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PLEASE BE HONEST!

Do you feel/believe people are spying on you? I'm looking for an honest poll.

why do I ask? Because I've seen too many people who do. I know for a fact how stress can impact peoples brains, including lack of sleep... negative emotions, illnesses all have negative effects. Yes, there are people who believe that people are watching, following, bullying them. It is called paranoya or paranoid Schizophrenia, etc..

I do not have this experience, but I know some who do.

Young people may not understand and WTF this question. To all of you I say, be very very very careful with your brain. What foods you put in, what stress you put yourself under, your quality of sleep, etc.. It is all very important.

This may sound like a crazy rant because I have had a fever for 6 days, my sleep schedule is totally whacked, and I am awake at 2 AM watching a home renovation program on TV.

Anyway, at the end of the show, the contractor is showing how he spent $130,000 of this couple's money and gave them some changes that weren't entirely what they wanted. But, of course, the couple is saying that the contractor was right and they are glad he did what he thought should be done instead of listening to them. Then, the husband says, "It's not just spending money to renovate a house; it's an investment in who we are."

Doesn't that quote sound cool? How intense! But. . . wait a minute! Just what the fuck does it mean? The house is who they are? Living in the house is who they are? If they had to move to a different house, they would be somebody else (like an episode on The Twilight Zone?) That smooth, slick sounding talk that really falls apart when you analyze it just drives me nuts. How many people fall for that drivel?

Even worse is the copy that we usually hear at least every 15 minutes in TV ads. Attorney ad: "We're on your side from beginning to end, so you know you've got the best representation!" Actually, hiring one of the TV lawyers doesn't guarantee that you've got the best and many of them are only marginally competent. Those attorneys spend money on slick advertising but they are far from the best.

Obviously, people who write ad copy or TV scripts count on you not listening closely and critically. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't listen closely and critically, especially if you are a member of the 99% of the population whose purchasing decisions are influenced by advertising, or whose political decisions are influenced by what you hear on the major media outlets.

So, are you listening closely? Are you listening carefully and actually evaluating the legitimacy of the claims being made. Do you become more skeptical every time you hear this kind of nonsense repeated?