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fsflover
6 months ago
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Why are we still suffering?
One reason is the attempt of advertisers to psychologically manipulate you into wanting things you don't really need,
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43595269
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_c7pc
6 months ago
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Wrong, only once have I seen a useful ad in my entire life, and decided against buying it because I don't need it. I can reveal the ad if you ask, just don't want to be seen as a, dare I say, a tiser'.
fsflover
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> and decided against buying it because I don't need it
One anecdote doesn't refute science:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays#Scientific_appr...
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