Marking Art (zaibatsu), 01/08/2019
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    Fahrvergnügen. 

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If you were watching T.V. in the 1990's you probably 
remember this contrived german-esque word. It came into my 
head inexplicably today, so I figured I'd write it down. The 
ad campaign was, perhaps, a little annoying (weren't they 
all in the 1990s?) but the word is fun to say.

Fahrvergnügen.

For a non-German-speaker, it's fun to say. For me, it's fun 
to say, let's leave it at that.

Fahrvergnügen.

Sometime in the early 2000's, my T.V. broke, and I never 
replaced it. Streaming video came along later, but I never 
got back into the series watching (I have a serious problem 
with watching and re-watching movies, which is bad enough.)

The result of my T.V.less life has been a lot less exposure 
to certain types of ad campaigns. Sure, I see a lot of ads, 
but I don't see T.V. style ads. They are distinct. They 
operate differently. They have a certain kind of marketing 
art in and to them.

I don't miss T.V. ad campaigns. Perhaps if all other 
advertising suddenly disappeared I'd miss some of it, but 
as it stands- in a super-saturated state- it's hard to 
imagine I would.

Volkswagons, on the other hand, have always been nifty to 
me. I've never owned one. I don't think I've ever even 
driven one, and yet, I like them. They have a positive place 
in my mind. Perhaps they really are/have Fahrvergnügen... 
or, maybe the marketing and advertising (and Herbie videos,) 
did their job. 

(o\_!_/o)