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Haven't had cable TV for at least 10 years now and I can't stand watching most shows at other people's houses who still sit through all the car/truck, pill and
by RandomTisk 7y ago
Haven't had cable TV for at least 10 years now and I can't stand watching most shows at other people's houses who still sit through all the car/truck, pill and insurance commercials. I literally feel dumber having watched a few in a row. I really believe there is a science to be discovered there, like slight or temporary brain damage occurring because of commercials. They're so fake/plastic and I feel like I'm being manipulated through some kind of meme the advertiser is trying to push through repetition instead of on the product's merit.
Edit: What I mean is, nobody acts in real life like they do in commercials. I feel dumber watching people behave that way. I get it's supposed to be persuasive but something about modern commercials just irks me to no end.
- robocat 7y agoFor a long time I only rarely saw TV with commercials, usually at friends. I actually enjoy seeing new commercials, and so long as I only watched TV at friends a couple of times a year, I found it enjoyable.
- jdironman 7y agoThat just proves his point that less is more. Which I believe to be true. It's about strategy and not saturation. But the problem I guess is that they cannot realistically follow each individual so saturating all networks / platforms is the only way they see viable.
- mrhappyunhappy 7y agoThe concept is called visual fluency and is applied in advertising terms to hack your mind to remember the ad offer. The more they show the ads, the more they are suppose to resonate. They then combine that with catchy songs and provocative imagery to pull on your primal reactions and emotional strings. There is a science to all of it, and it’s very effective, even if we’d like to think we’re immune to advertising.