April 2012
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“Some of you will enjoy the experience so much, you will be married many, many times.”
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“You know why I have no sympathy for advertisements […] is that advertisements are fundamentally lies. […] The lies are everywhere, in everything we do, poisoning our thoughts and turning ourselves away from each other, from our self interests and the interests of the people around us, twisting us toward alienation, insecurity, disempowerment, thoughtless consumption. I realize that there are levels. Not all ads are equally evil. If I’m on a niche hobby site, an ad from another hobbiest who has a side-business making really nice widgets to help me do my hobby better is not as bad as waiting for the bus and having an ad for a paycheck advance store sitting three feet in front of my face in the bus shelter. Nevertheless, they all exist on the same continuum. It’s a continuum of misinformation, lies, deceit, and the worship of money and artificial status symbols over healthier values like love, self-actualization, creativity, self-expression, and compassion.”
—Comment by “Scientist” on “Those obnoxious intrusive ads that pay $42 a day are the only way a site like ours stays afloat.”
