It is bound to have formulas, repeating enviroments and cliche scenarios to cut developing time. I guess that is why people like the Crossbell games so much, they took more time to develop th...
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Very few people will offer encouraging, honest and raw details that would show them in an unfavourable light or make them vulnerable (like people who advocate for some case), but thankfully, they too exist. Fashion and latest fads... as a way to fill the void (very Ted Kaczynski-like style of thinking). So, I'm on the bus and I see three girls with the very same hairstyle talking to each other (high-up buns). Then I'll notice it everywhere else. I wish I could do the same hairstyle and feel that I am cool and up-to-date. Nope, I'll just notice patterns and the pointlessness instead. 😂 People being nice because they are trying to sell things It's stupid, but it breaks my heart sometimes. I'll manage a nice chat with someone (let's say, a hairdresser) and then they continue the vibe but change the topic trying to persuade me into buying something. I know it's their job and I don't get angry about that. Just sad and can't help feeling tricked. I know it's childish, but it's there. everyone has to make a living somehow and there are no easy alternatives to capitalism.
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Capitalism has sent us to the moon, gave us Internet and Netflix and cheap airlines and what not. It is common though to feel that there are certain aspects of it that make it a very faulty system and as such, pretty detrimental to our psyche. Personally, it somehow always hits me on a visceral level and I wonder if some of you might feel similar about it. (Sorry in advance for possibly sounding judgemental/patronising/tedious. I'm painfully aware of that, but it's not something that's easy for me to change, especially if a certain topic gets me going. ) Advertisements Whenever I look at one, I usually recoil. It's automatic. Ads seem to be designed to undermine our sense of well-being so we crave the product they feature as some kind of medicine that will replenish that particular psychological need. The fake smiles, perfection, women sexualised so totally unsexy things can sell, using children and family themes to manipulate us into focusing on things that are dearest to us, and so on.
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Naturally, many people are conscious of that. But this kind of foul play in ads gets me every time I notice it (uh, and I notice it every time 😅). Sponsoring Instagram influencers swearing to God that X has made their life happy and colorful and full of rainbow unicorns and they use X every time when they are cooking/showering/whatever. Holding this thing up and smiling like a 5 y. o. girl who just got told that she can eat lollipops for breakfast till the end of her life, but their eyes still give away their insincerity. It's ok when an appropriate hashtag is added, but oftentimes it's not And still, I just get this deep feeling that this isn't what us humans should be about, neither the promoters nor followers. Fake intentions marketing For example supermarkets catching on vegan and vegetarian trends, producing things that still aren't really nutritious and still get packed in plastic, spurting even more consumerism instead of the idea that people could actually buying less things. Or chain clothing stores advertising organic cotton while their sweatshop workers continue to be underpaid.
Although it's definitely good that the business is reacting to the positive trends within society, I can't stop thinking that the main goal is money and the producers are prone to cheat on quality every so often anyway. And then there's this thing about food industry lying about ingredients, monosodium glutamate disguised as 'natural yeast', advertising things as 'GMO-free, preservatives-free or colorants-free while they wouldn't contain those things anyway, and so on. (On the other hand, let's be fair: there's also Fair Trade. It's a very good thing for those who can afford it. ) Ego mentors in mass media People talking in interviews about their suffering in carefully chosen words while wearing perfect makeup and beautiful gowns, or showing off their wealth and happy family life. Like they're still doing it to feel good about themselves and not really to help others. It just feels contradictory and many people can feel quite hopeless when they subconsciously compare those candy visions to their own life.
my negative reactions are probably connected to detecting the underlying lies about it (which I think is a very aspie trait), and as a result I feel this urge to stop taking part in all that and wonder if I could be happier if I reduced my exposition to that and how it could be done. Maybe by going more self-sustainable? I noticed that I like to support creative businesses with well-established ethics but those are few and far between, and eventually many of them sell out to get more clients. Will be happy if you share your views, feelings and ideas, or methods of dealing with such feelings other than (or maybe including) becoming a Buddhist nun/monk. would be relieved to see I'm not the only one.