WTF Blanket.

So, today I had a good laugh at a video I watched on youtube called the WTF blanket. (which heather showed me :P, which will be posted on the bottom of the page.) It basically is making fun of a snuggie.. which really isn't a blanket, it's more like a backwards house coat. In the commercials they have actors (who are really grand at their job :|)making it look so difficult to wear a blanket, which is why the sunggie is so AMAZING ..

My grandparents saw the commercial when it came on, and that christmas I got a snuggie. Not that I don't like the gift, but I personally think the thing is so ridiculous. I just wear it as a normal blanket and ignore the sleeves. I ignore them because either my arms are super short or the sleeves are just gigantic and I can't even get my hands out of them which makes the entire thing ... completely pointless.

Today television is promoting these pointless products and making it seem like our life would be d r a s t i c a l l y different if we just bought this amazing product. For instance the slap chop, "making people skinny one slap at a time!" If people want to be skinnier, why can't they just cut their vegetables the normal way. (It would burn more calories, therefore making you just as skinny as if you bought the slap chop :O !) Like the snuggie, my grandparents bought one for my mom for christmas .. the thing is legit GARBAGE. It can barely cut anything. It is just sitting in the top of my cup board collecting dust.

To get to my real point: why are people so gullible and buy these products that are shown on tv? Most of the products don't even work, and most of the people know that.. but yet people are still buying them. WHY ?