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by toddmclaughlin 2209 days ago
> Ads don't just inform about deals, they also incite you to buy. I don't want to buy just because some random company got the chance to put some psychological manipulation in front of my eyeballs.

I'm curious why you don't want to encounter these "manipulations". Is it because of the brainpower it uses to identify them as such? Are you particularly susceptible to giving in to them? Something else? I'm genuinely curious.

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Not sure about him, but from my point of view ads mostly leave a slimy, oily, nauseating feel in my brain and make me want to gouge my eyes out.