I have become more and more convinced the older I get that there is some very subtle conspiracy amongst the technology giants of our quaint little world. I mean, you see a phone one month, think to yourself oooh I can just afford that. You save up for months, waiting until your contract expires, then just as you get ready to buy it, another new one comes along. Instant commercial orgasm.
Car manufacturers are just the same. As the fizz slowly fades from the latest car line, they introduce an updated version, or some other line just like it but just every-so-slightly different. They put ‘em on pedestals, shine them up, drape hot chicks in floss-g-strings on their bonnets (or in some cases, even without ‘em) and everyone’s mouths drool in sheer lust (for the car).
Was it like this a hundred years ago? No, of course not, we didn’t have cellphones or washing machines or LCD TVs or cars and so on. There was not as much variety to bring out, and what existed existed in similar ‘fashion’ to similar items.
Marketers have hit that sweet spot that makes us all want, the commercial orgasm. We didn’t want something then all of a sudden we have a yearning desire for it. We HAVE to have it. NOW. God they must really play us …