I don't want to bore you with how advertising began, http://historymatters.gmu.edu, but in the early 1700's, http://adage.com, it started with American colonists making announcements about goods on hand that were for sale. Today it has progressed to television, radio, billboards and magazines just to name a few. Everywhere you turn someone is trying to sell you something. You can't sit down and watch TV with your family without a commercial coming on to sell a product. It seems like the kids are the main targets. There's always a commercial about the next best toy to the cheesiest Mac&Cheese. The next thing out of your kids mouth is "I want that or can I have that".
I remember when I was a kid and Puffa Puffa Rice cereal was the newest cereal on the market. My sister and I wanted it and when we went to the grocery store and my mom asked which cereal we wanted we pointed it out. We couldn't wait until the next morning to eat some. That was the nastiest cereal we had ever eaten. Back in those days there wasn't much money to waste and when you asked for something you had to eat it all. My dad made us eat the entire box of cereal no matter how much we complained but that didn't stop us from asking for anything else we saw on the commercials.
Moral of the story, be careful what you buy from commercials they don't always live up to the hype.
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