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It's definitely a problem with pharma but in general advertising is getting worse and worse. Our brains were not designed to be under _constant_ psychological
by lp0_on_fire 4y ago
It's definitely a problem with pharma but in general advertising is getting worse and worse. Our brains were not designed to be under _constant_ psychological assault designed to trick us into buying things we don't want or need. Advertising and marketing have been refined as a science in the past 100 years to such a degree that many times you don't even know you're being subjected to it.
- NoZebra120vClip 4y agoYou know what I think? I think it's trained my brain to disbelieve and be skeptical of basically everything I hear, and I think it's also trained me to instinctively say "no" and refuse things that I am offered. Now it is healthy to have skepticism when strangers tell me a whopper, or when I'm offered something too good to be true. But if I'm in this habit and I refuse to believe trustworthy sources, someone in authority, or I refuse a gift of goodwill from someone who truly has my best interests in mind, that is advertising being detrimental in its training my mind and will.
- chankstein38 4y agoRight? I don't think the point that it shouldn't be happening and something needs done is nullified by this but I'm with you all it's done is made me say "If I firt see it in a commercial, I'm not going to buy it or deal with it because it's likely a scam"
- smcin 4y agoSkepticism is fine, but ads often actually aren't making the claims a casual watch would suggest they are. Unrepresentative testimonials (see small print disclaimers), phony personal experiences, doctors portrayed by actors in white coats (remember "Dr" Victoria Zdrok selling male enhancement pills in 2008; she's a doctor in psychology).