Mini New Years Media Rant

Media, media, media. It's everywhere these days. We can't really escape it. The billboards, the commercials, heck, there's even pop ups on those fancy telephones, trying to get you to buy things. People walk around WILLINGLY giving companies free advertising as well, and most of them don't even realize what they're doing.

Why? Well, because when you go into most of the stores these days what you're going to find are things like this. ( and NO I am not advising purchase of these items, I am simply using them as examples of the ones that you find)

Don't see anything wrong with them right? That's because it's so common, we don't think about it. Emblazoned across both shirts is the name of the store that sells the item.

Now I don't know about you, but I bet if Walmart or Kmart started doing that you would see a huge decrease in their clothing sales. Yet here, in these cases teenagers and even some adults still flock to purchase at these stores, somehow believing it marks a status.

It doesn't really. All it does is clearly show other people where your clothing is from. (True some people do pick up their versions of these items from thrift stores or as gifts, but That doesn't bother me). It's the people who think they're all that and a bushel of tomatoes I can't wrap my head around.

Band T's don't bother me, travel T's don't bother me. Heck, even cartoon and television character T's don't bother me. At least they tell you something about what the person wearing them. These other shirts, turn people more or less into copies, and it can be hard to guess what they're actually like underneath it all.

What am I hoping for in the new year? Well, I'm hoping to convince my other half to become more unique and learn to express himself. And by expressing my annoyance with items such as the two shown above, maybe I'll manage to get that to happen.

I love unique people. I love people that enjoy creating their own style, sure we can use items that are massed produced, but it is the sum of all parts that expresses what we want to say.

Think about the sum of your parts. Are you unique, or the same as other people? Unique people may have it hard at first, but I have come to find that the ones who are unique are far more innovative than the ones who try to be the same.