I got the ad pictured in frame 2 today and it made me sad, so I made this meme. So many levels of sad:

  • Sponsored ad for a charity, plausible but seems fishy.
  • The needy children are positioned as “earning” the food and education they will get by your donation by writing back to you. Just way too overtly transactional.
  • The advertising tactic seems to prey on the lonely.
  • arrow74@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    I’d lie if it meant a child was fed, unfortunately there’s very little in this world that is only good or bad. There’s a lot of grey