More annoying comercial laziness.
Yet another thing that annoys me is the recent surge of Visa commercials wherein everyone is in a shop, or deli, or, the latest one, a sports store. Every one is moving in very mechanically, well oiled order as they pay for merchandise with their Visa check cards. Eventually a person with plain old cash gets to the register and destroys the order of the queue causing havoc and the breaking of plates and dropping of merchandise. What most people think this commercial is telling you is that having a check card is quick, hassle free and convenient. What this commercial says to me is much worse. First of all, the producers show people to be more robotic than human, moving in a way that suggests order versus error. error is a much sneered at aspect of the human experience. Then you have the efficiency of the Card, it is quick and you get done shopping fast and you are out the door. This especially gets to the human male, who tends to dislike the shopping experience all together. Of course then you have everyone glaring at the poor, dumb sap that used cash instead of a check card. This part gets to people because of that "gym class fat kid" syndrome. People hate it when they are being looked down on as outsiders, very agoraphobic in its presentation. So many small aspects of this commercial tell your brain that the card is better than cash and people don't even take notice of it, they just accept it. However, this commercial really pisses me off and here is why. First, I do not like order, disarray is more my speed, I like the flaws and faults in human beings, they make for good jokes. Nothing can be funny in a world of robotic, hive minded people but that is what the media, the government, big business..etc., want us to be, automatic. Do not think, only react to the proper stimulus, jump when told, sit when told and above all, spend, spend, spend. Second, no one seems to care that the person at the cash register seems dumbfounded by cash. It is a blatant acceptance of worker stupidity, you have ruined the workers day by making them think, if only for one second. Really, why should a person at a cash register have to make change for you, you could just be using the card, crazy outsider. Third thing , before I wrap up, the whole one mindedness of the whole thing, all those people, hating you because you aren't like them and have thrown off their routine. This is a direct psychological attack at people to make them conform to the easy way of life. A real "one of us", moment. So all these undertones aside, what is the overtone of this whole commercial series? That is simple, it is this. Give us your money! That is it. Banks want to control your money, they want credit to rule and cash to vanish. It has been happening since we let them take away the gold standard. Cash in hand is valuable and hard to control. Check cards are different, it's money you can't see and feel, you are detached from it, therefore you can spend it easier. It's like making a decision between two women, one will live and one will die. One woman you know, one you have never met. So who lives and who dies? It's a much easier decision when you don't know the one woman. So of course the one with the best tits lives, especially if she is dressed kinda trashy. So beware of these so called commercials, they are really part of the bigger plot to screw you.
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