Sick of advertising

steo87

Specifically street advertising/billboards etc.

Why should we be subjected to this? We should be able to walk down the street without our eyes being harassed by an ad flogging poxy Jordan's new magazine column etc.

To where does the money that advertisers such as JCDecaux etc pay for the use of the street space go? I'd imagine to the government/county council? - If so, shouldn't there be a tax reduction of sorts to compensate for this? After all, we, the average public, benefit in no way from this advertising.

(and the Bikes-for-ads scheme doesn't count - if we had sold that space instead of taking poxy bikes we would have got more money and therefore purchased the bikes cheaper and made them more widely available)

budgemook

Brandalism
Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It's yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

steo87

budgemook wrote: »

Really? Can you do that? (without getting arrested?)

smk89

There should be an AdBlock for your eyes.
The only problem is you wouldn't see hot women because of those advertisments on their chests

budgemook

steo87 wrote: »

Really? Can you do that? (without getting arrested?)

Yep, so long as the Gardai don't see you. Even if they do you can probably get away with it. Say you're an artist.

orourkeda

steo87 wrote: »

Specifically street advertising/billboards etc.

Why should we be subjected to this? We should be able to walk down the street without our eyes being harassed by an ad flogging poxy Jordan's new magazine column etc.

To where does the money that advertisers such as JCDecaux etc pay for the use of the street space go? I'd imagine to the government/county council? - If so, shouldn't there be a tax reduction of sorts to compensate for this? After all, we, the average public, benefit in no way from this advertising.

(and the Bikes-for-ads scheme doesn't count - if we had sold that space instead of taking poxy bikes we would have got more money and therefore purchased the bikes cheaper and made them more widely available)

dont buy the offending item

Dravokivich

...but with 'em we wouldn't of had the Hunky Dory girls... FÁS Girl... or them wonderbra wimmins...

MistyCheese

steo87 wrote: »

We should be able to walk down the street without our eyes being harassed by an ad flogging poxy Jordan's new magazine column etc.

OMG! OCD! OSB!

Jordan has a new magazine column?! Who? Why? Where? What? When? Which magazine? "Which" magazine?

kumate_champ07

thats just the (horrible)world we live in today, what really pissed me off recently was all those really loud ads they play at Croke Park before games and during half time. you should be able to enjoy the national sport without be subjected to mild product brainwashing. "Supervalu and the GAA" is implanted in my mind in Micheal O Muircheartaigh voice
they played alot of vodafone ads too I think

Its not fair because you cant escape it, the GAA aleady make enough money, halftime is about sandwiches and banter, not a big screen banging out loud ads to try and sell you stuff

IamtheWalrus

You will get people saying chill out, what harm is it doing... etc but I agree with you OP. Ads are designed to trick, yes trick, people into buying a product. They are designed to make some people rich. I hate the ads before a film in the cinema. Unless you leave the room, there is no escape. Then people start giggling at them. My cinema experienced is off to a bad start.

Dangerous Man

You could always move here:

http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/73/Sao_Paulo_A_City_Without_Ads.html

SouthTippBass

Heisenberg.

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RATM

Couldn't agree more OP. When I open a paper or turn on a TV I accept there is going to be adverts and its my choice- I don't have to open that paper or watch the TV.

But when I go out into public there is no choice.

Billboards should be given over to artists and political satirists IMO.

Dangerous Man

We are bombarded with this garbage on a daily basis. I make a point of not buying stuff from companies whose adverts I find annoying / offensive etc. You can't even take a piss these days without being advertised at; it's too much and people are correct to be annoyed.

landsleaving

Splodge, do you know what irony is?