used to drink way to much coca cola myself, I really regret it

I did so for a couple years, then cut it out

no idea what it did to my body overall

I'll have pop if I go out for dinner or on special occasions

But I try to keep my intake down

they also use phospate based carbonation methods, which in the body leaches out calcium (a lot from your teeth as well) which you excrete in the form of calcium phosphate

weakening bones as well

That's fine, I have probably an excess of calcium in my diet

Here's a question

What do yall think about marketing to kids

What about it?

Highly circumstantial whether it is good or bad

i think that parents should grow a spin and learn to parent.

marketing that is kid friendly is fine, marketing made specifically to benefit from being shown to kids though is predatory

I was reading an article on G-Fuel marketing and a quote was "we are marketing to kids but in the end it's on the parents so we dont care to change it"

it's a bit like marketing hard liquer sales to appeal to alcoholics, and showing the ads in AA meetings

Sorry what is the kid equivalent to that exactly?

showing ads of sugar rich cereals in a kids cartoon

or marketing vape pens to kids

Are kids addicted to sugar, able to buy sugar and trying to cure themselves of their addiction?

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Nice

What a lovely face

if you don't like how something is marketed to kids, don't buy it for them. Then convince others to not buy it.

@Beemann enablers are still the same, and using a psychcologist to exploit a situation is the same regardless

I'm in agreement with you grenade

What's being exploited?

If your kid is able to buy something without you, you need to get that shit on lock down, or teach them how to spot deceptive practices.

Your target audience who doesn't make purchasing decisions?

to many parents though just buy what their kids want to shut them up because it's easier

That's the parents' fault

^

you should be teaching them how to make choices for themselves by the time they are starting to get financial freedoms, so around 15-16 they should be able to make some of those choices on their own.

I feel the same toward lootboxes as well

Like are you suggesting kids don't want sugary shit regardless?

I was always given the line "we dont have enough money"

who's money goes to lootboxes?

Or "dinner or a toy"

I learned quickly

if the person with the money does not care about their money being used on lootboxes, who is the victim exactly?

using psychcologists to boost sales though is scummy no matter what really