Pizza Hut, Pepsi, Starbucks, Religion, and Brainwashing

lol... I just had an amazing epiphany a couple days ago. A great though came to me as I was reflecting on why exactly are we all so "addicted" to Junk Food.

It hit me as I was walking through safeway... where I live there are starbucks in safeways. Anyway there is this add... and it says "treat yourself to a coffee".

I couldnt quite figure it out... but something appeared messed to me up about this statement. Because I know that coffee is good, but the sugar throws me off and whatnot. I still like coffee... but I know there is something addictive about starbucks and whatnot.

Then it hit me... its the word "TREAT". See since I was a kid... my parents always said I could have a treat if I was good! But what is a treat?... its something you get when you are good, but its also something you consider extra good. IE better than other foods. See by me being raised to believe... and being in aggrement with... the idea that junk food is better than regular food. I always want junkfood...

I also get the feeling that anything that is a "treat" is typically not good for you in the food world. I mean there are a 1000 ways to look at this, but the way advertisers portray it is what I am looking at directly.

When in reality junkfood is a worse food... its not a "treat" at all. There really is no such thing as treats... there are only foods. Some foods bring about some conditions, where other foods bring about others. Anyway it completely opened my mind to the way advertising works. I have memories my mother tells me happened at around the age of two or three... being able to see McDonalds from miles away and getting over excited at the aspect of going there.

My mother also said I didnt like the food... just the toys. But now that mental association is there... and so I crave McDonalds sometimes. But the battle is over now because I am aware... because I am now changing my perspectives on foods.

So now when I see advertising... I try and see the message they are trying to give me. What they are trying to put into my mind. I try to do this in all things now... religion, movies, sex. And I know this is all out in the open, and everyone knows about this. But until I really understood the full impact of the advertising... and how it applied in the context of my life... I couldnt really get the full grasp of advertising applications.

I now wonder about everything in my life... and social paradigms. Its crazy!!! I think I could post about this topic for days. Tweet