r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 1d ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this??

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u/GinoBoiii 1d ago

Finally someone said it. The psychological manipulation behind marketing goes extremely deep. Billions of dollars spent on research to find the most effective ways to influence someone psychologically. A lot of the methods are really messed up and showing them to kids is even worse.

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u/beautifulstardust 1d ago

exactly why i just HAD to have Barbies dream house and a skip-it as a kid. every commercial i saw on tv was conditioning me to buy buy buy buy!