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comment by katakowsj
katakowsj  ·  3482 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How McDonalds and Burger King Targeted Black Consumers in the 1970s - The Atlantic

I've gotta wonder... what will current ads look like to us in thirty years? What are the negative stereotypes that will seem ridiculous?

Something regarding age-ism maybe? So many current ads lean toward young attractive, super-fit, smart people that become awesome due to a new technology, without considering the wisdom and/or necessity of said technology. Will we look back and realize that ads played up a groups lack of foresight and judgement?

Like a fool that wears Google Glasses?





thenewgreen  ·  3482 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I've gotta wonder... what will current ads look like to us in thirty years?
-Yep, I wonder this too. Also, just the sheer dated-ness of ads from my youth. Ads have changed a lot.

aside: How do you find out who is and is not from SE Michigan when in a crowd? Yell out, no jobs too big, no jobs too small, we're father and son..... and whoever yells out give us a call is from MI.

Or...

Me and dog gonna go to telegraph road. Right now.....

and whoever yells out get a good deal is from MI.

My guess is that this exists in every market.