ahh yes...thanks for reminding me of the ...'tastes..just like milk'
[not because..it is milk]..because it isnt..

here is the trick..[why they cant say its milk]
when they make cheese..the left=over...whey...was tipped-out

then they found..with a bit of chemical magic..they could neutralise
the acidic/whey*...and add it..to actual milk..[water milk down]

[then lol..call it low fat]

they also found adding the other..'stuff'..also not milk
and hence the liteny...the shop lady..reels off

its rather pathetic

but compounded..by it not being stated..the less..'milk'
the cheaper they sell it for..

[thus the homebrand*]..wash water..sold as ..real milk
but that goes..off..before its expiry-date..into the slimey whey..that constitutes up to half..of its bulk

the pathetic part of it is..farmers are only getting 25/35 cents for each liter...and we need to pay over the dollar for its waterd down...liquid...[real milk is rare]..thus the waterd down..brands offered as replacement

soy especially is a con...[again a lot of its the whey..left over from making soy curd]...we are being ripped off big time..with the it tastes...'just like'...mainly because we forget what real milk tastes like

but hey the shareholders dont mind at all
and no govt agency checks on this sort of stuff either

[the lawyers have done their jobs well]
but inbetween the what they say...
and what you think..they said
well..you only get that you demand..

and even then..some fool has a heavey thumb on the measure
[just to keep the shareholders happy..

and a nice bonus..for someone..
who wouldnt even buy the product..earning them..their divedend

Deception ? aaah yeS.

EASY OFF BAM... just spray and wipe and the WHOLE tap become glistening shiny :) (even the parts you didn't wipe)

The soap scum does NOT come off in any way like the AD shows.

DECEPTION.!

thinker2 makes an excellent point.Deception or the greed is good philosophy does not make for a productive cohesive society.Pericles says this has always been so but never to this degree.There seems no limits to the depths of human depravity in the name of profit.

That's pathetic.

>>There seems no limits to the depths of human depravity in the name of profit.<<

We're talking about advertising here, Arjay. It's a part of the process of making and selling stuff.

If you aren't smart enough to realize that they may exaggerate a little here, and embellish the story a touch there, then you probably shouldn't be allowed to handle money in the first place.

There are people in the world, I understand, who actually think those nice people who send them emails from Nigeria promising money are for real. They are the same people who believe the guy when he says "Bam, and the dirt is gone".

Sadly, there's also a bunch of folk suffering a massive sense-of-humour failure, along with the total loss of a sense of proportion.

Because as far as a measure of "the depths of human depravity" goes, advertising is pretty far down the list. Somewhere between rap music lyrics and not picking up after your dog, I would imagine.

Yes Arjay this is the point I'm trying to make. Consumerism is now a philosophy and deception is the core driver.
Nairbe refers to the me generation, the effect .
Collusion in commerce is now entrenched and re-inforced by all kinds of deception.

In the case of the car ad, the friends would do best to stand back and collectively view the car as the hunk of metal it is, along with all the other same hunks of metal. Humour or fun has nothing to do with it. Cars are not an extension of personality.

Recall the Cherry Ripe ad promoting one on one deception. The deceiver excludes the victim from sharing the spoils. The actress who performed in this ad must be very good because I still can't stand her visage no matter what program she appears in.

I haven't bought a cherry ripe since.

Selling itself is now deceptive not just in the media but when your actually dealing with a business or purchasing anything you can think of.

To provide evidence of this, my wife was lied to by a prominent telco when negotiating a contract. I proved this to the telco. They responded by saying they they would provide a $40 credit. I said "Oh so you can quantify deception in dollar terms can you".

Example 2. I suffer occasionally from Sciatica. If I went to a doctor they would expect me to subject myself to an MRI or such. Unnecessarily subjecting my body to harmful radiation equivalent to 80 chest x-rays.

If I went to a chiropractor he would not rectify the condition in one sitting. even though that is possible. But instead would have me come back over and over again. Each time telling me, "I'm on track".

I was a patient as a footballer of a expert chiropractor when young, who would never attempt a manipulation without a massage first. One thing you won't get from a modern chiropractor even if you request it because they know that you wont have to come back.

Ultimately I have to go to a pharmacist who can ask for a license number. On the last occasion the pharmacist who tried to pretend that I was known to her and claimed that my condition was chronic and then asked me why I was buying this medication. I had never been in that pharmacy in my life and said "invade my privacy because you can, pretend all you like that you know whats good for me, but don't pretend that you know me or that you have ever met before in any incorrect assumption that I must be seeking this non prescription medication for anything other than valid reasons".
And get on with it because the pain of sciatica makes me impatient".

Fraud deception and buls..t in every facet of our lives by process is wearing me down