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I don’t know where you live, but what about all the mail spam — physical mail like catalogs and email advertising/marketing? And that half of what’s published b

I don’t know where you live, but what about all the mail spam — physical mail like catalogs and email advertising/marketing? And that half of what’s published by most journalistic outlets is now veiled ads? Dear Products, I know me better than you. I’ll come find you WHEN I need you. In the meantime, please just sit tight and stay out of my way. -Mr Consumption is Overrated

dudul 3y ago
I do like these. I need them as kindling to start a fire.
- digging 3y ago
  Careful, many are coated in glossy toxic plastics that also make them impossible to recycle. Just an extra "fuck you" to the world by the advertiser in permanently ruining the materials they used.
graeme 3y ago
>what about all the mail spam — physical mail like catalogs and email advertising/marketing? You can opt out of junk mail. Varies by area. Likely can be done by a "no junk" sticker, or by opting out via your postal service, or both. (A lot of fliers aren't distributed by postal service, but legally must obey no junk signs) Email is trickier, but recently I've had success simply unsubscribing from absolutely everything with an unsubscribe link. I used to leave stuff in if it might be useful. To my surprise I now receive very few junk emails per day. >I know me better than you. I’ll come find you WHEN I need you. In the meantime, please just sit tight and stay out of my way. All of the above said, ads actually work. It is possible of course they don't work on you, the reader of this comment. (Meaning anyone reading, not just the parent comment) But ads really do work in boosting sales.
- technotarek 3y ago
  They work on me and that’s exactly the problem — that is they work at manipulating me. And that’s why I want them gone. I’d rather free up the energy I spend on trying to ignore them and put that energy into something that actually makes my life better.
MiddleEndian 3y ago
Email I almost ignore entirely. I generally only read emails that I send myself and a few specific filters. Physical mail I just go down and throw it all out every so often. I wrote the date down on my whiteboard once after checking it and I noted that I go roughly three months in between times when I checked my mail.

dudul 3y ago

I do like these. I need them as kindling to start a fire.

digging 3y ago
Careful, many are coated in glossy toxic plastics that also make them impossible to recycle. Just an extra "fuck you" to the world by the advertiser in permanently ruining the materials they used.

graeme 3y ago

>what about all the mail spam — physical mail like catalogs and email advertising/marketing? You can opt out of junk mail. Varies by area. Likely can be done by a "no junk" sticker, or by opting out via your postal service, or both. (A lot of fliers aren't distributed by postal service, but legally must obey no junk signs) Email is trickier, but recently I've had success simply unsubscribing from absolutely everything with an unsubscribe link. I used to leave stuff in if it might be useful. To my surprise I now receive very few junk emails per day. >I know me better than you. I’ll come find you WHEN I need you. In the meantime, please just sit tight and stay out of my way. All of the above said, ads actually work. It is possible of course they don't work on you, the reader of this comment. (Meaning anyone reading, not just the parent comment) But ads really do work in boosting sales.

technotarek 3y ago
They work on me and that’s exactly the problem — that is they work at manipulating me. And that’s why I want them gone. I’d rather free up the energy I spend on trying to ignore them and put that energy into something that actually makes my life better.

MiddleEndian 3y ago

Email I almost ignore entirely. I generally only read emails that I send myself and a few specific filters. Physical mail I just go down and throw it all out every so often. I wrote the date down on my whiteboard once after checking it and I noted that I go roughly three months in between times when I checked my mail.