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Title: TV Advertisements Post by: Mike Christ on August 26, 2013, 10:28:26 PM How effective are they, really? Out of all the ads I've seen (lately, only on Hulu--fucking Fox plays 3 of them at a time, the rotten bastards), I've never felt compelled to actually buy that new car, or go to Wendy's (unless I already wanted to.) Of all the purchases I've made in my life, it was born out of an unrelated desire to own those things, not from any advertisement; I don't feel compelled to shop at K-Mart, even though they claim they're better than all the other stores.
Are we simply jaded? Or is there a hidden effect to advertising? I can understand a new business which needs to get its name out there, or perhaps a new movie or video game, but what is the reasoning to McDonald's ads? Title: Re: TV Advertisements Post by: Lethn on August 27, 2013, 04:51:33 AM It's called learning to resist propaganda, I'm pretty sure we're all learning it from a young age and don't even realise it now because we get bombarded with it so often, the only time I realised I was throwing all that shit out the window ( Including religion/state propaganda ) was when the 'crazy' people like Ron Paul and George Carlin were talking about it. That and just doing some basic research will tell you that most advertisement is full of shit, some of them advertise horrible products. This will seem ridiculous but I think I first learned properly about propaganda when I was 13 and had to deal with SOE's infamous arrogance with Star Wars Galaxies which was pretty much one of my only forms of escapism from school at the time, that game was awesome.
p.s. LOL Because I use the same global username to allow people to contact me you could still probably find me ranting and arguing on the old games forums with people saying the exact same things I've been saying about the games industry for years, not that I encourage it *cough cough* :-\ ;D Title: Re: TV Advertisements Post by: pr0d1gy on August 27, 2013, 04:55:14 AM Title: Re: TV Advertisements Post by: Lethn on August 27, 2013, 12:54:02 PM I think mcdonalds burgers tasted more like carpet last time I tried them :P, I also noticed all the major places massively downsized their burgers as well.
Title: Re: TV Advertisements Post by: raze on August 28, 2013, 06:28:27 AM I'd rather go to the takeaway shop down the road than McDonalds anytime. For the same price you get more quality/quantity, plus chips.
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