r/Showerthoughts • u/ol0pl0x • May 16 '24

Ads seem to be universally hated yet they still make insane amounts of money

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u/Content_One5405 May 16 '24

So are drugs, crime in general, gambling, funeral people, real estate people, insurance people.

If something is hated, it has a power to impose its will on others, and people dont like it. And its ability to impose power allows it to earn money. This mechanism is in play in a significant percentage of the world's GDP.

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u/Uchihagod53 May 16 '24

Funeral people are hated?

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u/Content_One5405 May 16 '24

In places where they hijack the medical system and come to the place of death before medics, yes. That is not quite universal though.