Life's not like that is it? What do I mean? Well, check out the adverts and the way that those who communicate to you via whatever your chose media channel is.
Do these adverts and opinions and news pieces reflect what you know is reality? I'd be surprised if I recognise any "real" people in the current wall to wall Christmas adverts. There's a loose grasp to things I suppose but other than that what are people trying to say and why are we getting certain types of family groups displayed on our screens. If adverts for example are meant to get you buying the advertiser's products why does, for me, it do the total opposite? Their message doesn't make me interested, spark my curiosity or anything else. I just turn off or decide to steer clear of the product or the store etc.
Some adverts I've noticed pander to less than 1% of the population and that's fine but what about the other 99% who are watching at the same time and do the 1% actually watch this trash anyway? Depictions of the countryside are way off beam, modern households comprise an interesting mix of people too. I happened to watch a few adverts over the past few days and I honestly think that two of the brands that I have used have decided that I no longer fit into their plans for future sales. In many ways the "Go Woke Go Broke" label applies in these cases because their adverts put me off ever going there again. It will be interesting to see what happens to these "Brands" already one has had a lot wiped off its share price. Sad for the employees and as for the managers and directors... What were you thinking? I imagine you weren't thinking about your customers at all but want to appeal to any virtue signallers who you think might be interested in your, let's face it, middle class brands.
I read with interest that "People" don't really understand the countryside and how food gets from the great outdoors into plastic covered trays and fancy packaging and in to your kitchen. Here we often discuss the fact that for us to eat, generally something has had to die to achieve this. Despite a lot of programmes being available on how stuff gets made and distributed there is a glitter edged telling of the tale. I live in the country and yet I don't realise the day-to-day life people lead to get food to us. I worked in an Abattoir setting years ago, a local co-op of pig farmers ran it and let's say for most of us it would be a pretty upsetting scene. Of course the animals were dispatched humanely and the factory part was scrupulously maintained and cleaned etc. This production line saw every part of the Pig used. Understanding this journey might be a useful life lesson for those who think food comes from supermarkets!
When you see the large scale of farming it should blow your mind. Here's a piece that you can read that will put a lot into perspective LINK. So many people have no idea when it comes to how things get on their plate and all the "stuff" that goes on around it.
It's as if there is a big bubble of general ignorance that exists in our society and a huge knowledge gap. I was impressed that quite a few people thought that pests should not be controlled? How bizarre is that? Anyway, I'm back to reality myself now!
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