Saw this question on ask.fm and thought I must reply to it! "What would you get rid of to improve life in the 21st Century?"
There were many things came into my head when I saw the question "What would you get rid of to improve life in the 21st Century?" However none of them seemed important or exciting enough to be able to write a blog on. But then, after a few seconds I had an epiphany of how much was wrong with this world, obviously there's the obvious things like war and famine etc. but there are also little details that wind me up as well, such as queues; gum under tables; shorts and tops that reveal so much skin the people wearing them may as well wander around naked so everybody sees what they're trying to show in the first place; and then it hit me. The worst thing in this world, the thing everybody hates the thing that kills everybody inside... yes you've guessed it: TV adverts!
Getting me started on the words beginning with "t," and "a," is a BAD move (sorry for whoever is reading this, please accept my apology). It annoys me so much that I can rant about it for hours, so I will try to keep this brief so that a) you won't fall asleep half way through and b) i won't break my keyboard whilst typing furiously .
So, TV adverts. Where to start? How about their ringtone or theme tunes or whatever type of music it is classified as? Actually, I take that back completely, it is NOT music. An advert that goes "ding, ding, ding, ding," in an annoyingly high pitched "ding?" is not music. (It annoys me as much as high voiced men annoy Miranda, such fun, sorry couldn't resist :D ). In my opinion, it should be classed as dangerous as drugs, alcohol or even the nicotine in cigarettes. It is so addictive that it gets stuck in your head and even though you know you will never play bingo -at least not till you're like 100- and that people shouldn't advertise a kind of gambling (because it's just going to end up with you bankrupt living on a street), you still can't get that "ding, ding, ding, ding," out of your head. And, if you do, it's only to be replaced by an equally dangerous tune like "Ragae, Ragae Sauce." So, how would the world be a better place without it? Well, people would be nicer to each other as they wouldn't be so stressed, our blood pressure would go down, and we wouldn't feel like punching the first person or object *warning: make sure it isn't a wall, otherwise it could result being sehr sehr painful* the moment we hear the words beginning with a "t," and an "a."
Or how about in a crucial part of a reality show. Picture this. The audience are tense, the presenters face solemn and then suddenly, they turn their face to the cameras, full of smiles and say "find out, after the break." Damn you Jeremy Kyle, I wanted to see whether he was the father of the child, why are you doing this to me?! :O
So, how would the world be a better place without it? We would be able to watch a whole film/ TV programme without the horrid suspense of awaiting what comes next or who the father of a child is, or if Batman's going to get killed etc.
As well as this, the adverts are for either: useless products that nobody in their right mind would want to buy and by making an advert the company people believe that as if by magic somebody would be interested, or it's things that everybody wants and end up costing parents a fortune, either it sucks.
Take that seriously irritating meerkat advert for example. A meerkat that speaks, a cuddly stuffed version of him and a customer who looks like he's had a heart attack in seeing this unrealistic talking animal saying "simples." I mean really? Seriously? Are you actually going to even think about buying/joining up with that insurance? It doesn't even advertise its "great value," or even the fact that it's got "great deals," (like normal adverts do) it advertises... wait for it........... it's toy! Yeah, because adults would join an insurance just so they can have the company of a freaky toy meerkat with freaky eyes in their bed at night.
So, how would the world be a better place without it? You wouldn't waste your time watching useless adverts, your parents wouldn't have to spend a fortune on gadgets your only going to use once before you get bored of it and it would reduce the amount of pollution as a film that lasts normally 1 hour and 30 ish minutes wouldn't take you 2 hours something to watch!
Linking to that is time in general. Theoretically, one advert is about 1-2 minutes long which, by itself isn't TOO bad, but when you have about ten adverts one after the other, it's just too much of my life gone to waste! I could be doing so much more in those ten minutes, but no, instead, I'm sitting on the edge of the sofa; my hands in tight fists; my teeth clenched and my whole upper body leaning towards the television just waiting to resume my previous programme. I could have done some ironing or prepared my dinner in that time, (well, a pizza in the oven doesn't take that long anyway but that's beside the point) so who do they think they are in preventing me from doing so? And ok, they're not literally forcing me to stay sat, I could move freely if I wanted to but it's like I'm hooked, an invisible magnet resisting my temptations to leave the comfyness of my sofa.
So how would the world be better without this? People would get more things from their "to do list," done, we'd have more time on our hands and we wouldn't feel guilty about seeing a member of the family going to school or work with a wrinkled shirt because we didn't have time to iron it!
Well, must go and end this article before my feet get so numb I can't move them and before (if you're not already) fall asleep! :D xxx
