Always

In my family, my mother always falls for marketing schemes. We're destroying the atmosphere with our lightbulbs, so we need to buy 'green' ones, to save the world. If you buy this pill, you'll lose weight. If you buy this for your kitchen, it'll clean itself--I don't know, something ridiculous. But it seems like my mom always hops on the bandwagon, and I'm the one who has to stop her from spending her money. My father and I are very objective people. We really weigh the pros and cons before we buy something--And we know better than to trust the marketing companies. Though, I'm sure, that even with out thought process, something gets through. How can it not? With ads playing all the time, we can't ignore it completely. Right now, as I'm typing this, the TV is on behind me. Soon, a commercial will come on--And maybe, subconsciously, it will trick me into buying something I don't exactly want. When I flip through magazines, and the naked women pop up, I ignore what the ad is selling--Though, maybe at some point, I buy it anyway. I feel as through ads are overwhelming, and gives us reasons to buy the product. In class, we talked about Dove, and how we would be contributing to a good cause if we buy it. But is that really true? Is that why they want us to shop with them? Of course not. They want us to shop with them, because they are a business. The bottom line is: The marketing companies want us to spend money, and will tell us anything to make us do so.