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When travelling through Poland then the contrast of visual pollution by billboards and other advertisements has been very big, between for example Estonia, Latv
by skeletal88 2y ago
When travelling through Poland then the contrast of visual pollution by billboards and other advertisements has been very big, between for example Estonia, Latvia, the nordic countries and Poland.
In Poland basically everything is covered in huge adveretisements, "Kantor" here and there, car repair shops, etc. On bus stops all the walls are covered in them and there is even something on top of it, facing the road.
Drinving there is tiring, the brain just gets tired from it.
We think its part of slavic culture or something.
- Rinzler89 2y ago>We think its part of slavic culture or something. It isn't. It's the same, or worse, in Romania. It's just rabid unregulated capitalism of the post communist countries, gone wild, where everything is about making as much money as possible any way you can, which means advertising everywhere so you can influence people to spend their money with you. Romania is now IRL what the internet looks like without ad block. The ads for gambling and betting are the most nefarious, to the point it's becoming a societal issue.
- imajoredinecon 2y agoSame deal here in Chicago compared to the West Coast city where I previously lived
- oblio 2y ago> The ads for gambling and betting are the most nefarious, to the point it's becoming a societal issue. To that point: https://imgur.com/UWqa8jX https://imgur.com/UWqa8jX
- TremendousJudge 2y agoWhy the pharmacies? I noticed the same thing visiting Vegas, half the shops on the strip are pharmacies
- oblio 2y agoI have no idea about them, a lot of people think they're fronts for money laundering. Alternatively, dunno... I guess gamblers are also addicts of sorts? Plus I imagine they drink, abuse their bodies so they need regular medication?
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- thedougd 2y agoIn Vegas they sell beer, wine, and spirits. They’re also filled with general items.
- dalmo3 2y agoOnly two from the same chain? Laughs in Brazilian https://x.com/choquei/status/1661450590474362887 https://x.com/choquei/status/1661450590474362887
- oblio 2y agoBravo!
- jakub_g 2y ago> Driving there is tiring, the brain just gets tired from it. I moved away from Poland a decade ago, and each time I come back I get distracted like crazy as a passenger in a car. My brain doesn't know what's happening for the first hour until I realize what's up. Literally every 50m there's a billboard on a road, billboard on someone's house, billboard on a fence. From big companies (telcos etc.) through all kinds of local businesses ("Selling X", "buying Y", "repairing Z"). A relevant meme that is on point: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvoPf6OWYAMC0Sd.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvoPf6OWYAMC0Sd.jpg
- andrepd 2y agoDamn, I identify with that photo a lot. Portugal is truly honorary Eastern Europe.
- mantas 2y agoUp here in Lithuania we used to make fun of your billboards 20 years ago. But now it's getting worse and worse here too. While you seem to have rebounded from the lowest point.
- badpun 2y agoIt's not like that in the countryside. But in the cities, especially among the major inbound roads, yikes.
- cafard 2y agoTry a drive in Pennsylvania.