According to the article "Hype" by Kelle Lasn discusses that ads are everywhere or on everything we watch on TV, listen to the radio, or see on walls and post while walking on the streets are filled with a logo or product massage. the article also said that are just to affect us pursuing our feeling or more simple change the ways we think toward ourselves. in other words, ads are to distract our attention and make us spend money and time.
The article states that "advertisements are the most prevalent and toxic of the mental pollutants." It means that advertisements and logos are everywhere to catch our attention on TV commercials, the internet, shop windows, and much more. Making people's minds desire their products. For instance, when we see anything cheap, we want to buy it affecting our pockets. Another example is that in the ad for Gatorade an athlete is drinking a bottle of Gatorade and it makes him or her become more powerful showing you that if you try it, you are going to become as powerful and full of energy as the athlete is. As a result, this is similar to the article because it shows how ads take over our minds and make us feel like weak if we don't buy it. So believe it or not, advertisements change our attitudes toward ourselves and affect us in some ways our thinking manners, which is bad because we spend money and time.
Moreover, the article also points out that "your kids watch Pepsi and Sneakers ads in the classroom. The author is trying to say that ads makers don't care about anybody's health because they keep making more and more ads that even in schools our children are exposed to see ads when they should be focus and learning instead. This makes our children become fond of unhealthy food like Pepsi and Sneakers, which are easy to consume and contains a high percent of calories and oil that damage our hearts. For instance, I watched in the morning news like two months ago that one of the reason why we are seeing our kids getting overweight at very young ages is the bad food they eat when go to Macdonald's after school due to all the ads they see in the classrooms, hall ways and even at the school's GYM when they are working out. According to the article, ads are everywhere even in schools damaging our kids health which is similar to my example. In fact, I understand that we need ads but in these days they are too much out of control overwhelming our lives styles.
In conclusion, the article "Hype" explains that ads in north America are very annoying and mentally stressful because they are everywhere you put your eyes. As a result, I suggest the government to pay more attention to this problem banning many of them which have become worldwide. Affecting our society, cultures and the way we live nowadays. I hope that people by reading this article be more aware and help fix this situation.
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