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I’m really rather tired of “social media” (a misnomer if ever there was one) being blamed for all sorts of troubles suffered by the young. A week or so ago there was a thread where an article suggested that young people suffer from “….executive millennial burnout”. This is caused by being pressured into participating in all sorts of online activities 24/7.
Now we see this where idiotic “celebrities” endorse or promote all sorts of ridiculous products which anyone with half a brain would not touch with a bargepole. And the poor little darlings are portrayed as victims of all this because many of them don’t have the sense they were born with.
There were many dangerous and dodgy substances around when I was young. I didn’t touch any of them. It’s true I didn’t have “celebrities” promoting them, but many “celebrities” of the day used them indiscriminately and didn’t care who knew about it. The solution for young people is still the same – don’t touch them. Exercise a little circumspection before blindly choosing to have your body invaded by noxious substances. Better still, turn your bloody phone off and only use it to make the occasional phone call when absolutely necessary. That way you won’t get bombarded with drivel, some of it dangerous to your health.
Now we see this where idiotic “celebrities” endorse or promote all sorts of ridiculous products which anyone with half a brain would not touch with a bargepole. And the poor little darlings are portrayed as victims of all this because many of them don’t have the sense they were born with.
There were many dangerous and dodgy substances around when I was young. I didn’t touch any of them. It’s true I didn’t have “celebrities” promoting them, but many “celebrities” of the day used them indiscriminately and didn’t care who knew about it. The solution for young people is still the same – don’t touch them. Exercise a little circumspection before blindly choosing to have your body invaded by noxious substances. Better still, turn your bloody phone off and only use it to make the occasional phone call when absolutely necessary. That way you won’t get bombarded with drivel, some of it dangerous to your health.
It's always gone on to an extent - the 'so called' ordinary folk wanting to emulate those they saw as more beauteous and better off.
What they didn't see was that those powders and potions were rotting their skin and internal organs, heads were bald under fancy wigs etc.
Things may be more slickly presented today but the effect is much the same.
What they didn't see was that those powders and potions were rotting their skin and internal organs, heads were bald under fancy wigs etc.
Things may be more slickly presented today but the effect is much the same.
hc - // Who started the craze of sitting in a bath of cold water wearing your new Levi's? I know I did it, but somebody must have recommended it to make them fit //
That wasn't a 'craze', it was a design feature.
Levi's were advertised as 'shrink to fit' - so you bought them an inch too big in the waist and two inches too long in the leg, and then sat in the bath wearing them, and they shrunk to fit you.
That wasn't a 'craze', it was a design feature.
Levi's were advertised as 'shrink to fit' - so you bought them an inch too big in the waist and two inches too long in the leg, and then sat in the bath wearing them, and they shrunk to fit you.
The notion of famous people endorsing products is as old as fame itself.
Advertisers were quick to discover that they could link a famous person to their product and sales would go up because of the customer's notion that 'If so and so uses it, it must be good, so I'll buy it.'
That will never stop, and can only continue with the fame of modern 'celebrities' who aren't actually famous for anything, except being famous.
Advertisers were quick to discover that they could link a famous person to their product and sales would go up because of the customer's notion that 'If so and so uses it, it must be good, so I'll buy it.'
That will never stop, and can only continue with the fame of modern 'celebrities' who aren't actually famous for anything, except being famous.
Anneke Wills of Dr Who did it in a film back in 1962, hc4361. Not really a celeb endorsement as she was in character, but you can see her in the photo.
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