The Emotional and Person Experience 11.30.2011

Emotions are very powerful in influencing peoples decisions. Marketing people understand this. Con-artists understand this. Politicians understand this. The main objective of the 'game' is to stir up a certain emotion in your target so that they will be more receptive to your message. For marketing this means generating a feeling of need by creating emotions that feed that feeling. Feelings like emptiness for example or lust or jealousy. Politicians usually play the "fear" card in hopes of getting people to respond to it by voting on them and their solution "to cure the fear".

Weird censorship 11.28.2011

We've all seen those censored pictures before; A celebrity walks around with half her chest exposed and where the nipple is supposed to be, they've photoshopped a little star. Never mind that you can see every part of her breast clear as day. Being able to trace every curved line with your eyes in detail, but no, that exposed areola, that is too taboo to show.

Dear Movie Companies 11.21.2011

What are you thinking? Seriously. When Mr. Titanic came out with his 3D concept it was kind of fun, but what do we have to do to make you guys realize that putting -every- movie in 3D doesn't attribute something positive to the movie going experience?

Why do I write about the things I write about 11.10.2011

Why do I write about the things I write about?

Because I believe that holding on to superstitious beliefs in an age such as we are living in right now is more damaging than it does good. (Yes, even if you don't actively harm anyone) I don't think anyone should express belief in something, support for something or claim truth about anything they can't sufficiently justify. (Pointing towards an irrational book written thousands of years ago isn't justification by the way.)

There are more reasons than just the ones I list here, but let's get crackin'

Everybody needs a job? 10.15.2011

I take public transport to work every day. I take two subways and a tram to get to the office. Two methods of transportation which run on rails. There's no real traffic involved here. Just a one-way rail system from which a train cart can never deviate.

I used to sit and wonder what the hell a driver is actually doing inside his little drivers cabin at the front. Are they busy communicating with Control? Do they need to shift gears in there? Do they have to monitor all sorts of meters and gauges?

Our trams here in Rotterdam have glass cabins so you can actually see what they do in there. Let me tell you, it's nothing close to what you think a person capable of tying their shoelaces should be doing for a living…