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> I suspect there is a lot of cognitive dissonance involved. This for sure. I had multiple friends work for Crispin Porter & Bogusky in the early 2010s. They'r
by shiningdays 7y ago
> I suspect there is a lot of cognitive dissonance involved.
This for sure. I had multiple friends work for Crispin Porter & Bogusky in the early 2010s. They're the main ad agency for companies like Burger King and Dominos. Great opportunity for them to begin their careers as designers, but at some point, all of them had to learn how to swallow selling diabetes to kids.
- seibelj 7y agoI worked for dominos and I sold pizza to adults
- losvedir 7y agoMaybe it's more of a philosophical internal vs external locus of control thing, but I don't find this one similar to tobacco. It's easy to use Dominos and Burger King "responsibly". I don't find anything unethical about their business and wouldn't feel bad working for them. Tobacco I'm less sure about, since I don't really know of anyone who uses it "responsibly".
- MaximumYComb 7y agoI think it might be different if your boss is telling you to design an advertisement to target 4-8 year olds with junk food ads.
- losvedir 7y agoNot for me, since I don't think it's unreasonable for a 4-8 year old to have Burger King. They just can't have it all the time, but it's a nice treat.
- simonh 7y agoI don't see that as the same at all. They're providing a necessary service. People need to eat, they don't need to gamble or smoke. Burgers and Pizza aren't the healthiest food in the world, but they're not the worst either. A typical burger consists of bread, meat and salad. There's nothing inherently wrong with any of those things.
- itsthewrongway 7y agoWhile people do have to indeed eat. They don’t have to eat fast food. Which is proven to increase risks of many types of cancer and disease just like smoking. https://www.eatthis.com/bad-diet-smoking-study/ https://www.eatthis.com/bad-diet-smoking-study/