"Futurama" informs us that, a thousand years from now, advertisements will be beamed into a sleeping person's dreams.
First reaction was laughter. Second was "holy shit, they finally identified my demographic." Third reaction was to get a screen capture.
It does bother me that we swim in ads, and I'm only more aware of it now that my kids can read. Just this week while standing in line at Fred Meyer, my daughter was asking me about the headlines on the supermarket tabloids. I'm not sure how I can explain Bat Boy and the other things to a five year old.
I have to admit I don't watch much TV anymore and I employ at least three methods of blocking online advertisements. They're usually effective, however as is the case with spam, ads are a moving target. Fortunately, there are a few really great ones out there. Here's one of them, from modernhumorist.com, offering their seminars:
Fry: "That's awful! It's like brainwashing." Leela: "Didn't you have ads in the 20th century?" Fry "Not in our dreams! Only on TV and radio. And in magazines. And movies. And at ballgames. And on buses. And milk cartons. And t-shirts. And bananas. And written on the sky. But not in dreams! No sirree!"
First reaction was laughter. Second was "holy shit, they finally identified my demographic." Third reaction was to get a screen capture.
It does bother me that we swim in ads, and I'm only more aware of it now that my kids can read. Just this week while standing in line at Fred Meyer, my daughter was asking me about the headlines on the supermarket tabloids. I'm not sure how I can explain Bat Boy and the other things to a five year old.
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