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I came across a PSA on deviantart. I'm sure you've seen it.
It's a funny skin care PSA that only warns about one thing, but leaves a bunch of other things out. It's like they were targeting a certain group of people, almost like they were trying to trick everyone into thinking that it's just this one group of people who may be damaging their skin, when really almost everyone is damaging their skin all the time.
I thought, instead of tricking everyone into thinking only one particular group of people is damaging their skin, why not tell the truth, and by that I mean the actual truth, and make a list that will actually help people? I think telling the whole truth is a much nobler goal than trying to trick people by tapping into their vanity, and attempting to manipulate them into looking down their noses at others in order marginalize and publicly shame a certain group of people with the eventual goal of influencing public policy (they do this on purpose, so much so that they actually have a word for it. they call it "de-normalization." It's how they try to shame people into buying pharmaceutical products). It doesn't really work, and neither do the pharmaceutical products (well to be fair, they do have like a 2% success rate).
We are a new generation. We are a cynical group and we see through lies very easily. We prize irony. We think for ourselves and we make our own decisions. We research stuff. This old school propaganda bs doesn't work on us. It is a joke to us.
There's another one about gum disease. They leave out the part about how you can prevent that by brushing your teeth.
Was taxpayer money used for these ads?
It's a funny skin care PSA that only warns about one thing, but leaves a bunch of other things out. It's like they were targeting a certain group of people, almost like they were trying to trick everyone into thinking that it's just this one group of people who may be damaging their skin, when really almost everyone is damaging their skin all the time.
I thought, instead of tricking everyone into thinking only one particular group of people is damaging their skin, why not tell the truth, and by that I mean the actual truth, and make a list that will actually help people? I think telling the whole truth is a much nobler goal than trying to trick people by tapping into their vanity, and attempting to manipulate them into looking down their noses at others in order marginalize and publicly shame a certain group of people with the eventual goal of influencing public policy (they do this on purpose, so much so that they actually have a word for it. they call it "de-normalization." It's how they try to shame people into buying pharmaceutical products). It doesn't really work, and neither do the pharmaceutical products (well to be fair, they do have like a 2% success rate).
We are a new generation. We are a cynical group and we see through lies very easily. We prize irony. We think for ourselves and we make our own decisions. We research stuff. This old school propaganda bs doesn't work on us. It is a joke to us.
There's another one about gum disease. They leave out the part about how you can prevent that by brushing your teeth.
Was taxpayer money used for these ads?
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