• xkbx@startrek.website
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    9 hours ago

    they don’t care about you or what you think. The whole point is to get you familiar with the product. Familiarity drives shopping. You’re not gonna remember 6 months ago when that detergent ad ruined your 3rd blindfolded Dark Souls 3 run with a taser for a controller, but tide WILL feel familiar, and therefore a safe option. People love to feel like they’re that one wolf among sheep when they get annoyed by an ad, but in the end the rich corps still win.

    but on a positive note I love the memes you’ve posted

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      You’re not gonna remember 6 months ago when that detergent ad ruined your 3rd blindfolded Dark Souls 3 run with a taser for a controller

      When it comes to ads being forced on me, I do not forget and I do not forgive.

      Also, the taser controller would probably make the whole thing more vividly memorable 😄

      People love to feel like they’re that one wolf among sheep when they get annoyed by an ad, but in the end the rich corps still win.

      I’m not “one wolf among sheep” or any such self-aggrandizing bullshit.

      I’m just a neuroatypical dude who has a low tolerance for annoying things interrupting my self-care entertainment/buffer against sensory overload.

      When ads are repeatedly forced on me despite my efforts to do everything short of spending money I don’t have to avoid them, I consider it abuse and take it personally that the greedy bastards would insist on repeatedly ruining my mental equilibrium like that.

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      I hate every product. EVERY. PRODUCT. IN. EXISTANCE.

      if I see an ad for something, instantly, the only thing in my head is a rage filled mantra “I hope you die. Kill yourselves.” Directed at the people who directed, acted in, wrote, produced, edited, designed, or participated in ANY way with the product or ad.

      I am viscerally repulsed by every single ad and I absolutely do remember the products that I get ads for. If I ever learn that someone works in advertising, we will not be interacting in the future. Period. They should consider themselves lucky if I don’t throat punch them that instant.

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          But the buying of detergent is in no way related to anything that I have seen about detergents. It’s based on water content and my own experience with them. I may not be fully immune to advertising, but Jesus you guys act like because you put no thought into things, no one else does.

          “It is familiar to me” is not a metric that is involved in purchasing. “Is it effective” is.

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            Okay, you’re the one rational detergent actor. They don’t have to get you. They want your mom, your neighbor, your boss. Your kid. Saturation works, it’s literally proven. Repetition legitimizes. They do studies on this shit.

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              Look I’m not trying to say it doesn’t work. I’m trying to say that my rage at them DOES leave ME largely immune to their shit because every time I see or hear anything from them, it only makes me angrier.

              I understand that it works on the masses because people are not angry enough. I want people to get so angry at these demons that they are recognized on the streets and have their jugulars torn out by a horde of random passersby.

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                  No, but now that i have, my conclusion is that the effect of advertising on me is not less, just different. IT FILLS ME WITH RAGE. for other people, they watch mindlessly or are slightly irritated at being interrupted.

                  I do not believe that other people are driven to the extreme end of rage that makes me desire the disembowelment of advertisers MULTIPLE TIMES PER DAY.

                  Is there a scientific study diagnosing that and dismissing it?

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                    Look, all I’m saying is what you’re expressing now is fucking textbook, dude. There is no way you have a complete list of every brand that has ever pissed you off. Heightened emotional arousal makes you more suggestible. Not less. As long you’re human, that’s how it works. And understanding that, understanding that you are not immune to propaganda, is the first step in fighting back. Not violent fantasies, or visions of revolution, not by “if only everyone else would…” Not by getting pissed off, even though they’re infuriating. By avoiding them when you can, and trying not to react when you do see them.

                    Edit: On a reread my tone here sucks. My apologies. Clearly I need to take my own advice about not getting pissed off about stuff a screen puts in my face. I stand by what I said, not by how I said it. I hope you have a good night.

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      Autistic people who need multiple weeks of scientific research into a new product to convince themselves to try it present!

      Of course were not immune to all advertisement, especially others suggesting/recommending a product but everything i buy are the same products/brands i did 15 years ago. Or a researched alternative. Trying something new is the opposite of safe.

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        For what it’s worth, if you’ve not switched something fundamental to daily life in 10+ years, male time to investigate of new alternatives exist that aren’t just switching from Brand A to Brand B.

        A friend told me about detergent sheets, and it to some trial and error, but I found one that is awesome. Never even knew the things existed until a couple years ago.

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          I hate buying anything for this reason. Always end up down some rabbit hole researching the product I am looking at, comparing it to other similar things, looking up peoples experiences with each one. Searching for information on it is always such a pain, the results on search engines are just places that have a financial interest in selling it to you.

          For some reason my original comment showed up 3 times for me, so deleted it and then it showed just 1 deleted post… So here I am reposting as a reply to my originally deleted post.

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        It’s fun mixed with ADD.

        • Hyper research

        • Pause, put in to-do pile

        • …Repeat

        Bonus if it’s something I don’t actually need the product immediately. Like, if you want to talk about every single mirrorless camera on the market and what will come out within a year, with reasonably probability, well. It’s on the top of my head now. And it’s definitely not researched at cost of other stuff I need to do, nope.

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          I’m with webghost. I have brand loyalty and brand hatred lists. Marketing people might generalize to oh you don’t know yourself, but there are lines I do not cross. Verizon is dead to me for example. I don’t care if no other providers are available I will never give them money again.