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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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[–] 12 points 1 month ago

This reminds of the ads in the 80's. Guy walking around some poor African country alwhile telling you for less then a dollar a day you could help a child in need. But the truth between the commercial and all the so called "packets" you get from the kids you "sponsor" would probably eat up most if not all that money. I doubt any needy kids were helped. Those ads ran for years and saw them every day multiple times a day.

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