• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Buying massive amounts of primetime commercial time to sell useless products by screaming their name over and over in the ad.

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      2 months ago

      HEADON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO YOUR FORHEAD!

      Man, those obnoxious TV advertisements can all fuck right on. It was even worse that it was a homeopathic (aka placebo effect) topical product.

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        2 months ago

        But you remember it, and repeat it…

        They turned their advertising into a meme before memes were a thing. I’m sure someone has purchased the product based solely on the memeness, so successful ad?

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            2 months ago

            The amount of brain power I have used to memorize stupid advertising is insane… It hits me sometimes like, BOOM! Tough actin’ Tinactin!