• HopeOfTheGunblade@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    19 hours ago

    Always wild when people seem confused about why you’d want to do this.

    BECAUSE THESE ONES LOOKED AT YOUR SCREEN AND THE ARTICLE WAS TWO INCHES OF TEXT BETWEEN FIVE INCH ADVERTISER BARS BRENDA THAT’S WHY

    • Reginald_T_Biter@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      For me its a principle thing too. I’ve always really despised tv adverts back when we only had 4 channels in the UK and I’ve maintained the hatred all these years. If you do even the most cursory dive into marketing you realise the people involved in the industry are the most vile, horrible cunts ever.

      Fuck your ads, fuck your marketing. Choose no.

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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        17 hours ago

        I can appreciate a well made ad that hits the right notes - comedy, heart, etc. A good one can be like a tiny movie.

        The only real problems is that those decent ads are only about 1 out of 10, or less, and then they show ALL of them, good or bad, way too many times, until you want to attack the TV with a flamethrower.