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People used to actually put thought and effort into the art and text of an ad. Now it seems like it's all designed from a base psychological perspective of like, flashing lights and bright colors.
I recently got my hand on every copy of National Geographic from 1972 to 2010. Old magazine ads, especially for 'classy' magazines were really something else. There was a small amount of artistry there. Its still an ad, but you can tell some amount of skill and effort was put in
I have strange fondness for luxury watch ads in like skymall type magazines. haven't bought a watch in decades, but it was fun to read all the smooth words and phrases companies would use to try convey the idea of elegance about what is essentially the same product in different colors.
Its like an old timey Pitch Man, they at least knew you could just turn the page and weren't fucking stuck there until it ended so they had to make you wanna read that bullshit.
I will still take those over all the fake influencer/tictok style ads. The ones where it's a single person talking into a cell phone camera about how much they love whatever random product or service that they are shilling for.