Thursday, May 19, 2016

Does Youtube want me to learn Spanish?


I get that the commercials played on Youtube have no idea what I’m interested in. They’ve settled for desperately throwing out the most randomized products in hopes that I’ll be slightly interested in purchasing them. For months I’ve been bombarded with ziploc baggy, shampoo, laundry detergent, paper towel, and toothpaste commercials. I’m fine with it, okay? I get that advertising happens; I’ve made my unstable peace with that. But the one thing that I do not understand, is the fact that these same commercials that I’ve seen played over and over again, have suddenly switched over to advertising their products in Spanish. I think the people in charge of this are thinking: “Oh, she’s not buying is she? Hm, well, I guess all we can do now is teach this uncultured swine how to speak a different language.”

I mean, I don’t see any other logic behind them playing a bunch of commercials in Spanish. They seriously can’t be thinking, “let’s just make it harder for her to understand what we’re selling by putting it in a different language!” That would certainly be counterproductive. Or maybe they’re hoping that I’ll think that the toothpaste and paper towels are exotic, and I’ll be all like:

“No no! I won’t settle for any old English toothpaste! Only Spanish toothpaste will do!”

Who knows? But one thing that I do know, is that some companies will go all out and film their commercials with the actors speaking in Spanish, while others settle for Spanish voice overs. I think that they’re hoping that I won’t notice the actors mouths don’t exactly match up with the Spanish words being said. It’s like, “I’ve already seen this same commercial 200 million times in English, do you seriously think I’m not aware that the kid’s mouth doesn’t move when he says siéntate?”

Anyways, the main lesson to take away from this, is that advertisements do not make sense, and they are only trying to catch your attention long enough for you to give them your money. So everyone please donate 100 million dollars to me. Thank you.

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