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Crazy Marketing Claims in Ads
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wow, Ann. I hadn’t thought of it like that. I had wondered how many of the aggressively stupid and provocative political texts I got were scam-click-bait. You may be on to something there. Make it stupid and aggressive enough and a certain mentality (on either side) will click to rush to defend.
Apart from politics or weight loss - there is a name for that - rage bait.
So a form of click bait whereby something really provocative is posted that the author doesnt really think but they know will have hordes rushing in to refute - and thereby getting traffic to their site.
eg Group claims women should not vote/ Men should never have to wash dishes...... or similar type statements.0 -
MargaretYakoda wrote: »I couldn’t get a screenshot of it but today I saw a weight loss ad hawking hydrogenated water
I weep for humanity
Some years back, a couple people tried to get people to sign a petition to force the government to ban "dihydrous monoxide" (aka H20, or water), citing its nefarious ability to dissolve materials, increase erosion, encourage bacterial growth and how dozens of people die every year due to excessive exposure. They managed to get several hundred people to sign their petition.
On a college campus. A COLLEGE CAMPUS. True story.
Many years ago when my kid was a homeschooled teen that was his chosen project for the local homeschool science fair.
He got nearly everyone in the room to sign it. All the fundie kids and parents, as well as the crunchy granola hippie folks. And most of the neurodivergent homeschoolers too. (ADHD, dyslexic, dyscalcula, etc)
Even our town’s mayor signed it.
She was the judge of the fair, and honestly didn’t take it very well when the time came to actually judge the projects and my kid announced the results of the social experiment.
🤣🤣🤣🤪
Good times…. Good times….
Honestly I think my kid should have at least gotten a ribbon that day. It really was a brave demonstration in how important critical thinking is.
At least the fundie kids who had a poster “scientifically proving” that fish eyes prove the existence of a deity also didn’t win.
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MargaretYakoda wrote: »I couldn’t get a screenshot of it but today I saw a weight loss ad hawking hydrogenated water
I weep for humanity
Some years back, a couple people tried to get people to sign a petition to force the government to ban "dihydrous monoxide" (aka H20, or water), citing its nefarious ability to dissolve materials, increase erosion, encourage bacterial growth and how dozens of people die every year due to excessive exposure. They managed to get several hundred people to sign their petition.
On a college campus. A COLLEGE CAMPUS. True story.
There's a wonderful web site about the dangers of "dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO)", complete with things like Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) with risk and handling guidelines, statistics on deaths and injuries, research reports, FAQs, and more.
Take a look:
https://www.dhmo.org/
Fabulous, solid satire, so so good.
Sample, from the intro to the FAQ:
"Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a colorless and odorless chemical compound, also referred to by some as Dihydrogen Oxide, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Hydroxide, or simply Hydric acid. Its basis is the highly reactive hydroxyl radical, a species shown to mutate DNA, denature proteins, disrupt cell membranes, and chemically alter critical neurotransmitters. The atomic components of DHMO are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol."
Share the link with your friends on social media, with a neutral comment like "Have you heard about this?". (I did.) High odds the reactions will be interesting and varied, unless all your friends are chemists, or similar.
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All I’m going to say is, it only takes one exposure to “mutated” dihydrous monoxide to mess you up for a while. Ask me how I know. 😬3
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Share the link with your friends on social media, with a neutral comment like "Have you heard about this?". (I did.) High odds the reactions will be interesting and varied, unless all your friends are chemists, or similar.
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One of my friends used to constantly say 'Margarine was one molecule away from plastic' or something similar. As a former chemistry major I tried several times to explain how silly that statement was to no effect. I eventually just replied with, 'So are you.'
Neither statement was correct, but at least it got him to stop.....8 -
@John772016, 🤣. Excellent shut down!0
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Not weight related, but preys on the same folks.2 -
Not to mention the freakin' ageism behind the idea that it's so, so much better to be a pretty young woman than a pretty older woman. The nonsense some marketers build into their advertising, trying to hammer desperation into our brains, is unconscionable. Not to mention that in my experience, the marketers who push these unrealistic ads often aren't the ones with the most effective products for . . . whatever.
Note: Not criticizing anyone who uses products to moderate wrinkling, keep skin healthy, even look younger. Everyone is entitled to his/her own jam, and I'll cheer for you while you pursue it, as long as it doesn't negatively affect others (which using wrinkle creams surely doesn't, AFAIK).
What I am criticizing is marketers willing to subtly or overtly undermine self-confidence and self-image of those who may be teetering somewhere around the border line, just so that those scum-ola companies can move more product. Ugh.5 -
Simple economics of supply and demand: it's a lot easier to convince somebody they need what you have, thus increasing demand, than it is to invent something better.4
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Wow, Ann. Hit a nerve there lol. I feel ya, though. You just express it better than I can.1
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FINALLY someone is saying this!
Found in a FB meme group
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A few recent favorites:
What happens if it’s here’s the church and here’s the steeple, open the doors and here’s all the people? Death? Transfiguration? That thing where you’re lifted by the host of singing angels?
Oh yeah. Right:
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But what if I don't want to wait until I'm 60 to build muscle? Why can't I get arms like that NOW? lol4
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springlering62 wrote: »A few recent favorites:
What happens if it’s here’s the church and here’s the steeple, open the doors and here’s all the people? Death? Transfiguration? That thing where you’re lifted by the host of singing angels?
Oh yeah. Right:But what if I don't want to wait until I'm 60 to build muscle? Why can't I get arms like that NOW? lol
Although I am happy to look forward to 60 being the new 40!!
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I wish I could poop out that much fat
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OMG that really is the best laugh I’ve had in a while @Lietchi
Hope you’re feeling better! 😘. (From your travel bug……not….this!)1 -
I'm thinking that "poop it out" thing would have to be like the appalling cleanses that some people used to do that triggered near-volcanic diarrhea. Why would a person want that? Six kg (13.2 pounds)?!?! Yikety yike yike yike!0
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Let me get this straight...consume this product, and after I "enjoy" a meal I then spend several hours indisposed in the bathroom? Exactly how does this encourage me to "enjoy" eating?0
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Pooped out 6kg of fat? What did you do, eat a 5 gallon bucket of duck fat french fries after a gallbladder removal? (I may or may not know someone who ate half of a serving of duck fat fries and half a Scotch egg while on a planned vacation a week after a surprise unplanned gallbladder removal. *whistles innocently*)3
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That sounds an awful lot like what i had in Uzbekistan.Wynterbourne wrote: »Pooped out 6kg of fat? What did you do, eat a 5 gallon bucket of duck fat french fries after a gallbladder removal? (I may or may not know someone who ate half of a serving of duck fat fries and half a Scotch egg while on a planned vacation a week after a surprise unplanned gallbladder removal. *whistles innocently*)
*shudder*
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'Tis the season? 🙄🤣
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Perhaps they're talking about your wallet getting slimmer in the two weeks leading up to Christmas. I know my wallet is thinner...7
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