I did retirement home training and used to think it was a sweet job. Then I got in the business and underestimated how demoralizing it was as they give you the easy elders in training while the others make you, or at least me, really think of the fact the job just amounts to an unkarmic freebie.

    • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
      181·
      2 months ago

      Not aware of Bill Hicks’ take, but marketing effectively amounts to manipulating people into buying things that they otherwise would not.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
        62·
        2 months ago

        There’s only 3 kinds of advertising that work on me.

        1. “My business supports [thing I like] financially!” Ok, that’s fair. You donate to them, I purchase from you over competitors.

        2. “Hello, I run [business]. I make sure to patronize [other business] to support [business] because [other business] does quality work. Check them out!” For some reason, this resonates with me. It sounds way more honest.

        3. “Here is a picture of tasty food”. FOOOOOOOD 🤤

        • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          43·
          2 months ago

          Rebuttal/fact check:

          • they donate 0.0015% of every $10+ purchase you make, on a Shursday, when it’s raining meatballs; additional terms and conditions apply
          • [other company]: “we’ve never heard of them in our lives, but alright I guess?”
          • “here is the food we advertise! and here is the garbage we slap together next to the dumpster out back that we actually serve at our fine establishments!”

          Don’t trust anyone who needs to advertise. If they were actually good products/services, they wouldn’t need to advertise, as word of mouth and reputation does that for you. You don’t see any Rolls-Royce ads on primetime television…

          If you find yourself interested because of advertising, always, always be skeptical of all claims. Don’t just believe, but research, verify.

        • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
          3·
          2 months ago

          The only advertising I want is a list of specs for the product and maybe a video demonstration of it’s capabilities (not a highly edited misleading video like most advertising we see today).

          • naught101@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 months ago

            I wouldn’t class that as advertising… That’s just product info, so you know what you’re buying.

            • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
              3·
              2 months ago

              Yea. That’s what advertising should be. What it is is worthless nonsense which is why everyone blocks as much of it as they possibly can.

        • Susaga@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          61·
          2 months ago

          There is exactly one ad that worked on me. It was a poster for a bottle of Oasis that said “you’re thirsty, we have quotas, let’s help each other out.”

      • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        Disagree with the first part. Agree with the second.

        When I’m dictator they’ll be among the first up against the wall.

        Fortunately for them, my lack of ambition and crippling video game addiction ensure I’ll never be dictator over anything more than my two cats.