I am amazed by some of the marketing tie-ins companies come up with. The one that always floors me is branded purfume/cologn. It seems every celebrity is trying to make their own fragrance. Who is buying this crap.

That may seem out of the blue, but I read there is an Avengers cologne coming out to tie into the movie. WTF? They see a lot of comic fans rushing out to get this?

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It was bad enough when it was just cereal and fruit snacks!

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I don't know...when I think Avengers I think sugary cereal...

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Maybe I don't really pay attention to advertising, but I don't think that happens to the levels you're talking about in England. Sure we get the occasional celebrity cologne, but not a huge number.

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You mean you don't have Kim Kardashian brand anything and everything over there? Oh, you poor people...

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How do you know what to buy if everything isn't "celebrity" endorsed????

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Yeah, it's pretty stressful. I end up only buying things I actually want or need. It's becoming a real problem for me.

We get that TV show.. Keeping Up With the Kardashians or whatever? Never watched it though.

To be honest, I'm different from most people in that I actually go to great lengths to avoid advertising. I imagine I am exposed to only 10-20% of the stuff that a normal person is.

It's not that I hate advertising on principle, or I think it shouldn't exist at all. A lot of people whose work I really enjoy get a lot (If not all) of their money as a result of advertising. Just, you know, I prefer when I don't see it.

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It's funny, I see a small percentage of commercials because I don't have cable, but sometimes it puts me at a disadvantage because I don't know what movies are coming out, for example. (Obviously I still hear about the BIG ones: Avengers, etc.)

In fact the only commercials I usually see are during sporting events that I go to bars to watch. But I attended an NFL game hybrid season and saw more commercials AT the game than I do when I watch the game.

That's got to be rough... Only buying what you want/need.

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Even the stadiums are commercials. Here is Houston we have Minute Made Field, Reliant (its the big local energy company) stadium, and the Toyota Dome.

And your right, went to a Texans game last season and you had the Doritos update, Sonic Drive-Thru play of the game, Bank of America highlight. Sports has become like a Nascar, covered in logos.

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Haha I had no idea what Reliant was.

I love football, probably more than I should, but one game a year is enough for me to attend.

Let's not forget the Heinz Ketchup Red Zone!!

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