Every time I see a picture of somebody eating a cheeseburger from McDonald's, I am completely dissuaded from eating anything else. I know it's horrible for me, but the picture just speaks to me and forces me to run out and buy it, neglecting all reasonable thoughts in my head. Photographs are powerful stuff, folks...
...at least that is what the government of Sweden would have you believe!
The Swedish government is concerned that images of babies on
infant-formula packaging idealizes the product's use and might dissuade
some mothers from breastfeeding -- the recommended choice by doctors,
but not always a realistic option for many mothers.[1]
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| This is what you get when you Google "SHIT SANDWICH". Despite the photo, I still don't want to eat one! |
Oh yeah, that makes sense! Gosh, no matter how educated the population of Sweden is, they're actually all beholden to graven images, right?! Nobody can resist the ultimate power of a photograph, whether digital or analog. Hell, when I see a derivative work from a traditional silver gelatin print, I can't resist whatever it is advertising. I don't care whether it is jeans/half-naked women and/or men (ala any clothing store at the mall) or a what, I HAVE to have that thing - the photograph told me so.
And if you think that's bad, you should try resisting the television - you just can't. When I see ads for Sonic, I just have to run out and buy some of their science-awful food, because by science, that television ad shows me people smiling and having fun while eating it - I surely can't trust myself.
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If I had one wish about this all, it is that my government would do something about it. Please protect me, President Obama and Congress - protect me from my own bad decisions and help me make healthy choices, because I'm too stupid to do it on my own...
Just like the people of Sweden.
1. Source
2. In fact, Monty Python's And The Holy Grail made moose bites sound so much fun that I ran right out to Sweden and let a moose bite me.
2. In fact, Monty Python's And The Holy Grail made moose bites sound so much fun that I ran right out to Sweden and let a moose bite me.
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