Comments on: Greetings from the Apocalypse: Branding our Imagination http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=622 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:06:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: WMDKitty http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=622&cpage=1#comment-277 WMDKitty Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:16:17 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=622#comment-277 I'm not sure quite what the author was getting at. Was his target the child? The parents, for behaving like their Precious Little Snowflake (barf!) is the Second Coming of Christ? Or advertising companies, for some wickedly subversive advertising measures that made their brands ever-present in the collective subconscious of the public? So... I'm confused. I’m not sure quite what the author was getting at. Was his target the child? The parents, for behaving like their Precious Little Snowflake (barf!) is the Second Coming of Christ? Or advertising companies, for some wickedly subversive advertising measures that made their brands ever-present in the collective subconscious of the public?

So… I’m confused.

]]> By: sandra742 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=622&cpage=1#comment-271 sandra742 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:56:48 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=622#comment-271 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: Tanja Cilia http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=622&cpage=1#comment-269 Tanja Cilia Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:59:17 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=622#comment-269 I don't call this piece over-reaction. I call it truth. Merchandising has permeated every inch of breathing space - and it's a wise parent or carer who knows where to draw the line... <<>> I don’t call this piece over-reaction. I call it truth. Merchandising has permeated every inch of breathing space – and it’s a wise parent or carer who knows where to draw the line…
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]]> By: Mark Morey http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=622&cpage=1#comment-258 Mark Morey Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:00:01 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=622#comment-258 My first (and predominant) response to this piece is that it is massive overreaction on the part of the author. I bow to nobody in my distaste for parents who treat mediocre utterances as wisdom, but it may be that this tyke will find her way to better things as her age expands into double digits. My own kids would tell us about junk they saw being peddled on T.V. with phrases like "It's now available in stores, Mom!" Scary enough, but they managed to learn how to separate hype from reality readily enough. (I have a feeling you made up that last quote about not dying before one could shop at a particular store. If not I take it all back. The kid is screwed.) Right on about the mega-creepy Burger King,in any case. My first (and predominant) response to this piece is that it is massive overreaction on the part of the author. I bow to nobody in my distaste for parents who treat mediocre utterances as wisdom, but it may be that this tyke will find her way to better things as her age expands into double digits. My own kids would tell us about junk they saw being peddled on T.V. with phrases like “It’s now available in stores, Mom!” Scary enough, but they managed to learn how to separate hype from reality
readily enough. (I have a feeling you made up that last quote about not dying before one could shop at a particular store. If not I take it all back. The kid is screwed.) Right on about the mega-creepy Burger King,in any case.

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