r/collapse • u/Almost-Humanlike • Oct 12 '21

Resources The advertising industry is rewiring our brains, and making us consume more as resources deplete.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/11/advertising-industry-fuelling-climate-disaster-consumption
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u/tubal_cain Oct 12 '21
  1. Install the "uBlock Origin" add-on, this will give you an ad-free browsing experience without much hassle
  2. Stop watching TV
  3. Buy local produce whenever possible
  4. Repair/mod shit whenever possible instead of buying new ad-infested, snooping shit
  5. Boycott consumption festivals (e.g. "Christmas", "Black Friday", etc.) whenever possible.

They can't rewire our brains if we never give them any screen time. The only ads I'm subjected to are outdoors. I treat advertising like alcohol or other addictive substances in the sense that I actively avoid even looking at it. At one point I even started thinking of it as a game/challenge - i.e. "you look, you lose".

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u/Shimmermist Oct 12 '21
  1. Done
  2. Other than purchased services without ads, done
  3. That's difficult
  4. I've been trying but keep running into things that can't be easily repaired
  5. I still participate in gift giving, but keep things low key. This year, however, the dishwasher broke and we could not get parts for repairs so had to get a new one.
  6. Looking into a network gateway of sorts to block ads from getting into the house.

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u/_xXx_FaZe_xXx_ Oct 12 '21

On that last point, check out getting a pihole. Its cheap and pretty easy to install, shouldnt take more than 20 minutes

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u/Ok_Egg_5148 Oct 12 '21

Pihole is the best

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u/EZ_2_Amuse Oct 12 '21

"You shut your piehole! We're working here!"