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<b>CLUTTER<br></b><br>The incessant witless repetition of advertisers' moron-fodder has become so much a part of life that if we are not careful, we forget to be insulted by it.<br><i>TIMES </i>(LONDON), 1886<br> <br>"You're soaking in it."<br>MADGE THE MANICURIST<br> <br> <br>Only in the age of persuasion is it possible that the first thing you hear from your clock radio in the morning, and the last thing you see before your eyes flutter slowly shut at night, are advertisements. Early each morning you might hear a half-dozen ads on the radio before your feet touch the floor. Staggering out of bed, you'll pass brand logos on your clothing as you make your way to the privy, where you're surrounded by bottles of Head & Shoulders shampoo, Colgate Total toothpaste, Speed Stick deodorant, a Gillette razor, and Ivory soap. You eye the Alka-Seltzer, remembering that glass-too-many of gin and tonic last night.<br> <br>Your breakfast table resembles a logo gallery, where you sit surrounded by the images of multiple corporate brands—on a box of breakfast cereal, a milk carton, a package of frozen blueberry waffles, and a bottle of syrup. Flip on the TV and you might encounter ads for Glade a
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- Author
- O'Reilly, Terry, 1959-, Tennant, Mike, 1960-
- Publisher
- Toronto : Vintage Canada
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307397324
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Marketing, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.82 / 5 (29 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14