Burger King faces legal claim over size of Whopper
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The fast food giant is accused of making the burger appear larger on menus than it actually is.
  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
    34·
    1 year ago

    Advertising is scum and I don’t understand why we allow it all.

    It does not help the economy to distract consumers all day as much as possible, all it does is let companies compete on the basis of who can spend the most on advertising or who can hire the most manipulative advertisers rather than who can make the best product.

    • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      Everyone thinks, “But advertising doesn’t work on me.” That’s why it’s still legal.

      • The Pantser@lemmy.world
        6·
        1 year ago

        Advertising works on everyone. Just there are those of us that don’t impuls buy and look into and research the interesting product they just seen an ad for, before buying. But billboards those annoy the shit out of me. Like I know McDonald’s exists and there is a 70% chance there is one at the next exit, why do I need 4 billboards telling my there is a McDonald’s coming up in 5 exits?

        • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
          9·
          1 year ago

          Those billboards aren’t for you, they’re to remind the kids in the back that McDonald’s exists.

        • JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world
          5·
          1 year ago

          Because an alarming amount of drivers are doing any number of things besides looking out of the windshield and probably missed 3/4 of them.

          • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            5·
            1 year ago

            And this is why there’s a row of billboards advertising a sex store near me. I think there’s like 10 of them, and there’s always at least one with an anti-porn Jesus message in the mix. It’s kinda glorious.

            But billboards should be banned. They are a distraction, they ruin otherwise pleasant scenery, and we just don’t need the ads. We get enough ads, damn.

            • Zippy@lemmy.world
              2·
              1 year ago

              I agree but it is a tough one to police. If your business is next to a road, can you advertise from there? What signage you allowed to put up? Only your own? What if you have two business on the same property? Both get a sign? What if you sell McDonalds a 5% stake in your land?

              But they are an eyesore. Hate them.

              • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                Not really that tough to police, they just need to put more robust and consistent regulations in place. There are already many regulations on building signage, and if billboards would be banned they would need to fully define what was banned so… I don’t see this actually being that much of a problem.

                For example, specifically the accessory vs advertising section: https://www.signsny.com/blog/nyc-signs-rules-and-regulations

    • toomanyjoints69@lemmygrad.ml
      7·
      1 year ago

      People see pictures of North Korea and say “wow its so eerie something is wrong and i cant figure it out.”

      Its that there are no ads everywhere. People are conditioned to be comforted by disengeuous promises from ads, and are scared when there arent business signs everywhere.

      Its entirely achievable to have no ads. Ads are bad for everyone.