Philip Cotler, known as the father of modern marketing, once said, "Marketing is not the art of finding clever ways to dispose what you make; it is the art of creating genuine customer value." I wonder what he thinks about where marketing is heading these days with lies and manipulation. Many people catch this deception. When Reddit user Glad_Cat_5129 asked, "What's the most blatant lie a company is currently getting away with in their advertising?" folks gushed with answers. We compiled the best ones for you to peruse, so just scroll through! More info: Reddit Click here & follow us for more lists, facts, and stories. #1 Your call is important to us… We are experiencing a higher call volume… If it was that important, they would hire people to answer the phones. © Photo: EveningFault8 #2 Goodwill is not a charity. they are 100% for profit with ceo and people in corporate offices raking in millions every month. © Photo: Level_Bridge7683 #3 Flushable toilet wipes. YOU CAN ALSO FLUSH A SMALL EXPLOSIVE BUT YOU REALLY F*****G SHOULDN’T. © Photo: User Lying, manipulation, and deceptive schemes are all part of the dark side of marketing. Federal law says that an ad must be truthful, not misleading, and, when appropriate, backed by scientific evidence—and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforces these truth-in-advertising laws. You must be wondering how companies get away with it. That's where the loophole of puffery comes into play, which is a marketer's right to lie. It means that ads can legally lie to you as long as the lie is so obvious of an exaggeration that you know not to take it seriously. #4 Every fastfood/restaurant commercial on what they claim their food looks like!! Lies, all lies! . © Photo: Life-Celebration-747 #5 >**UnitedHealthcare** is dedicated to helping people live healthier lives. Direct from their website no less. © Photo: ThadisJones #6 Best coffee in town.' Every town seems to have 15 of those, though. © Photo: BabyPetalll During the recent coronavirus pandemic, the FTC sent warning letters to companies that they determined may be violating the FTC Act. It warned them that their conduct was likely unlawful and that they could face serious legal consequences, such as a federal lawsuit, if they did not stop immediately. But that's not all—if the company's competitors were to find out that they were lying in their ads, there's another challenge that they will have to face. The competitors can simply lodge a complaint with the National Advertising Division (NAD). The NAD has been around since 1971 and has adjudicated some 5,000 disputes over whether advertising was fair and accurate. #7 'You need a subscription to buy this printer ink.' Like, just let me print in peace. © Photo: SolutionFearless2482 #8 Toilet paper math… 8 rolls =12 rolls ! 12 rolls = 36 !! © Photo: NewHumbug #9 "All-natural" claims on products that still contain synthetic ingredients. © Photo: Twilight_Whispers The unethical practice of lying in ads can be very tantalizing to companies looking to get quick results through marketing. However, such lies can actually sabotage a brand's reputation. Due to the digital revolution, consumers are becoming more conscious, and they do not like being lied to. If they realize that they are being manipulated with such blatant lies, it could cause a wave of fury amongst them, resulting in them switching to a more trusted brand—thus, causing the previous brand to lose their loyalty. Well, it looks like these companies are causing harm to themselves by lying. #10 Game ads -- NEVER like actual game play. © Photo: lampministrator #11 Apple and their apple AI. © Photo: muki94 #12 I recently went to a Dollar Store and everything was $1.25. © Photo: Bike_Mechanic_Man While lying in ads might seem like a quick way to boost sales, it can lead to serious long-term problems—like losing customers' trust, dealing with legal troubles, or hurting your brand's reputation. It just makes you wonder whether it's worth it in the end. However, in the long run, misleading ads can cost way more than they’re worth. Fixing a damaged reputation takes a ton of time, effort, and money. Plus, once customers lose their trust, they’re likely to switch to competitors and warn others to steer clear of such lying companies and their brands. #13 ANYTHING Xfinity/Comcast advertises. #14 “NUMBER ONE MOVIE IN AMERICA!” ...sure thing Sherlock Gnomes. © Photo: RoseCuddles_ #15 "Best Buy" was opened with the promise of their name being a guarantee. That guarantee didn't even last a week before they walked it back. Now it's one of the worst places to purchase low-end consumer electronics. Their actual name is a lie. © Photo: yParticle Let's look at a typical example of how lying can be really bad for companies. Kellogg Co., which is a prominent name in the breakfast cereal industry, claimed that their Frosted Mini-Wheats could improve children's attentiveness by around 20% compared to those who skipped breakfast. However, the FTC found that these claims were false and in 2009, Kellogg had to settle these charges. Well, when you look at the impact lying has on these companies, it does make you think about why they would do it in the first place. It seems like their desire for quick results is clouded by how unethical it really is. Do you know of any other such companies that have gotten away with these lies? Please share them with us in the comments! #16 One of the most blatant lies could be from companies claiming their products are "eco-friendly" or "sustainable" without offering clear evidence or certifications. Many brands use greenwashing tactics to appear environmentally conscious without making real, impactful changes to their practices. © Photo: WordsThatTingle #17 We are raising the prices so we can keep delivering you great products. Also, that thing you like and buy our products for? Yeah we don't do that anymore. © Photo: babypho #18 The vitamin industry. © Photo: User #19 Those Prevagen commercials are selling modern day snake oil. © Photo: TraditionalTackle1 #20 That's gotta be clean coal, right? What else comes close? © Photo: limbodog #21 Every single car dealership in American advertising any kind of deal. They're all made up b******t, either they don't have the inventory to support the deal or they are for trim levels or combinations the dealerships just don't order. Those "deals" are entirely to trick you into just coming to the dealership. IMO though dealerships should be phased out, why can't I just order a car direct? Why do I, by law, need to go through some random dude who buys hundreds of them and ends up marking up the cost with useless dealer add-ons? © Photo: Osirus1156 #22 Kohl's putting things "on sale." Everything on sale is the same price as it is in other stores, and everything that isn't is wildly overpriced. Found a paid of Enzo shorts in Kohl's for like $100 last summer. The ones on sale were closer to $40. © Photo: BraveLittleTowster #23 Red Bull gives you wings! © Photo: useless_128mb #24 Loblaws in Canada and most of their stores advertising "lowest prices" on things they are clearly wildly overpriced. © Photo: rohobian #25 Most ads by Apple. © Photo: tap_water_enjoyer #26 A brand of ginger ale here says it's "made FROM real ginger". Ginger is the ingredient present in the smallest amount. I've made real ginger ale from real ginger and I use several times as much ginger as sugar. I wouldn't mind if it said "made WITH real ginger". © Photo: 314159265358979326 #27 There has to be some sort of lie in those O-O-O-Ozempic commercials. © Photo: buizel123 #28 You can rent a U-haul for $19.95 per day. #29 Miller lite tastes great. #30 Tic Tacs are made almost entirely of sugar. 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We will generally hear about more life-experiences then we will actually experience in person, for better or worse. So most of us tend to have at least a basic idea of what most occurrences will look like. However, the human brain has a way of “protecting” itself, so topics like "traumatic events” are often hard to discuss and explain. Someone asked “What is something that is actually more traumatizing than most people realize?” and people shared some poignant examples. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote the ones that you agree with and add your own thoughts to the comments section below. #1 Losing a pet. People acknowledge it’s sad, but unless you’ve been through it, you don’t realize just how deeply it can break you. It’s losing a best friend, a daily companion, and a source of unconditional love all at once. © Photo: AlaricVass #2 Working under a toxic manager. I have work related ptsd. © Photo: RoamingGnome74 #3 Being poor/debt/financial instability. © Photo: casuallycruel420 #4 Functioning depression. People don’t realize how exhausting it is to put on a “happy” face every day when you’re out in the world when all you want to do is curl up in a ball and cry for a week straight. © Photo: CianGal13 #5 Growing up non diagnosed nurodivergence and never really fitting in and not knowing why while also not getting any support from the adults who should have noticed something. © Photo: Economy_Bathroom_156 #6 Being raised by parents with undiagnosed mental illness. © Photo: saltyt00th #7 Job searching! The fatigue of getting multiple rejections, being ghosted, while trying to pay bills can be crushing. © Photo: lobstersareforever #8 Feeling like no one loves you or understands you. © Photo: Naive_Traffic6522 #9 Not all, but a good amount of childbirth experiences. I regularly tell people it was the worst day of my life and they're shocked. Of course I was happy to meet my baby but that doesn't mean it wasn't a massively traumatic day getting there. © Photo: chocolate_turtles #10 Being bullied. On TV, people act like it's funny. But it can provide life long trauma. © Photo: Humble-Midnight4067 #11 Becoming disabled. Nobody treats it as the truly traumatic experience it really is. There is no psychological support for us, as it happens. We are left to figure it out on our own. © Photo: Luna7789 #12 Growing up as the “gifted” child, only to wind up the Family Disappointment. © Photo: MisterScrod1964 #13 Being cheated on can ruin your life. © Photo: BasedChristopher #14 Someone you trusted taking your deepest traumas and insecurities to ‘win’ an argument. © Photo: Flimsy_Tomatillo_334 #15 Being raised in Evangelical Christianity or other high-control religious environments. © Photo: Suspicious_Program99 #16 Growing up with parents who simply do not love each other, who scream at each other all the time, and never get divorced. Growing up in a household where you learn to be responsible for your parents’ feelings from a very young age. Edit to add: I didn’t think this would resonate with so many people. Thank you to everyone for sharing if this hit home for you. Just knowing that there are other hearts out there who know what it felt like, and feels like to carry into adulthood no matter how old you are, feels supportive. 🤎. © Photo: CheesecakeQuackery #17 Being ghosted for no reason by friends. Made me lose all respect I had for myself and made my anxiety 10× worse. © Photo: Thecrowfan #18 Feeling emotionally invisible. It’s a slow, quiet kind of trauma that builds over time. I think people often underestimate how much it affects your mental health when you constantly feel like no one truly sees or hears you. © Photo: nova_8 #19 Volunteering with animals. it’s not just playing with puppies and kitties. i work in animal welfare now and i have years of trauma and guilt from the terrible s**t people have done to these animals. © Photo: georgiabeanie #20 Growing up with a parent who goes silent when angry. I never knew if it was me she was mad at, and if so, what I did. I’m 70 years old, and while I consciously fight the feeling, if someone is quiet I assume they’re angry with me, even if there’s no reason they should be. © Photo: Yajahyaya #21 Being laid off through no fault of your own. © Photo: LongjumpingPath3069 #22 Close friend break ups. Just as bad if not worse than relationship breakups. © Photo: IdkJustMe123 #23 Having a verbally or physically a***ive sibling. © Photo: Pure_Wrongdoer_4714 #24 Taking care of a parent with dementia. It is soul draining. It's a full time job. It's dirty and embarrassing for all involved. It's heartbreaking watching your once competent, intelligent, funny parent regress until they are a husk of a person. You struggle with keeping them in their home and "honoring their wishes". Dealing with insurance, Medicaid, hospital stays, and affording any kind of respite care is mine-boggling complex and expensive. Cleaning up grown man pee and poop from every corner of the house is maddening. The tedium of repeating yourself a hundred times a day, listening to the same questions, the same complaints and stories. The list is neverending. I wish there was assisted s****de in America that you could put into an advanced directive for circumstances like this. He wouldn't want to live like this and it is ruining lives. © Photo: EagleLize #25 Chronic illness. © Photo: Previous-Artist-9252 #26 Having a boss who criticizes every little thing you do, for literally hours at a time, until finally you start to wonder whether you actually ARE that stupid and incompetent. . © Photo: strawberry2801 #27 Being the black sheep of the family. © Photo: Sweet_Principle_2359 #28 Going through a divorce. Even though divorcing my ex was one of the best decisions I ever made , at the time it was so much more painful and stressful than I could have imagined. © Photo: akmhykes #29 Choking on food. It's literally life or death and it can stick with you if you survive that scenario. © Photo: DEFALTJ2C #30 Infestations. Bed bugs, roaches, fleas, mice, you name it. Absolutely corrodes your psyche. © Photo: SpecificAttempt9057 #31 Legitimate near death experiences. People will say "I thought I was going to die" but if you actually have a moment when you deeply and truly believe that, it can really mess you up. If you've had one of those moments then you understand what I mean. © Photo: WingZombie #32 Having a confrontation with neighbors. Having anger/fear/discord invade your living space is really upsetting on a basic subconscious level. #33 Allowing bad friends to stay in your life for too long. Do not waste your life , energy and time on people who only take. Seperate from them and watch how much better your life gets. #34 Getting paid late, bills don’t stop just because a company can’t plan ahead financially. . #35 A book I read on trauma listed immigration as one of the top 5. © Photo: MeteoricColdAndTall You might also like: 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective 35 Experiences That Mess Up People More Than They Notice Reviewed by New Viral Feed on 12:53 Rating: 5