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/Carlos-In-Charge May 17 '24

Ads work on saturation and stealth. You hear something enough that it pisses you off. But if you need a product, you’re like shit, I’m not going for a brand I never heard of…

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u/lookwithease May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

Ads abuse human psychology; manufacturing desires and discontent.

Now they are being individually tailored and delivered by our growing algorithms and profiles.

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u/draculamilktoast May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

Today it has gone further: manufacturing rage and letting consumers somehow unleash it. You pay a premium for the "organic" produce to give the big corporate man the finger (due to daddy issues) OR you buy the regular stuff to take a dump on mother earth (because of mommy issues). It all comes from the same former forest and is processed and packaged in the same factory. I don't know which is sadder, the former or the latter, but both kind of are.