Ad Shower: Is It Just My End?

[alaskanpiper]

Heh, I'm no millennial and I don't have any money either! Why do you think I just click and browse and don't buy?

You do have a point, though. I once read a book about marketing to millennials written by a millennial, and he boasted of millennials "being very price-conscious, with an expertise in tech that allows them to scan powerfully the Internet in order to find the best deals". Yeah, you see them driving from one end of town to the other trying to save ten cents on an item.

As opposed to boomers, who will drive from one end of town to the other to buy an item because they don't know how to use a computer. I mean, if we're going to broadly generalize, why not go full blast?

 

[mikethompson]

So we went from advertising in the forums to millennial blaming?

 

[brian64]

The sponsors here should do some Boomer-specific advertising...we're a bunch of suckers and don't know what to do with our overflowing bank accounts.

Maybe give away some '60s and 70s memorabilia with every purchase over $500.

 

[brian64]

So we went from advertising in the forums to millennial blaming?

Yes, precisely.

 

[alaskanpiper]

So we went from advertising in the forums to millennial blaming?

Why not? "Damn Kids!" has been a solid point since the beginning of man.

 

[ron123]

Is Gen X a blameless, generational sweet spot?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

We are all very lucky the sponsors all sell pipes and tobaccos.
At least we aren't getting ads for Viagra, Depends, and Ensure... and don't you go getting any ideas, Kevin!!

 

[alaskanpiper]

Is Gen X a blameless, generational sweet spot?

Yes. Millenials will be too as responsibility for all the world's problems swiftly shifts to Generation Z.

 

[robcapp]

Sideways from the subject of how ads ruin text flow and reading threads, and no offence intended to those who use them.... but for the longest time, I have found large signature block images really F'ing annoying.

 

[brian64]

Is Gen X a blameless, generational sweet spot?

No, they're just totally irrelevant...that's why they're called "X".

 

[Casual]

Is Gen X a blameless, generational sweet spot?

Shhhhh, don’t mention us. Let’s the others fight it out. We can loot the bodies.

 

[brian64]

At least we aren't getting ads for Viagra, Depends, and Ensure

They could give those away with high-dollar purchases too.

 

[admin]

This seems to have run it's course, and gone off course, so closing.