| ▲ | FirmwareBurner 6 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | nosianu 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
You are not immune to marketing. I thought that too. Decades ago, when I left home for university I had to do my own laundry. That means buying detergent. I had always known as obvious that the commercials for that stuff were so bad that there was zero chance it would influence me. At the supermarket checkout I noticed I had the brand name detergent my basket, not the much cheaper no-name brand. Because subconsciously, it DOES work to hear those brand names again and again, no matter how stupid the commercials look. I felt enlightened. | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | jodrellblank 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
It does! > "The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rising dramatically in children as well as in adults. Between 1975 and 2016, the prevalence of obesity in Europe rose 138%, with a 21% rise between 2006 and 2016.1 The prevalence of overweight rose by 51% between 1975 and 2016, and by 8% between 2006 and 2016. It is expected that by 2030, over half of Europe will live with obesity – up to 89% in some countries. No Member State is on track to reach the target of halting the rise in obesity by 2025" - https://www.eufic.org/en/healthy-living/article/europes-obes... > "Once considered a high-income country problem, overweight is on the rise in low- and middle-income countries. In Africa, the number of overweight children under 5 years has increased by nearly 12.1% since 2000. Almost half of the children under 5 years who were overweight or living with obesity in 2024 lived in Asia." - https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and... Americans are at the forefront of driving to the drive through for a McSuperSize meal, and wealthy enough to eat that every day. Mexico has an obesity crisis heavily driven by the Coca Cola company. > "The Rothschilds are using 5G to signal my brain that I must not stop until I reach the bottom of the XXL bag of Costco potato chips." Yes, there are no constant JustEat or Deliveroo or McDonalds adverts, no CocaCola adverts connecting Coke with Christmas and fun, no Pepsi adverts connecting Pepsi with attractive women draping themselves over sports cars, nothing. > "Edit: @jodrellblank damn, then I guess I stand corrected. Am I the only one immune to marketing then?" No, you're one of many people who believes they are immune to marketing. That $350Bn annual spend on advertising[1] in the USA is not there for a laugh. What's the betting you could answer a whole lot of questions like "which company had the 'why 1984 won't be like 1984' and 'think different'" adverts? Which fast food company has a clown as its mascot? Which fast food company has a southern Colonel as their mascot? Which drink was "the choice of a new generation"? Name an insurance company or a bank that you've heard of but never used? Name a shop you've heard of but never been to? Complete the jingle: "head-on, apply <...>"? If you were immune to advertising, you wouldn't be able to picture any company logo, signboard, complete any jingle, name any product or service or shop you hadn't researched or heard of from a friend. Drive past a dentist every day on your way to work and recognise their signboard because you've seen it before? Not immune to advertising. Recognise where you are by the giant Walmart sign? Not immune to advertising. Turn off the TV when you hear the start of a jingle you remember and dislike? Not immune to advertising. Coworker drives a <brand> and you know because of the logo? Not immune to advertising. [1] https://www.ibisworld.com/united-states/bed/total-advertisin... | |||||||||||||||||
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