Message from @Misomania

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2018-11-28 17:20:30 UTC  

What do yall think about marketing to kids

2018-11-28 17:20:51 UTC  

What about it?

2018-11-28 17:20:58 UTC  

Highly circumstantial whether it is good or bad

2018-11-28 17:21:12 UTC  

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

2018-11-28 17:21:59 UTC  

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

2018-11-28 17:22:12 UTC  

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"

2018-11-28 17:23:03 UTC  

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

2018-11-28 17:23:27 UTC  

Sorry what is the kid equivalent to that exactly?

2018-11-28 17:23:45 UTC  

showing ads of sugar rich cereals in a kids cartoon

2018-11-28 17:24:06 UTC  

or marketing vape pens to kids

2018-11-28 17:24:16 UTC  

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

2018-11-28 17:24:46 UTC  

Nice

2018-11-28 17:24:58 UTC  

What a lovely face

2018-11-28 17:25:08 UTC  

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

2018-11-28 17:25:20 UTC  

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

2018-11-28 17:25:29 UTC  

I'm in agreement with you grenade

2018-11-28 17:25:50 UTC  

What's being exploited?

2018-11-28 17:26:00 UTC  

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.

2018-11-28 17:26:02 UTC  

Your target audience who doesn't make purchasing decisions?

2018-11-28 17:26:30 UTC  

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

2018-11-28 17:26:52 UTC  

That's the parents' fault

2018-11-28 17:26:55 UTC  

^

2018-11-28 17:27:00 UTC  

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.

2018-11-28 17:27:01 UTC  

I feel the same toward lootboxes as well

2018-11-28 17:27:04 UTC  

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

2018-11-28 17:27:13 UTC  

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

2018-11-28 17:27:15 UTC  

who's money goes to lootboxes?

2018-11-28 17:27:31 UTC  

Or "dinner or a toy"

2018-11-28 17:27:43 UTC  

I learned quickly

2018-11-28 17:27:45 UTC  

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

2018-11-28 17:28:18 UTC  

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

2018-11-28 17:28:24 UTC  

The child

2018-11-28 17:28:27 UTC  

I would say

2018-11-28 17:28:34 UTC  

how is the child a victim?

2018-11-28 17:28:44 UTC  

its not their money, they get what they want eventually.

2018-11-28 17:28:58 UTC  

and you are talking about all marketing PERIOD.

2018-11-28 17:29:21 UTC  

you know the colors used at restaurants and fast food is ones that science shows increases hunger response?

2018-11-28 17:29:27 UTC  

Introducing them to gambling at a youn g age

2018-11-28 17:29:36 UTC  

Yeah

2018-11-28 17:29:38 UTC  

teach your kid how to spot and handle gambling