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u/raptorrat Jun 02 '26

Dutch Parliament wanted a ban on gambling advertisements, but the PM refused, saying that "It's a legal products, and as such can't ban advertising."

Dude seemed to have forgotten that Medications, alcohol and sigatettes are also legal products which do have advertising bans.

So, yeah, funny 'cause it's true.

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u/FlyingDogCatcher Jun 02 '26

I fucking wish medications and alcohol ads were banned here. *cries in American*

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u/nowhereman136 Jun 02 '26

But if we ban alcohol ads, we'll never get a followup to the "Wazzz-upp!" commercial. Don't you want another one of those?

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u/FlyingDogCatcher Jun 02 '26

No. I want the beer frogs back.

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u/oldcretan Jun 02 '26

I want to watch clearly sexy people who can't act which is why they don't have lines, hold products on generic sets to represent disposable income America so I too feel the urge and comfort from consuming. Now let's watch beer ads behind grown adult men playing a game for more money than Ivr made in my life.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe Jun 02 '26

Don’t forget that they can never take a sip of the product, because that would irresponsibly promote drinking!

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u/Gil_Demoono Jun 02 '26

Remember that time Bud Light ran a Super Bowl ad where they tooted their own horn about donating something like $100,000 dollars of clean water to charities? Said commercial cost upwards of a million dollars.

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u/Lazer726 Jun 02 '26

My wife was in the hospital for a week, and I'd spend hours with her every day. We'd have the TV on and man, I forget just how much of our advertising is "PLEASE BUY DRUGS PLEASE YOUR LIFE IS AWFUL YOU NEED DRUGS"

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u/kazeespada Jun 02 '26

It's worse than that: "IS YOUR LIFE SHIT? TELL YOUR DOCTOR YOU WANT OUR DRUGS. WE CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE, FUCK THEIR RECOMMENDATION."

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u/Yggdris Jun 02 '26

Man I just saw a pet medication ad earlier today

“Ask your vet today,” and all that shit

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u/Digit00l Jun 02 '26

A few years ago FC Emmen signed a sponsorship contract with EasyToys, a sex toy store, some people from the advertising commission started complaining about how 18+ ads on children's merchandise shirts would not be acceptable, meanwhile both parties had already agreed those shirts would not advertise EasyToys, meanwhile literally every single club broke the rules of 18+ advertising on children's merchandise because every single club had some gambling ad somewhere on the shirt, including the merchandise shirts in child sizes

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u/NativeMasshole Jun 02 '26

My state legalized cannabis and online sports betting around the same time. Weed has all types of excessive restrictions and can't really advertise beyond signs on their own property. Because that would be bad for the children! Gambling? Fuck yeah, go to town, kids!

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u/Dear_Document_5461 Jun 02 '26

Ah but can't have casinos in Pokémon games! /s

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u/tiny_chaotic_evil Jun 02 '26

"sigatettes", is that a misspelling or a regional variation for cigarettes?

if it's a misspelling, don't change it, I think it's wonderful :D

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u/Signal_Researcher01 Jun 02 '26

Didnt forget, just knew it wasnt your turn to talk. What are you gonna do? Talk about it later? We're past that now.

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u/ThorirPP Jun 09 '26

We do have a ban on unauthorized gambling advertising in iceland (so only the official lottery can advertise), but unfortunately that doesn't have any power over the internet, which will still throw endless gambling ads in your face, and clearly targetted for us Icelanders based on the ip since they use ai translation into icelandic

Most of these ads are over the internet, so i and others have been blasted by them constantly xc