Comments on: Do You Believe in Magic?

By: cbR

cbR — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:46:23 +0000

I have to agree with Mr. Glover. After reading the responses, I have to add that until you have children of your own and you see how easily they are manipulated by “happy meals and toys” then you too will be grateful for acknowledgments such as this blog.

Like the author, I too am a product of the eighties and remember many countless days spent playing with similar toys and games. I loathed being forced to go outside, when I could be playing the latest and greatest video game. Toys were something that came to be expected when I visited my grandparents. How embarassing is that statement?.

I want to give kudos for the blog and the awareness that needs to be made about the amount of commercialism that exists in our culture. We no-longer know what we are losing everyday, since we only pay attention to what we see and hear in the media.

Tune out and we may learn something about ourselves, hows that for a novel idea.

Wash. Rinse…Breathe

By: JM Tohline

JM Tohline — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:54:39 +0000

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Amen.

By the way, “anyone who disagrees with this blog” is pretty much a complete moron. I’m going to guess “he” grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons and Disney Afternoon, and now he divides his time fairly evenly among Work, Beer, Bars, Bimbos, and Video Games.

And what’s more, “he” probably feels wildly unfulfilled.

Cheers.
~J

By: 14r

14r — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:23:54 +0000

What a whiner! What a pedantic load! I think maybe the fact that you can’t separate your life from a few things in it is more a personal problem than a social one. I’m not here to flame, I’m just upset that I’m sure everyday you get pats on the back because you complain enough to get published.

By: matt

matt — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:05:51 +0000

i absolutely love this blog i came to the same realization a little while back. and i inherited it again after i started west this year and found that nobody cared about the world and the only thing that kept punks different from hicks was what corporations they were supporting. i was devastated. i thought things would be different people are all to willingly to give in to the corporations. i played outside i hold nature as my living room i will never want air condition and i remain an outdoor kind of person taking random walks and hikes when i can find nothing else to do. hell i even remember not wanting to go to the movies or fast food restaurants when i was little i didn’t know why but i realize know it was because they were and are to fake for me. maybe this is why i realized this while my peers have not and remain in the holds of corporations. the saddest aspect of this is we are communicating through the internet the largest advertisement based arena in current times instead of having the sense of community like we used to. we can also relate this to our fear of everybody and everything. Either way great blog and we need to revolutionize beyond that of what hot topic and nike says we can and win back our world..

matt

also check out culture jammers a great book on this subject i surprisingly found in the west library.