I’m in recovery and ever commercial is “the bold refreshing taste of uncle berry lemon twist vodka. Having a bad day? Drink this. You know you want to. Drink it Michael! please drink responably

Every ad portrays drinking as a party, and your in a pool throwing a beach ball with your friends, and your ex Chrissy finally admits she was wrong. It’s an unrealistically positive. If you drink Tito’s your father in law will finally grow close to you. It’s not Christmas without even Williams egg nog!

There is no safe amount of alcohol to drink. It is like cigarettes, entirely bad for you.

I’m not saying don’t sell it but why is every add for booze being blasted every. Especially to me because the algorithm knows I’m an alcoholic.

How is that legal?

Please drink responsibly? You’re aiming your ads at alcoholics primarily.

It’s like advertising morphine on skid row. You know what you’re doing.

Edit: for the people saying I’m America centric. I have a Texas education.what the hell is the US? Nothing is beyond our boarders. We are the only land mass. Ill add a picture in the comments.

For the people who happily explained what it’s like in thier country. Makes me feel less crazy for pointing out the problem!

  • HuudaHarkiten@piefed.socialEnglish
    191·
    3 days ago

    Well, there are places where it is illegal. EU for example.

    But of course they get around that by advertising their “0.0%” beers etc.

    • lokalhorst@feddit.org
      1·
      1 day ago

      I haven’t watched advertisements for a long time, but I am pretty sure ads for alcohol are completely normal in Germany. Which is of course wrong, it’s just that we really like lobbyism here.

    • Evotech@lemmy.world
      12·
      3 days ago

      That loophole is closed in Norway at least.

      Can’t even advertise for a Heineken T-shirt if you wanted to

      • kungen@feddit.nu
        4·
        3 days ago

        Did you guys get rid of that “sändarlandsprincipen” or whatever it is? For beer and such, they usually still do the 0,0% shit, but there’s tons of commercials for wine and liquor, which don’t exactly sell alcohol-free versions…

        And if it’s not alcohol commercials in Sweden, it’s commercials for online casinos, which is also supposed to be illegal to advertise.

    • zerofk@lemmy.zip
      2·
      2 days ago

      There is no EU law forbidding alcohol advertisements. Most EU countries have a mix of local laws and self regulation, and only a few of those fully forbid it.