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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Advertising is a cancer on society

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Advertising is a cancer on society

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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Advertising is a cancer on society — Jacek Złydach
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A detailed explanation of why I keep saying that advertising is a cancer on modern society.
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  • lemmyreader@lemmy.ml
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    Making people unhappy

    A marketer I know has a mantra, that successful sales are all about dissatisfaction - making people aware just how their situation sucks, and then offering a way to relieve the pain.

    Interesting read.

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      I got a “sales” job once and during training this is basically what they preached. Find the pain point and lay into it until they relent and sign up for the thing that will fix the pain.

      Made me super uncomfortable and I quit 2 days into training, because a lot of what the place did was accessibility accommodations, so it was basically harassing old and disabled people going about their day, and making them feel bad about their shitty situation to take their money. No thanks.

      • lemmyreader@lemmy.ml
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        Thanks a lot for sharing your experience.

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      Lol Just like that episode when Tom Cruise was trapped in the closet

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      As opposed to successful social media posts, which would never go viral by telling everyone how much everything sucks.

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    I didn’t read the article because I’m the worst, I just wanted to agree with the title.

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    I have been saying this and will keep saying it.

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    Yes, it’s something we can ban in the necessary transition to a more sustainable life, alas… Here we are

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/28/a-greener-marx-kohei-saito-on-connecting-communism-with-the-climate-crisis

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    Hot take

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    What’s next? Hedge funds are a metastasis of the cancer that is capitalism? Go figure.

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    https://tube.kuylar.dev/watch?v=jmHG92lARUQ

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    I love it when people join the fediverse and then propose ads as a way to fund it. Always shows the disconnect.

    Anti Commercial-AI license

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