"Watch What You Want"
Before you read any further, try to determine what message that title is trying to convey. OK here's the background - I picked up an old pen in the office with the words above appearing in black letters against a yellow background with no further information.
Without anything to judge it against, I thought it might mean the following:
- An admonitory warning like "Be careful what you wish for." I thought maybe this was from a religious organization or some "live lightly" eco-friendly group telling people they want the wrong things or should want less.
- An advertisement for a luxury goods shopping or celebrity channel designed to let people gawk at things they desire but can never afford - a sort of updated "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"
- Intentionally meaningless or provocative post-modern gibberish (like those buttons they sell in underground record stores "US Out of North America!""Support Chocolate Chip Cookies")
- Something to do with selling watches but that was a harder fit.
5 Comments:
It could mean be careful what you buy or look at online because the government is watching
It's like the army's take what you want but eat what you take. Watch what you want, but want what you watch.
My high school girlfriend once got a button from her ancient Jewish grandmother that said "Wetter Is Better!" I thought that was remarkably progressive of bubby, until the gf told me it had something to do with hair care.
It could mean get your news from FOX or from Air America so you can only hear what you want (there's a bit of a watch v. hear problem with that one)
I first thought it would be an anti-censorship slogan.
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