people want something they can't have..
and when they finally get it.. they get tired of it..
**it's like a child wanting a new toy.. his parents won't give it to him.. but they pity the kid and then buys it.. the happy child is grateful..but after a few days or after seeing another toy.. he suddenly stops playing with the last toy he got..**
2006-06-30 20:28:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The first law of advertising dating back to an infamous deal involving a forbidden apple states, "Tell them they can't have it, and they'll want it."
I really wish I could remember the source, but I recently read about a study where they took a small group of people and surveyed them about what they wanted most. The participants were then given what they said they had wanted and then surveyed for their overall levels of satisfaction, which were not improved.
In other words, we don't know what we want. In fact, whatever we think we want is probably what we shouldn't have.
2006-06-30 20:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by Mesa P 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I suppose people want to be entertained just by trying to own something they don't have. Once they get that thing, they feel that they can get more, so they try to get more. It's not really that you want the object, it's just the feeling of ownership and power over the object. Once gained, it's not actually wanted anymore.
Also, it's the trends and technology that changes every minute, so things are wanted after something else seems old and less advanced.
2006-07-01 03:34:22 · answer #2 · answered by trishashastri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's human nature, either taught to us early in our childhood with commercials and advertising or innate in our being as a joke from God. Either way, it's silly, sometimes devastating, and definitely must be kept in check.
2006-07-01 03:32:34 · answer #3 · answered by JustJake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change is good.Are you content with everything you have?Are you still using a pIII 200 MHz 32 Mb system?i think not.Why do you wear new clothes?why do you wear new shoes?Why do you want fresh food everytime?
2006-07-01 03:35:06 · answer #4 · answered by eminem197796 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the way God made us. We don't appreciate something we've got but always hanker after that which looks attractive and desirable when not within our grasp !
2006-07-01 03:32:36 · answer #5 · answered by young_friend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called the want of the Forrbidden fruit.......we always want what we cant have.....its human nature, get used to it.
2006-07-01 03:32:23 · answer #6 · answered by Mintjulip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becaue satan plants discontent in people's hearts--and they let him--so that they become greedy and serve him.
2006-07-01 03:34:02 · answer #7 · answered by Einsteinetta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not me, I want all the money I can get and trust me, I WON"T get tired of it!!!!
2006-07-01 03:31:18 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the grass is always greener on the other side..
2006-07-01 12:28:20 · answer #9 · answered by Calvin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all kids with in us.
2006-07-01 03:31:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋