Nothing Feels Authentic Anymore Because Everything is an Ad
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On ad fatigue
I have 26,916 unread emails, mostly marketing. I don’t even go on Instagram anymore because it’s just sponsored posts. I tried to watch a YouTube video the other day and I had to watch 3 ads every 5 minutes. I found out that a lot of run clubs are sponsored, if not started, by sports brands. Pinterest is just one big old ad now. Black Friday somehow lasts for a month and nothing is actually on sale? Every time I open the comment section of a viral video a major corporation pretending to be a gen z intern awaits me. Still from Out 1 (1971) I have an ever increasing feeling that something is…
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