PeNdantry … creator or Wibble … has a way of tackling serious topics with humour, and today is no exception. His reminder is timely … be in the dark for an hour tomorrow! Do your part! Thanks, PeNdantry!
Readers of my wibblettes over the years may have got the impression that I’m not exactly a fan of advertising (and that would be right). Even when such ‘communications’ give an honest portrayal of the product or service on offer, all advertisers share one feature upon which they all rely: repetition, repetition, repetition. They insert jingles in our heads to promote their brands, pervert memes such as ‘sustainability’ and ‘green’, and, utterly cynically, employ psychology and their thorough understanding of human nature to persuade us to buy their stuff.
It’s said that “there’s no such thing as bad publicity.” And I can believe it: on my litter-picking walks I’ve collected a great many cans, bottles, coffee cups and assorted packaging, all of which bear proud logos of their respective hawkers. How is it that the vendors aren’t ashamed that their litter is everwhere? It seems to me that the answer…
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Astute way of spreading The Word. That’s influencing the narrative. Good share Jill
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Thanks, Roger! PeNdantry has written a number of such posts that I’ve meant to re-blog, but somehow my intentions are always better than my actions!
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I hear you talkin’ sister
(Stupid British Summer Time….🥴)
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Ahhhhhh … yes, your clocks changed this weekend, didn’t they? Ours were a few weeks ago, although the clock in the living room only got changed this weekend because I cannot climb on a ladder to take it down anymore, so I had to wait until Chris felt inspired to do so.
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Annnddd yet there are still but 24 hours in a day….
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Are you sure, Roger? I find that as I get … er, um … older, there seem to be fewer hours. I think it’s a conspiracy and that the clocks move faster so that there are, in terms of the hours of yore, only about 17 hours now!
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Well Sheila and I do speculate on naughty temporal pixies that do steal hours for their own mischievous intentions, so you may be right there Jill.
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