Originally Posted by
Trakhak
Whenever I see someone use the word "sheeple" non-ironically, it drives home how good a job advertising agencies have done at convincing every American male that he's an individualistic freethinker who can express his superiority to the masses through his purchase choices. Those guys are probably the same 92% of driving-age American males who believe that they're above average in driving skills.
Paraphrasing Rooster Cogburn in True Grit:
If I ever meet an American male who doesn't claim to be a one-of-a-kind nonconformist, I'll shake his hand and give him a five-cent Daniel Webster cigar.
Well IDK, most marketing assumes buyers want to be one of the crowd. "Everybody's doing it, you don't want to be the odd ball left behind, do you?" It has nothing to do with being a one of a kind nonconformist. It has to do with making your own choices based on knowledge rather than what evryone else is doing. If your choice happens to be what everyone else is doing, then at least it's a choice made because you have done the research and it's the best choice for YOU, not just because everyone else is doing it.
It just irks me that so many people think something is great for them because the pros ride it. The pros have achieved a fitness and skill level that few of us mere mortals will ever achieve.
And no, sorry, I don't smoke.