Being identified as a consumer today in this world is just second nature. Everyone is a consumer in today’s world and it doesn’t always mean that it is a bad thing. Being identified as a consumer can mean a multitude of different things in today’s society. It could mean someone who uses or absorbs, or in a way that we use it most now, a consumer is a buyer. Buying something that you might not really need is another way someone can be a consumer. Today a lot of what we do depends on what type of consumers we are.  There are the types who can just keep buying the next new thing with no second thought. There are those people who can actually think about the purchase and decide if they really do need this item. Then there are those who can point out that they really do not need the item right now, and can wait a few months until the price of the object has dropped significantly and is at a more reasonable price. Being a consumer is a social aspect. We have been shopping for so long that we have come to know what brands and types of products we see fit best for ourselves. We know which brands are the higher ends, but are not always the best quality product.

As I said before there are many different types of consumer categories that every one of us are put in to. If I am looking at myself, I would conclude that I am a conservative consumer for a number of reasons. First off, I may always want the next new thing, but who doesn’t? A personal example for me is I have wanted the iPhone since it first came out. But the price of the phone was so high there was no way my family could afford to get it for me. Then the next one came out, and I thought, hey, maybe I could get the old one because I do not really need the new features that the new one has and the old one is a lot cheaper now, but I still was not able to get it. Then I started paying my own phone bill and the next new phone came out and now that I was paying my own bill I thought again, that maybe I could afford it because I know what I want and now no one is telling me I cannot have it because it is my money and I can spend it the way I want. But I still refused to buy it because I knew it was not a smart purchase. I had other bills that I needed to continue paying that I would not be able to if my phone bill were to increase as it would have if I switched to the “iPhone family.” But don’t worry, I have not given up yet on getting one! I will get one no matter what! But this just shows how I see myself as a consumer. I know what I want but I also think about if I really do need it at the time. I would rather pay to get my car fixed than to get a new phone.

When I decide to discard my purchases, I usually have a very good reason for it. For one, I don’t throw anything that I have spent good money on. I will sell it, donate it or the most common one, and give it to my sister. Growing up, I would say that I had a very controlled lifestyle. I never really got new clothes, new electronics, new anything. It was always hand me downs from my mom. Note that they were of good quality, because that is how my mom shopped but nothing was never “new” to me, and growing up, I was okay with that. I appreciated what I got because I was getting “new to me” things. But I still took for granted the quality they were. So I tend to follow the same lifestyle as she did, just give them away to someone else that needs it more than me. Now that I have actually purchased on my own, good quality “higher end” brands, I respect and take care of the item way more than I would have if it was given to me.

Another way that certain brands or organizations get us to buy, or want to buy their products is the way they advertise it. They will put commercials on T.V. on multiple stations so they know their message is getting out. In this commercial, they will put in the most effective pieces of information that they can fit in their small amount of time that they are allotted for the commercial. The information they choose is of course going to be the most exciting parts and is going to get people to want to buy their product. One part I have noticed about these ads on T.V., sometimes they will not include the truthful price of the product in the commercial. They will say maybe the base price, and then once you go to buy it, you will have tax, service, and other little fees that you had no idea about going into the process of purchasing this item. But some people don’t care because they just want the item. Another reason they fail to mention all the little prices is because we want to know the positive aspects of the product, not the negative sides. When it comes to money, most people are definitely more serious. They want to know where their money is going. As I said before, some products that are known as the “higher brand” are not always the better quality; it could be as I said before, a social status problem that some people have today.

So is being a consumer a good or bad thing? In my view it can be a good thing if you know how to handle it. Being smart about what you purchase is the biggest thing I can try to get someone to understand in writing all this, knowing that advertisements are meant to try to manipulate you to buy their items no matter what. They are going to say or do anything to try to get you to want to buy the item, make you think that it was your idea to buy it, not all the ways and words they said to persuade you. This doesn’t always have to be a bad thing if you know what you are doing and figure out if it is going to benefit you in the long run.  

About 30 billion packs of cigarettes are sold annually. People today will tell you that a way that they relieve stress or a method for them to cool down from a long day will be to smoke a cigarette. Smoking a cigarette gives you the satisfaction of cooling down after a long day. Being able to go outside, sit down and have a cigarette makes them feel better after a hard day. Some could even say just the motion of bringing the cigarette up to your mouth, inhaling, then exhaling the smoke gives them the satisfaction they need. But you only need to smoke one cigarette to get addicted to them; you could realize how much you enjoy the sensation and keep going back to it and doing it until it is too late. Quitting smoking is one of the hardest habits to do because Nicotine is the most addictive substance there is. People do not realize how terrible smoking can be for their bodies. They would rather have the sensation of Nicotine than having a healthy body, lungs and suitable area around them.    

            Smoking is not only harmful to the person smoking but it is just as harmful to the people around who is breathing it in. Second hand smoke it just as harmful as sucking on a cigarette. Cigarette smoke is the leading cause of lung cancer, which can end in death for anyone. The question is if it is the leading cause of death and lung cancer globally, then why do we continue to do it? An estimated 443,000 people die from smoking and inhaling cigarette smoke.  Not only does it do damage to everyone around, it is a terrible smell to be around. Many do not want to smell like that or be around that smell. In fact, a lot of bars and public places around the country are banning the use of cigarettes from their establishments because they see how much business it takes away from them.

            I cannot speak from personal experience about how it is to quit smoking, but I can speak from very personal friends of mine who have gone through it. It all happened very perfect actually; when we were assigned this essay I had two friends of mine who were going to quit smoking within the week. Carley was going to just quit “cold turkey” as some would say, but Shawn eased himself into it. They both will tell you that it was the hardest habit to quit. This is how it was going to work. They agreed on a day where they were no longer going to smoke anymore cigarettes. If they had any leftover, they needed to get rid of them rest of them by this day so they would have no temptations whatsoever. A week before they quit Carley was smoking as much as she could because she knew she was not going to be able to anymore in just a few days. She knew she was going to miss the sensation of smoking, the feeling of it, so she continued to smoke as much as she could before she had to stop. But Shawn only smoked about one or two a day up until the last and final day they were allowed to smoke. So cutting down for him was a lot easier because he wasn’t as addicted to the Nicotine. When the day came for the two of them to quit, Carley was obviously having a much more difficult time with everything than Shawn was. Although neither of them have given in to their cravings at all, if you were to ask them about it, they will tell you that it may be one of the hardest things that they have ever done. 

            When I asked Carley why she began smoking in the first place she said it was because it was what her parents did. So since she was always around it, it just became a habit for her to be around, smell, and inhaling the smoke. So when she finally took her first “drag” of a cigarette it almost did not affect her at all, because she was so used to being around the atmosphere of a cigarette. When I asked Shawn why he first began smoking he said it was because he started working at such a young and he was just around it very often. He also used it as a way to de-stress because of the busy work environment. Since he was not as used to it, his first “drag” was a harsher than Carley’s.

As it was said before, smoking is used as a form of relaxation. With the way that the economy is going right now, jobs are getting harder to find, so a college degree is something that you need to have these days to be able to get a decent job. With that in mind, going through about 4 years of college can be very stressful for some students. As a form of relaxing after a long day some students could resort to smoking. What they should do instead is a find another way of calming down and relaxing. Some examples could be, taking a nap, going to work out, listening to music, anything that is not doing great harm to their body.

“It’ll make you cool.” “Everyone is doing it!” “It’s not that big of a deal.” Its phrases like these that cause younger people to start smoking cigarettes in the first place. It can be used as a form of relaxation for some, but for most it is used as a social stigma. Once you start smoking, the harder it is to quit. It only takes one cigarette to get addicted.

            Nicotine is the most addictive substance there is. It causes more damage to your body than just in your lungs, although the lungs are where the most damage is done. It also does damage to your mouth, causing you to have a dry mouth, teeth yellowing and your respiratory system to break down. It also affects your brain it affects your sleep schedule by causing disturbances and abnormal dreams. It also causes you to have dizziness, lightheadedness and makes you much more irritable. It also does a lot of damage to your heart. It can increase or decrease heart rate as well as give you high blood pressure. It also can cause you to have joint problems very early in life.

            Smoking is one of the worst habits that you can pick up as an individual. It is also the hardest habit to quit. I do personally believe that it can be used as a relaxer or a stress reducer, but there are so many other ways that you can handle those situations without putting your body in a bad place. Some examples could napping, listen to music, be with friends, be with pets, get pampered, or maybe play video games, do some crafts, etc. There are so many different way of de-stressing that you could do besides smoking. Once you start, it will be very difficult to quit. It also creates second hand smoke which is just as harmful to others. No one wants to smell the cigarette smoke as they are walking around. In Fact, all many and most bars and other public places have made smoking inside their establishment against their rules because of how much business they lose because of it. It not only ruins pieces of furniture but leaves behind a smell that is very difficult to get rid of.

Smoking is the leading cause of death globally to this day. We as a nation have done a lot in trying to prevent people from smoking in public or even in the comfort of their homes. The two biggest attempts have been, making it illegal or against the rules to smoke in a bar or public places along with the prices of cigarettes going up tremendously in the past few years. We will never be able to make people stop smoking cigarettes completely, it’s just impossible, being that is it legal people are going to continue to do it, even if they know what it is doing to their bodies. All we can do is educate them on what exactly it is doing to their bodies and present different ideas and different methods that  they can use to relieve stress so that they possibly could quit smoking all together.

        Smoking is the leading cause of death globally to this day. We as a nation have done a lot in trying to prevent people from smoking in public or even in the comfort of their homes. The two biggest attempts have been, making it illegal or against the rules to smoke in a bar and the prices of cigarettes have gone up tremendously. No change that anyone makes is going to make people stop smoking completely. It is just impossible, being that is it legal people are going to continue to do it, even if they know what it is doing to their bodies. All we can do is educate them on what exactly it is doing to their bodies and present different ideas and different methods that  they can use to relieve stress so that maybe they could quit smoking completely.

            I cannot speak from personal experience what it’s like to quit smoking, but I can speak from very personal friends of mine who have gone through it. It all happened very perfect actually; when we were assigned this essay I had two friends of mine who were going to quit smoking within the week. Carley was going to just quit “cold turkey” as some would say, but Shawn eased himself into it. They both will tell you that it was the hardest habit to kick because smoking is so addicting because of the Nicotine in the cigarettes. How it worked was that they both agreed on a day where they were no longer going to smoke anymore cigarettes. If they happened to have bought a pack the day before, they needed to get rid of the rest of the cigarettes by this day so they would have no temptations whatsoever to go out and just have a quick smoke. A week before their quit Carley was smoking as much as she could because she knew she was not going to be able to anymore in just a few days. She knew she was going to miss that sensation of smoking, the feeling of it, so she was doing as much as she could before she had to stop. But Shawn only smoked about one day up until the last and final day they were allowed to smoke. So cutting down for him was actually a lot easier because he wasn’t as addicted to the Nicotine and did not need it as much because it wasn’t putting as much of it into his body. When the day finally came for the two of them to quit, Carley was obviously having a much more difficult time with everything than Shawn was. Although neither of them have given in to their cravings at all, if you were to ask them about it, they will tell you that it may be one of the hardest things that they have ever done. 

            When I asked Carley why she began smoking in the first place she told me it was because it was what her father and her mother did. So since she was always around it, it just became a habit for her to be around the smoke, smelling the smoke and inhaling the smoke. So when she finally took her first “drag” of a cigarette it almost felt like nothing to her, because she was so used to being around the atmosphere of a cigarette. When I asked Shawn why he first began smoking it was because he started work so young and he was also around it very often. But he also used it as a way to de-stress. His first “drag” was a little harsher than Carley’s because he did not grow up around it but still was somewhat used to it.

            Smoking is not only harmful to the person who is taking the Nicotine into their body, but it is almost just as harmful to the people around who is breathing it in. Second hand smoke it just as harmful as sucking on a cigarette. Cigarettes and their smoke is the leading cause of lung cancer, which can end in death for an individual. The question is if it the leading cause of death and lung cancer globally, then why do we continue to do it? Not only does it do damage to everyone around, it is a terrible smell to be around. No one wants to smell like that or be around that smell. In fact, a lot of bars and public places around the country are banning the use of cigarettes because they are seeing how much business is kills for them.

As it was said before, smoking is used as a form of relaxation. With the way that the economy is going right now, jobs are getting harder and harder to find, so a college degree is something that you need to have these days to be able to get a decent job. With that in mind, going through about 4 years of college could be very stressful for some students. As a form of relaxing after a long day some students could resort to smoking. All they really need to do is a find another way of calming down and relaxing. Maybe that could be, taking a little nap, or going to work out, anything that is not doing great harm to their body.

“It’ll make you cool.” “Everyone is doing it!” “It’s not that big of a deal.” Its words like these that cause young people to start smoking cigarettes in the first place. It can be used as a form of relaxation for some, but for most it is a social stigma. But once you start smoking, the harder it is to quit. It only takes one cigarette to get addicted. t. The friend who gradually quit is having a much easier time giving it up than the one who didn’t.

            Nicotine is the most addictive substance there is. It causes way more problems than just in your lungs, although the lungs are where the most damage is done. It also does damage to your mouth, causing dry mouth, teeth yellowing and your respiratory system to break down. In your brain it affects your sleep schedule by causing disturbances and abnormal dreams. It also causes you to have dizziness, lightheadedness and makes you more irritable. It also does a lot of damage to your heart. It can increase or decrease heart rate as well as give you high blood pressure. It also can cause you to have joint problems very early in life.

            Smoking is one of the worst habits that you can pick up as a person. It is also the hardest habit to quit. I do personally believe that it can be used as a relaxer or a stress reducer, but there are so many other ways that you can handle those situations without putting your body in a bad place. You could nap, listen to music, be with friends, be with pets, get pampered, or maybe play video games, do some crafts, etc. There are so many different actions or plans that you could do besides smoking. Once you start, it will be very difficult to quit. It also creates second hand smoke which is just as harmful to others. No one wants to smell your cigarette smoke as they are walking around. In Fact, all many and most bars and other public places have made smoking inside their establishment against their rules. It not only ruins things but leaves behind a smell that is very difficult to get rid of. 

A lot of people today will tell you that a way that they relieve stress or a way for them to cool down from a long day will be to smoke a cigarette. Smoking a cigarette gives people the satisfaction of cooling down after a long day, just being able to go outside, sit down, relax, and have a cigarette makes them feel so much better after a hard day. Some could even say just the motion of smoking, bringing the cigarette up to your mouth, inhaling, then exhaling the smoke gives them the satisfaction that they need. But you only need to smoke one cigarette to get addicted to them; you could realize how much you enjoy it and keep doing it and doing it until it is too late. Quitting smoking might be one of the hardest things to do because Nicotine is the most addictive substance there is, which makes it the hardest to quit. People do not realize how terrible smoking can be for themselves, and if they do they don’t care or just like the satisfaction of smoking more. They would rather have that way to relax than having a healthy body, lungs and area around them.   

If you were to ask people why they smoked cigarettes, many would tell you that they do it mainly because it relieves stress for them. Some would say that they smoke because the nicotine helps them and their bodies when we know in reality it doesn’t. Very few would say that just the motion of bringing the cigarette to their mouths then back down is what relaxes them. I am here to say that smoking and relaxation can be related but does way more negative things to your body than positive.

            Smoking is the leading cause of death globally to this day. We as a nation have done a lot in trying to prevent people from smoking in public or even in the comfort of their homes. The two biggest attempts have been, making it illegal or against the rules to smoke in a bar and the prices of cigarettes have gone up tremendously. No change that anyone makes is going to make people stop smoking completely. It is just impossible, being that is it legal people are going to continue to do it, even if they know what it is doing to their bodies. All we can do is educate them on what exactly it is doing to their bodies and present different ideas and different methods that  they can use to relieve stress so that maybe they could quit smoking completely.

            I cannot speak from personal experience what it’s like to quit smoking, but I can speak from very personal friends of mine who have gone through it. It all happened very perfect actually; when we were assigned this essay I had two friends of mine who were going to quit smoking within the week. Carley was going to just quit “cold turkey” as some would say, but Shawn eased himself into it. They both will tell you that it was the hardest habit to kick because smoking is so addicting because of the Nicotine in the cigarettes. How it worked was that they both agreed on a day where they were no longer going to smoke anymore cigarettes. If they happened to have bought a pack the day before, they needed to get rid of the rest of the cigarettes by this day so they would have no temptations whatsoever to go out and just have a quick smoke. A week before their quit Carley was smoking as much as she could because she knew she was not going to be able to anymore in just a few days. She knew she was going to miss that sensation of smoking, the feeling of it, so she was doing as much as she could before she had to stop. But Shawn only smoked about one day up until the last and final day they were allowed to smoke. So cutting down for him was actually a lot easier because he wasn’t as addicted to the Nicotine and did not need it as much because it wasn’t putting as much of it into his body. When the day finally came for the two of them to quit, Carley was obviously having a much more difficult time with everything than Shawn was. Although neither of them have given in to their cravings at all, if you were to ask them about it, they will tell you that it may be one of the hardest things that they have ever done. 

            When I asked Carley why she began smoking in the first place she told me it was because it was what her father and her mother did. So since she was always around it, it just became a habit for her to be around the smoke, smelling the smoke and inhaling the smoke. So when she finally took her first “drag” of a cigarette it almost felt like nothing to her, because she was so used to being around the atmosphere of a cigarette. When I asked Shawn why he first began smoking it was because he started work so young and he was also around it very often. But he also used it as a way to de-stress. His first “drag” was a little harsher than Carley’s because he did not grow up around it but still was somewhat used to it.

            Smoking is not only harmful to the person who is taking the Nicotine into their body, but it is almost just as harmful to the people around who is breathing it in. Second hand smoke it just as harmful as sucking on a cigarette. Cigarettes and their smoke is the leading cause of lung cancer, which can end in death for an individual. The question is if it the leading cause of death and lung cancer globally, then why do we continue to do it? Not only does it do damage to everyone around, it is a terrible smell to be around. No one wants to smell like that or be around that smell. In fact, a lot of bars and public places around the country are banning the use of cigarettes because they are seeing how much business is kills for them.

As it was said before, smoking is used as a form of relaxation. With the way that the economy is going right now, jobs are getting harder and harder to find, so a college degree is something that you need to have these days to be able to get a decent job. With that in mind, going through about 4 years of college could be very stressful for some students. As a form of relaxing after a long day some students could resort to smoking. All they really need to do is a find another way of calming down and relaxing. Maybe that could be, taking a little nap, or going to work out, anything that is not doing great harm to their body.

“It’ll make you cool.” “Everyone is doing it!” “It’s not that big of a deal.” Its words like these that cause young people to start smoking cigarettes in the first place. It can be used as a form of relaxation for some, but for most it is a social stigma. But once you start smoking, the harder it is to quit. It only takes one cigarette to get addicted. t. The friend who gradually quit is having a much easier time giving it up than the one who didn’t.

            Nicotine is the most addictive substance there is. It causes way more problems than just in your lungs, although the lungs are where the most damage is done. It also does damage to your mouth, causing dry mouth, teeth yellowing and your respiratory system to break down. In your brain it affects your sleep schedule by causing disturbances and abnormal dreams. It also causes you to have dizziness, lightheadedness and makes you more irritable. It also does a lot of damage to your heart. It can increase or decrease heart rate as well as give you high blood pressure. It also can cause you to have joint problems very early in life.

            Smoking is one of the worst habits that you can pick up as a person. It is also the hardest habit to quit. I do personally believe that it can be used as a relaxer or a stress reducer, but there are so many other ways that you can handle those situations without putting your body in a bad place. You could nap, listen to music, be with friends, be with pets, get pampered, or maybe play video games, do some crafts, etc. There are so many different actions or plans that you could do besides smoking. Once you start, it will be very difficult to quit. It also creates second hand smoke which is just as harmful to others. No one wants to smell your cigarette smoke as they are walking around. In Fact, all many and most bars and other public places have made smoking inside their establishment against their rules. It not only ruins things but leaves behind a smell that is very difficult to get rid of. 

When I first think of primary research, I think of something I could read from a book, or a journal article online, but reading more about what it actually is gave me a more understanding about what to expect when I am going to be talking about with my TED talk. Primary research is anything that you can go out and get on your own, such as, an interview, a survey, or an observation. The information needs to come from you, not something that you found through something else.

The type of primary research that I am most likely going to use for my TED talk is going to be interviews. I have so many people that I do know that have smoked or do smoke due to high stress or them wanting to relax so I believe that I am going to get my best information from these friends of mine who have experienced it firsthand.

The next type of research that I will most likely use is secondary research, which is the information you CAN get from a book, journal or from an online source. Other than having the stories and reasoning from my personal friends and their lives, I can also see how others have dealt with it and have posted about it or wrote about it online. So being able to use those stories and ideas as well, I will be able to compare the two and be able to make my essay that much more powerful. 

The peer review session was actually very helpful in the writing of my essay. I went in not knowing what to expect but left very satisfied and with a better knowledge of what I was suppose to do with my essay. 

It was a little bit difficult for our group to use the entire time we were allotted because only a few of us were able to submit the essay before it was due, but everything worked out very well and we used the entire time and those of us who did it were given very good tips and those of us who didn’t left with some tips on how to get started and how to structure their essay. 

After talking with my peers and the professor, I learned that I need to take some of my personal examples out of the essay and more about the topic which was consumerism. Which was completely understandable. I also was able to see and discuss how a couple girls that were in my group did their essays. It was very helpful to see how others set up their essays. I was able to straight compare it to mine

Being identified as a consumer today in this world is just second nature. Everyone is a consumer in today’s world and it doesn’t always mean that it is a bad thing. Being identified as a consumer can mean a multitude of different things in today’s society. It could mean someone who uses or absorbs, or in a way that we use it most now, a consumer is a buyer. Buying something that you might not really need is another way someone can be a consumer. Today a lot of what we do depends on what type of consumers we are.  There are the types who can just keep buying the next new thing with no second thought. There are those people who can actually think about the purchase and decide if they really do need this item. Then there are those who can point out that they really do not need the item right now, and can wait a few months until the price of the object has dropped significantly and is at a more reasonable price. Being a consumer is a social aspect. We have been shopping for so long that we have come to know what brands and types of products we see fit best for ourselves. We know which brands are the higher ends, but are not always the best quality product. 

As I said before there are many different types of consumer categories that every one of us are put in to. If I am looking at myself, I would conclude that I am a conservative consumer for a number of reasons. First off, I may always want the next new thing, but who doesn’t? A personal example for me is I have wanted the iPhone since it first came out. But the price of the phone was so high there was no way my family could afford to get it for me. Then the next one came out, and I thought, hey, maybe I could get the old one because I do not really need the new features that the new one has and the old one is a lot cheaper now, but I still was not able to get it. Then I started paying my own phone bill and the next new phone came out and now that I was paying my own bill I thought again, that maybe I could afford it because I know what I want and now no one is telling me I cannot have it because it is my money and I can spend it the way I want. But I still refused to buy it because I knew it was not a smart purchase. I had other bills that I needed to continue paying that I would not be able to if my phone bill were to increase as it would have if I switched to the “iPhone family.” But don’t worry, I have not given up yet on getting one! I will get one no matter what! But this just shows how I see myself as a consumer. I know what I want but I also think about if I really do need it at the time. I would rather pay to get my car fixed than to get a new phone.

When I decide to discard my purchases, I usually have a very good reason for it. For one, I don’t throw anything that I have spent good money on. I will sell it, donate it or the most common one, and give it to my sister. Growing up, I would say that I had a very controlled lifestyle. I never really got new clothes, new electronics, new anything. It was always hand me downs from my mom. Note that they were of good quality, because that is how my mom shopped but nothing was never “new” to me, and growing up, I was okay with that. I appreciated what I got because I was getting “new to me” things. But I still took for granted the quality they were. So I tend to follow the same lifestyle as she did, just give them away to someone else that needs it more than me. Now that I have actually purchased on my own, good quality “higher end” brands, I respect and take care of the item way more than I would have if it was given to me.

Another way that certain brands or organizations get us to buy, or want to buy their products is the way they advertise it. They will put commercials on T.V. on multiple stations so they know their message is getting out. In this commercial, they will put in the most effective pieces of information that they can fit in their small amount of time that they are allotted for the commercial. The information they choose is of course going to be the most exciting parts and is going to get people to want to buy their product. One part I have noticed about these ads on T.V., sometimes they will not include the truthful price of the product in the commercial. They will say maybe the base price, and then once you go to buy it, you will have tax, service, and other little fees that you had no idea about going into the process of purchasing this item. But some people don’t care because they just want the item. Another reason they fail to mention all the little prices is because we want to know the positive aspects of the product, not the negative sides. When it comes to money, most people are definitely more serious. They want to know where their money is going. As I said before, some products that are known as the “higher brand” are not always the better quality; it could be as I said before, a social status problem that some people have today. 

 

So is being a consumer a good or bad thing? In my view it can be a good thing if you know how to handle it. Being smart about what you purchase is the biggest thing I can try to get someone to understand in writing all this, knowing that advertisements are meant to try to manipulate you to buy their items no matter what. They are going to say or do anything to try to get you to want to buy the item, make you think that it was your idea to buy it, not all the ways and words they said to persuade you. This doesn’t always have to be a bad thing if you know what you are doing and figure out if it is going to benefit you in the long run.