Commented Blogs

Devin's More is better: http://dshort44.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-is-better-truth-about-serving.html?showComment=1256676447418#c5925475534487395938

I do believe that in America there's better chance at getting self-serve in the yogurts and buffets. After all, humans are all greedy in some way, so the more we can possibly get, we thrive to achieve that. It gives us a sense/feel of accomplishment. Other than yogurt stores and buffets, fast food restaurants like Dairy Queen offers the ''Sweet Deals'': different choice of three-four combination under five dollars-- from chocolate ice cream to blizzards to fries and hamburgers. Even in In-N-Out, where we normally would not notice when we order our burgers, you can tell them to get rid of the lettuce or the tomato, or add an extra packedge of mustard or ranch sauce on the buns.

Coming back to the self-serving yogurt, I love the idea how you can choose what kind of flavor and toppings you want to add. Though in some other yogurt stores I've been to, such as KiwiBerry, where you cannot self-serve, the containers are small, and the cashier is all running around taking money and checks, while running back to help another person in line with their yogurt and toppings. It can become a bit unsanitary in my opinion.

On the other hand, can we really have the stomach finish what we get? Such as the giant bowel of frozen yogurt with three different flavors, and eight different toppings literally as large as Mt. Everest. If we cannot, wouldn't they be just going waste?

Sooyeon's Coca Cola Happiness: http://sooyeonluvu.blogspot.com/2009/10/coca-cola-happiness-factory.html?showComment=1256677192994#c5646726336255764686

I've never seen the commercial like this on coca cola. And even though I'm not a big fan of coke, or any soda for that matter, I actually like this ad. Probably because I love art and design in general, it's what attracts me to it. The overall computer generated designs of the characters and colors draws the viewer's attention, because that's what draws in our focus-- the color. The many variety of colorful combination makes us want to continue viewing the advertisement, and see where it will lead us. Eventually it leads to the coca cola, and the sudden urge of wanting to go downstairs to the vending machine strikes in. I guess this advertisement works on children more than adults, because cute little cartoon characters attracts a child more. And when they go up to their mom or dad asking for a bottle of coke from Seven Eleven-- can the parent say no?

As much as I love this ad, I tend to think more on a negative side of things. This ad about coca cola is so perfect-- hooking the viewer's attention and visually telling them through the images that if you drink coke, you'll be in this sort of fantasy land, away from all the stress and fatigue. To be, it is quite unrealistic, because I know that coke is made from a factory, not in some fantasy world full of cute little characters.