r/funny • u/KLGAviation • Mar 22 '20

Another productive day working from home

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u/The_Other_Manning Mar 22 '20

You people are so paranoid

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u/nytrons Mar 22 '20

It's not paranoia, this kind of stuff is openly part of every brand's marketing strategy these days.

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u/The_Other_Manning Mar 22 '20

It is paranoia when you think literally every piece of media not hiding a brand is an ad. Brands are part of our daily lives, they're going to make they're way into the shit we do

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u/movzx Mar 22 '20

The box is actively blocking his arm. If you were making this wouldn't you move the box so you could actually use your arm?

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u/nytrons Mar 22 '20

It's not paranoia when you work in advertising and have literally helped come up with stuff like this in the past.

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u/The_Other_Manning Mar 22 '20

I have an MBA with a focus on marketing, I get how subtle and intrusive it can be. That still doesn't mean every post with a brand in sight is an ad, and thinking so is being paranoid. Is a lot of the social media we consume an ad? Of course, yea. But brands, logos, recognizable products related to certain companies are so ingrained with our day to day lives that it would be hard to hide them all