They're pushing for more and more. All the recent talk about increasing the retirement age. The idea that being a stay-at-home mother is somehow oppressive and bad, and the solution is two parents working is actually better.

That one commercial about "earning your sunday" by working hard on saturday rubs me wrong as well

Not just commercials, TV shows, too.

Last season, The Rookie had an episode where a rookie trainee cop, who was living in his car, got an offer from his best friend in college, a successful NFL quarterback, to be his head of security. He'd live in the guys mansion, and get paid about 4x what he was making as a cop.

All of his cop friends talked him out of it because " you wouldn't be living your life, you'd be living his."

Yeah, what's wrong with that? Your life sucks, you're working full time at a dangerous job, and you can't afford to live anywhere but your car. Why wouldn't you rather live your friend's life?

Of course, he gets talked into staying a cop and living in his car, because that was the more honorable choice, somehow.

The commercials on the in-seat entertainment on Singapore Airlines are insane.

Three in a row with exactly the same moral: if you don't make your kids multi-millionaires, you are a failure and you will die forgotten with a worthless legacy. It doesn't matter if you've already got enough money to live comfortably, you need a lot more. Invest for the future by buying this fucking wristwatch.

The other common theme is that the adult children in each of the adverts all look like the worst fucking slicked-back-hair entitled assholes you'd ever meet.

Can't have infinite growth without infinite toil.

Home Depot ad earlier literally said "Earn your Sunday"

Forget commmercials. Most people I know/met lately seem to think anyone who isn't working 60-80 hour weeks is a 'loser'.

working 30-40 hours now is considered 'lazy'.

Your life will be much better if you avoid commercials, it isn't difficult, they creep me out whenever I am unfortunate enough to see/hear one, they are so contrived and so clearly aimed at people who have forgotten how to think.

The cold medicine commercials are big on going to work while ill. If you can't sleep because you're sick as fuck, please don't come to work and pass it to the rest of us!

Did you see those LinkedIn commercials from a couple years ago that were about children looking for jobs on the site, talking about "getting a headstart" or some shit?

Here's the shitshow in question

There was one cellphone company advertising WFH, as work from highway. I vomited in my mouth a little to think that companies would absolutely try and make my commute more “productive” rather than let me work from home.

I was relieved during the early stages of the pandemic when I stopped seeing the sick? Take drugs and go to work! advertisements around, but we're back there now

The propaganda goes deep. Listen to country song lyrics, and what they are actually saying, convincing working class people to keep working, and buy alcohol, and not question reality.

I had the exact same thought. I get the intent, it's a "hello fellow kids, we understand you!" but the fact that there are so many people in that situation to make it relatable is already depressing enough without making it sound like it's the normal everyone should just accept.

I'm guessing this is an American problem? Cause commercials in Norway is more about what chocolate to bring on a hike, what chocolate brand is made both for enjoyment and to repell trolls, and that you won't be able to enjoy your weekend without Kim's chips.

I've seen some of those while out and about. In the first place I have a long gap, often months, between seeing commercials (and thanks to Lemmy for being part of what makes that possible). It feels like they are advertising the high that comes from sleep deprivation. That's not being locked in, it's killing yourself.

Metallica, has a really great early album whose title is very educational on how ond should deal with this type of ijustice

it sorta of does, and its also propaganda in a way too, makes you think a certain way to buy something, and get distracted at more important things. thats why commercials for sports, Shows(especial -AGANDA) shows.

The first one at least seems to think people want the people who do work for them to not have a life. Indicates they think their customers have no empathy or class solidarity; which is probably mostly true. We use a lot of products that involve slave labor or something close to it.

I notice more and more ads just try to be my friend.

They don't advertise anything about their product, I have nfi what they do. They're just trying to align with me in the weirdest generic way.

"This is Sam. Sam works hard every day. Sam likes their family. Sam laughs with their friends. Sam enjoys a movie on the couch with their partner. Sam uses Product1234."

I first noticed this tactic specifically aiming at women. They just show footage of girls doing girl things and the product is there. What does the product do? Why is it worth my money? What makes it better than other ones? Who the fuck knows?

But now that seems to be the same targeting for men just as much, if not more.

Like, this shit is happening and apparently working when it should be making people feel massively patronised and insulted.