Maybe statistically even a bad ad skews the population on average?

Basically this. If you are consciously aware of advertising, you are already largely outside the advertiser’s demo. You could also avoid SEO manipulation by, say, using a different search engine or always getting your recommendations from friends or something like that. But you don’t do that, because you don’t care that much. This is how most people feel about all advertising. They put no mental energy into selecting or avoiding companies based on their ads, because they don’t care.

Sure, but you are significantly outside the norm.

After THREE WEEKS???

Trucks carrying overweight loads can be an issue over long periods of time like years. Not weeks.

Half ass stabilizing slope. One track sinks lower than the other. Track is now uneven, and no trains can run on it. Now pay $1b to level and stabilize slope

Good explanation. Also on brand for a therapist to compare themselves to God.

Otoh, I feel like therapy would be a lot more helpful for many people if the therapist just said “I’m not going to answer those questions for you because I know you’ll never affect meaningful change in your life from an answer that someone else gives you. I’m just here to prod you into figuring out your own solution, whatever that happens to be.”

Why do you think that’s what you’re paying for?

*you’re

The other commenter is correct. This is common knowledge in the advertising industry. It doesn’t matter if you think the ad was good. To a certain extent, it doesn’t even matter if the ad pisses you off and makes you hate the company. If the ad gets your attention and is memorable, it is a win.

For example, what phone number do you call if “it’s your money and you need it now”?

People already know where to buy shoes. Or hamburgers. Or office supplies. They have opinions. Brand loyalty. So how is advertising supposed to make a difference? It makes a difference when you have a fuck it moment. You are stressed and time crunched and confused enough, and you say “fuck it, where can I buy a fucking suit?!?” And then you remember that Men’s Warehouse sells suits and go there. That smooth gentleman who says “you’re gonna love the way you look, I guarantee it” has now succeeded because you successfully remembered that Men’s Warehouse exists and sells suits and that is the only thing that matters once you’ve said fuck it. And once you walk in the door, assuming they don’t fuck up royally, you will probably return to them for all your suit buying needs for the rest of your life until some other outside force acts upon you.

Get this… Many good friends!

Idk, I wanted to kill myself as a kid and don’t now. So personally, the world seems pretty okay to me.

Idk, my life is pretty fuckin great right now.

I kind of do this. I high rig for concerts in the summer, then fuck off the rest of the year.

Hot take: tons of office jobs are super reasonable. Small to mid sized companies that don’t do anything particularly exciting, where you can find a position where you play an important role in the company but someone else can take on the work you normally do when needed, or the work you do only needs to be done at certain times of the year. You can talk directly to the owner, or managers have leeway to handle employees schedules without a ton of oversight.

Talk to whoever you need to. Explain how time off is more important to you than pay, and how the company will still do well when you take extended time off. It goes 1 of 3 ways. They agree immediately - win. They want proof that your idea will work - so prove it will work, then win. Or they outright refuse or fire you, in which case you find somewhere else to work and try again until you win.

Probably pushing 2 months. I was thru hiking the Appalachian Trail and was in full on dirty hippie mode.

*Losing

Simple. What do young men care about? Getting laid and getting paid. Promise them that, and you’ll get their votes.

You’ll need to use coded language, of course. But using coded language is politicians’ whole job.