So, you've found out that the same people who claim to want to make you happy are using you. The people who say that you have all the power when you shop are working their hardest to ensure that you feel you are incomplete without their product.
So, you've found out you're being used. That all these toys and cookware and latest trends and gizmos and gadgets are next to useless. That they have not, in fact, improved your life.
So, you've found out you're the exact same person. Same hair (though it may be a different color and cut), same body (though it may be covered in expensive fabrics), same face (though it may be filled with plastic). You're still you. None of these products have changed that.
So, you've found out you're being used. That none of the companies actually care about you. That all they see you as is a statistic-- a demographic that can be exploited and tricked into buying things you don't need. Only think you do.
So, what do you do now? Do you throw away all your useless junk? Do you give up shopping, fast food, gadgets, and one-time-use products you forgot you had? Is something like that even possible?
So, you've realized that you can't, in fact, live without these products. You've been taught to want-- to expect-- more. You've become aware of the ruse. You've stepped outside of it and taken a good, long look at the world. You've spread the word that everyone is being used just like you. But, no one has stopped. The world keeps spinning in the same direction. Everyone is still under the spell because no one cares to live a life that isn't full of easy solutions and products that have no real value but allow you to be a little more lazy.
So, now you know. The door is right over there. And all you have to do is take three steps to get there. But they've got you in their grasp, though they treat you like royalty. They've made you their slaves, though they've housed you in a castle. You say to yourselves, "If this is hell, kill me now!" But I say to you, "If that is hell, then imagine heaven."
haha I love this picture. I found this other picture I found while researching for my next blog post and it's about a teacher asking her new students to write an essay on what they did over the summer and the kid in front of her is telling her to just check his facebook. It's such a funny picture because it's so true. There is such a big chance that this will or has already become our present. I'm posting all of my updates around the same time later, so check out the picture later.
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