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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:22 AM
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I loathe dishonest advertising
which means I loathe most advertising. So it distresses me to see an ad popping up from DU that claims I've been "selected" to participate in a test that could earn me "mega" bucks. I wasn't selected, for chrissakes, and I'm not sucker enough to think any company that advertizes on DU (gods bless it!) has mega bucks to pay me for testing their product. Sheesh! :eyes:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:22 AM
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1. Advertising is evil.
Evil!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:32 AM
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5. Not in of itself, said the known hypnosocialist...
Advertising is okay - it incites awareness.

But misused advertising is evil. And it is predominant in the M$M and in America's culture (of life!).
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:37 AM
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8. Somewhere advertising got way out of whack in America.
There's always been false advertizing and snake oil selling, but at some point, it became a fundamental fact of American business that millions had to be spent on pulling the wool over people's eyes to sell a product or service.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:40 AM
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9. True
I'm thinking of the ubiquitous examples of misused advertising, of course. I like the funny ads. :)
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:23 AM
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2. Firefox has an awesome popup killer
It's a free dl from Firefox.com and makes IE look like...well, IE.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:26 AM
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3. I know about Firefox.
I tried it. I don't know why, but it made everything very slow. I was unable to access certain programs, like the Web-based Outlook e-mail program my company got suckered into using, and I even had problems logging into DU with it.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:33 AM
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6. that doesn't have anything to do with Firefox.
because I can do all that just fine.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:36 AM
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7. I use firefox and have no trouble with msn/hotmail or DU
What settings do you use in firefox?
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:49 AM
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11. What settings would affect those perfromance issues?
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Ravenseye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:27 AM
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4. Google Toolbar with Popup Blocker
it's nice cause not only does it block popups but you can enter in a google search without going to the page first.
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:40 AM
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10. Here is what it really says in those 'dishonest' ads...


Obey - Consume - Marry and reproduce - Sleep - Watch TV
(at least according to Roddy Piper)
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:50 AM
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12. Ain't that the truth!
But then a lot of them are also secretly saying, "Be an idiot! Buy this worthless piece of shit product!"
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