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What's some really unpopular opinion you have? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Marketing is only manipulation. It wants to manipulate me into doing something I otherwise wouldn't have.

Since I don't know how well their manipulation works, my only option is to only buy things that I have never seen an ad for.

To make sure I can still buy anything at all, I block/avoid ads where I can.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You're insane but I respect it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Since I don't know how well their manipulation works

I do. It works really fucking well. $900 billion per year well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

But that's their manipulation towards their employers. These numbers rely on people who lie and manipulate for a living to tell honest numbers about their own worth.