They open it and get inspired. They know...he "just bought" a clone advertised in there. I'm inspired to buy a clone; sign me up! :) More seriously, I underst

They open it and get inspired. They know...he "just bought" a clone advertised in there. I'm inspired to buy a clone; sign me up! :) More seriously, I understand that we are among people here for whom it is fashionable to reject popular culture. Or, if not strictly being fashionable, are certainly not overly concerned with some of the more commercial aspects of culture. It's just a bunch of ads with enough wrapped around for it to be read by its target demographic. It's easy to read more into this than it really merits. Yes, so-called "ordinary people" read such magazines and see the ads, and perhaps want the stuff. That's what it's designed to do. There is a lot of money thrown into trying to get people to buy stuff. This is not news. Nor is it news that most of us are trying to improve our financial position, whether as means or end. I don't I'm quite expressing well what I'm trying to say here. It's not that I don't understand what you mean when you seem a bit bewildered at some of the advertisements (that incidentally probably weren't targeted for you). But it doesn't seem like it would be a huge surprise to realize that advertising really works pretty well, generally speaking. It's unfortunately one reason I fear for the U.S. political future; it seems distressingly easy to change people's minds simply by throwing enough money at the problem.