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am i the only person who's noticed this?
the term "used" (as in "used car" or "used CDs") is becoming replaced with the word "pre-owned" in the media. for example, i was watching a car commercial and they kept saying "pre-owned" where they normally said "used". also, when we were at gamestop i saw that the signs for the used games and DVDs now say "pre-owned". i think i even heard this on the radio for some sort of commercial. is this a sales technique? does "pre-owned" sound more sophisticated than "used"?
i notice these things more now as a telemarketer, because there are definitely certain words to use and certain words not to use to get a customer's attention.
and while we're at it, another pointless thing that i noticed -
oh boy this is going to be hard to explain.
okay, i was just in my closet smoking a bong because i'm pathetic you know, just picking out an oufit...
now my closet is pretty big, as it is a walk-in closet, we basically use the it for storage. well anyway, there are quite a few plastic bins in there, about two feet long by a foot and a half high - not too big at all - and i noticed a sticker stuck inside one of them. i couldn't help but laugh at this sticker, imagine this...
it was a cartoonish picture of a baby sitting in the bin. the picture had a red circle around it with a diagonal line (like on a "no smoking" sign). above this little picture was "WARNING: SUFFOCATION RISK" written in three different languages. now, i KNOW a suffocation risk is a serious thing, and i agree such a caution sticker is a good idea, but it just doesn't seem like a logical situation whatsoever! the picture makes it look like the baby somehow got him/herself into this predicament alone.
but
do i make any sense?
the term "used" (as in "used car" or "used CDs") is becoming replaced with the word "pre-owned" in the media. for example, i was watching a car commercial and they kept saying "pre-owned" where they normally said "used". also, when we were at gamestop i saw that the signs for the used games and DVDs now say "pre-owned". i think i even heard this on the radio for some sort of commercial. is this a sales technique? does "pre-owned" sound more sophisticated than "used"?
i notice these things more now as a telemarketer, because there are definitely certain words to use and certain words not to use to get a customer's attention.
and while we're at it, another pointless thing that i noticed -
oh boy this is going to be hard to explain.
okay, i was just in my closet smoking a bong because i'm pathetic you know, just picking out an oufit...
now my closet is pretty big, as it is a walk-in closet, we basically use the it for storage. well anyway, there are quite a few plastic bins in there, about two feet long by a foot and a half high - not too big at all - and i noticed a sticker stuck inside one of them. i couldn't help but laugh at this sticker, imagine this...
it was a cartoonish picture of a baby sitting in the bin. the picture had a red circle around it with a diagonal line (like on a "no smoking" sign). above this little picture was "WARNING: SUFFOCATION RISK" written in three different languages. now, i KNOW a suffocation risk is a serious thing, and i agree such a caution sticker is a good idea, but it just doesn't seem like a logical situation whatsoever! the picture makes it look like the baby somehow got him/herself into this predicament alone.
but
- in order for a baby to be small enough to fit in this bin sitting upright he/she would have to be about one month old.
- a one month old doesn't sit upright alone.
- i think it's safe to assume such a small baby would not have the physical/mental capacity to stand up, walk over to the bin, empty its contents, climb over its ledge, sit inside, then grow inhumanly long arms to reach the lid, and then finally fasten the lid... without mom or dad even noticing.
- if the manufacturers are so convinced that something like this could happen, why are they concerned only about the children in english, french, and spanish-speaking households?
do i make any sense?