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[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Advertising (and capitalism in general).

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously.

Marketing is nothing more than convincing people to buy stuff they do not need.

It is the reason we live in a consumer culture that is fucking up the planet with useless trash.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

my rule of thumb for buying any product or service is that if it needs paid advertising then it probably isn't worth it. otherwise I would have heard it independently from somewhere or someone

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Advertising is pollution of our soul

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, I actually consider working in that industry sometimes

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

If anyone here is in marketing or advertising, kill yourself

-- bill hicks