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[–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

A diamond store in Canada has horrible ads with a man screaming in them. (all Canadians know who I am talking about already) I turn their ads off or switch radio stations when I hear them. If I was going to buy diamond jewellery I would go out of my way to buy from the store that is the furthest away from any of there stores even if it cost more. I would buy any mineral other than diamonds though.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I guess I'm the rare lucky canadian who has no idea what you're talking about.

Neither do I. I don't have cable and the only time I listen to the radio is when my alarm goes off in the morning (and that's set to CBC.)

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

That makes two of us but I only listen to Radio-Canada radio as a source of entertainment that isn't on my computer with ads blocked 🤷

[–] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I haven't listened to local radio in years but you have just unlocked that yell from my memory.

I guess it's good in the sense as they have been able to cut through the mass volume of media we are flooded with daily.

[–] OkeyDokey@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sad to say that those advertisements worked on me. When a young man needs to buy an engagement ring, name recognition, albeit in a negative light, got me to spend money with them. I just went to the first place that popped in my head.