Why are there so many Advertisements?? (Walking Blog #4)

            On Thursday at 1:50 in the afternoon, I stepped out of my math recitation class, and decided to spend my hour before Biology class to go on a walk.  As I was walking through campus, I started to realize how much advertisements play a part in our daily lives without us even thinking about it. I was walking my friend to her car, and we walked past the BoDawgs food truck. The side of the truck was covered with one huge advertisement for the hotdogs they serve, which are apparently pretty amazing. Americans see many advertisements everyday without even thinking twice about them. They have become a part of our everyday life.

            As I continued on my walk and parted ways with my friend, I decided to head over by The Overlook. On my way there, I saw multiple umbrellas plastered with advertisements for Pepsi. I was wondering if Pepsi was really that big of a deal, and if it should be so heavily advertised, when I remembered that I had Pepsi to drink at lunch.  Dang it, I guess I am impacted by all the advertisements that surround me on a regular basis. Also, the wall of The Overlook was covered with the names of all the restaurants that are inside of it. As I saw all of these food advertisements, I decided that the reason for the “freshman fifteen” was all because of food advertisements. I didn’t think I was hungry before I saw all these advertisements, but now, a hotdog from BoDawgs is starting to sound really good.

            It was getting closer to the time that my next class started, so I began the trek up multiple stairs toward the Edmund J. Cain Hall.  As I was walking, I noticed that most of the advertisements that were around me were on the clothes of the people walking past me. I saw one man with a San Francisco Giants hat on and wearing an Adidas shirt.  Why would someone pay money to buy a shirt that turns them into a walking advertisement? Shouldn’t someone be paid to promote a product or a clothing store? As stupid and pointless as I thought wearing a T-Shirt with a company’s name on it was, I realized that I can sometimes be a major culprit of this “crime.” I have so many articles of clothing that I wear that broadcast the clothing brand name. Whether it’s my Converse All Star sneakers, my American Eagle jeans, or my Adidas work-out clothes, I definitely have a preference on which brand of clothes I wear.  I never thought I was too picky with brand names, but I definitely would much rather wear in a pair of jeans from American Eagle than a pair of jeans from Wal-Mart (not to put down Wal-Mart, I go there more than any other store, and it’s an awesome place for hide-and-go-seek).  I guess that most Americans start to get used to all the advertisements that are scattered everywhere, that after a while, we don’t even think about them anymore.