Why does everyone in marketing think that's how my brain works? I have NEVER bought anything because of an ad or being "exposed" to it. I know exactly what I want every time I shop and I WILL tell an employee to fuck off if they approach me with the old "can I help you find anything?". Pushing something into my face only ensures that I will NEVER even think about purchasing the product.

Might be the slight autism though. Maybe other people don't work this way I don't know.

[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It doesn't matter to them if that's how your brain, personally, works. They're playing the percentages. It's how -most people's- brains work. And they're not operating on a one-visit basis.

I like to think that I'm pretty aware of this kind of thing, but I'm also fairly sure I've walked past a product on my odyssey to acquire milk or bread and thought "oh hey I should try that.." then picked it up at a later date. If you asked me why I did that at the time I'm not sure I could have given you a straight answer.

Sure, it's annoying for you. It's annoying for me, too, because it fucking works on me.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

There are times where there's something I want, but won't get it unless it happens to be convenient while getting things I need. Like ice cream; on my way out I'm going through exactly 1 frozen food aisle and if there's something else I want to check that's not in the ice cream aisle, then I just don't get ice cream (and if I do go through that aisle and I'm still unlikely to get it unless its on sale). The exposure only matters because being exposed to it means its convenient, not that I suddenly want something I hadn't considered.