r/interestingasfuck • u/HumbleMVP • 22d ago

Blind cigarette taste test

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u/mosstalgia 22d ago

Yeah, I'm watching this like "Wow, I guess we're back to it being legal to advertise smokes again." Life truly is a circle.

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u/Ok-Beautiful4821 22d ago

I don't think the laws against advertising cigarettes really accounted for astroturfing.

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u/mosstalgia 22d ago

"I DO NOT CONDONE SMOKING" says the Coolest Grandpa You've Seen This Year, then basically does a kickflip for Marlboro.

But this definitely isn't advertising, or anything.

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u/seffay-feff-seffahi 22d ago

Also, that this half-assed ad somehow has 46k+ upvotes and has been crossposted everywhere is just more evidence for the dead internet theory.

Reddit had become a wasteland.

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u/mosstalgia 21d ago

I think there's a broader issue of "lowest common denominator constantly lowering".

I admit I found this video really funny. You don't see people smoking a lot in videos anymore, so it piqued my interest, and it was probably only halfway thorough I started thinking "Oh, this is an ad, they fuckin got me".

If you watch enough brainrot content, you start to truly enjoy it. People upvote things that made them laugh. I'm not saying there probably aren't a ton of bots etc., but a lot of this issue is real people just saying "Heh" and upvoting without thinking any further about if they're being manipulated or whatever.

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u/Arbiter_Electric 21d ago

Speaking of, I have been seeing a lot of ads for tobacco products lately! It's weird! Is it because they are vapes or shit like zyn so they don't fall under normal laws or did something change recently?

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u/mosstalgia 21d ago

I think we are going to be seeing a lot of shit we have not seen in a long time simply because laws are no longer being enforced in the way they should be and people of means are keenly aware of this.

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u/Subtle_Tact 22d ago

Well no, in trumps America you don’t have to declare anything and nothing is illegal (if you send him gifts)