Gen X here, and I probably can’t tell without trying harder than I care to. Why “probably?” Because I’ve alwaysdespised marketing because it’s all lies of heavy exaggeration, implication without actually claiming, and completely unrelated crap that somehow entices dumbasses to buy it (e.g. scantily clad models used to sell cars, tech, etc.).
I block every ad I can everywhere I might encounter them - and when I can’t? The mute button works wonders. The harder they try to sell me, the more full of shit I know they are. I don’t like being tracked, but that’s practically an afterthought compared to the absolute disdain I have for marketing & the amount of bullshit I have to filter in order to glean the slightest bit of actually useful and believable info from an ad.
This sorry world seems to be run almost entirely on bullshit, and who can sling it most effectively. I look at the current White House resident as the culmination of all that is wrong in a world built on lies - lies made not only acceptable, but normal and expected all in the name of “marketing.”
Fuck capitalism and the manipulative, greedy, power-tripping assholes that use “marketing” to steal money by convincing people their lives will be so much better with widget Y when they told us just last year that widget X would do the same.
No, I probably can’t tell real from AI as easily as the younger set, but that’s because I don’t care to look at either one. It’s all just an endless push to separate me from the pittance of funds I have left over after funneling the bulk of the few funds I’ve managed to acquire from one rich asshole’s pocket to another - never staying in my account long enough to even earn a penny of interest.
Another genx datapoint here: Same, though I seem to be reasonably good at spotting AI images, if it’s marketing then I don’t care. I’ve already ignored it or adblocked it anyway.
Gen X here, and I probably can’t tell without trying harder than I care to. Why “probably?” Because I’ve always despised marketing because it’s all lies of heavy exaggeration, implication without actually claiming, and completely unrelated crap that somehow entices dumbasses to buy it (e.g. scantily clad models used to sell cars, tech, etc.).
I block every ad I can everywhere I might encounter them - and when I can’t? The mute button works wonders. The harder they try to sell me, the more full of shit I know they are. I don’t like being tracked, but that’s practically an afterthought compared to the absolute disdain I have for marketing & the amount of bullshit I have to filter in order to glean the slightest bit of actually useful and believable info from an ad.
This sorry world seems to be run almost entirely on bullshit, and who can sling it most effectively. I look at the current White House resident as the culmination of all that is wrong in a world built on lies - lies made not only acceptable, but normal and expected all in the name of “marketing.”
Fuck capitalism and the manipulative, greedy, power-tripping assholes that use “marketing” to steal money by convincing people their lives will be so much better with widget Y when they told us just last year that widget X would do the same.
No, I probably can’t tell real from AI as easily as the younger set, but that’s because I don’t care to look at either one. It’s all just an endless push to separate me from the pittance of funds I have left over after funneling the bulk of the few funds I’ve managed to acquire from one rich asshole’s pocket to another - never staying in my account long enough to even earn a penny of interest.
This is such a Gen X response and that is a compliment
Same. I feel like I didn’t build a natural resistance to AI images because I so thoroughly cut out ad sources and rarely see them.
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Anyone else stopped considering dominos to be a food just because of how desperate their ads seem?
I stopped considering them a food because their pizza is nasty.
Parent company is Pepsi. Imagine all the billions invested in artificial food R&D distilled in to a “pizza” product chain called dominoes
Another genx datapoint here: Same, though I seem to be reasonably good at spotting AI images, if it’s marketing then I don’t care. I’ve already ignored it or adblocked it anyway.
Preach, brother/sister/non-binary sibling!