• kamen@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Ads for gambling should be prohibited, just like those for tobacco and alcohol.

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        3 days ago

        There was once a campaign going that had billboards like: no more cigarette ads? Next they ban ads for (some sausage) and i just thought: yeah, ban them too, and any other ad.

        I assume these people exist, but who the fuck sees that and goes: NOT MY SAUSAGES!! Or: NOT MY ADS!

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        5 days ago

        But without ads, our children and grandchildren will have no idea what to do when they have a structured settlement and they need cash now.

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          I get ya. One step at a time. I believe there’s value just saying these things out loud, getting it in the zeitgeist, helping people imagine the possibility.

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      3 days ago

      Are you saying ads for tobacco and alcohol are prohibited on gas pumps? Because ads for alcohol are all over every advertising medium in existence.

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        3 days ago

        Depends on where you are.

        Where I am, alcohol, tobacco and gambling were all prohibited in advertisement, then gambling had a pass (because those making the laws are most likely in the pockets of gambling execs), but it looks like it will get prohibited again.