#reddit ads

Anytime advertising tries to act like my friend or like it’s “just another user of the site”, I am instantly filled with a blinding rage. If it’s blatant and honest about its intentions then I’m mildly annoyed to have to deal with it at worst. But the second it rolls up and starts elbowing me like “ heyyyy old buddy we use meme and or are a totally normal internet user that happens to be recommending this product, heres a link” the part of my brain that identifies foes goes “Ah a threat attempting to slip past your guard, react with extreme prejudice” and I attempt to find a way to destroy that ad and the entire mechanism that created it.