Advertising Works on Me

ADVERTISING DOES WORK ON ME (I am going to steal from your store)

A stern bald, bearded man stares at the viewer beneath the caption “ADVERTISING DOES WORK ON ME,” followed by a threat to steal from a store. The joke is that advertising is supposedly ineffective, yet it successfully motivates him to commit theft; it is used as an absurd reaction to tempting advertising or impulsive purchases. EN: A stern bald, bearded man stares at the viewer beneath the caption “ADVERTISING DOES WORK ON ME,” followed by a threat to steal from a store. The joke is that advertising is supposedly ineffective, yet it successfully motivates him to commit theft; it is used as an absurd reaction to tempting advertising or impulsive purchases.

• @eternalclassic / 44201 2024-01-01