Reichstraten wrote:I didn’t discern any trend.
During a trend, it becomes absolutely emotionally important to consume a new product or service. The hysterics around the new product or service... are surreal in their exaggeration and narrow optics. "Playing with a yo-yo has changed my life!" type of hysterics.
While in the past, flashy magazines would initiate trends, today Search Engine Optimization can accomplish this without drawing any notice from media illiteratesPeople are made to feel *left out* if they don't jump on the bandwagon.
They feel like they might *lose out* on something important and crititical for *their time.*
And it seems like *everyone who is anyone* is partaking in this new product or service.
People who don't *follow the trend* are depicted - by commercial media voices - as losers, slackers, and possibly suspicious and sneaky.
That most of what we do and say today in Western society is based on *trends* shows how morbidly superficial our suburban nothingness has made us.
"Their economy produces things cheaper than ours, so we need to send them some manufactured viruses to level the playing field." - Freedom and Democracy Inc.