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Most ads have no content that can be subjected to critical assessment. Geico's terrible comedy sketches are not designed to convince you that they have a good
by pgcj_poster 5y ago
Most ads have no content that can be subjected to critical assessment.
Geico's terrible comedy sketches are not designed
to convince you that they have a good product –
they're designed to rattle around in your mind and influence you subconsciously.
To the extent that they succeed in that,
they make people behave less rationally,
and are of negative social utility.
And if they don't succeed,
then they're just a pointless
drain on society's money, time, talent, and attention.
- jobs_throwaway 5y agoI certainly can critically assess Geico's ads - just like you did in your analysis above So your real issue is that people are spending their time and energy on something you don't like
- pgcj_poster 5y agoYou can assess their comedic and social value, but you can't assess their argument about car insurance, because there isn't one. They're trying to manipulate how you feel, not convince you of some point. It's like if, rather than making an argument in this comment to convince people of my point, I just said "Lol, imagine being such a corporate beta cuck." Some not-particularly-mature people might be influenced by that statement, perhaps more than by an actual argument, but it would be an inappropriate and underhanded tactic.