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sidereal

People: We need traditional values

Me: Yes. Like forty year leases payable in wheat

11 October at 17:17 | Open on kolektiva.social
sidereal

I’m not even against the general concept of advertising. I’ve gone to shows bc I saw a flyer, I’ve bought records bc someone did a live set on the radio, and I’ll even go out of my way and subscribe to print magazines that have well curated ads that are actually relevant to shit I might want to buy (looking at you, Fine Woodworking)

But annoying, distracting predatory tracking shit hawking products I don’t even want while I’m trying to talk to my friends? Fuck off with this shit

4 October at 15:37 | Open on kolektiva.social
sidereal

Fine Woodworking passively attempting to sell me a new block plane I probably don’t need is completely different from instagram ads trying to make me feel lonely and fat.

4 October at 15:41 | Open on kolektiva.social
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE

@sidereal Yeah, time was when people bought hobby magazines mainly for the advertisements! Electronics, stamp collecting, fishing, whatever. I wonder to what extent that's still a thing (I don't buy any these days).

[Actually I do read one hobby magazine, for pilots, but I'm not interested in the ads. If I wanted to buy a plane I'd probably look online first.]

4 October at 15:50 | Open on c.im
sidereal

@seachanger [Morpheus voice] What if I told you this obviously bad technology was bad

unpaid AI sycophants: I’LL NEVER ACCEPT THAT YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAAAND THIS USELESS CRAP WILL REVOLUTIONIZE EVERYTHING. i swear it won’t just be the same corporate shit as today but even crappier. this is a different strain bro

20 February at 5:24 | Open on kolektiva.social
sidereal

Got tired of having this conversation over and over again so I just spent way too long making this:

Meme. Trolley problem. Top text reads: "IWW IU 520 (Railroad Workers) PRESENTS: TROLLEY PROBLEM SOLUTION" It then shows a trolley passing through a switch. A figure stands off to one side next to a lever controlling the switch. In front of the trolley, on the track it is on, are tied 5 people. On the siding, there is one person tied up. A red arrow points towards the wheels of the trolley, which are equidistant over the middle of the switch. Bottom text reads "Slip the switch by flipping it while the trolley's front wheels have passed through, but before the back wheels do. This will cause a controlled derailment bringing the trolley to a safe halt."
18 January at 21:13 | Open on kolektiva.social
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sidereal

@sieri @slothrop IIRC billboards are banned in Maine and Vermont

26 Jan 2023 at 15:25 | Open on kolektiva.social
Just an old goat

@sidereal @sieri @slothrop Video billboards are banned here in King County, Washington (where Seattle resides), but they persist elsewhere in the state with a vengeance.

26 Jan 2023 at 16:10 | Open on mastodon.social
Jimmy Havok
sidereal

@slothrop Fuck yeah. Disband the propaganda industry. Makes sense that a guy who works in advertising could write a great call to action like this.

26 Jan 2023 at 15:24 | Open on kolektiva.social
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