ads in print are one of the few ads I see as somewhat okay. if I want to go and look in the classified section of the newspaper for a car or a specific service or something else, fantastic. I can choose to do that and then look away and do something else. it isn't moving and flashing in my face, it isn't assaulting my ears, it isn't even a smell that's been carefully engineered to be recognisable from 30m down the street. it's still not ideal, especially when it's a full colour spread on the first page of the publication, but it's better. the other ads I see as acceptable are for example in the window of an estate agent or in a brochure for a particular service or set of services. stuff you have to actually consent to see
They also sent us boxes and boxes of magazines. We had a stack of National Geographic magazines that was at least seven feet high. We had Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Popular Science/Mechanics, and others I can't remember now.
When I was growing up in the east, we received boxes of recorded TV from our relatives in the USA. I loved watching all the ads especially the toy ads. All my friends wanted to hangout in our place because we have so much movies, cartoons and tv shows on VHS.
