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sharing photos with your aunt is not like heroin
by nerfhammer 9y ago
sharing photos with your aunt is not like heroin
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoFacilitating mass consumerism in the face of ecological self-destruction by manipulating billions of people's emotions and consciousness using the most powerful advertising machine in history, is a little bit like the self-destruction caused by heroin
- Chaebixi 9y ago> sharing photos with your aunt is not like heroin That's missing the point entirely. You can say heroin is a "well designed products" because it's users enjoy its immediate effects and keep coming back for more. That characterization is misleading because it leaves out all the downsides, including addiction. Similarly... >> Isn't that a fancy way of saying they are making their product do things that people enjoy, so that people will use the product? ...is a misleading characterization for exactly the same reason.