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Advertising is generally trying to make us feel bad and want to be something else if we buy product X. This is bad for mental health. I watch zero advertising.

It's also key in making us get into debt which then enslaves us.

Throw your TV out the window. Put adblock on.

I never help these people. Even on a site where I go via google and get their advert questions I do not read the question, I just look at the answers, try to find "I don't know" and click it.