Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhat is an absurdity that has been normalized by society?message-squaremessage-square405fedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down110
arrow-up1310arrow-down1message-squareWhat is an absurdity that has been normalized by society?Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square405fedilink
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down4·2 years agoAdvertising (and capitalism in general).
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 years agoSeriously. Marketing is nothing more than convincing people to buy stuff they do not need. It is the reason we live in a consumer culture that is fucking up the planet with useless trash.
minus-squarenudny ekscentryk@szmer.infolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agomy rule of thumb for buying any product or service is that if it needs paid advertising then it probably isn’t worth it. otherwise I would have heard it independently from somewhere or someone
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·2 years agoAdvertising is pollution of our soul
minus-squareganymede@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years ago If ads are a form of payment, then unsolicited ads are theft brilliantly put, love it!!
minus-squaremikwee@lemmyverse.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoHey, I actually consider working in that industry sometimes
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoIf anyone here is in marketing or advertising, kill yourself – bill hicks
Advertising (and capitalism in general).
Seriously.
Marketing is nothing more than convincing people to buy stuff they do not need.
It is the reason we live in a consumer culture that is fucking up the planet with useless trash.
my rule of thumb for buying any product or service is that if it needs paid advertising then it probably isn’t worth it. otherwise I would have heard it independently from somewhere or someone
Advertising is pollution of our soul
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brilliantly put, love it!!
Hey, I actually consider working in that industry sometimes
If anyone here is in marketing or advertising, kill yourself
– bill hicks