Y2K Commercial Spotting

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I think on Cnn, or Headline News. I can't remember which channel I was watching. Can't really recall the whole commerical either, so forgive me if it's not totally accurate:

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A long column of Spanish Conquistadors are trudging along, sweaty, uncomfortable. One asks another..."Why are we following this Coronado anyway? For some quest for Gold?"

The other answers: "Because many years from now when Y2K crashes the financial world, and the stock market crumbles and E-Commerce stocks plunge into oblivion, investors will look to gold and invest, creating a diversified portfolio with a secure future..."(blah blah blah, I can't recite the whole thing verbatim. I was reading a book with the t.v. on in the background)

The other stops and looks thoughtful and nods.

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For the first time I really thought that Y2K was just pure BS, another marketing scheme. Just one more worry in an insane world. Maybe in part becasue I was reading a book called "A Walk In The Woods" by Bill Bryson and thinking about simpler times.

Anyway, it was thought provoking. I don't know what it means other than t.v. is bad for your brain. I don't why it bothers me either but it does. Makes me feel small, worthless. Like I have no impact, like I'm just another pawn in some Corporate Chess game. If I had a fortune I think I'd cash it all in now and move to Vermont somewhere, safe from the wild , wooly city life. Somewhere that I could take a walk in the woods more often.

I think I'm on Y2K burnout phase. And I'm seriously considering turning into a Polly. Maybe I'm just a pessimist when it comes to modern life. Could be I've blown the whole Y2K scenario way out of proportion. Right now I wish I wasn't part of any of it anymore.

I'm probably opening myself wide open to corrine 1's trolling, I don't care. Just wanted to share with you what I was thinking.

-- (AtlantaAS@aol.com), July 01, 1999

Answers

Welcome back to the real world AtlantaAS :) Regards,

-- FactFinder (FactFinder@bzn.com), July 01, 1999.

Greybear, all I can say is, when Greenspan raises rates to slow the economy and the same day NASDAQ hits a new record, and George Soros says

"If [the U.S. stock market bubble bursts] before the rest of the world has recovered [from the Asian currency crisis/IMF extortion/depressed real economy], then you would have a worldwide depression similar to what happened in the 1930s."

and the "rest of the world" has not only not recovered, but is beginning to be mired in y2k...well...you get the picture.

-- a (a@a.a), July 01, 1999.


Even without y2k, what about the economy? Read this:

The Crash: Could it happen again?

-- just (trying@to.help), July 01, 1999.


I think I can relate to how you feel AtlantaAS. Like you, I wonder if I'm also beginning to feel the effects of Y2k burnout. When ya think about it, reading these Y2k message boards is virtually the same as being bombarded with that tv advertising you obviously despise. Its a constant "sales pitch" around here.

-- CD (not@here.com), July 02, 1999.

Montgomery County Md Not Ready After All The Hype

-- oo (oo@oo.oo), July 02, 1999.


yeah, I think I'll go Polly too.

I'll sleep better at night.

ahhhhhhhh

-- Plonk! (realaddress@hotmail.com), July 02, 1999.


That is exaclty what I mean Plonk,

Commercials especially, but around here if your not a Y2K junkie then your "in the dark" and "going to be toast".

It just rings of marketing and has some sort of advertising element to it, and I'm tired. I got enough to worry about in a city of three million and a state that has 400+ nukes. I don't always sleep well at night and yeah maybe I'll sleep better now that I'm giving up being a Y2K Columbo.

But contrary to what you might think I only sleep at night. During the day I always have my...

-- eyes_open... (AtlantaAS@aol.com), July 02, 1999.


Motel 6 began its y2K ad campaign today. Was more on the snide side than I'd prefer, but not so condensing that it became obnoxiously so.

The Polaroid ad was much, much better.

So, how are their electronic room locks going to be "keyed", registered, or work in the door if the power is out? It might be appropriate to remind them that "We'll keep a light for you" is going to be a hard promise to keep.

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Kennesaw, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), July 02, 1999.


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