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Everyone thinks, "But advertising doesn't work on me." That's why it's still legal.
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?
Those billboards aren't for you, they're to remind the kids in the back that McDonald's exists.
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.
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.