Yup, marketing people are funny.
They track you all the time.
They want to know where you live, what you do, what car you drive, who your friends are, what food you eat, what clothes you wear, what toothpaste you use, what soda you drink, what phone you use, what computer you're using, what operating system you have, etc etc etc.
Makes you feel like an ant.
Under a high-powered microscope.
Some days, I wonder if there are CCTVs in public toilets.
Seems every street corner and establishment has one.
I don't know, but we kids aren't neurotic.
We are not obsessed with figuring out others.
That's too "sophisticated", that's for adults.
We have simple, happy, uncorrupted brains.
We just play, and mind our own business.
We don't worry, nor care, what designer brand our playmates wear.
We only care we get along.
And please, don't grab my toy -- you've got yours.
We only care to eat, play, or sleep.
Or be loved by our folks.
We pray to God directly.
We have no hesitation in doing so.
And yes, we have a DIRECT line to Him.
Adults need call centers.
They need gurus.
We're not nuts about school.
Unless we have cool playmates.
It's a weird one who wants to go beyond basic math.
Adults shove gadgets in our hands.
Keeps us quiet, they say.
Gadgets are the new pacifiers.
Of course, our growing brains marvel at all those moving, talking pictures.
We find, that we can actually "eliminate" enemies from those games.
After a while, we get hooked on those gadgets.
And mommy can't seem to pry us away from her phone.
Now, look who's bawling.
But, duh, who gave us those gadgets in the first place?
We kids don't go crazy checking each other out.
The sun's out, the grass is green, the trees are heavenly, the animals are scampering, and we just lie down on the grass, tie a string on beetles' legs, or climb those trees.
We don't think of brands, or products.
Or retirement, or school.
If something's colorful, we get intrigued.
If something smells great, we want it.
If something's itchy, we take it off.
If something tastes good, we eat it all.
If something's scary, we run from it.
If we're tired, we sleep.
How can we not be that predictable?
We have our own, little, peaceful world.
Where everything seems right.
Until we grow up.
Then, we become even more fair game for marketers.
Who won't stop till they've got us figured out.
Of course, they got off course.
Suffering from temporary amnesia, and all that.
Forgetting they were kids once, too.
And wanted to be left alone.
But adults forget.
They want to track things all the time.
They call it marketing "intelligence".
Some days I wonder.
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