“The Soup” aired this insane anti-drug/smoking/what the hell public service ad: http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/the-ads/slom.htm
The premise is that kids have started “slomming” derived from the acronym for Sticking Leeches On Myself. The leeches stand in for drugs or smoking, get it? Neither did I.
BW Richardson’s recent post uses leeches as the perfect metaphor for government: http://bwrmontag.blogspot.com/2006/12/government-as-big-fat-leech.html
If you reimagine the ad about slomming as antigovernment, it starts to make sense.
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Wow; Now I for one, think its absolutley odd - It makes no sesne. Whoever came up with 'slomming' was weird alone. And I wonder if they ever noticed how dumb it sounds "sticking leeches on myself" Wow.
Everyone that doese it need a serious reality check.
I don't understand how the ad is supposed to turn kids off from doing drugs. Leeches are still used today for reconstructive surgery and are not harmful, so the message seems a little backwards. Hell, I'd stick a leech on myself just for the experience.
I think that perhaps, Anonymous2, if the ad was really trying to turn kids or other people off in regards to "slomming," it was aimed towards people such as yourself, who would put harmful things onto their body "just for the experience." Please take no offense.
As for the governmental issue and the metaphor of government being "leeches," I do agree. Unfortunately, many people do not see past their own wallets, thus the government can keep itself well kept with their pockets lined and overflowing by just making sure the greed of the American people is fed and kept at bay.
Perhaps, though, the "slomming" ad had a different meaning. How many teenagers could resist clicking the "Learn More" tab on such a fascinating subject? According to the Above the Influence website on their "slomming" commercial, "slomming" is "a series of decisions that sucks the life out of a person." It says:
While SLOMming isn't "really" going on, some people do get sucked into the influence of peer pressure. Of course, most people make good decisions most of the time and are able to step back and avoid sticky situations. Others rely on the crowd to direct them. They do things they'd rather not, and even convince themselves that it's all good. (http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/the-ads/slom.htm?id=saveLeeches)
Perhaps the group who created the ad wanted to let kids grow "above the influence." Maybe the ad was meant to get teens to think about the meaning of the last quote on the short commercial: "What could you be convinced to do?"
There was actually a study that proved that kids "exposed" to anti-drug commercials are more likely to do drugs. I can see why. Their commercials are getting more and more retarded. I'd be willing to bet that whoever thought up "slomming" was high himself at the time.
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