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Nursie
on Aug 19, 2013
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On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs
Reminds me of the cigarette advertising ban - as soon as tobacco advertising was banned in the UK profits shot up because the huge ad budget was suddenly unnecessary. They no longer had to compete with each other on that front.
purplelobster
on Aug 20, 2013
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That makes me wonder what would happen if we banned advertising in general.
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