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Re:Apple's new ad: a perfect reflection of society by culopatin on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:49AM (#40319719)
Do you know metronomes and pianos and trumpets go to the landfill every day all the time? What’s the disgrace here? That you actually see it?
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Re:Apple's new ad: a perfect reflection of society by Clamchop on Friday May 10, 2024 @11:58AM (#40320484)
The ad is going for symbolism so that's the framework for interpreting it. The disgrace would be in that interpretation.

To make this clear, I'll describe a hypothetical ad for a fast food restaurant that depicts throwing away common groceries, because you don't need those pesky things anymore. Food is wasted and disposed of every day in famously large quantities. Does that exculpate the ad from the obvious criticisms?

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