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minus-squareMaven (famous)@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up39·3 months agoIt was made for a tech competition as a joke. Originally it was designed for quitting vaping but they thought it would get more attention in the competition if it was “evil” so they made it evil.
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·3 months agoAnd then we laugh and go, “What a sick and crazy idea and by pointing out how crazy it is, society will learn not to do this.” And then a decade later, you’ll see it in stores. Source: am in marketing.
minus-squareLem Jukes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoOh you mean the Torment Nexus? From the book ‘Don’t Build the Torment Nexus’?
minus-squarezaph@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoReally hope I don’t have to wait a decade for one of these
minus-squareJarix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoSo… Is marketing just like comedy, all about timing?
It was made for a tech competition as a joke. Originally it was designed for quitting vaping but they thought it would get more attention in the competition if it was “evil” so they made it evil.
And then we laugh and go, “What a sick and crazy idea and by pointing out how crazy it is, society will learn not to do this.”
And then a decade later, you’ll see it in stores.
Source: am in marketing.
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Oh you mean the Torment Nexus? From the book ‘Don’t Build the Torment Nexus’?
Really hope I don’t have to wait a decade for one of these
So… Is marketing just like comedy, all about timing?