrusion into the tv show or the movie or morning news. And it was always the blast riot of colours trying to get your attention in the grocery stores. "BUY THIS... you NEED this to make your life better, cleaner, simpler, tastier...." Billboards that are shrieking with advertising at every corner, magazines with 3/4 of the pages being advertising. Then I pulled away from all of it and bulk shopping resulted in peaceful existence of tidy rows of jars filled with simple one-ingredient foods lining my pantry shelves. Watching streaming shows with no ads made entertainment deliberate and considered. Fewer and fewer visits to cities, less buying and consuming.
Now the corporate greed is bleeding back into all our social media. The beginning days of the internet were ad free and refreshing. But now again, scrolling instagram or facebook is not even half chosen accounts but filled back to back with suggested posts and advertising. I'm so sick of the world trying to tell me what to do, what to eat, what is important, what I need to live... what I MUST spend money on. It's rage inducing.

#AdvertisingSucks #resist #LiveSimply