Ugh. The episode of #TheArchers for Friday included an ad for the execrable Ben Carson and fuck that guy for invading my happy radio drama respite from his ilk's malfeasance.
#TheArchers #BBCradiodrama #objectionableads #fuckpodcastads #BenCarson #BenCarsonsucks #advertisingsucks
As is traditional for my little online bike parts shop there is no "black friday" sale.
Everything costs the same amount today as it did yesterday.
I'm not trying to trick anyone into buying anything that they don't really need by offering a "special" price.
I didn't increase the price on any items last month so that I could pretend they were on sale today.
If you need something then I'm happy to sell it to you. Otherwise remember that there is no offer price which will more effectively save you money than not making a purchase in the first place.
Tomorrow is Saturday. The prices will not change. So please consider your needs carefully, take your time over your decisions and don't hurry to make a purchase today.
https://www.dutchbikebits.com
#blackfriday #dutchbikebits #advertisingsucks
@bdfilmsphotography
What if my wedding doesn't take place in Fort Lauderdale?
Why would I invesst in a wedding photographer in Fort Lauderdale?
And why do I have to read bland copy advertising wedding photographers in Fort Lauderdale when I'm nowhere near Fort Lauderdale?
Why don't you advertise in f*cking Fort Lauderdale and leave the rest of us alone?
The essential thing advertisers miss is to make adverts *useful*
If I can see something fast and informative and even filter for stuff that *I* am interested in (rather than someone else profiling me) then the ads become a tool and that will result in me buying their stuff.
For the most-part of my life I have reserved loathing for the brands that advertise and I actively refuse to entertain them.
Well, there goes my interest in continuing membership to the cult.
#enshitification
#SurveillanceCapitalism
#AdvertisingSucks
Amazon Prime Video will have ads starting early 2024 : NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/09/22/1201028854/amazon-prime-video-commercials-2024
The most jarring thing about BBC podcasts in the US is that they're all lumbered with horrific, chirpy American-style advertising, and man, that is some stupid, ridiculous crap. The last thing I want to hear as a lead-in to a series piece about the goat problem in Guadaloupe or the some obscure poet writing about footbridges is some goofy ad for dopes trying to amuse me by talking about insurance company mascots.
Why do some people insist on only buying branded products?
Do they not trust their own judgement?
Do they not see that they're paying more just to have that branded product advertised to them?
'As seen on TV' doesn't mean 'better', it usually just means dearer.
There is always such urgency and anxiety associated with advertising. Back when I had television (probably 15 years now) it was such a loud and insistent intrusion into the tv show or the movie or morning news. And it was always the blast riot of colours trying to get your attention in the grocery stores. "BUY THIS... you NEED this to make your life better, cleaner, simpler, tastier...." Billboards that are shrieking with advertising at every corner, magazines with 3/4 of the pages being advertising. Then I pulled away from all of it and bulk shopping resulted in peaceful existence of tidy rows of jars filled with simple one-ingredient foods lining my pantry shelves. Watching streaming shows with no ads made entertainment deliberate and considered. Fewer and fewer visits to cities, less buying and consuming.
Now the corporate greed is bleeding back into all our social media. The beginning days of the internet were ad free and refreshing. But now again, scrolling instagram or facebook is not even half chosen accounts but filled back to back with suggested posts and advertising. I'm so sick of the world trying to tell me what to do, what to eat, what is important, what I need to live... what I MUST spend money on. It's rage inducing.
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