The Obligatory and Explanatory "First Post"

Welcome to "Culturally Impaired". It's pretty much ranting about everything that is wrong with the world today. Ok, that may be an overstatement. In a self-reflective, introspective, thought collective ramble I'll chat about advertising, product marketing, visual culture, art history, and all the obscure yet far-too-common items, habits, and various visuals that we experience everyday and may or may not notice. It's also probably going to be some griping about America and the inane idiosyncrasies that make us the brunt of so many jokes and Reuters Oddly Enough articles, but hopefully I can stay on topic. So, here it goes.


Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.
- Susan Sontag

Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.
- Northrop Frye

Advertising is the poetry of Capitalism
- Michael Maynard