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08-15-2006, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat81
How does my 8-year-old know to tell his sister not to believe everything she sees in advertising? Because we let him spend some of his valuable money on something he saw an ad for and had to have. We told him it didn't look worth anything, but we let him decide. I'm glad we did -- he was very disappointed in the product and learned not to trust commercials.
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I refer to this as "The Mouse Trap Corollary."
Stupid !#$@ing Mouse Trap never @$^$#^%%$#ing worked. I didn't even pay for it myself, and I'm STILL pissed about this.
Although sometimes I wonder if we ever really do learn (see: $40 lipstick and superexpensive golf clubs).
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08-15-2006, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by KSig RC
This actually isn't all that true - not to mention that the stereotyping you've presented is somewhat irresponsible. I won't get too deep into the stats right now (I can if you want), but the data do not support your 'spoiled kids' theory (other than a brief dip in 99-03, teen employment has risen pretty steadily, it's actually that savings have dropped).
Also, while the enabling mechanism might be similar for adolescents and pre-adolescent children, I think we can safely argue them separately - I don't think, for instance, that work-eligible children are the primary focus for sites advocating against ads targeting children.
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Please note my comment that I was painting them with a rather broad brush. I admit that. The thing is, advertisers do too. I can't even count the number of times I see articles talking about teens being the target market because they have the money, etc.
And I was by no means saying that every teen was like the example I gave. I most certainly wasn't, and most of my high school wasn't. It's an extreme.
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08-15-2006, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
However, in the great words of Bart & Lisa Simpson:
"Can we have a pool, Dad?
Can we have a pool, Dad?
Can we have a pool, Dad?
Can we have a pool, Dad?
Can we have a pool, Dad?
Can we have a pool, Dad?
Can we have a pool, Dad?"
Can be pretty effective, therefore, yes, I believe they do market directly to children.
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Wow, I wish I had parents that went for that. My mom only said no once b4 the situation got serious.
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08-15-2006, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 33girl
I refer to this as "The Mouse Trap Corollary."
Stupid !#$@ing Mouse Trap never @$^$#^%%$#ing worked. I didn't even pay for it myself, and I'm STILL pissed about this.
Although sometimes I wonder if we ever really do learn (see: $40 lipstick and superexpensive golf clubs). |
LOL - I got that damn game for Christmas one year, and it sure the hell never worked right either. I think things went wrong w/the little man who's supposed to flip over into the cup. He didn't make it. 
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08-15-2006, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Marie
Wow, I wish I had parents that went for that. My mom only said no once b4 the situation got serious.
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I could get away with asking over and over to a point, and I knew exactly when that point was.
(With my Mom, the line was |_|here...with my dad it was more like |_______________________|here.)
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08-15-2006, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
I could get away with asking over and over to a point, and I knew exactly when that point was.
(With my Mom, the line was |_|here...with my dad it was more like |_______________________|here.)
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LOL - Dad's are fun!
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08-15-2006, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Marie
LOL - Dad's are fun!
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To this DAY I can still piss my mom off, because if she asks my dad to do something like mow the yard, and I ask him to do something at my house, like fix our phones...later that day our phone is fixed and five days later their lawn is still not mowed.
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08-15-2006, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
To this DAY I can still piss my mom off, because if she asks my dad to do something like mow the yard, and I ask him to do something at my house, like fix our phones...later that day our phone is fixed and five days later their lawn is still not mowed.
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You should be sent to "time out" for saying "piss." I read about that somewhere.
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08-16-2006, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by DeltAlum
You should be sent to "time out" for saying "piss." I read about that somewhere.
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LOL.
Although my mom never cared if I said "pissed"...she HATED the word "sucks" though...she'd rather I say "That's Sh*tty" then "That Sucks".
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08-16-2006, 09:05 AM
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LOL.
Although my mom never cared if I said "pissed"...she HATED the word "sucks" though...she'd rather I say "That's Sh*tty" then "That Sucks".
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I can understand that given the original conotation -- in other words, what you were saying when you said someone "sucks."
Common usage now, though.
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08-16-2006, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by DeltAlum
I can understand that given the original conotation -- in other words, what you were saying when you said someone "sucks."
Common usage now, though.
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Yes, but 14 years ago when I got grounded for saying it, it wasn't quite common usage yet.
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08-16-2006, 09:14 AM
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Yes, but 14 years ago when I got grounded for saying it, it wasn't quite common usage yet.
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Yeah, I understand. Those parents can be so old fashioned!
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