Some
Things People Really Need To Stop Saying
I’m going to start this off by saying that I am still a supporter and
defender of the freedom of speech. My
sense of practical libertarianism is still intact. I still believe in freedom of the
individuals. Even though it grates me to
no end when certain groups speak out – I’m looking at you, Narcissist President
Trump and your red hat-wearing cult followers – I have to remember that the
freedom for me to speak my mind is the same freedom they should as well.
Having said that, there are some things that I really wish people would
stop saying. Again, I’m not calling for
censorship. This is merely me venting my
grievances. These are the little things
that are not true or just plain piss me off.
And, yes, the chief group of people that piss me off are salespeople and
advertisers. After the deluge of
telemarketers and spam messages and pop-up cyber-harassment over the years, I
have more respect for prostitutes than I do for salespeople. Prostitutes are at least honest about what
they do and what to expect and they know when to leave you alone.
I’ve been hearing ads say things are a “game-changer” that really aren’t. A “game-changer” is supposed to be something so
dramatic that it really changes how things work. Having said that, offering “free shipping” is
*not* a “game-changer”! All that means
is that you’re going to shift the cost of shipping elsewhere. Maybe a little extra on the retail
price. And, really, that alone is not
going to get me to buy anything from you.
You want to know what a real “game-changer” was? When we didn’t have to pay sales taxes on
online stuff! That was one of the few
things that President Bill Clinton did that was right. Oh, did the state and local government trip
over themselves to get rid of that “game-changer”.
Offering an extended vehicle warrantee is not a “game changer”. In fact, there’s a lot about a vehicle that
salespeople claim are a “game changer” that really doesn’t make someone like me
want to get a new car. There are no “sales
seasons” with cars. If I’m looking for a
new car, it’s not because of some made-up “season” or “holiday” or whatever
promotion you are running. If I’m
looking for a new car, it’s because I need to get a new car. That’s all.
Here’s another thing that salespeople and advertisers are saying lately that
piss me off...
“You can’t fake...”
I am so sick of hearing this! I am
so sick of hearing salespeople say “you can’t fake” whatever it is they are
trying to peddle. “You can’t fake
steak.” “You can’t fake the crunch of
fruit.”
Yes you can! You can fake
*anything*!
Advertisers have spent years faking food so it can look good for TV and
billboards and magazine ads! Supposedly
“juicy, hot, hamburgers” are really cold and undercooked and painted and
propped up and glued on. You will never
be able to get a burger from a fast food place that looks just like the kind
you see in their ads, because what the ad people are selling you is fake!
And now you have the audacity to try to proclaim that you “can’t fake”
something? Shut the “F” up, hacks!
Keep in mind that this is coming at the same time as the “fake meat”
craze is hitting the market. Fast food
places are bending over backward to come up with fake hamburgers and fake
meatballs and fake chicken nuggets, all to chase the supposed “vegan” fad. Just like Siracha and applewood bacon and
avocados and kale were all pimped-up fads.
Fake people selling fake “wonder foods” trying to tell us that you can’t
“fake” stuff. Talk about hypocrisy!
Another word that really should go away is “integrity” when it comes to
qualifications for public office.
Georgia’s Trump clone, Governor Brian Kemp(Trump) seems to think that
when it comes to replacing
the state’s Insurance Commissioner after being indicted for criminal activities,
the only thing that we care about is someone with “integrity”. In selecting the police chief of Doraville to
“temporarily” handle the job, Governor Kemp(Trump) kept on using the word
“integrity” to describe his pick – who has no experience with overseeing how
insurance companies screw over Georgians – as if that was the only thing we
were concerned with.
“Integrity” is not what Georgians need.
We need someone who won’t let Big Insurance screw us over and soak us
with skyrocketing premiums like the other guys allowed. Those people also supposedly had “integrity”;
integrity to do the bidding of Big Insurance.
We need the person that will know when Georgians are getting screwed
over and come down hard on those Big Insurance companies.
We don’t need someone with “integrity”.
We need courage. We need someone
with courage to stand up to Big Insurance instead of taking “campaign
contributions” from them. We need
someone who will slam Big Insurance executives when their policies deny claims
or delay approving claims for so long that the bill collectors get called. We need someone who will tell Big Insurance
“no” when they demand to raise premiums just so they can make their profit
margins.
And, really, after the blistering campaign Kemp(Trump) ran in 2018 just
to be governor, he has the audacity to talk about “integrity”?
I understand that we live in the Age of Trump, where lying and
exaggerating and projecting your faults onto other people are the norm now, but
let’s get brutally honest here... just because we have a president that does
it, that doesn’t make it right. And it
also doesn’t mean that it’s okay for everyone else to lie and BS and exaggerate
and call it business.
Lying and exaggerating do not happen in a vacuum. There still are consequences for this kind of
activity.
For this commentator, that means no longer trusting what people say when
it comes to products. With every commercial
that airs on TV, I have to refrain from shouting “BS” at all of the claims they
make. You may be free to say what you
want, but I am also still free to not hear it.
The mute button is my friend. Ad-blocking
and call screening are my friends. Every
politician lies. Every product promoted
is a fraud. Every financial institution
is lying. Every insurance institution will
never deliver what they promise and will screw people over in the name of
profit. That is how I have to see things. Because of those lies, and because we have
people in positions of power that lie with complete and blind impunity, trust in
anything this commentator sees on TV or reads about is forfeit.
And I suspect that I will not be the only one that thinks this way when
the Age of Trump finally comes to an end. It’s not a question of “if”. It’s just a matter of when and who will be
courageous enough to end it.
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