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I think a better wording is to say that "advertising is like bateria". Using cancer is way too one-sided as all cancers are bad. Some bacterias are bad, some
by silvestrov 2y ago
I think a better wording is to say that "advertising is like bateria". Using cancer is way too one-sided as all cancers are bad.
Some bacterias are bad, some are good.
Most of the time we talk about bacteria it is the bad ones we think of, mostly because study of the good ones are so underpriotized and we don't understand them well.
Humans could absolutely not survive without the good bacteria in the stomach. They produce some of the vitamins we need (plus other roles).
- jtbayly 2y agoCould humans survive without the “good advertising”?
- silvestrov 2y agoIt would be very difficult for many new companies to get the word out about their new product. Innovation would suffer. If you can't advertise for the AirFryer, how do you get people to know about this new product and what it can do? Mouth-to-mouth is too slow and inefficient for most products. How often do you drop by a kitchen store just to check out if there is any new invention?
- Vilian 2y agoThat's why internet exist to make the mouth-to-mouth as fast and effective as possible
- jtbayly 2y agoI wasn’t saying advertising served no purpose and had no benefit. I just asked a question to point out the absurdity of the comparison. Perhaps ads are like bacteria, both good, bad and indifferent. But specifically calling out the fact that you can’t live without good bacteria makes the comparison ridiculous.
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