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Replace sailor with user and you’re spot on. Instead of selling intimacy we sell our attention in exchange for content.

Covid isn’t really flu (or more specific in_flu_enza) his new buddy, but more like flu’s new competitor. Agree with you on all the rest, get your vaccines people.

Just another day for Israel.

100% better

If a product wouldn’t sell if it isn’t heavily marketed I’d agree it doesn’t need to exist. But if a product is paid for by advertising other products, that is a different story. Newspapers have had advertising for ages because of the high cost of running a newspaper, many tv-channels wouldn’t be able to exist on a subscription basis. Same goes for a lot of websites online. Also no more free porn (not legally at least). Advertising pays for a lot of things in our society. I’m not saying this is a good thing, but this system cannot be changed overnight.

I couldn’t help myself

Another part of the problem I haven’t read in the comments is all the companies that rely on advertising to exist, especially media companies. Many newspapers, magazines, websites, TV channels etc would go bankrupt if they couldn’t earn money with advertising. There is a simple solution because we can ‘just pay them’ but I’m afraid we won’t. People hate advertising (someone commented “advertising is violence”, that really says it all), but still many of us choose to not get the subscription but use the ‘free’ option instead.

I’m not against banning all advertising, but I think working towards more peaceful advertising might be fruitful. Banning advertising of tabacco products and having disclaimers when financial and medical products show this can be done.

“advertising is violence” says so much about how we (the world) allow companies to behave.

I agree, as in many more cases it is better to regulate than it is to forbid. Companies and consumers will find a way.

You can and should make the distinction between being paid to advertise something and sharing information based on your believes. There is such a thing as free marketing and I agree you cannot ban that, but you can ban paid advertising in a similar way as paid sex is banned in many places across the world.

The article is about paid advertising. Paying someone to spread your opinion is in my eyes very different than telling someone about your opinion and trying to persuade that person to agree with you.

I read the oil prices plumeted along with the stocks and crypto currencies, so Russia is indirectly impacted as well. Does that make up for all the bullshit? No, but it makes my day a little bit better.

The world gets poorer > oil and other raw materials become cheaper > Russia earns less money > Russia also gets poorer.

Just often enough until you find some dishes you like making and then some more time until you’re bored with those dishes and then you’ll actually like trying to come up with new things to cook

Here’s a treat, don’t consume them all at once: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5961853/Trump-ruthlessly-mocked-social-media-disgraceful-performance-Putin.html

I wonder why…

Wrong symbol, but makes more sense than the smiley face on chromium built browsers: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/opening-100-tabs-in-google-chrome-mobile-gets-you-a-smiley-face/

I said ask but I meant demand. Because right now it seems western governments are fine with not seeing any proof.