• Abraxiel@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    “Sorry, you simply buying something doesn’t create enough value for our shareholders.”

    What a fucking crock of shit. Absolutely no respect for anyone’s time or dignity. Even being a good little consumer isn’t enough anymore, you have to subject yourself to degradation and psychological manipulation even to participate in the basic market activities required of you to exist.

    Every door like this is an assault on human decency and smashing them in with a hammer is a moral act.

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      1 year ago

      I really want to emphasize that advertising is a potent form of exploiting human psychology. The advanced and pervasive form of it we see today, where it is tailored to individuals and consistently assaults them using a level of knowledge that many people’s loved ones wouldn’t even have access to is tantamount to abuse.

      If a friend or a partner kept careful notes of your behavior, where you were looking and for how long, what you tended to buy and when based on your surrounding behavior and mood, and used it to manipulate you, we would rightfully call such a person a dangerous abuser. It is absolutely abhorrent to accept that from strangers who also already have massive structural power over us.

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      1 year ago

      Unless they are locked until the ad finishes then there is a solution. The solution is to open every single door and leave them open. These freezer doors stay open for easy restocking by fully opening them until they click, just do that or jam something into the locking mechanism.