Who or what is a Huel?
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Well I'm with you - and I avoid Go Compare for exactly the same reason. Well I did, but I might use them in the future as their ads are now less irritating than Compare The Market which has flogged those meerkats to death.
But yes I do avoid products where the adverts are irritating. (As a Youtube viewer I will never EVER use HelloFresh). And I also buy/use products where I've enjoyed the ad as I think they should be rewarded. An example actually being Compare the Market where I thought the meerkat ads initially were original and witty.
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
Turns out Bodyform isn't For You after all...
Currently sitting in Rockwater Hove, drinking a Heineken that I paid for with my American Express credit card, before going home (which I've just put on the market with Mansell McTaggart - Mayo Wynne Baxter are sorting the contracts out for me) to cook dinner using vegetables I picked up from Sun Harvest. Tomorrow, I've got lunch at Donatello's where I will grab a pint of Harvey's before heading back home, which I'll enter by using my sliding doors, as installed by Gap Solutions.
Same as you though, I'm not affected by corporate advertising!
I never ever watch ads on TV. If I'm watching "live" TV (which is rare) I mute the sound during ads and look away. If I'm watching something I've recorded or on catch-up I fast forward through the ads. Never listen to commercial radio, except Times Radio where I turn the sound down during ads.
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I also have no idea what Huel is.Who or what is a Huel?
Mustafa II
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It's a type of edible sludge that capitalism is trying to sell us.
Basically it's a powder that you add water to, and it becomes a sludge being marketed as a healthy 'meal'.
Very dystopian, if you ask me.
chip
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My son tells me it is constipation powder
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There’s a bit of a misunderstanding about the basics of advertising here… 99% of it is creating brand awareness, so that when you are in a position to make a purchase and make a choice between brands, you choose the one you are familiar with. This is the power of advertising.
You don’t see an advert for a conveyancing solicitor and immediately run out and buy or sell a house. But when you DO buy or sell your house, their name will be in your head as familiar and “trustworthy” because of their advertising.
Nobody needs to see a McDonalds advert to be told McDonalds exists. What it will do is reinforce their brand when you are on Just Eat choosing between them and someone else.
The examples above re: Heineken etc. They’re pitching the product as a premium product that James Bond drinks, and you get in private lounges. The advertising in this case is about reinforcing the brand’s image as being a premium product.
You don’t see an advert for a conveyancing solicitor and immediately run out and buy or sell a house. But when you DO buy or sell your house, their name will be in your head as familiar and “trustworthy” because of their advertising.
Nobody needs to see a McDonalds advert to be told McDonalds exists. What it will do is reinforce their brand when you are on Just Eat choosing between them and someone else.
The examples above re: Heineken etc. They’re pitching the product as a premium product that James Bond drinks, and you get in private lounges. The advertising in this case is about reinforcing the brand’s image as being a premium product.
Anger
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- Jul 21, 2017
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Yeah, I get that, but my point to those companies trying to create their brand awareness is this…
”Shut the **** up with your screechy wailing adverts!!! I’m not interested in buying any of it!! You’re delaying my comedy / drama / documentary. Do one!!!”
Basically my approach to TV Adverts is the same as the home owner with the sign outside saying “No cold callers, no hawkers, no circulars, no canvassers”.
For just £5 a month you can solve all this.
But yes. Far too much advertising is allowed.
5Ways Gull
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God bless the BBC!!
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
Left wing propaganda - it should be banned.
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
Right wing propaganda - it should be banned.
5Ways Gull
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Is the correct answer currently as we have a labour government. Once (if) the conservatives get back in then your first post will be correct.
I once would only watch and listen to BBC to avoid ads. Football on Sky put an end to that. I now enjoy taking the piss out of the gamboling adverts. And I do it responsibly. I always know when to stop (when the ****s have *****d off)
I draw the like at radio ads so only listen to BBC.
I draw the like at radio ads so only listen to BBC.
I love the meercat ones but it turns out there is no meerkat website, so I think the buggered that campaign up somewhat.
Interesting about our ads being skreechy and US ones being subtle. When I lived in Canada in the early 80s the TV ads (American TV) were diabolical. All shouting. Whereas in the UK when I left they were all white and smug.
Perhaps when it comes to capitalism the US is ahead of us. Hard to believe, but possibly true.