The Pursuit of Money

[cherryberry]

i love money and money loves me too =^^=

[john_qq]

one of the latest strategic marketing tools i am using now seperates all human motivations into just 16 core motivators (needs)...eg 'control', 'curiousity', 'power', 'love', 'hunger' etc etc. We can 'position' any brand in the market by either 'feeding' or 'denying' a human need. It has gotten to the stage now where the average person is so manipulated (to take their money) that they no longer even realise it. In fact, most people would be completely lost if suddenly there was no marketing to tell them what to say, think, do, feel, buy, wear, or go to. f*cking pathetic really.

This is so sad, but so true. i realised when i was a kid how marketing worked how it influenced and how it affected ppl. To the point where i stopped taking any notice of it. even today if i'm watching tele and an ad just finishes, if you asked me what was that ad, i dont recall, i don't take it in i don't notice it, i've conditioned myself not to notice that shite or be influenced by it.

If i buy things, i buy things i need, it may be a particular Brand name, but if i buy a particular brand it wont be becasue i've been "told" to buy it, it'll be because i like the styling or the fit or the feel or whatever characteristic meets my particular needs at the time.

same sort of thing goes for movies if i see a tralier or see some promo stuff, and i tlooks like an interesting movie one i'd like to see, but if they flog the death out of it in promo time.

i'll wait till it goes to out of fashion before ir even if i watch it.

i hate to be "told" what i should do, see, buy.

i don't buy into it basically. i refuse to.

interesting. I do the same. But i would bet any money you are still influenced by certain brands, even if you dont realise it. For example the beer you drink, the tires on your car/bike, your bank or jeans you prefer. I bet you have occassionally been manipulated by very ingenius 'path to purchase' marketing. In supermarkets all your vital things are usually at the back. How many times can you NOT buy something extra in a supermarket?

mindspace shelfspace :-)

some people the majority they're like a herd of sheep waiting for the dog to tell them where to go could be admin some friend could be you marketeer

it's probably worse without influence and manipulation if it deserves the word they'd be more like dead-bored fish

for some marketing doesn't work or even causes opposite effects because they are less easily influenced by social pressure or they even go against it by nature

and for all i know originality wasn't their choice either their brain's just different

better sit in a cuddly herd and moan about it like dannyboy there than sit on the rock and wonder why you can't be in a dumb herd

[dannyboy]

one of the latest strategic marketing tools i am using now seperates all human motivations into just 16 core motivators (needs)...eg 'control', 'curiousity', 'power', 'love', 'hunger' etc etc. We can 'position' any brand in the market by either 'feeding' or 'denying' a human need. It has gotten to the stage now where the average person is so manipulated (to take their money) that they no longer even realise it. In fact, most people would be completely lost if suddenly there was no marketing to tell them what to say, think, do, feel, buy, wear, or go to. f*cking pathetic really.

This is so sad, but so true. i realised when i was a kid how marketing worked how it influenced and how it affected ppl. To the point where i stopped taking any notice of it. even today if i'm watching tele and an ad just finishes, if you asked me what was that ad, i dont recall, i don't take it in i don't notice it, i've conditioned myself not to notice that shite or be influenced by it.

If i buy things, i buy things i need, it may be a particular Brand name, but if i buy a particular brand it wont be becasue i've been "told" to buy it, it'll be because i like the styling or the fit or the feel or whatever characteristic meets my particular needs at the time.

same sort of thing goes for movies if i see a tralier or see some promo stuff, and i tlooks like an interesting movie one i'd like to see, but if they flog the death out of it in promo time.

i'll wait till it goes to out of fashion before ir even if i watch it.

i hate to be "told" what i should do, see, buy.

i don't buy into it basically. i refuse to.

interesting. I do the same. But i would bet any money you are still influenced by certain brands, even if you dont realise it. For example the beer you drink, the tires on your car/bike, your bank or jeans you prefer. I bet you have occassionally been manipulated by very ingenius 'path to purchase' marketing. In supermarkets all your vital things are usually at the back. How many times can you NOT buy something extra in a supermarket?

mindspace shelfspace :-)

some people the majority they're like a herd of sheep waiting for the dog to tell them where to go could be admin some friend could be you marketeer

it's probably worse without influence and manipulation if it deserves the word they'd be more like dead-bored fish

for some marketing doesn't work or even causes opposite effects because they are less easily influenced by social pressure or they even go against it by nature

and for all i know originality wasn't their choice either their brain's just different

better sit in a cuddly herd and moan about it like dannyboy there than sit on the rock and wonder why you can't be in a dumb herd

Without proper punctuation I can't really gauge what you're trying to say...Even that little swipe at me at the end...Or was it?... :shock:

[Ngairo]

You really need to ask this question?

People like stuff.

They like nice clothes, delicious food, fast cars, big houses, exotic holidays.

That means it's not an 'unnatural desire'. It's very natural.

It's the eternal search which is unnatural....X amount is never enough.

I really can't see why people lust after things anymore...Does it really matter what holiday we go on or how shiny and new our car is?

Or does it matter that the kid next door hasn't eaten yesterday?

Honestly...Maybe the *wanting* of new and expensive things is natural to most people. To me I don't want that feeling to ever be natural. All it leads to is unhappiness if you cannot fulfill your own requirements.

Your getting so soft.......nothing wrong with that....but....

Honestly...Maybe

Doesen't cut it.....careful with your words.......

[Ngairo]

i love money and money loves me too =^^=

So explain why you haven't got any?........

[dannyboy]

You really need to ask this question?

People like stuff.

They like nice clothes, delicious food, fast cars, big houses, exotic holidays.

That means it's not an 'unnatural desire'. It's very natural.

It's the eternal search which is unnatural....X amount is never enough.

I really can't see why people lust after things anymore...Does it really matter what holiday we go on or how shiny and new our car is?

Or does it matter that the kid next door hasn't eaten yesterday?

Honestly...Maybe the *wanting* of new and expensive things is natural to most people. To me I don't want that feeling to ever be natural. All it leads to is unhappiness if you cannot fulfill your own requirements.

Your getting so soft.......nothing wrong with that....but....

Honestly...Maybe

Doesen't cut it.....careful with your words.......

I'm not getting soft at all....I'm just starting to realise there is more to life than a new pair of shoes...

Careful with my words you say...?

" If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow"

Siddarta Gautama.

Great that bit of wisdom, isn't?...

[PeeMarc]

I'm not getting soft at all....I'm just starting to realise there is more to life than a new pair of shoes...

i wanted to put this is the quote of the day... but where is it? who deleted that forum?