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Re:The case for banning ads in social media by normalnorm on Thursday November 14, 2019 @09:35PM (#21541772)
> most apple users here would disagree > plus i m not sure if you re aware how extreme your position is

Wait, aren't you the person who just wrote "think different"? I'm confused.

> Most of our beautiful classical art was advertisements for the Church

Sure, and Jesus was a Marxist, or something... If you try to force XXI century concepts into XIV century realities you can arrive at silly over-simplified conclusions such as the one above.

> most graffiti is uglier than ads

This is your opinion. Graffitis are not trying to manipulate me.

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Re:The case for banning ads in social media by ericmay on Friday November 15, 2019 @07:27AM (#21544266)
Eh, I think graffiti is or can be used to send a message or bring to light an issue. So in that way it is trying to manipulate you.

That being said I don’t disagree with the rest of your post.

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Re:The case for banning ads in social media by normalnorm on Friday November 15, 2019 @11:37AM (#21546258)
Fair enough. I would just argue that they don't try to manipulate you at scale...
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