Mind Control

Some products, whether they be tangible or intangible seem to use some variety of mind control in order to produce the intense desire for the consumer to purchase them.

I remember a song heard while in a taxi a while back that induced the intense `need' for me to purchase the cd. It was impressive.

Just the other day while picking up a planned dvd purchase, we walked around looking at what else was there and saw in the tv section a good few shows that we would want to have.

We saw CSI, Due South, Buffy, Stargate, and Babylon 5 just to name a few.
Then we saw Frasier season 1. We had both known about it coming out and had discussed it briefly as an enjoyable show that neither of us really felt the need to pick it up.

Yet, when we saw it, both of us immediately were thinking about picking it up.

What was it that caused this? Some form of subliminal cue, a hidden visual one, some kind of olfactory trigger? Whatever it was, it hit hard and strong. Maybe it was some form of magnetic resonance that was modified by the de-magnetizer when we purchased it.

Because afterwards we were both wondering what we had done. It wasn't that we didn't like the show and enjoy it, but we hadn't planned on purchasing it. We pondered what we had pondered and couldn't figure it out.

I don't believe in impulse buying; I believe in the manipulation of the masses. [Well, not really... but also a little bit really yes]

Whatever the case, after some thought on the matter, we watched the first few episodes and laughed and it was good.