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"all the good things advertising does" is doing a lot of the leg work without much being specified.

by Jenk 2y ago

superfunny 2y ago
Here's a good that advertising does: letting people know how your product or services address some pressing need.
- GeoAtreides 2y ago
  explain what pressing needs this BMW adv addresses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8UPg6hyDBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8UPg6hyDBg
  - GuB-42 2y ago
    The pressing need to have an electric car you enjoy driving. It may not be your need, but to some people, it is. It doesn't mean there are no problems with ads today.
  - robertlagrant 2y ago
    You've confused an individual instance with the general category to an extraordinary extent here.
    - GeoAtreides 2y ago
      you know, I was just making a point, not compiling an exhaustive list of the ads that are not about pressing needs
      - robertlagrant 2y ago
        But what point were you making? If I say "not all humans are over 6ft" and you say "Well what about LeBron James?" are you making a point?
jfengel 2y ago
I put on plays. Some people would enjoy seeing them. I can only do four or five performances so I can't wait for people to rave to their friends about it. I put up polite, attractive, informative ads in forums that I think will have people who might come to my shows. Not everyone will; the large majority won't. But some of these are web sites that talk about theater, where my ad spend pays for the site itself to exist. I recognize that the ads we most notice are nothing like that. But the idea that all ads are automatically a bad thing misses out on the fact that the original purpose of ads, as cited in the article, does still exist. If you waved a magic wand and got rid of ads my theater probably wouldn't exist. No big loss, I suppose, but the world is very slightly poorer for it.
reginald78 2y ago
Things are so far gone at this point I'm perfectly willing to throw the baby out with the bathwater on this one.

"all the good things advertising does" is doing a lot of the leg work without much being specified.

by Jenk 2y ago

"all the good things advertising does" is doing a lot of the leg work without much being specified.

superfunny 2y ago

Here's a good that advertising does: letting people know how your product or services address some pressing need.

GeoAtreides 2y ago
explain what pressing needs this BMW adv addresses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8UPg6hyDBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8UPg6hyDBg
- GuB-42 2y ago
  The pressing need to have an electric car you enjoy driving. It may not be your need, but to some people, it is. It doesn't mean there are no problems with ads today.
- robertlagrant 2y ago
  You've confused an individual instance with the general category to an extraordinary extent here.
  - GeoAtreides 2y ago
    you know, I was just making a point, not compiling an exhaustive list of the ads that are not about pressing needs
    - robertlagrant 2y ago
      But what point were you making? If I say "not all humans are over 6ft" and you say "Well what about LeBron James?" are you making a point?

jfengel 2y ago

I put on plays. Some people would enjoy seeing them. I can only do four or five performances so I can't wait for people to rave to their friends about it. I put up polite, attractive, informative ads in forums that I think will have people who might come to my shows. Not everyone will; the large majority won't. But some of these are web sites that talk about theater, where my ad spend pays for the site itself to exist. I recognize that the ads we most notice are nothing like that. But the idea that all ads are automatically a bad thing misses out on the fact that the original purpose of ads, as cited in the article, does still exist. If you waved a magic wand and got rid of ads my theater probably wouldn't exist. No big loss, I suppose, but the world is very slightly poorer for it.

reginald78 2y ago

Things are so far gone at this point I'm perfectly willing to throw the baby out with the bathwater on this one.