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Enter a social contract with a needy child today! (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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I got the ad pictured in frame 2 today and it made me sad, so I made this meme. So many levels of sad:

  • Sponsored ad for a charity, plausible but seems fishy.
  • The needy children are positioned as "earning" the food and education they will get by your donation by writing back to you. Just way too overtly transactional.
  • The advertising tactic seems to prey on the lonely.
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[–] 22 points 1 month ago*

We've had these sorts of ads for awhile. Where you're guilted for not giving money to sad dogs or whatever. This was subject of S01E08 of South Park about 'Starvin Marvin'.

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