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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Advertisers do want people exactly like you

I promise you they don't.

who will go around telling other people about their product

That's not what I'm doing and you'd have known that if you paid attention to context rather than automatically apply your generalizations about ad effectiveness where they don't apply.

You even repeated part of their copy for us, so now we know generally what service they provide

Except the "copy" does NOT in fact disclose that. I'm not gonna (in your mind) prove you right by telling you what they do, but one of the many things they DON'T do is helping people start a business.

if any person reading this doesn't hold the same lack of regard for corporate interests as you

What kind of contrarian idiot would read this far down a thread specifically about hating ads for product recommendations? Other than yourself, of course.

Advertising is ~~little more than~~ corporate propaganda

Fixed it for you

you are not immune to propaganda.

Nobody inherently is, but that doesn't mean that ALL propaganda works on ALL people.

The world isn't a binary like that.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That's not what I'm doing and you'd have known that

That is literally, textually, what you have done. It clearly was not something you intended to do, but you still did it. You brought their ad copy into a place where it does not ordinarily reach. You even quoted them while doing it.

You might not like that you've done it, but no amount of quote replying can change that you've done something quite valuable for them.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Again, context matters.

In a context that's explicitly anti-ads, they're not going to benefit from me quoting a snippet of their aural assault.

You might not like ~~that you've done~~ it, but no amount of quote replying can change that you've ~~done something quite valuable for them.~~ doubled and then tripled down on being willfully blind to context in an obnoxiously condescending manner.

To put it bluntly since you're not one to pick up on clues: shut the fuck up with your bullshit, please.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This seems like a pretty extreme reaction to having something very basic pointed out.

[–] Keepthoseeyeslockedonmine@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Well this went from zero to a million with little more than a casual observation 😂

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, pretty lost on wtf justifies this reaction.

Me too. Applying their perspective to everyone else and missing the psychology of advertising because they can't stand they're now complicit in spreading the message. Lack of reflective ability I'd say but still...just chill!!