Having less exposure to advertising, given that I watch less advertising-interrupted television than ever and have had a pi-hole running for a good couple of years, when I am exposed to advertising I'm reminded of how incredibly bottom-feeding it is.

I've said it before: Advertising is a psychological attack on human weakness.

> I find it hard to separate the fraudsters from the engineers that enable them

Paraphrasing because I can't find the original:

"What does it say of humanity to have so many of the smartest minds in the world working on making advertising more effective"

> this screed was therapeutic

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