• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Why does everyone in marketing think that’s how my brain works? I have NEVER bought anything because of an ad or being “exposed” to it. I know exactly what I want every time I shop and I WILL tell an employee to fuck off if they approach me with the old “can I help you find anything?”. Pushing something into my face only ensures that I will NEVER even think about purchasing the product.

    Might be the slight autism though. Maybe other people don’t work this way I don’t know.

    • WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      There are times where there’s something I want, but won’t get it unless it happens to be convenient while getting things I need. Like ice cream; on my way out I’m going through exactly 1 frozen food aisle and if there’s something else I want to check that’s not in the ice cream aisle, then I just don’t get ice cream (and if I do go through that aisle and I’m still unlikely to get it unless its on sale). The exposure only matters because being exposed to it means its convenient, not that I suddenly want something I hadn’t considered.