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29 January 2004 15:45Did anyone attend the LJ Meetup for your area on Tuesday night? I had thought of going to the one here, but decided against it in the end. It wasn't too far, but I would have liked a venue closer. I might have gone then.
Also, I want to pick apart a commercial I saw at lunch today. The scenario: A woman in a towel standing on a scale in bathroom. She is uneasy not because she is in the towel, but because she is on the scale. The announcer mentions something about weight and she says "I eat Special K" and the announcer says something like "more people have lost weight eating Total", and so the lady switches. But here is the thing. The ad points out that Total has 100% calcium compared to other cereals, but what does that have to do with weight loss? I don't understand. There has to be something other than that. Or it is just a poorly created commercial feeding on the stupidity and gullibility of the public at large? Likely it is the latter.
Also, I want to pick apart a commercial I saw at lunch today. The scenario: A woman in a towel standing on a scale in bathroom. She is uneasy not because she is in the towel, but because she is on the scale. The announcer mentions something about weight and she says "I eat Special K" and the announcer says something like "more people have lost weight eating Total", and so the lady switches. But here is the thing. The ad points out that Total has 100% calcium compared to other cereals, but what does that have to do with weight loss? I don't understand. There has to be something other than that. Or it is just a poorly created commercial feeding on the stupidity and gullibility of the public at large? Likely it is the latter.