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"the Fediverse is all interoperable & interconnected!" - me needing multiple apps & multiple accounts to view & post to the micro-blogs, the long form blogs, the link aggregators, event sharers, and the media sharers - ummm not really.

The Fedi marketers need to stop misleading folks, platform […]

RobinReach

🚨 WARNING: 25 lies your favorite brands are hiding from you. Think you know the fine print? Let’s zoom in 🔍🧾
Watch here: https://youtu.be/w7sNa7e2QuI
#BrandSecrets #MarketingLies #ConsumerTruth #WatchNow

How The Great "FAT-FREE" Lie of The 90s Hooked a Generation - The SnackWell's Effect Remember the 90s? When we thought we could eat an entire box of "fat-free" SnackWell's cookies and it was healthy? What if that wasn't an accident? What if it was one of the most brilliant and damaging feats of consumer psychology ever pulled off by the ultra-processed food industry? This is the deep dive into the "SnackWell's Effect," a phenomenon that hooked a generation. We expose the dangerous psychological glitches that food marketers exploit to this day, including: The Health Halo Effect: The cognitive trap that makes you believe a "low-fat" label on a box of sugar makes the entire product healthy. The Self-Licensing Effect: The sneaky voice in your head that says, "I had a salad for lunch, so I deserve this entire pint of ice cream." We'll show you how this mental loophole is systematically weaponized against you. But it gets deeper. We'll reveal the playbook of modern food advertising and how it manipulates your deepest emotions—linking processed foods to happiness, love, and comfort—to foster food addiction behaviors. This isn't just about the past; it's about the "guilt-free" lies still filling your grocery cart today. This isn't a lecture on dieting. This is a guide to reclaiming your brain from the marketing machine. Ready to see behind the curtain of the grocery aisle? Hit play, subscribe, and share this with anyone who's ever felt guilty after eating a "guilt-free" snack.

📣 New Podcast! "How The Great "FAT-FREE" Lie of The 90s Hooked a Generation - The SnackWell's Effect" on @Spreaker #90skid #90snostalgia #bigfood #consumerpsychology #dietculture #fatfree #foodaddiction #foodindustry #foodmarketing #healthhaloeffect #healthmyths #healthyeating #marketinglies

Marketing LIES vs. Reality Violence

Don't believe the lies. #GoVegan #VeganForTheAnimals #NoAnimalUse #AnimalUseIsAnimalAbuse #AnimalAbuse
#animals #truth #marketing #MarketingLies

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Another piece of marketing nonsense to be irritated by: "wild berry" flavour. They're not wild berries! They're cultivated berries! What is the point of lying and telling people that your manufacturer wasted time and money traipsing all over the countryside looking for wild berries? It's stupid […]

🤯🤯🤯 #marketinglies #greenwashing @farmersguardian.bsky.social #dairyfarmingisaslaughterindustry

If marketing could make cigarettes seem ‘healthy,’ imagine what it’s done for animal products.
#vegan #plantbased #ethicalvegan #ditchdairy #govegan #marketinglies #backbritishfarming #backbritishfarmers #meatheals #carnivore #carnivores #jerseydairy #farmeducation #nofarmersnofood

☕ vs. 📜
Java and JavaScript are as related as coffee and a grocery list—one fuels your work, the other scripts your distractions! 🚀 #DevHumor #MarketingLies

Wrong!
The Beetle was his first masterpiece.
His life goal had been to design the "people's car" that anyone could afford and he succeeded.
#MarketingLies