Oh give me a break!
@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
Perth, Australia
April 23, 2019 8:46am CST
Hey beautiful people!
I took this screenshot not too long ago because I wanted to show you guys and hear your opinions about this.
I love watching infomercials. I love them because they amuse me. The acting is often very terrible, the testimonies seem fake and forced, and the techniques that is used to "convince" people are so cliche and overdone. It just amuses me. Don't get me wrong, a lot of products that come out are awesome especially if it's to do with health or making life easier. But otherwise, I'm not easily sucked in.
But then there are infomercials that make me angry. Just like magazines, infomercials are great for making people feel like crap. They fill our heads with what's beautiful and what "isn't." They try to convince us that their way is the way to be "perfect."
The screenshot I have attached is one of the examples I am talking about. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that person's stomach on the left! Nothing! I forget what this was for. Maybe shape wear or something. I know it's a technique to make people want to buy their product but it's a sick way of doing it.
I remember years ago, there was a infomercial about some weight loss thing and this woman came on talking about the weight she lost and she said and I quote: "Goodbye love handles, hello love!" So....you're trying to convince me that being the size you're at now opens the door for true love? Bugger off! So shallow!
I'm sorry but that stuff doesn't work on me and I think it's disgusting. I truly believe that no one on this Earth is ugly in looks. It's the media that is ugly.
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@LadyDuck (461941)
• Switzerland
24 Apr 19
@VivaLaDani13 There is one simple thing that people seem not to understand. Our body is like a "soft bag", if we fill it with more it can contain, it expands. There are no miracle products or diet, we must eat only what we need to eat and to exercise a bit to keep our muscles strong.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
24 Apr 19
@LadyDuck Exactly. Well said. A lot can not grasp this. I also think people want a miracle product because they either don't have time to cook good meals / exercise or can't be bothered cooking good meals / exercise.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
23 Apr 19
@LadyDuck I absolutely agree with you. And so many people waste money on items that you can get the same results from for a lot cheaper or for free.
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@Janet357 (75651)
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23 Apr 19
@VivaLaDani13 yes. The best we do now, is to read reviews, because the recent one we wish to buy was a scratch remover for a car. When we read the reviews, it didnt work.
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@Hannihar (129980)
• Israel
28 Jun 19
@VivaLaDani13
Dani, there is a lot out there that is crap and people like to get people to buy things they do not need to buy.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
28 Jun 19
@Hannihar I completely agree with you. I hate how brainwashed people can be but in a way, don't blame them for being that way. Commercials are good are persuading those who don't have the willpower to think on their own. I hope that makes sense.
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@Hannihar (129980)
• Israel
28 Jun 19
@VivaLaDani13
So are dictators. I have seen how people follow someone blindly and it is very sad. They do not see the person for what they are and so the person fools them all. It is very sad.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
28 Jun 19
@Hannihar That is so true! Well said Hanni! It is so disturbing how easy it is to persuade the masses even if it's with evil intentions!
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
23 Apr 19
@porwest Exactly! It's sad and scary what people will follow because they fall for lies thinking it's truth!
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
23 Apr 19
@porwest Oh man don't even get me started! I'm really sick of hearing people say "I heard that this was a good product!" While trying to defend something they haven't even tried yet and those people they heard were from TV. Puh-lease!
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@porwest (78788)
• United States
23 Apr 19
@VivaLaDani13 I was glad to hear you say how many of the testimonials seem fake. Every time I watch one of these I scratch my head thinking, "How could anyone believe these are real testimonials?"
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@MommyOfEli2013 (82540)
• Rupert, Idaho
24 Apr 19
I agree with you, 100%! Well said! The one on the left looks great, the one on the right....not so much!
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
24 Apr 19
@MommyOfEli2013 Thank you for checking this out. This stuff just makes me so angry! This doesn't help people who have self esteem issues but hey what do they care! Long as they are making their money! 
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
24 Apr 19
@MommyOfEli2013 I'm sorry you're affected by it. I am too. The more this sort of thing is pushed, the more people think that there is a certain way we "should" look. It's not right at all.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (82540)
• Rupert, Idaho
24 Apr 19
@VivaLaDani13 My pleasure....and I agree with you there too. It doesn't help them at all (me included)….but they just do whatever they want to make $$$
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@Shellyjane (462)
• United Kingdom
25 Apr 19
Whatever the product is I doubt is is capable of reshaping someones ribs, and the first picture is perfect , if people with stomachs like that are trying to change themselves then there is no hope!
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
25 Apr 19
@Shellyjane Totally agree with everything you said!
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@pumpkinjam (8549)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
I had to look twice. Actually, more than twice, to see the difference between the two images. After losing a lot of weight, I'm still more like the one on the left (but more saggy!) Both look healthy enough.
Admittedly, I found love after I had lost weight. And I'm not sure my other half would have looked twice at me if I was still as big as I was. But I lost weight for me because I needed and wanted to. That's the way it should be. We should not feel it necessary to change things about ourselves just to please other people.
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@pumpkinjam (8549)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
@VivaLaDani13 Thank you :) I was already beautiful - as you can see from my profile picture :D :D
It's important to be healthy but also to be happy. It's no good trying to make ourselves look better on the outside if we don't feel good on the inside.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
1 May 19
@pumpkinjam Oh that made me laugh! Really caught me off guard lol oh I needed that thank you! But in all seriousness yes, you were and are. I know I have no clue what you look like but beauty is everything. Not what the media is feeding us. Tall, short, fat, thin, dark, light etc etc. ALL beauty!
Exactly right! You're very level headed!
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
1 May 19
@pumpkinjam Hey congrats on losing weight! I'm proud of you for doing so! Just only because it makes us feel better about ourselves but because it does make up more healthy and able to be more energetic etc. Well done!
And I totally agree with you. It really should be about us. To feel good about how we look. But of course it then makes us more confident and comfortable to go out with people especially someone you're dating or someone you're trying to impress so I understand that completely also.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
30 Apr 19
Yes media makes a lot of natural things look ugly.
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@Morleyhunt (21748)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
I remember wTching Miss America years ago. They gave height, weight and measurements of these voluptuous women.
I know form working with women of many sizes that the weights could not possibly have been accurate. If I'm 5' 8" and weigh 110 lbs....it's not physically possible to look healthy and have The measurements they claimed.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
23 Apr 19
@Morleyhunt I understand what you mean. The world is full of lies, lies and more lies.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
23 Apr 19
@Morleyhunt No worries. I understand what you mean. I just don't like how things like that teaches young women or any woman of any age really, that a specific way is beautiful. Any age, any colour, any size etc is ALL beautiful. But I will admit, I am one of the women who thinks I'm ugly due to bullying and media such as that. The world is becoming more and more superficial. And of course boys / men are affected too. They also have "role models" of how they "should" look.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
28 Apr 19
@paigea Thank you! And exactly right! So stupid and just so wrong. People in that sort of business will do almost anything to convince people to buy their products no matter how barbaric they are.
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@resukill22 (25052)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
23 Apr 19
True, your right, we are all pretty, no one is ugly
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
23 Apr 19
@resukill22 So true! Only thing that can be ugly in a person is their heart.
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@resukill22 (25052)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
24 Apr 19
@VivaLaDani13 yes if they are bad in their attitude
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
23 Apr 19
@Sojourn Yep! It's very obvious that photo has been airbrushed. I just don't fall for things so easily but sadly many do. I don't trust people that easily especially infomercials who are trying to make lots of money.
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@Sojourn (13838)
• India
24 Apr 19
@VivaLaDani13 They aren't trustworthy for sure.
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
27 Apr 19
Looks like this picture on the right side unnatural, who looks like that? Maybe too much of photoshop
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
27 Apr 19
@VivaLaDani13 But that's so obvious. I am someone who has no complexes, I'm not perfect, but I know I'm dealing with it
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@snowy22315 (171999)
• United States
24 Apr 19
Yes, fake infomercials are stupid.
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@LovingMyBabies (85125)
• Valdosta, Georgia
23 Apr 19
We are all beautiful and body size does not matter. Beauty inside will always be most important, or should be.
If we all worked as hard on our inner beauty as we do on the outer-what a wonderful world this would be! =)
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
23 Apr 19
@LovingMyBabies I totally agree with every word you said! And very well said indeed!
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@VivaLaDani13 (60716)
• Perth, Australia
23 Apr 19
@NJChicaa lol exactly! It's like their goal is to make us superficial humans or like a Barbie / Ken doll.
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@JohnRoberts (109848)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Apr 19
The green check is unreal too narrowed in. Red check looks in fine shape.
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