[1propionyl]

Advertisements are very often intended to incept and promote an idea virally. They are, for better or worse, memetic mind viruses.

Adblockers are in a very literal sense antivirus.

[stephengillie]

Advertising induces desire to generate economic activity. If desire is suffering, then advertising (in the most extreme sense) can be viewed as a form of paid torture.

[omarchowdhury]

And then you have someone discovering the teachings of the Buddha from an ad ran by their local Dharma center seeking new patrons.

[eistrati]

Second that! I love the analogy ;)