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[+] 63 points 2 months ago (11 children)
  • [–] 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I went to a hotel and watched cable recently and it's, no joke, 85%+ drug commercials. Just endless ads with disgusting side effects read over happy images.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    There's basically two side effect profiles:

    1. It makes you fat, sleepy, confused, constipated / diarrhea / both, and your genitals stop working, but possibly in a different way than your usual everyday hell so maybe it'll be a little better?

    2. It only has one side effect that only happens 0.00001% of the time: instant horrifyingly painful death.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Even living in the US (but being on Lemmy and therefore knowing computers and hating advertising) getting stuck watching cable TV at a relative's house can be a real "boring dystopia" experience.

    It can be genuinely disturbing when you realize the majority of the ads you've seen were for ONLY medication and gambling.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It's fucking wild that seeing a car commercial is refreshing in that it's just an actual product.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Apparently car commercials aren't even really meant to sell cars. Their main purpose is to make people feel good about the car they just bought (and are making enormous monthly payments on) so that they buy the same make of car next time.

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