Continuation of my thoughts about number one (in the orange writing)

You begin to trust them when you start seeing that people around you follow what is being said in the media- Leo. How strong is a peer group... and what if you pay one person in the peer group to influence the rest of the peer group... how much "free thought" does a group have? That quote is a perfect example on how media effects us so much in our everyday lives. Just because a group of people and wearing a certain logo or has purchased a certain item, everybody else has to do so just because its in style and they just want to fit in. Im not saying that they HAVE to get those things that are on ads, billboards, t.v comercials, magazines... but because they feel so inteminated that if they dont get or have those things that noone will like them and that they just wont fit in. Its very true though because many people in todays society will just be friends with you because you have money or you have ceratin things that they want. They forget about personalities. Also you begin to belive every word that these advertisments tell you, so it can be the stupidest thing possible and you'll buy it anyway just to say or show off that you have it.....

I have to addmite that I too felt peer pressured into buying a type of brand just because everybody else had it and if i didnt i would have been left out and uncool, but after a couple of years of growing up and becoming matture... I learned from experience that materials don't matter anymore; it's whats inside of you that counts in other words your heart/personality. Also because I like to be unique, be myself wear what I like and what expresses myself... and its funny because alot of people tend to copy certain stuff I do and wear and i really dont like copycaters but it came to the point that im happy people do so because im kind of like an insperation i guess? I dont care what people say or think about me anymore because I am who I am and if you dont like it then too bad and thats how you will find out who your true friends are despite the fact that you dont have a new cool item that out in the market or a sertain brand of clothing and what not. Also if you think about you none of those things will get you far in life and help you succeed in your futur.