From b9cbe3d75d5d81b0a59dbe4a7b8387b97ed4e7d4a0b5f577668d93f02730bc69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Johnson Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Subject: New entry: video-advertising --- content/entry/video-advertising.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/entry/video-advertising.md (limited to 'content') diff --git a/content/entry/video-advertising.md b/content/entry/video-advertising.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5076b05 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/entry/video-advertising.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +title: "[Video] Advertising" +date: 2022-10-23T00:00:01 +draft: false +pageinfo: true +--- +Most advertising and marketing is irrelevant bullshit that only serves to encourage overconsumption and most people know it's bullshit. American stand-up comedian George Carlin, whose late routines often criticized American society, performed a comedy piece about advertising[1] which I love. + +Having lived most of my life in the United States being constantly surrounded with ads on TV, billboards beside the freeway, outside every convenience store, in movie theatres, on every website, and recently on airline tickets has caused me to have a healthy hatred of advertising. It's so refreshing to hear Carlin call it out for the bullshit industry it is. + +As the advertising industry is still using the same phrases, Carlin's comedy remains relevant even decades later. + + +Links: +[1: George Carlin - Advertising](https://yewtu.be/embed/De6_pA51Rus?local=true) -- cgit v1.2.3