Piffany

Piffany

A Piffany About Badvertising

Sean L. McCarthy
Feb 12, 2021
∙ Paid

Despite existing in one form or another for several centuries now, advertising remains an immature medium.

Sometimes all too literally.

“Sex sells.” “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” “There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

No idea who first said the thing about sex, but most everyone…

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