cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/45744344
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This isn't a metaphor. Just a story about a roach.
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I get so irate when people sing jingles at me. It was fucking everyone I knew growing up-- classmates, family, everyone but maybe one friend. And only because we didn't sing or do anything whimsical. Why do people enjoy advertising at me? At least they could try to get paid for shoveling [product] at me, but it doesn't even register. I'd long ago given up trying to express that I would like to avoid being advertised at. Its just something fun to do to eachother! We sing the corporate jingle and we all have a laugh! Wow! What an interesting way of thinking! Lets go buy [product]!
You mean like Musk throwing a rock at an "unbreakable" window?
That was genuinely an embarrassment for him, and probably hurt cyber truck sales. More like, sharing his vile racist tweets or video of him performing a Nazi salute
Nobody in the world bought cubic truck based on it's merits. It's an ideological purchase, and nothing those goobers do or say changes their camp, so it can't hurt or boost the sales.
Agree or disagree, I don't think this is the most apt Musk observation
I'll go to the grave believing it was either intentional or Musk said 'fuck it, if it breaks, it breaks'. I have no proof of it, but as soon as I saw it something in me said 'come on...'. Call it extroverted intuition..
The only way to win, is to not play the game.
Speaking of not playing the game, when I want to manage my time better, I rely on...
But these ads definitely don't work on me because I'm just built different 😤
They don't work on me because I'm actually just a highly condensed ball of plasma and rage in a trenchcoat.
Ads can't work on you if you never see them
"These don't work on me because I don't have any friends, connections, or value!"
Also I worked in advertising. They really don’t work on me and completely have the opposite effect.
Look, this politician says really stupid things. Let's all point out how stupid he is, share it, comment on it and boost it in any possible way.
My preferred curse for journalism is that every time they announce the statement of someone totally unqualified, like Trump, they must also announce the statement of someone equally unqualified, like a drunkard on the street who believes they’re all lizard people that were sent by the Egyptian pharoahs.
I mean, I was hoping we could give genuinely intelligent people and educated experts more of a platform, but I guess that works too.
It’s like the “Every time you swear in front of your kids, you must do the Bad Dad Dance” rule. The idea is it’s a punishment that never comes into effect, lest you consign your news program as grifter nonsense.
The number of people, mostly women, getting outraged about Sydney Sweeney right now shows this very much still happens.
And now I have to go Google what you are talking about, making you that guy 😜
Edit: So you don't have to Google it: some apparently famous woman appears in an ad for a company without morals who profits off of exploiting addiction and ignorance, and she is almost entirely nude in most of the ads
It's a sports gambling company that she also invested in, which may be relevant
she is almost entirely nude in most of the ads
That will stop people from looking it up.
Dunno why though. The internet is full of actual porn, why bother going to look for some g rated pseudo porn that's actually just an ad?
In the same vain, most tits look very similar, so if you saw like 10 different pairs, you get the gist of it and you wouldn't be surprised by new ones. Yet, for some reason, people keep looking at photos of bare chested women all the time, over and over again.
We really hangout with different type of people huh
Yeah I totally definitely did not just look it up
LOL
I'm glad you agree 😜
For those who need slightly more info to not Google it, some actress reached out to some ~~sports betting site~~ (edit:shoe company) and spearheaded an ad that is basically a sports illustrated "body issue" where she puts on some gear or holds some sportsball or stick in front of the naughty bits. The whole controversy is about the sexualization of women on sports (obviously)
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That's my 2 minute analysis while on my morning walk, so take it with a container of salt
The amount of right wing men who pretend that a big number of women is outraged about her is way, way larger. To the point that I can safely call it astroturfed campaign.
Nah, I keep seeing hand wringing articles about this from columnists, it's definitely happening.
I mean, yeah, articles from columnists are definitely happening. That's what I am talking about.
Recently an ad caught my eye by showing somebody putting mustard and ketchup on the shoes on their feet. I have no clue what they were selling.
That plan only works when the ad is not so controversial that it makes people want to boycott the company.
Because now I am boycotting that company even though I really needed to replace my shoes and already had them picked out.
Wait what did a shoe company do?
Posted elsewhere on this thread
The ad essentially showed what appeared to be a hanging pair of converse, held up by a person wearing a white skirt, and a 'trick of the light' reflected what appeared to be a KKK hat. Wasn't terribly subtle.
I boycotted Canadian tire for years because of their annoying commercials with that guy they tried to write as a normal guy that would talk about Canadian tire products in natural situations... that felt so contrived and fake he just came off as some loser corporate shrill. I remember the first ad was actually for some windshield wipers that looked pretty good but the ads were so off putting I not only didn't buy those wipers but didn't step foot in their stores at all until a while after they got rid of that guy (which also sucked for him because he was just some actor doing what some dumbass marketing writers and directors told him to and it did hurt his career because a lot of people hated those ads).
This assumes you're in the market for the product / can boycott it.
For example the biggest culprit of this in my area are ads saying "stop hiring humans" for some AI company. I may hate the company, but my opinion doesn't matter. The only people that would be in the market for something like that are ghoulish CEOs who just view employees as a cost on their balance sheet. If that ad can make them laugh and look into your product, it doesn't matter if the other 99% if people hate your company.
This assumes you're in the market for the product / can boycott it.
And it's a correct assumption otherwise the entire point of the meme makes no sense since someone will use it anyway
Nowadays it's "look at this ugly AI image someone made"
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