Exactly. My life is a hot mess, and I could tell myself exactly how to fix it, but actually doing those things is the hard part.

Thank you for the correction

Man, putting “draft order” in the headline is super shitty.

Apparently not if one paycheck is from the government and the other is from a company that works with the government.

Fapolicy would like a word.

A self-published newspaper is absolutely an advertisement. So are posts on social media.

Advertising isn’t just pushing things on people who didn’t sign up for it.

I’d rather support nabu casa.

Also, dog shit can actually be useful

I have mine exposed to the Internet so I can control things and get notifications when I’m away. But I pay HA to use their cloud service.

You’re talking about targeted advertising, buddy. There’s that nitpicking I was talking about, because targeted advertising isn’t the only advertising there is.

By that logic, having buildings is harmful. You’re never going to achieve zero environmental impact no matter what you do.

But again, not all advertising uses physical resources. If an independent artist shares their work on their social media page for people who want to see their content, that’s advertising, and it’s not a bad thing.

But, of course you’re going to nitpick things to hell until you find the exception.

Edit: Actually, come to think of it, building signage can have a net positive environmental effect. You could easily make a sign with reclaimed lumber or other recycled/upcycled materials.

Why is a sign on your building harmful?

Alright, so for your specific case, it wasn’t necessary, but your experience isn’t typical.

Even having a sign on your building saying what your business is is a form of advertising. At its core, to advertise is just letting people know that your product or business exists, which is why it’s not inherently a bad thing.

Of course you can find examples of it being a bad thing, but it’s not true in every instance.

How did your first customer know you existed?

It’s just a few cells they created on a mesh, it’s not like they’re using a hunk of his brain.

I’m not playing devil’s advocate, you just don’t know what you’re talking about.

Go start a business and tell absolutely no one about it and let me know how it goes.

No, you chose it because it specifically can’t work with my second sentence because you’re not arguing in good faith.

There are many, many types of advertising, and you’re only focusing on the most egregious types.

They’re not the only kind of business, which is why it’s weird that you’re so focused on them.

Some people never mature past middle school