Where most eating disorders and anxiety come from in Western countries
In Western countries, most eating disorders and anxiety come from watching TV and other commercial media. All of
those things are engineered to send us subliminal messages in the form of SYMBOLISM.
These messages are meant to cause feelings of inferiority and anxiety INSIDE OF US in order to turn us into mindless CONSUMERS. This is why clothes are
put on models with exceptional bodies. This is why beautiful people are
used to sell everything from cars to soda. It's all crafted to ALWAYS make us compare ourselves to these ideals and to make us think if we get these
products we will be closer to these ideals as well.
At a conscious level it sounds too simple but it's in your subconscious where the damage is done in the form of ANTS - Automatic Negative Thoughts. This article from the Daily Mail explains how ANTS are a destructive force in the mind.
At a conscious level it sounds too simple but it's in your subconscious where the damage is done in the form of ANTS - Automatic Negative Thoughts. This article from the Daily Mail explains how ANTS are a destructive force in the mind.
"Even
the most optimistic person is not immune to negative thoughts, but for
some, the destructive chatter of self-doubt can be relentless"
If you care about your mental health and that of your family you should definitely cut back on TV or at least make the conscious effort to discuss and question these ads in order to diminish their power over your subconscious and that of your family's.
Facebook Shenanigans
Although Facebook seems to have given up on its attempt to link "popularity" with revenue. There are two new Facebook shenanigans going around lately.
1) Fake Likes: Facebook is making it appear like your friends have liked one of Facebook's corporate overlords. This was made obvious when my hippie friend was shown as having liked "Shell Oil" on my newsfeed. I thought this was quite odd. Next time I saw him, I asked him if he had a change of heart about the oil industry. "Of course not" he said. He was not happy at all about what I saw on Facebook. He gave me a long The-Dude-style rant. Good thing I asked right??
2) Redirecting Users: If you post a direct link to an article in a well-known newspaper, Fakebook will try to redirect you through its own "Facebook reader app" when clicking on it. For example, if you post an article such as:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/[rest of URL from the Washington Post]
The redirect will send you to:
https://apps.facebook.com/wpsocialreader/me/channels/read/content/xxxxx?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=headline&utm_campaign=gen_redirect&denyRedirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwpsocialreader.washingtonpost.com%2Ffbwapolabs%2Fme%2Fredirect%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com/[rest of URL from the Washington Post][more Facebook crap here]
Not only is this a delay on network traffic, it is also a very shady practice. The user expected to go directly to the posted link, not a modified version of the link. Facebook is lowering itself to the level of a dishonest advertising website pretending to give away free MP3s. This said, I'm also assuming Facebook is trying to take credit for the clicks coming from Facebook users.
I'm going to agree with Sassy Starfish on this:
1) Fake Likes: Facebook is making it appear like your friends have liked one of Facebook's corporate overlords. This was made obvious when my hippie friend was shown as having liked "Shell Oil" on my newsfeed. I thought this was quite odd. Next time I saw him, I asked him if he had a change of heart about the oil industry. "Of course not" he said. He was not happy at all about what I saw on Facebook. He gave me a long The-Dude-style rant. Good thing I asked right??
2) Redirecting Users: If you post a direct link to an article in a well-known newspaper, Fakebook will try to redirect you through its own "Facebook reader app" when clicking on it. For example, if you post an article such as:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/[rest of URL from the Washington Post]
The redirect will send you to:
https://apps.facebook.com/wpsocialreader/me/channels/read/content/xxxxx?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=headline&utm_campaign=gen_redirect&denyRedirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwpsocialreader.washingtonpost.com%2Ffbwapolabs%2Fme%2Fredirect%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com/[rest of URL from the Washington Post][more Facebook crap here]
Not only is this a delay on network traffic, it is also a very shady practice. The user expected to go directly to the posted link, not a modified version of the link. Facebook is lowering itself to the level of a dishonest advertising website pretending to give away free MP3s. This said, I'm also assuming Facebook is trying to take credit for the clicks coming from Facebook users.
I'm going to agree with Sassy Starfish on this:
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