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@Kate
Kate Matsuda · 4 answers · 1y

Ads starting like this." YOU won't believe th..." They are right I didn't believe it and cut it off. Ads starting like:" You must..!" Nope. I do not. Is the art of advertising now a sewage of language aimed at the silly? Has never been better, eh?

I can honestly say,(knock on wood) that i have never been swayed by an advertisement

@joedrone
joedrone · 1y

Yeah they teach this kinda stuff to MBAs - or hell, even just in a first year writing class - your opening sentence is to grab attention - whether it's true or not is secondary it seems

@RetroKnight
Sean ⚡🤖 · 1y

I once read somewhere that advertisements were way better and actually rational in the past, but they realized weird catchy phrases sold more and stuck with that.

@fizzyarthur
Arthur · 1y

Pretty much, yeah!! Maybe they're really struggling to get people's attention lately and so they're turning to clickbait methods and stuff.

@BobOmbMonkey
BobOmbMonkey · 1y

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