Manipulation

I dislike manipulation. I dislike the fact that radio stations only play one song off an album until hearing it makes you puke like some kind of Pavlov response. I dislike that sweeps month on TV features shows with the most sensational plot lines imaginable–not because they’re the best stories, but simply because they draw the most viewers. I dislike industries that exist solely to make a buck off people. Often times people are good at hiding their money making behind good intentions, but sometimes it just can’t be hidden. It’s most obvious on teen web sites that are surfer driven and don’t have any actual content. Low maintenance and high profit. But do they care about teens? Only the ones with money. I dislike people who tell me I have to like or not like something because of an association with the “adjective” Christian. I dislike cigarette ads that tell me not to smoke. I dislike beer ads that tell me not to drink and drive. Why do you advertise and sell your product and then tell me not to use it? I dislike magazines and TV shows with near-anorexic girls that don’t look anything like the real girls I grew up with, or even the real anorexic girls I grew up with. I dislike a society that tells me sex is supposed to be a certain way. You’d think they got their information from a junior high bathroom.

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