pet hate No.2

yes, there was a pet hate No. 1
wake up at the back there
anyway
today's pet hate is advertising
not all of it
but probably yes, all of it
but i guess i accept there has to be some of it
but it's getting so intrusive
not just in newspapers and on the television and on billboards
like today, i was on the bus, and i couldn't see through the window because they had some advert painted on the outside
(it was worse than it looks in the photo)
i mean, advertisers claim it is our right, as consumers, to know what products are available to us
what utter BS
what they mean is it's their right to shove things down our throats
and i don't believe it
what about my right to see through the bus window
why even have windows
what about my right to a quiet life
today i was in the supermarket and they now have TV screens beside the checkouts
screaming at you to buy more
yes, screaming
i could hardly hear myself think
how can they abuse their customers like that
that's not information
anyway, they say the best advertising is word of mouth
crap, if it was they wouldn't need to advertise
we'd all just go around telling each other "i bought X, and it's really good"
i mean it should be
that should be the best form of advertising
let's go back to that
i mean, what a waste of energy most advertising is
even if it doesn't make us angry
most of it misses the target
it's not like it produces anything useful
except to the shareholders of advertising companies
and even when it's successful, it only makes us consume more of their clients' products
which we now know is probably not helping

and what's the carbon footprint of the world's advertising industry (for producing this nothing)?


(it was louder than it looks)

[update]

it seems i'm not the only one
(VftH here)