…and speaking of annoying ads, there’s one for some global conglomerate or another, that says among other things,
“…thanks to the computer programmers who keep us up and running…”
I’m sorry, to me this is an insult (the kind I’m subjected to at work every day). Programmers are not there to keep you up and running, they’re there to program – to create and modify applications. Tech support are the ones that are supposed to keep you up and running, if you can’t manage to do it yourself. This is like saying, “Thanks to the architects for fixing that squeaky floor in the hallway” or “Thanks to the chef for unclogging the toilet”.
Then there’s one for Edison that prominently features the John Lennon (and the Plastic Ono Band) song, “Power to the People”. (Wonder if it was Yoko that sold that one out to “the man”.) Does anyone get the irony here? Maybe Edison is telling us that it’s time for a revolution. There wasn’t a whole lot of substance to those lyrics but they sure as hell weren’t about buying more overpriced electric power from, well, back we are to the global conglomerate thing.