Commercial Freedom

It is official. I hate TV. What a waste of life. I admit I still watch a good sports event or old movie with regularity. And, I do attempt to stay informed (whatever!) via watching various news programs. But, as my darling sister Deb (you might know her as the best Blog designer East of the Mississippi) knows too well, it's the ubiquitous commercial interruptions that are at the heart of my disdain!!! (ask her about Big Daddy and the remote)
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I have narrowed my issue down to two root causes. First and foremost is the computer. Technology and our control of it have made us all very impatient to the extent that we are conditioned to "minimize" or "x-out" of anything we don't like or that is not moving fast enough for us. Check out this link for an interesting read when you have some time to kill. (www.marcprensky.com/writing )
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Commercial interruptions disrupt the flow of the entertainment and by virtue of the aforementioned impatience I must get rid off them. And besides, none of the advertisements do anything to influence how I live, what I buy, where I go, or who I am. Which brings me to the second source of my pain. The commercials themselves.

It is painfully obvious that the advertising world has been taken over by women who are trying to get subtle points across by the manner in which men are portrayed. This is especially true in any commercial that depicts men and women in a family setting. The woman is usually attractive, well spoken, confident, and running the show (so to speak). By contrast the man is usually the stereotype of what women don't want (or maybe what they do want so their imperfections are overshadowed); overweight, balding, not too bright, submissive, weak, whiny, etc. The typical loser-dumb-jock-idiot seems to be the baseline standard.

I will refrain from giving any examples. I just want to plant the seed so as you are spending quality time watching this mind-numbing mess, you might have an "aha moment" when you see for yourself how true this is. And don't forget the Sitcoms. There have been many a hottie married to the dumb fat guy or total boob but you will never see a hunk-of-burning-man married to a chunky-butt stupid female. That just doesn't happen but if it does please let me know so I can watch that show!

Now, before anyone gets their unmentionables in a wad, relax. I hate double standards of any sort. In any context whether it be race, gender, orientation, etc. it matters not to me what your deal is. Just don't scream "EQUALITY" and then unbalance the scale by your actions. Hypocrisy beams like a beacon in the night. I'm overweight and balding by the way.