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Originally Posted by missing  do you have any examples? I can't really think of any off the top of my head, but I don't even own a TV. In part so I don't have to be exposed to the crap ad that started this thread. |
Sorry, no examples. I tossed the TV out years ago and didn't make a habit of collecting the ads that made me do it.
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Perhaps that explains why some think I'm overreacting? I don't see this stuff enough so I'm not desensitized?  |
I think you're using the wrong word. Being "desensitized" implies that you are no longer sensitive to something... you're at the opposite end of the scale!
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Well I'm not really railing about one commercial so much as what it's symptomatic off. It's the idea that somebody can post it here with the attitude of "hey guys, isn't this funny?" as if their is no understanding why it might anger somebody. Not saying it was posted out of malice, but I find it depressing the communication gap going on. It's not just here, but all over. I like to think these forums are above this kind of low consciousness humor, but I should probably know better.
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I don't really subscribe to such high conscious snobbism. That is to say, I don't believe that a high conscious person should be "above" things like this commercial or movie violence (mentioned in another thread a little while ago). It's not about looking down on what other people do or enjoy. It is about seeing such things for what they are.
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I forget who said it, there is a pertinent quote that says "life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel". Admittedly, I'm more of a feeler in a thinker's culture.
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Again, a dichotomy I don't subscribe to. I'm a thinking feeler or a feeling thinker if you will. I can't do one without the other.