• Boozilla@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    The only way to win, is to not play the game.

    Speaking of not playing the game, when I want to manage my time better, I rely on…

  • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
    24·
    8 days ago

    That plan only works when the ad is not so controversial that it makes people want to boycott the company.

    Because now I am boycotting that company even though I really needed to replace my shoes and already had them picked out.

    • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      14·
      8 days ago

      This assumes you’re in the market for the product / can boycott it.

      For example the biggest culprit of this in my area are ads saying “stop hiring humans” for some AI company. I may hate the company, but my opinion doesn’t matter. The only people that would be in the market for something like that are ghoulish CEOs who just view employees as a cost on their balance sheet. If that ad can make them laugh and look into your product, it doesn’t matter if the other 99% if people hate your company.

      • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
        5·
        8 days ago

        Well yes, in this instance I assumed they were talking about the converse ad, and I was literally about to buy some new shoes from them cause my favourite ones just ripped. I saw the ad, will now find another brand to purchase from.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 days ago

      I boycotted Canadian tire for years because of their annoying commercials with that guy they tried to write as a normal guy that would talk about Canadian tire products in natural situations… that felt so contrived and fake he just came off as some loser corporate shrill. I remember the first ad was actually for some windshield wipers that looked pretty good but the ads were so off putting I not only didn’t buy those wipers but didn’t step foot in their stores at all until a while after they got rid of that guy (which also sucked for him because he was just some actor doing what some dumbass marketing writers and directors told him to and it did hurt his career because a lot of people hated those ads).

  • fisch@lemmy.world
    18·
    8 days ago

    Look, this politician says really stupid things. Let’s all point out how stupid he is, share it, comment on it and boost it in any possible way.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      My preferred curse for journalism is that every time they announce the statement of someone totally unqualified, like Trump, they must also announce the statement of someone equally unqualified, like a drunkard on the street who believes they’re all lizard people that were sent by the Egyptian pharoahs.

      • fisch@lemmy.world
        3·
        7 days ago

        I mean, I was hoping we could give genuinely intelligent people and educated experts more of a platform, but I guess that works too.

        • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          7 days ago

          It’s like the “Every time you swear in front of your kids, you must do the Bad Dad Dance” rule. The idea is it’s a punishment that never comes into effect, lest you consign your news program as grifter nonsense.

  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
    93·
    8 days ago

    The number of people, mostly women, getting outraged about Sydney Sweeney right now shows this very much still happens.

    • Nalivai@lemmy.world
      41·
      7 days ago

      The amount of right wing men who pretend that a big number of women is outraged about her is way, way larger. To the point that I can safely call it astroturfed campaign.