How Commercials Get Us To Buy Crap We Don't Need

Advertisers are using several psychological tactics to get us to buy a lot more this holiday season.

[rickyrichreacts]

I can't stand ads. Just makes me NOT want to buy that product. Ads insult our intelligence to no end

[ludvikjerabek]

Best quote in the video, "We are told 3500 times a day how deficient and lame we are." That's a pretty powerful statement.

[THEisaacG]

I wish there was an Ad-block for the McDonalds sign when driving down the street. I'd pay money for that.

[aaroncade]

Actually I have never seen that "number 1" ad on youtube 😂😂

[TheBeast]

There's a thin line of being honest and most ads crossed that line long ago. Making product look better than in real life is really like them selling you a lemon car after showing you a completely different car. I dont know how they weren't sued yet .

[stalkingself]

I was just thinking about this... Even when I was a child, I would analyze commercials based on how much fun I actually had with the toys being advertised. Guess I saved my parents some money lol

[kimaniwiley]

Dont you hate it when you get an add for an app you all ready got

Its like what else do you want from me!!!😂😂

[gilligan]

It blows me away how many people say they like those same people are probably entertained by drying paint....

[yvindlorentsen]

Plot twist:

This was paid for by Coca Cola.

[ntag]

I'm old, slow and desensitized, but as a youth marketing was like a science, it worked. I must have wasted a ton of cereal because I wanted the toy in the box, I don't like cereal. And that carousel display with toys in stationary type stores, I would be crying and yelling while being pulled away.

[airbornemint]

someone has been watching the new season of south park lol

[edwardtang]

Dear west, please stop paying for highway robbery prices for some western brands to teach them a lesson. Some brands like Rolex have prices that are just immoral for what they are. All you have to do is stop, and they will be forced to change.

[mz]

The art style made me think of fallout (I might have been playing a little to much).

[theotherway]

The book "30 Days to Stop Being a Shopaholic" by Harper Daniels is good. It uses a mindfulness and meditation approach to get to the root. It's fun too. It's easy to overspend without the right perspective of self.

[AmazingStoryDewd]

Ads can be intrusive. However without getting the message out there. There's likely many services you may want or need you'd likely never know about.

[stevebottrell]

Advertisements are Assholes - by Lee Camp
Look it up here on YouTube (still can't post links here I see)

[arcticnerd]

I can't remember that last time I saw an advert. Between not having a cable connection and adblock it really hasn't come up.

[OvoJeApsurd]

What are they playing in the last 15 seconds of the video?

[TheBeast]

Ads show something that looks amazing and gives you a something that is not recognizable to the ad. Bait and switch but some how its legal. Or a product will some how make you a better person but really their just trying to sell a crappy product for a high price. Ads are like the police, they pretend to be your friend and relate to you but really they just want to give you a fine for being you.

[quaqmireful]

Francesca has a cute way of punching that water bottle, lol