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SCB@lemmy.world 10 months agoSo you want to constantly be a slave to your consumerist impulses as you uncritically consume everything thrown at you,
Holy shit dude what happens to you when you see an ad??
Sunfoil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You need to inform yourself about advertising. Go and look up Edward Bernays. You literally can’t stop ads affecting you, except by eliminating them. You think you’re being a critical consumer, but you’re right where they want you.
SCB@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I know more about advertising than you do man, sorry
Sunfoil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s pretty presumptive. And pretty unlikely as you’ve shown yourself to be very naive about how advertising works. If you have any qualifications in it, your initial confusion shouldn’t have been there.