Hype

Are we tired of the Marketing hype yet? Are we tired of being lied to and hearing implied promises that products could never live up to?
Take, for example, the Segway scooter. Wasn't this thing going to change the face of our cites? Revolutionize the way we travel? Save the earth? Maybe eliminate world hunger or some such thing?
And where is it? Disappointing sales, a recall, outlawed from the sidewalks in some cities? Is it possible that at the price of some used cars, it's just an expensive toy? Is it possible that normal people could have told you that the day they announced it?
And what the hell ever happened to Swatch Time? Did I miss the switch-over?
And aren't all these antibacterial products supposed to keep us from getting sick? Hasn't plain old soap been doing that since the Roman empire?
And while we're at it, how does anybody make money from spamming? It seems to be almost universally hated. If you want it gone, don't write laws against it, (like the war on drugs - how's that working out?) just take away the profit potential.
Sorry for the rant, but sometimes it just has to be done.