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At this point I'm pretty convinced that ads are damaging to mental health (at least the ones we see today). Modern advertising normalizes consumerism, drives d
by munk-a 3y ago
At this point I'm pretty convinced that ads are damaging to mental health (at least the ones we see today). Modern advertising normalizes consumerism, drives down our attention span, and overloads us with blinking lights and exciting sounds causing us to, IMO, existing in a much higher general state of stress than previous generations.
I'm no mental health professional but I suspect this period of advertising will be looked back on in a similar way to leeching and leaded gasoline.
- dvngnt_ 3y agothe potential is there but everything said could also be said about a generic post on IG or a sponsored post which is a different type of ad not tracked here. IG is a cesspool but not because of the ads. look at a generic reels post and view the comments
- johnnyworker 3y agoTo me that just condemns a lot of social media stuff too, instead of absolving ads. By now people are so used to it being done to them, they do it to each other. Where "it" is being bombarded with sophistry and stuff that sounds/feels good, but means nothing or is flat out wrong if you take a second to actually parse it. That is the saddest part for me, that people become their own abusers and celebrate it, like drug addicts, hissing at anyone who would dream of spoiling the party. To steal from George Carlin, if a modicum of thought were introduced into all that parroting and back patting, it would completely collapse.