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I bet $5 they work in the advertising industry in some way, or maybe benefit from it.
Nope I work in customer service.
Fair enough, I'm just not able to relate to someone who enjoys ads without a personal interest involved. I'm at the point where I hate ads so much that even if it is something that interests me, most advertisements are more likely to get me to avoid a product than pursue it.
I do understand hating ads to some extent because when I was growing up, they made me feel uncomfortable but later on I realized it was because I was watching tv with other people. So it was really just other people making me feel uncomfy and not the ad's - when I watched ads on my own I found them interesting when I actually paid attention to them.
What do you mean by personal interest though? Most tv ad's I see now aren't even for someone like me. Like I have no need for viagra pills or dog meds. I'm not a guy with dick problems and I don't own a dog. I see a lot of ads for like 65+ people too cause that's who's left watching and they know it.
For personal interest, I meant like a direct personal benefit in some way from it. So not an interest in the ad itself, but the results of that ad. It might have been clearer if I had said "financial interest" instead, though it could also be say an actor in an ad that was already paid but liked being seen, or someone who likes a show liking ads for it because they want the show to grow in popularity.
oh yeah, I'm not getting any kind of financial gain lol
If anything, companies make money off me like they would anyone else.