A Boring Dystopia

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There's ads on an apple (discuss.online)

submitted 2 weeks ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] wesker 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I'm not even mad at this, it's creative and not intrusive. I'd assume it's a cheeky reference to the old thing about giving your teacher an apple on the first day of school.

I'd much rather see playful, physical ads like this than the targeted shit online.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 63 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Or you could decide as a nation not to bend over and accept the insistent thrusts of commerce at every opportunity.

[–] SportsRulesOpinions@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Imagine how much more peaceful life would be if we banned advertising.

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What will we know what pointless shit to buy to fill the void?!

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

See, I don’t even understand this mindset. When I’m looking to quiet my mind, I go for walks, see nature, volunteer. If I have an additional labubu on my shelf, it’s just one more item to move while I dust.

As an aside, I like picture frames for that reason. They’re lower maintenance. Fuck yeah, picture frames.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Great, now we got ads for picture frames in the Lemmy comments

[–] SportsRulesOpinions@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Just do drugs and tell ghost stories like our ancestors.

[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it exhausting to be outraged by everything?

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

travel to a place without em for a couple weeks and come back to the US, shit really is jarring to anyone remotely aware of their surroundings

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, at least you can ignore this. It’s not some unskippable demand for money screaming into you brain.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

No, it's an unskippable demand for money insinuating itself into your brain...

Completely different, agreed.