Why do we hate commercials and advertisements? (kbin.social)

submitted 5 months ago by snownyte@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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This is a very softball question, it is not being asked for some legitimate purpose.

It's mainly asked as a platform of sorts that serves by being asked so people can answer in the form of reasons for why we loathe advertisements and commercials in general.

My answer is that we don't like to be marketed to, especially from companies of which we don't have a single ounce of interest of doing business with. "BUY! SUBSCRIBE! BUY! SUBSCRIBE!" is regularly chanted loudly from any company that pours millions down the drain to make 10 second ~ 1 minute ads of dramatic theatrics of a product we can live without.

And a lot of their 'research' or lack thereof, of their product is obviously fabricated to get people to buy. That's the primary goal, is to get people to buy or subscribe by any means necessary.

Makes me wonder a lot of the time, why we aren't attacking marketers and salespeople more often. I swear if we all focused on a week or a month by breaking the kneecaps of any salesperson or marketing agent while tormenting their families through harassment because of all of the years they've harassed us and fucked with us by relentless advertising.

I bet this shit would slow the fuck down.

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[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 months ago

As much as I hate sales and marketing, salespeople are human beings trying to get by too. It's another case of worker on worker violence that doesn't touch the root cause.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I spent far more years than I wanted to in sales and/or advertising. I hated it and everything it stood for, but I had a family to feed, and when your whole resume is sales and customer service, it's hard to get into anything else.

At the very least, I was honest. If there was a better option for you that made me less money, I would offer it and explain exactly why.

Don't take it out on the salespeople. Most of them are just people trying to pay bills, but DO BE AWARE there are some REAL slimy pieces of shit out there. I've worked with them and they will tell you ANYTHING to make a sale. Do your research before you buy anything, and feel free to slow it down and ask questions. If you get bad vibes from someone, leave and come back another time. Talk to someone else and see if you get the same answers.

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