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Don't you hate those annoying little pop-ups that show up on your computer screen whenever you're trying to access a particular Internet site? It seems like the main purpose of these ads is to show up with all of their glitter and fabulous prizes and trick us into buying these partner offers which often are more costly than the "fabulous prize" anyway. Sometimes these boxes tell you that you are the one millionth visitor, almost like a lottery thing. You mean to tell me that somehow I can be the one millionth visitor to some website almost every day but I can't win the lottery? What kind of sense does this make?
I can understand the point of pop ups. Companies use them to grab your attention. Some are beneficial, like pop ups to alert you to automobile or health insurance quotes. Some people actually need health or car insurance; what better way to boost your business than to show people an advertisement for how accurate your health insurance quotes are? I think they should start doing pop ups on things like the dangers of alcohol abuse and what happens to you if you smoke marijuana. Think about it: most of the young people on the Internet who frequent the sites with so many advertisements are young adults. Many of them are in the experimentation age, where they want to try new things and can end up suffering dangerous and even fatal consequences because of these actions. Or, what if companies started doing pop ups of random facts, facts like what would qualify as "million dollar question" material because it is one of those things you wouldn't normally know the answer to. You would have the potential to learn a new fact every time you visit the pages with these pop ups. And who doesn't appreciate a little useless knowledge every now and again?
Wouldn't it be even more ironic, though, if companies began making pop ups of what people could be doing if they weren't sitting on their lazy butts following Facebook and Myspace religiously or tracking the newest bids on eBay or even just surfing the web looking for something interesting to do? What if companies began making pop ups of beautiful office buildings with ocean views and pictures of smiling people in business suits looking very successful and happy to be that way? Would more people be willing to get up if they see other people doing something for themselves? Or perhaps companies should do a guilt trip and make pop ups showing people what laziness does to you.
Pop ups are not the problem. It is the waste of their convenience and ability to reach audiences that is the problem.