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Re:Towards a bra-free Instagram experience by nezzle on Sunday December 31, 2017 @03:52PM (#16042894)
As much as I'd like to turn this into social commentary about the patriarchy, this is the result of women like her buying these items. The return on investment for bra ads to her cohort is superior to other ads, so that's what they see.

It's the same problem with click bait, tv, news, nigerian scams, penis enhancement drugs, etc. Unfortunately this comes down to a 'blame the people' - or at least our psychological weaknesses.

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Re:Towards a bra-free Instagram experience by beaconstudios on Sunday December 31, 2017 @04:59PM (#16043239)
it's the thing modern consumerism is best at - optimising for what we want, despite what we tell ourselves about what we want. Oftentimes that results in tapping into reward system hacks like chained clickbait articles or "get X quick" products.
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