I think I was accidentally placed in the Universe built for testing ways to advertise products to people. It just can’t be real. No real universe would have this much prevalence of ways to persuade people to buy things. it MUST be some sort of test bed Universe for advert-showing technology. Where’s the door for the real Universe. The one I’m supposed to be in? Anyone?
Also, it can’t be the live actual universe because the stupid people are the ones with all the power. That is clearly somebody messing about, seeing what interesting things happen if you put in non-sensical data.
Oh come on it’s not that pervasive. Ninety percent of the time (DRINK PEPSI, IT’S CRISP AND REFRESHING!) we don’t even notice the advertisements. It’s like they’re (IT’S NOT CLEAN UNLESS IT’S “MR. CLEAN”!) not even there.
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Well obviously it’s the Eternals. They didn’t search the dimensions for the one possible scenario that would present Earth as the place where the only intelligent life could grow for nothing you know. They intend to make money off of us as the ultimate focus group for all the other dimensions.
Asimov left off that part because he got a kick back.
Don’t worry your multi-dimensional head. A version of you exists in each of the infinite universes. Just as many you’s are unhappy as are happy. In fact, if you look only one way, you are incrementally less happy in an infinite number of universes. Just don’t look the other way, and you will never realize how much better you could have it.
And if you do look that other way, invent us all a wormhole to get there. Or shut up and deal like the rest of us.
I feel somewhat guilty about this, man. Although I didn’t create this universe, the truth is that it was all made for me. I’m the inter-dimensional equivalent of a nasty version of “the Truman show”, and the overlords keep on screwing with my life for giggles. Jerks.
On the other hand, it could be worse. You could be in the “no-porn” universe.
I thought it was 10[sup]500[/sup] universes. I know that’s, like, a whole lot—but it’s not infinite. Stop disseminating misinformation that could needlessly panic people.
So, you’re suggesting that other universes use only the most effective ads tested here? The ones that really make people just have to buy stufftm. Could you imagine that universe? You’ld be walking down the street and every ten feet you would just have to turn into the store and buy something.
maybe not. But, although the other universes might not have as many ways to persuade, they would all be much more effective. At least in this universe, when an ad becomes that effective, it’s pulled rather quick because the point isn’t to make us into mindless consumers, it’s to see what makes us mindless consumers. Turning people into mindless consumers is what they’re trying to do in the other universes. i think I’d rather live in the test-verse.
I realise adverts are only targeted towards people who have the money to afford to be able to buy a product - or get it on HP - but how come I don’t even want to buy the things I can afford, that they are trying to sell? Are some people just immune to adverts?