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Cake day: June 26th, 2024

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  • When I was applying for sound design and music job for video games, like 15 years ago, they regularly made me design 50+ sound effects and compose like 6 tracks just to never get back to me. One time, they even made me program a whole ass interactive car engine sound plugin.

    And you don’t want to hear about academic and arts call. “Please send us a 12 pages document with description, technical implementation data, a detailed realisation timeline, and 16 references of previous projects. Don’t forget to pay the registration feeb and submit the document in 3 different language, so we can decide what project will get the 2000$ grant out the 127 we received. If you’re lucky enough so that we read your project, you even might receive a generic rejection letter from us.”


















  • Well sorry to tell but you’re a little naive.

    Nobody expect you to directly buy a product because of an ad. Ever noticed how most ad don’t even mention or show the product they’re selling?

    The idea is to create associations in your brain. Something perceive as positive + brand name is always a plus value for the brand. A "lil chuckle” is exactly what they aim for.

    A post like this going viral is probably more valuable for a fast food chain than a multimillion dollar ad campaign.

    Funny cause I had almost the same discussion last week, in a similar post. And will probably have it next week when a young woman who just broke up with her boyfriend will write a wholesome review about getting offered free fried chicken by the manager of fast food restaurant when they realized they both have a goldfish name Billy. https://sh.itjust.works/post/53828922