not to mention the use of sexual seduction as an attention-getter. Promises of happiness, wealth, and ultimately redemption are woven in-and-through a litany of verbal summons and smiling faces. When you step back and take a look and listen at what’s become normalized background noise, the sheer volume of never-ending invitations is overwhelming. and I’m invited over-and-over again to engage in wagering money on outcomes, scores, and this-that-and-everything-else. I’m sitting there watching a football game. I can’t even begin to count how many there are.
